Like Moths to a Flame - Chapter One

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Title: Like Moths to a Flame - Chapter One
Author: nurseowens
Pairing: Viggo Mortensen/Orlando Bloom
Rating: NC-17
Warning: AU, angst
Feedback: is what a writer lives for
Beta: silvan_lady, the one and only... my inspiration and the one person who can kick my butt anytime!
Disclaimer: I don't know these men or their sexual preferences. This story is written in an Alternate Universe, meaning I may call them Viggo and Orlando but I'm just playing with them.
Summary: Viggo is an English Lit professor at Oxford, specializing in Victorian Poetry. He becomes Orlando's Supervisor as Orlando tries to write his PhD thesis. They stumble upon a family secret.
Author's note 1: I am in debt to A.S.Byatt and Neil Labute for their novel and screenplay respectively. Their 'Possession' inspired me to write this story, but I took a few ideas and ran with it. Hopefully far enough, so please don't sue me.
Author's note 2: The very generous idlesloth has helped me tremendously with everything to do with Oxford, both the geography and the University. The multi-talented silvan_lady has provided some much needed poetry for this story and helped me find the right locations. All poems are original and I will give credit where credit is due. The poem included here is bysilvan_lady

The reviled poem