Black Sails fic: Unconventional Countess

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Unconventional Countess by meridian_rose (meridianrose)

John Silver, the fraudulent Earl of Poole, awakes to find a beauty berating him - but he cannot recall the last three months of his life, nor having a wife. Max is clearly a most unsuitable consort, but then he's known as being an unconventional earl. Suspicious of Max's presence in his life, Silver struggles to regain his memories but it seems his heart remembers things his head does not.

"John?" Max's voice was filled with concern. She had her hands on his shoulders and he was leaning into her. "Mon chéri. Talk to me."
He closed his eyes, gathered himself. "I remembered something."
"That is good." She lifted one hand now he had his balance, cupped his cheek, her thumb caressing his chin.
"Is it? I remember you were a whore. That you tried to blackmail me."
She didn't deny it nor did she move away.
"How did we go from there to here? Why do I feel more trust than suspicion about you?"... he couldn't help but look at her and feel that there was more to this arrangement than blackmail. His heart seemed to remember things that his head had forgotten.
Was it possible he'd truly come to care for her? Was it so foolish to wish she had also come to care for him?

Relationships: Max/John Silver (Black Sails) Billy Bones & John Silver
Characters: John Silver Max (Black Sails) Billy Bones
Dr. Howell (Black Sails) Dufresne (Black Sails) Woodes Rogers
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Historical Alternate Universe - Regency Alternate Universe - Romance Novel
romantic nonsexual relationship Unconventional Relationship
biromantic max grey-a silver silver's type is people who can kill him Hair Kink Temporary Amnesia Canonical Character Death shameless repurposing of Woodes Rogers' history for plot purposes Horses Minor Character Death
Community: unconventionalcourtship Community: trope_bingo

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