Author: cedarboots
Publisher: Archive of Our Own
Publication Date: July 1, 2022
Types of Queerness: Sexuality and Gender
Summary:
Eight years changes a person, but not beyond all recognition. Fred Wentworth and Anne Elliot, years after a final break, find that they are more alike, in some respects, than they thought before.
<a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/40000401"><strong>An Officer and a Gentleman</strong></a> (46803 words) by <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/cedarboots"><strong>cedarboots</strong></a><br />Chapters: 9/9<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Persuasion%20-%20Jane%20Austen">Persuasion - Jane Austen</a>, <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/AUSTEN%20Jane%20-%20Works">AUSTEN Jane - Works</a><br />Rating: Mature<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Relationships: Anne Elliot/Frederick Wentworth<br />Characters: Frederick Wentworth, Anne Elliot, Sophia Croft, Sir Walter Elliot, Mary Musgrove, Mrs. Smith (Persuasion), Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s)<br />Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Gender Changes, the working title for this story is butch4butch persuasion, and i feel that tells you all you need to know, Butch Anne Elliot, Nonbinary Butch Frederick Wentworth, Angst, Slow Burn, Period-Typical Homophobia, Found Family, historical pastiche, gratuitous dunking on Sir Walter Elliot<br />Summary: <p>"Anne had thought herself quite finished with wanting, but this want, once stumbled upon, would not quietly lay itself down in the grave with the others."</p><p>Eight years changes a person, but not beyond all recognition. Fred Wentworth and Anne Elliot, years after a final break, find that they are more alike, in some respects, than they thought before.</p>
