Fic: Much More (Pride&Prejudice)

[keep_counting]

Title: Much More
Characters/Pairings: Elizabeth Bennet, Elizabeth/Darcy
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Genre: Character-study/Romance
Word-count: 167
Disclaimer: I don't own anything in relation to this.
A/N: Written for ladyeni for International Women's Day 2012.
Summary: When she was little, Elizabeth Bennet wanted so much more

When she was little, Elizabeth Bennet wanted so much more.

She wanted to be a princess and be saved from the dragons and evil warlocks. She wanted to be the one doing the slaying of said dragons and evil warlocks. She wanted to play in the fields with her sisters forever, and she wanted to sit alone under the tree the rest of her life, quietly reading on too-hot summers days.

She wanted to get far away from England, from this always foggy, always raining country of snobs and foppish fools. She wanted to see another country, to move like other people did, speak like they did, see the world like they did.

Elizabeth Bennet is what you might call a dreamer, and so, for the most of her life, she had wanted so much more.

She finds, however, as she stands in a white dress and veil that she frankly thought she would never wear, that maybe she has enough.

Maybe even more than she imagined.

Comments

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Lovely as always. I like how understated it is at the end -- it helps make the point all the more strongly.

[keep-counting.livejournal.com]

Thank-you! :)

[ladyeni.livejournal.com]

Love it, love it, looveee it!!!! :D I love how you write Elizabeth!
And now that she's mistress of Pemberley and wife to such a doting husband, she can travel all she wants anyway xD

[keep-counting.livejournal.com]

thank-you! :D I'm glad you like it so much, hehe :D

[thymelady.livejournal.com]

Perfect! For them, the adventure started when they were finally together. :-)

[keep-counting.livejournal.com]

Thanks dear! :D

[redcirce]

Oh, this is lovely. I love that Elizabeth has finally reached a point where her dreams are matched to her reality.

And I agree with the others that say the Darcys can totally go traveling after the wedding!

[keep-counting.livejournal.com]

Of course they can! ;) I'm glad you liked it!