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Tharkay turns up in 40 works open to everyone here. The average one runs about 3,100 words. Read any of them in your browser, save it as an EPUB, or listen to it.

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Temeraire - Naomi Novik

truth of the earth

by WerewolvesAreReal

Temeraire finds some fox eggs(?) and Laurence tries to determine why Tharkay is avoiding him.

General 4.6k words 1 ch Complete 799 kudos

Tharkay's mysterious estate · Scotland · Foxes

Temeraire - Naomi Novik

Akshaya

by consumptive_sphinx

Tharkay is the only one on the Reliant who is not already tied to a position, and so he is the one chosen to harness the dragonet when it hatches. (Or: the one where Tharkay is a reluctant aviator, and Laurence is an outcast wanderer.)

General 4.8k words 3 / ? ch In progress 483 kudos

Additional Tags to Be Added · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Alternate Universe - Role Reversal

Temeraire - Naomi Novik

A Burden Shared

by WerewolvesAreReal

Tharkay meets the British party in Nagasaki with news, prompting them to move onward quickly. In the meantime he learns of Laurence's fate and speaks with Temeraire.

General 10k words 1 ch Complete 434 kudos

Book 8: Blood of Tyrants · Blood of Tyrants Spoilers · China · Angst· +5 more

Temeraire - Naomi Novik

it takes a village

by meretricula

Rescuing that baby from the burning house was only the beginning of Laurence's troubles. And, of course, Tharkay's.

General 2.9k words 1 ch Complete 393 kudos

Unresolved Sexual Tension · Babyfic

Temeraire - Naomi Novik

Summer Occupation

by WerewolvesAreReal

With Temeraire and Tharkay gone, Jane proposes that Laurence help manage things at her estate awhile.Then Tharkay returns.Laurence had no idea Tharkay disliked the admiral so much.

General 6.2k words 1 ch Complete 227 kudos

Tharkay's mysterious estate · Asexual Character · Aromantic Character · Queerplatonic Relationships· +6 more

Temeraire - Naomi Novik

A Walk in Winter

by WerewolvesAreReal

Laurence had been preparing to retire when one of the stableboys came knocking.

General 1.6k words 1 ch Complete 195 kudos

Tharkay's mysterious estate · Cold · Sick Character · Fluff· +1 more

Temeraire - Naomi Novik

A Start

by genericfanatic

Tharkay tries to seduce Laurence, but by the time Laurence responds, Tharkay's in too deep.

Teen 4k words 1 ch Complete 159 kudos

Oblivious

Temeraire - Naomi Novik

Where Duty Lives

by alltoseek

Tharkay reflects upon Laurence and on duty, as one cannot really contemplate the first without the second.

General 9.9k words 1 ch Complete 149 kudos

Post-Canon · Humor · Fluff and Humor · happy!Laurence· +7 more

Temeraire - Naomi Novik

Forget and Forgive

by alltoseek

Tharkay and Arkady avoid being captured on their way to deliver the crucial message regarding Napoleon's imminent invasion of Russia. Then Tharkay encounters a Captain Laurence still bereft of his memory.

General 2.7k words 1 ch Complete 128 kudos

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Book 8: Blood of Tyrants · amnesiac!Laurence · Light Angst· +1 more

Temeraire - Naomi Novik

Of a dragons affections

by PepperHoney

Tharkay keeps an ever-growing list of his many problems—those were not supposed to include an ownership dispute between dragons.

General 2.1k words 1 ch Complete 126 kudos

dragons being possessive · Tharkay Being a Little Shit · Dragons Snatching Their Captains · you know· +2 more

Temeraire - Naomi Novik

heart taking root in

by Fleetling

"Tharkay," Temeraire says, as quiet as a dragon can be. "Laurence loves you, does he not?"

General 347 words 1 ch Complete 103 kudos

Post-Canon · Love · Period Typical Attitudes · love is in actions

Temeraire - Naomi Novik

A Dark Countenance

by Amestris

Tharkay looks at him sidelong with a small quirk of his lips and laughing eyes. "I would like to see anyone say anything to me while I'm in the company of so forbidding a countenance as yours."

Teen 7.6k words 1 ch Complete 102 kudos

I'm Bad At Tagging · Post-Canon · was meant to be fluffy

Temeraire - Naomi Novik

In What an Amiable Light

by 20thcenturyvole

Tharkay tracks a wayward sheep, and Laurence contemplates estate management.

General 3.1k words 1 ch Complete 102 kudos

Post-Canon · Slice of Life · Fluff · 19th century sustainable land-management praxis as character reference (thanks Jane Austen)· +1 more

Temeraire - Naomi Novik

Tharkay Ex Machina

by T-Rex (tmishkin)

My favorite pastime, filling in the gaps in League of Dragons. Naomi Novik has said that her favorite ship is non-romantic Temeraire/Laurence and she also likes Laurence/Tharkay. This fic explores those relationships, with a special guest appearance by Miss Lung Tien Ning.

Teen 2.8k words 8 ch Complete 79 kudos

It's cold here too · Pre-Slash · Return of the Eyebrow · Upgraded flask of brandy to cask of brandy