And okay, I will confess: I still like Frontier Wolf better. I have re-read more Frontier Wolf than Eagle. A lot more. Alexios/Hilarion (and Alexios/Cunorix) keep all the delicious tension of Romans among the Northern tribes and mixed loyalties and ambivalence about the whole system you're supporting (from both sides), but the power dynamics involved are, uh, something other than outright slavery. But there is a lot more Eagle fic, and a lot of it is very good! And one thing the movie did was punch up the enemyslash aspects, a lot. I do still have a lot of affection for Marcus going North to find the Eagle and his journey with Esca along the way!
(Also: I blame Eagle of the Ninth and Frontier Wolf for why I could never really get enthused about ASoIAF. I kept wanting it to be Sutcliff's Romans at the Wall and it kept trying to be Wars of the Roses instead.)
- Anywhere on This Road (31074 words) by Sineala
Fandom: The Eagle | Eagle of the Ninth (2011)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Marcus Flavius Aquila/Esca Mac Cunoval
Additional Tags: Canon Era, First Time, Action/Adventure, Drama, Consent, Additional Warnings Apply
Esca, beyond the wall. - A Sufficient Love (5137 words) by Isis
Fandom: Eagle of the Ninth - Rosemary Sutcliff
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Marcus Flavius Aquila/Esca Mac Cunoval, Marcus Flavius Aquila/Cottia
Additional Tags: Canon - Book, Polyamory, First Time
One could hide nothing from a red-haired woman of the Iceni. Not even the secrets kept deep in one's heart. - Where Do You Do Your Research, Wikipedia? (4828 words) by Carmarthen
Fandom: The Eagle (2011), Sword Song - Rosemary Sutcliff, Eagle of the Ninth - Rosemary Sutcliff
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Esca/Marcus Flavius Aquila
Additional Tags: Crack, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe, Epistolary, loving mockery, Alternate Universe - Historical Reenactors
HISTORICAL RE-ENACTORS AU!