I have a tendency to run these little scenarios in my head, haha. Since I'm an avid fan of that era, and the Sharpe novels because of it, my mind was working something like this:::
Sam and Dean being separated as younguns, Dean ending up in England and Sammy in France. Dean, being poor and rough and tumble by nature, ends up being arrested for some minor crime and is given the choice between the hangman's noose or the army. He chooses the later, and since he is not noble, or with enough $$ to purchase a commission, can get no higher than sergeant major.
Sammy, on the other hand, although he joins the cause in France, is promoted since Napoleon had more belief in ability than titles and blood. So he rises through the ranks.
Sam is riding to carry a dispatch message somewhere when he is ambushed by Dean's little troupe (who have been separated from the main army after a big battle where their commander turned tail and fled). Dean kicks Sammy's adorable little officer ass..... and then that later leads to him doing OTHER things to said ass. *grins hugely*
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Dude. Those boys in ANYTHING are nice, yesssssss. And anything YOU write them in is DOUBLEY nice. Weskets and tight trousers = the loverly. *purrs*
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Sam and Dean being separated as younguns, Dean ending up in England and Sammy in France. Dean, being poor and rough and tumble by nature, ends up being arrested for some minor crime and is given the choice between the hangman's noose or the army. He chooses the later, and since he is not noble, or with enough $$ to purchase a commission, can get no higher than sergeant major.
Sammy, on the other hand, although he joins the cause in France, is promoted since Napoleon had more belief in ability than titles and blood. So he rises through the ranks.
Sam is riding to carry a dispatch message somewhere when he is ambushed by Dean's little troupe (who have been separated from the main army after a big battle where their commander turned tail and fled). Dean kicks Sammy's adorable little officer ass..... and then that later leads to him doing OTHER things to said ass. *grins hugely*
//novel
Dude. Those boys in ANYTHING are nice, yesssssss. And anything YOU write them in is DOUBLEY nice. Weskets and tight trousers = the loverly. *purrs*