Captured by Him ~ The fourth novelette from "Different Desire", a Gay Victorian Romance and Erotic novelette collection

realized. He could understand Badger’s concern , in a way, because he knew that he had sacrificed a lot to come with him.
    Absentmindedly Milton traced the blue tattoos along the other man’s forearms before he answered. Badger called then ‘ woad patterns ’ and said that they were of Celtic origin.
    Milton tilted his head back and inspected the handsome man embracing him. In a way , he looked incredibly different from the first time they had met. His dark hair was stylishly combed to one side , and he was neatly shaved with a pair of stylish short mutton chops. He had taken off his grey frock jacket and was wearing a white cotton shirt and a dark auburn brown waistcoat and matching trousers. But regardless what he looked like, he was still the same man Milton had fallen in love with.
    “No,” he said , after a while. “I do not wish to go back. I think I was rather depressed and deeply unhappy. My family probably miss me to some extent , and perhaps they sometimes wonder what really happened to me, but I think my brother is better suited to run the estate. And as for young Miss Bradwardine … She is young and pretty , and I read recently in the paper that she has been engaged to Lord Winchester, who most likely has a much better chance of making her happy tha n I had.”
    “I see,” Badger said, his strong arms embracing him a little bit tighter.
    Milton turned around, letting his lips brush the other man’s cheek.
    “Besides, I have everything I ever wanted and ever needed,” he said simply and kissed him. “I have you.”
 
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    ~ THE END ~

 
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    ~ About this story ~
 
    The novelette “Captured by Him” was influenced by the general romantic concept of a noble-born person falling in love with a villain or a rogue. The theme is of course not that uncommon in the literature, but I wanted to write my own version, and before I knew it Milton and Badger turned up on my doorstep and demanded (very politely) that I wrote about them. I accepted, of course.
    I did some background research for this story, including the legend about Robin Hood and highwaymen and robbery during the 19th century in England. (I have taken the liberty to extend the period of highwaymen slightly, since apparently the last highwaymen in England operated around 1830.) I also would like to thank The Museum of the City of New York for the interesting film about the development of New York, including during the 19th century.
     
    I hope you enjoyed reading this story as much as I liked writing it!
 

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