Oh, speaking of Peter and chronology, it occurs to me that the fact that we think that he and Fritz got caught fooling around, may be related to the fact that he was totally ready to desert at the drop of a hat, not once but twice. In contrast to Katte, who we know did initially try to talk Fritz out of escaping, and who evidently didn't get caught having sex, because they were still allowed to hang out together until the end. So fix-it fic characterization is shaping up like so.

Suhm: Are you CRAZY? No! I love you, but someone has to think about the consequences here.

Katte: This is a really, REALLY bad idea, to go with your last bad idea. I don't know how I let you keep talking me into these things. Can we at least take some precautions?

Keith: Sodomy? Desertion? Sign me up!

:P

Now, why they're like this is an interesting question. For Keith, I'm going for some combination of impressionable in the face of Fritz's very strong personality, and a high tolerance for risk, especially for anything that involves shipping him/Fritz. This is related to why he will be the one who rides all the way back to Bayreuth from France to bring Wilhelmine word that Fritz is still alive in hiding, and she should totally desert too. Then everyone lives happily ever after, and we can imagine future Lehndorff waving his "true hero" fan club banner. :)