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1. A King's Burden by TheDarkNone

   Fandoms: The Last Kingdom (TV), The Warrior Chronicles | The Saxon Stories - Bernard Cornwell  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   16 Sep 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Alfred the Great/Uhtred of Bebbanburg
   • Alfred the Great (849-899)
   • Uhtred of Bebbanburg
   • Haesten (The Last Kingdom)
   • Moderately Slow Burn
   • Kidnapping
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • they are both idiots but Uhtred is a really besotted idiot
   • some slight homophobia because 9th century
   • Uhtred is in love and Alfred is Alfred
   • did I say moderately slow? oh. I meant to say excruciatingly slow
   • and did I say slight homophobia because... ehm...
   • with pictures!
   • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
   • Not involving Alfred or Uhtred though

   Summary

   Uhtred knew they were coming seconds before they descended on them from the tree lines.

   Cold dread seized his heart, a full-grown panic that made him dizzy. This was an impossible position to defend, he knew it. He grabbed for the handle of his weapon and, for a fraction of a heartbeat, looked at Alfred, who was looking back at him with wide eyes, pale and fragile, clearly unprepared. Uhtred drew his sword.

   “TO YOUR WEAPONS!” he shouted from the depth of his chest. “DEFEND THE KING WITH YOUR LIVES!”

   Series

   • Part 1 of The Trinity

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   270,402

   Chapters:

   34/36

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