Series: Semper (1/4)
Rating: PG
Length: Drabble
Character: Bors
Notes: Would have been better, but Bors doesn't do melancholy very well. Takes place before going to rescue the bishop. "Semper eadum" means "always the same".

Semper Eadum: Bors

He was probably the only of the knights who didn't mind the lifestyle – excepting Tristan, of course, but who really knew what went on in Tristan's head? Probably because he had the most memories of their "homeland", having lived sixteen winters before the Roman legionnaires had been able to find his well-hidden village and had done their usual murdering and burning before taking the boys. He remembered the freezing cold – every season, every week, every day, every hour. So he wasn't too disturbed by leaving the village behind.

That had been over fifteen years ago, and he hadn't missed it since. He had met Vanora, had some odd dozens of little bastards running around, he liked his life. And now that the term of service was coming up, he wouldn't have to go through the hassle of the endless battles. He would stay at the fortress at Hadrian's Wall, of course, he was far too well established there to bother leaving. The knights already controlled most of the land around that point, and everyone else except for Dagonet would be heading to either Sarmatia or Rome when they got their papers.

Yes, life was – and would be – good in Briton.