Historical Academic RPS (Or, My Contribution to Internet Rule #34)

Title: Every Word Tell
Author: the_deep_magic
Pairing: William Strunk, Jr./E.B. White (yes, the Elements of Style guys ::sigh::)
Rating: PG at most
Word Count: 1,957
Warnings: large age difference, teacher/student pairing, UST, angst
Disclaimer: even less true than the stuff I usually write
A/N: Blame XKCD and ewinfic and zjofierose.  Actually, I think someone could probably do a decent job with this story given time and effort and, like, legitimate research, but this is what you’re getting from me, so deal with it.  I tried to write crack and it came out angsty and baaaaarely slashy.
A/N II: Does it count as Rule #34 if there’s no actual porn in it?

( The courier that delivered the manuscripts was a sullen, contemptuous boy who, naturally, had no idea what he was carrying. )

Writer's Block: Once upon a time…

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"Imagine a ruin so strange it must never have happened."

Guess the book, win a kiss on the lips (tongue optional)!