Lonesome Town by disastershipblonde (Our Flag Means Death, 1950s AU, Izzy Hands/Benjamin Hornigold + Stede Bonnet/Izzy Hads, rated E, 5k words to date) is currently up to 2/? chapters of post-war hard times and genteel menace.
The author's summary:
It’s 1955. Izzy Hands is twenty-six years old and the dictionary definition of ‘hopeless’. Released from borstal three years prior, he’s spent his lonely freedom drifting around the country in search of casual work. The only thing keeping body and soul together is his love of clothes, the Edwardian-style Teddy Boy look of troublemakers and shifty lads with flick knives.
When a chance meeting brings the suave and dangerous Ben Hornigold into his life, Izzy embarks on his career as Borstal Boy, posing for dirty photos in Ben’s Soho studio. The pictures catch the attention of ‘Lucky’ Lord Bonnet, a wastrel gambler with a golden future he doesn’t want.
Ben has a plan. So does Lucky Bonnet. What could go wrong?
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The author's summary:
It’s 1955. Izzy Hands is twenty-six years old and the dictionary definition of ‘hopeless’. Released from borstal three years prior, he’s spent his lonely freedom drifting around the country in search of casual work. The only thing keeping body and soul together is his love of clothes, the Edwardian-style Teddy Boy look of troublemakers and shifty lads with flick knives.
When a chance meeting brings the suave and dangerous Ben Hornigold into his life, Izzy embarks on his career as Borstal Boy, posing for dirty photos in Ben’s Soho studio. The pictures catch the attention of ‘Lucky’ Lord Bonnet, a wastrel gambler with a golden future he doesn’t want.
Ben has a plan. So does Lucky Bonnet. What could go wrong?