Tuck Box

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Title: Tuck Box
Author(s): fawatson
Date(s): 4 September 2011
Length: 740 words
Genre(s): backstory
Fandom(s): Mary Renault
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"Tuck Box" is a short story by fawatson based on Mary Renault's 1953 novel The Charioteer. It is set between the first two chapters, when Laurie has been at boarding school for about a year.

Synopsis

It has been a horrible wet Saturday late in the fall term, and the boys have had nothing to do all afternoon—until the post brings Laurie a parcel.

Background

The story was written at the same time as the 2011 Summer Challenge, but was not written in response to either of the prompts.

Comments

"Tuck Box" elicited a number of comments, including:

  • "This is wonderful! So reminiscent of all those old school stories, it made me feel nicely warm inside, thank you so much! :)"—comment by trueriver
  • "[...] it's a dear little fribble. Derivative, certainly, but we have so few school stories about young!Laurie that it's a very tasty snack."—comment by greerwatson