My Weirdest B5 Fic (That's SFW)

Title: Silk & White Lace
Fandom: Babylon 5
Characters: Cartagia & Vir
Word Count: 866
Rating: General Audiences
Summary: 

While Londo is visiting a certain prisoner, Emperor Cartagia uses a moment of indulgence to size Vir up. Vir, naturally, wants to get the hell out of there. Missing scene for The Summoning (S4:E3).

Spoilers/Notes: 

As noted above, this story doesn't technically spoil anything past The Summoning -- but the foreshadowing here really can't be appreciated until you've watched The Long Night (S4:E5).

This fic, originally written in 2006, was the product of a conversation in which other fans and I were discussing the obvious parallels between Centauri society and ancient Rome. Moreover, it slyly addresses whether Cartagia has a death dream. (My headcanon? Yes, but it's far vaguer than Londo's.)

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