Our Hearts Never Knew Peace
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Danger Is Just Around The Corner, Darling by NoMartiniNoParty
Fandoms: In Memoriam - Alice Winn
17 May 2026
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“But rest assured that Mr Gaunt would most certainly not have made the choice to purchase an item of such… acquired taste if he did not think it the only suitable option at the time. How do I know this? Why, my good sirs, I was present.”
Several boys laughed aloud. Gaunt rolled his eyes, but it was true: Ellwood had been with him when he’d bought the tie pin, and had made his feelings about it quite plain, then, too.A drop of sweat trickled slowly down the centre of Gaunt’s spine, seeping into the heavy woollen waistband of his trousers. He looked at Ellwood from beneath his eyebrows, and Ellwood stared back, his gaze steady and dark.
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It was June 1914, and Ellwood had persuaded Gaunt to go head to head with him in the final debate of Lower Sixth.
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- Part 1 of Our Hearts Never Knew Peace
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“Henry…?”
“Mmm?”
Ellwood sat up. “What are you doing next summer?”
Gaunt looked at him. As usual when talking to Ellwood, his voice came out softly without his permission.
“I don’t know, Elly. I thought I’d try to get through this year first.”- - -
At the start of Upper Sixth, Ellwood bashfully suggests a trip. Things don’t quite go to plan when Gaunt decides to head off to War.
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- Part 2 of Our Hearts Never Knew Peace