a fighter by his trade
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Richelieu had always wanted to build. Rochefort wants to destroy. And nothing will give the Comte more pleasure than specifically destroying what Richelieu had built. France. Louis. And Treville.
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- Part 1 of a fighter by his trade
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It’s not as if Treville doesn’t know what Rochefort is doing. Distracting his enemy, knocking him off balance, preparatory to doing serious damage. And yet knowledge of the tactic renders it no less effective. When it comes to Armand, Jean is open and unprotected, and Rochefort is taking ruthless advantage of that fact.
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- Part 2 of a fighter by his trade
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Treville’s not here as Rochefort’s lover. He’s an object. An empty vessel. A proxy for better, greater things. For the Cardinal Rochefort had defeated and destroyed. For France. For Spain. For Anne. For everything Rochefort had been owed, and denied, and is finally claiming as his due.
One day Rochefort will end his life. Does Treville know that? Consciously, perhaps not. The mind is so very good at denial, after all. But somewhere – in the dark dim part of the subconscious where the lines between man and beast blur – the animal underneath knows.
And yet – because this is the dichotomy of man – Treville forces himself to accept it. Overrides the instinct to struggle for his own survival. The animal would fight; the slave submits.
(Told from Rochefort's POV.)
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- Part 3 of a fighter by his trade
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For a prompt on the kink meme: One day, Treville and Rochefort finally come to blows. After a few punches, it end up having hate-sex. Bonus if Rochefort is manipulative, teasing him with Treville's affair with Richelieu.
Except that I read "hate-sex" as "straight-up blackmail-aided non-con with angsty feels". Oops.
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- Part 4 of a fighter by his trade
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Jean will abandon himself gladly to Armand. Whatever Armand will order in the bedroom, Richelieu in the throne room, or the Cardinal in the sanctuary, Treville will fully obey. There is one point, and one point only, on which he intends to insist.
“I want to watch,” Treville tells Richelieu, the very first moment he can get the Cardinal alone. “What you do to Rochefort – I want to watch.”
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- Part 5 of a fighter by his trade