Wreck Of Maidenhood (a Rival Poet extra)

If you ever wondered about Will’s romantic past, and my view of his sexuality. Deleted scenes from Rival Poet. 1581.

He first saw her in a graveyard. Among the headstones and the rain-blackened trees, on the darkest day of September, he saw her. On a day when his ink was running dry and his words were turning to dust in his mouth, that’s when she appeared.

Like the angel he hadn’t known he needed.

It was a Sunday, the one day of the week when he was able to breathe. Four years had passed since he first began toiling in the odorous trade of Dick Field’s father, and most of that time he’d spent shackled to the tannery, acquiring skills he didn’t want. But once a week, he had a few precious hours of freedom, and the graveyard was as good a place as any to spend them. There…

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