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1. the crown hangs heavy on either side by ifearnocolors

   Fandoms: Turn (TV 2014), American Revolution RPF  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   30 Dec 2022

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • John André & Benjamin Tallmadge
   • John André and Gamble
   • John André
   • Lieutenant Gamble (Turn)
   • Benjamin Tallmadge
   • and two unnamed thugs lol
   • Caleb Brewster
   • AU: ben is captured as a spy instead of andre
   • alternate title: andre finds himself between a rock and a hard place
   • alternate ALTERNATE title: i force andre to commit murder
   • Character Death
   • Treason
   • Melodrama
   • it's andre's pov. melodrama is inherent
   • gamble is hilariously trigger-happy
   • Spymaster vs Spymaster
   • interrogation! intrigue! suspense!
   • Ben is a good friend
   • i love them both but between the two of them they have half a brain cell at most
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • not super gory or anything tbh but put the archive warning just in case
   • Espionage
   • honestly i just love seeing these two go head-to-head and it doesn't happen enough in canon
   • Unhappy Ending
   • Angst
   • Character Study
   • rated M for character death/heavy topics - no smut whatsoever lol
   • chapter 2 is the canon-compliant companion chapter to this AU
   • focusing on ben's reaction to andre's death
   • caleb is also there lol
   • Grief/Mourning
   • A Funeral of Sorts
   • ben needs a hug
   • i wanted to compare and contrast ben's POV to andre's basically

   Summary

   What would have happened if Ben didn't manage to evade Gamble in s3e4? What if Ben, not Andre, was captured as a spy - and Andre was the one to interrogate him?

   Or: the Spymaster v. Spymaster face-off from "Trial and Execution," with the tables turned.

   Language:

   English

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