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A Bad Bargain Bettered by Blissful Buggery by Predatrix
Fandoms: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (TV)
07 Nov 2015
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Summary
This is a bit unusual for one of mine, if recognisable. I warned for non-con or dub-con because I'm using a fantasy trope (human wants to but can't get out of something he promised to a fairy) in a sexual context. In real life, consent can be revoked, but in fairy tales even the unfairest bargains stand. If this sort of unwilling sex plot is triggering for you, please leave it (or just read the second chapter).
The Sexual Horror tag is not for particular acts but an attempt to imagine sex with a being who seems unnatural, inhuman, wrong. This is all in the first chapter.
Then (this is one of my stories) things get a lot better. This is all in the second chapter.
This was intended as a kinkmeme fill for a "trashy" anon who said after seeing the Gentleman get all up in Mr Norrell's personal space they wanted to see him do so in a more intimate context. They also wanted him forcing Norrell to an unwilling orgasm, but that didn't make the cut (sorry). The weird unpleasant sex is in, though.
It's AU in the "weak" or "branching" sense (as opposed to the "strong" or "coffee-shop"/"Hogwarts" sense) but the plot/AU bit is a fairly minor part of the story.