Blood will Flow

Had a bit of a different day today, with a small team of volunteers helping a local archaeologist survey one of the many World War II airfields nearby. It was me plus a bunch of middle aged/elderly airfield geeks, but there was at least one other woman, which made me feel a little less out of place. I didn't like to say I knew next to nothing about the place, I was just there because I did some archaeological surveying when I was at uni and thought this might be fun. Two of the blokes had driven all the way up from Southend, and were pretty typical Essex boys. The others were Suffolk chaps and much quieter. They all got very excited because Martin the Archaeologist told us we were going to be surveying the Bomb Stores, which are normally closed to the public, and not the remaining buildings on the airfield itself, many of which are now being used by car maintenance workshops and the like.
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All the students had long since given up on any pretence of modesty in their schoolroom turned makeshift dorm, and slept naked with just a thin cotton sheet between them and the warm muggy nights.  And even that often ended up flung off too. The schoolhouse only had glass in some of its windows while others were left empty or boarded up, so the students had tacked up more sheets as makeshift curtains to stop the village kids gawping in and (as the Brits said) taking the piss.

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Title: The First Law of Holes
Author: amber1960
Recipient: delanach
Genre: J2 AU
Rating: NC-17
Words: c9000
Warnings: manhandling, bare backing, swearing, almost infidelity (sort of), British spelling and Britishisms.
Summary:  Jensen and Jared are American students studying archaeology at a British university. Jensen is a post grad, Jared a second year undergraduate, so they haven’t had much to do with each other until, during the summer break, they both join an expedition to Italy.  Neither of them is looking for a relationship, yet somehow, stuff happens…

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