Sunshine Challenge fic: Gather your memories against the dark

[dolorosa_12]

I have written a ficlet in response to the second prompt of the sunshine_challenge, which is the word 'orange'.

The fic is in the Lions of Al-Rassan fandom, and you can find it on Ao3.

Gather Your Memories Against the Dark (788 words) by Dolorosa
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Lions of Al-Rassan - Guy Gavriel Kay
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rodrigo Belmonte/Jehane bet Ishak/Ammar ibn Khairan, future Rodrigo Belmonte/Jehane bet Ishak/Ammar ibn Khairan/Miranda Belmonte
Characters: Jehane bet Ishak, Ammar ibn Khairan, Rodrigo Belmonte
Summary:

Late at night in the winter darkness, Ammar, Jehane, and Rodrigo carve out a memory for themselves.

This fic was written for the 2020 Sunshine Challenge, to the prompt of 'orange'.

As soon as I saw the prompt, I knew I wanted to write something for this fandom, and I have spent much of the past two days rereading this gorgeous, tragic, beautiful book, which is among my favourite things I've ever read. Much of the weight of its story is the terrible knowing grief that suffuses it — of a beautiful world and culture dancing towards its own destruction, and of three wonderful, brave, clever people who love this world with all their being, but whose own bravery and cleverness are in part what brings about its inevitable destruction. I don't have it in me to rewrite that ending, but I thought at least I could give the three of them a brief moment of light and happiness.

Comments

[iberiandoctor]

There is absolutely a paucity of fics in the fandom, which is why I am so glad you've written this one <3

I love Andalucia, too, and this canon, which is a love letter to three different cultures and a love story involving three very different people coming together in love and understanding rather than discord, seems even more important today ...

[dolorosa_12]

I love Andalucia, too, and this canon, which is a love letter to three different cultures and a love story involving three very different people coming together in love and understanding rather than discord, seems even more important today

Exactly so, and that is why it is among my very favourite books of all time.