[fic] Jack Aubrey Read the Room Wrong

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This story has two endings. The first features Bush's canon ending. The second presumes that It didn't happen. I'm going to post both endings so you can skip to whichever you prefer or you can read both.

This story features Jack Aubrey as a main character - but you don't need to know anything about O'Brian's character to read it. It can be read as a 3rd person narrator observing Bush and Hornblower. The pairings are stated below. This is definitely an unrequited/pining fic, but the second ending features a happy-ish ending.

As for how it fits the prompt? Jack comforts Hornblower and Bush each to their own needs in his own way?

Title: Jack Aubrey read the Room Wrong
Pairing: Jack Aubrey/William Bush, Jack Aubrey/Horatio Hornblower
Rating: M

( Jack Aubrey Read the Room Wrong )

( Ending, The First )

( Ending, The Second )