Oh quickly disappearing photograph

[The subject line's from Rilke's "Portrait of My Father as a Young Man"]

How is it mid-January already? Tu b'shevat is this weekend, and we in fact have a crepe myrtle to plant, but with one of us recovering from his Moderna booster and the other still slogging through respiratory crap, and the forecast reviving the ululations of Panic Catfish, who knows what we'll manage.

Meanwhile, I didn't intend to write any fic this week, but TheOldGods shitposted on Discord about "Archie going feral for Daniel's gray hair," so this happened:

This Interval of Being (1901 words) by ribbons
Fandom: England Series - K. J. Charles
Rating: Mature
Relationships: Archie Curtis/Daniel da Silva
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Canon Gay Relationship, Hair Dyeing, Aging
Summary:

Some battles can't be won, but the conditions of engagement evolve.

Or: Archie 2, Vanity 1 ;)

And speaking of Archie/Daniel and poetry, this fic showed up yesterday as well, and it is hilarious:

Inclined to Fall (2016 words) by adspexi
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: England Series - K. J. Charles, Creator's Choice of Fandom, Writer/Artist Choice in special interest/hyperfixation
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Archie Curtis/Daniel da Silva
Additional Tags: Slice of Life, Oral Sex, Period-typical terrible schoolboy poetry
Summary:

Postcanon, Archie and Curtis still have more to learn about each other.