jen's george knightley/emma woodhouse fic recs

 

george knightley/emma woodhouse

• many changing lands, many shifting sands by cartoonheart (Based on the anonymous tumblr prompt: a jealous Mr Knightley over Emma and Frank's friendship. What George doesn’t expect, as he watches Emma and Frank emerge from the middle of the crowd, is for Emma’s hand to be clasped quite firmly in Frank’s own. The intimacy is glaring, like a neon sign flashing in the depths of a dark night. Something red hot flushes inside of him, but George can’t pinpoint its source exactly - he only knows he doesn’t like what he sees.)
• so they keep their fires bright by Stratisphyre (“I don’t see why anyone must dedicate hours upon hours to learning something which comes quite naturally to others,” Emma stated one morning over tea. Mr. Knightley did not glower, being far too well-bred for such a thing, but his mouth did twitch at the corner. “Perhaps you might recall that our ways of performing magick are quite different.")
• Everything for the Good of the Other by cwmilton (John Knightley has always believed that his son Henry's inheritance of Donwell is not as secure as everyone suspects. Convinced his brother is finally considering matrimony when he arrives suddenly in London, John reflects on George's years as a bachelor and tries to find to help him find a worthy spouse.)
• A Less Felicitous Proposal by Draco_sollicitus (On a pleasant afternoon two months after the felicity of their union, Emma shares a story with her husband that leaves him confounded and angered on her behalf. With the knowledge of the first proposal Emma experienced (and truly, suffered through), Knightley begins to understand more clearly the dynamics between the village pastor and his wife. (AKA Emma tells George about that time Elton proposed to her in a carriage and then yelled at her when she said no -- and to no one's surprise but Emma's, George doesn't respond with amusement, but with anger for how she was treated.))