#𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 ; abhominable—don't forget to spell it with an 'h'.
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❛ stop it . ❜
@cairspian thought i wouldn’t !
#LMAO#NO VERSE TAG NO PLOT NO ACTION#FIGURE IT OUT BESTIE#cairspian#cairspian 021.#𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 ; abhominable—don't forget to spell it with an 'h'.
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he shouldn’t be here . the thought plays repeatedly in peter’s mind in a manner that is more warning than benevolent litany as he breaches the surface of the sea with a lung - swelling gasp , the clear blue sky greeting its king of old from above like a familiar , beloved friend . land , mercifully , is within reach , and peter makes his way to shore ; sheds his heavy blazer as though in preparation to take on a new , second skin ; rolls up his sleeves with a resigned sigh . are the others here , he wonders : lucy , edmund , susan ? why is he here ?
even after the slow , terrible passing of a year , peter remembers what he had thought were his final days in narnia — until around five minutes ago , at least — with astonishing clarity ; is still painfully intimate with the unadulterated grief that had sprouted in his chest like the viral side - effects of a poison when the great lion had bared his teeth to tear apart his heart . you will not be returning to narnia . was this a mistake , then ?
if nothing else , peter pevensie is realising that he’s growing awfully tired of saying his last goodbyes over & over again .
he cannot bear to spare a thought for the fate of the king whom he had once loved ; but peter’s heart betrays him when his mind’s eye flashes with moving pictures of gentle , brown eyes and the swooping curve of his lips when graced with the affections of a smile . how many years has it been ? will peter be seeing caspian , or laying forget - me - nots upon his majesty’s dusty , hallowed tomb ?
he isn’t terribly surprised by his distinct inability to recognise the island for what he had once known it to be — but what does render peter into a stunned silence is the appearance of an old ally at his feet , who seizes the leg of his trousers and pulls him into the shadows as he babbles about an abduction ( he does not let himself think about what reepicheep’s presence really means ) .
their plan is one of rescue : lucy — and eustace , oddly enough — are to be sold into slavery if left to their fate , and not ten minutes pass by the time peter is lowering a hood from his head in the main square , meeting lucy’s star - beam smile with an affectionate quirk of his lips before going right for the ringleader with a silver sword from drinian’s collection . he’s a little rusty , but this has never given the high king cause to falter .
❛ never again will you sell another living being in these lands , ❜ commands the former emperor of the lone islands as he brings the slaver to his knees and presses the tip of his sword to their throat , but peter falters when a flash of movement across the square ensnares his attention .
❛ caspian . ❜
it isn’t a word ; it’s a prayer , a song peter knows by heart and carries with him always , an ancient call that echoes from ear to ear in the darkest moments of the wicked night before it lays down its arms and surrenders to the dawn . peter lets his sword fall to the ground with a dull clatter , leaving the slaver to face a minotaur that approaches in his stead , and already , he knows a dreadful truth . if he isn’t careful , he will never again have the strength to say goodbye .
plotted starter for @cairspian !
#don't match length i'm just feral <3333#and don't mind me just dropping all ur shit on the dash <333333333333#cairspian#cairspian 001.#𝖆𝖑𝖜𝖆𝖞𝖘 𝖆 𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖌 ; book deviant.#𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 ; abhominable—don't forget to spell it with an 'h'.#i need to change my verse tags fml but just take this for now <3
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perhaps he’s only sorry that he got caught . perhaps , as it dawns ‘pon peter now that he has been pulled out of the battlefield & sequestered away within the safety of closed quarters , it had been easier for him to face this —— all of it : the unsubtle whispers , the cruelty of children , the consequences of placing himself in the firing line to protect others —— when there wasn’t as much at stake . sorry , is what he does not say . i’m sorry that the rest of your life will be like this .
❛ haven’t changed your mind yet , then ? ❜ he asks quietly , squeezing an eye shut with a subtle wince as caspian uses the damp towel in their hands to pat carefully at the cut o’er his right brow . ❛ i think you’ve drawn the short straw in this deal , caspian maravilla —— i don’t know about you , but i’d take giants over the wankers at hendon any day of the week . ❜ what do you get in return for all of this ? is the question that hangs between them . a lifetime in hiding ? a long fall from prince to pauper ? perhaps it isn’t the falling that they should fear . perhaps the real danger lies with the landing .
plotted�� starter for @cairspian !
#im fucked up already this kills me#I LOVE THEM SO MUCH I JUST WANT THEM TO GET THEIR COTTAGE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE ALREADY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#cairspian 006.#cairspian#𝖔𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖆 𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖌 ; london.#𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 ; abhominable—don't forget to spell it with an 'h'.
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@cairspian : are you so eager to be eaten ?
for a moment , peter forgets all about their game . he has masks to wear , a role to play ⸺ but ocean blues seek out the tranquil solace of the hunter’s irises , black as the fathoms that run deep below his own calm waters , and peter comes to life ‘neath the darkling’s attentions . [ their darkness is a part of you , just as much as the fractals of sunlight that pass through the surface above . you would dive down into their eyeless depths & let your lungs have their fill of the darkling , if you could . maybe you will . ]
the thick furs of caspian’s cape envelop the space around the two of them , reducing the wintry forest & its open air to mere inches of room to breathe , and peter lets them crowd him against the rough bark that encircles the trunk of a thick pine tree , delighted smile playing near - imperceptibly ‘cross pale features as deft fingers reach to pull them closer , closer . [ they can do anything they’d like , now that they’ve found you . it’s all you want . it’s only fair . ]
❛ only by you , ❜ peter murmurs , gaze dropping ‘neath the gentle curves of caspian’s dark eyes as a thumb lifts to snag at the pillowy centre of their bottom lip . ❛ i wouldn’t mind , if you wanted to swallow me whole . ❜
#dont even know which meme this is from but uh . yea#dont ask#cairspian#𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 ... 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 . ; grisha au.#𝖎𝖓𝖇𝖔𝖝 ; a very serious kind of present.#𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 ; abhominable—don't forget to spell it with an 'h'.
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❛ there you are . ❜ it’s been dangerously easy , he thinks , to fall back into old habits even thirteen hundred years later ; as he slows to an idling halt a few footfalls away from the seated prince , peter notices that the knuckles on his left hand are bleached bone - white with their deathly grip ‘pon rhindon’s lion’s - head pommel , as if he is still naught but a child , utterly entangled in the belief that it is a safety net he will never need to use . he really should know better by now .
in the silence , he inhales , exhales , and finally lets go .
❛ i think we got off on the wrong foot , ❜ he says , voice low — yet inexplicably clear , even o’er the chattering din of blacksmiths & beasts within the fire - lit walls of the how . perhaps it’s something in the air ; something that teaches him to invoke the nobility and commanding grace of a king once more .
❛ let me make it up to you : how about another spar ? something a little more amiable , this time. ❜ he tears a page from deep within edmund’s book of diplomacy as he tips his head — to almost anyone else , it would appear that the high king , ever the warrior , is merely restless to greet whatever adventure will next rise from beyond the horizon yonder — but what peter really means to do is direct caspian’s attention toward the small crowd of narnians who watch their every move ( mostly fauns and talking beasts at present , but it’s been a rotating roster of spectators from the moment caspian had first disarmed him in the forest ) .
they do not know who to follow , he thinks — and in keeping his distance , peter hasn’t exactly helped dissipate this terrible tension between the two of them . still , while the narnians have been watching them , he’s been watching caspian : ‘cross the how , on the training grounds , in his moments of peace within the eye of this perpetual storm . he’s a dreamer . he could be a king . already , peter believes in the choice narnia has made ; he believes in what they can achieve together . but he also knows that everything will fall apart if they aren’t careful — so as he idles in front of the other , he offers out a hand to help caspian stand . it isn’t exactly a white flag , but it’s a start .
plotted starter for @cairspian !
#cairspian#cairspian 004.#𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖗𝖊𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖓 ; book two.#𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 ; abhominable—don't forget to spell it with an 'h'.#HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII#I LOVE YOU IM SO EXCITED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#also hand touching ...... so personal#even more personal after blood pact /bricked
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he isn’t one for celebrations . not after war , after death ; it’s probably why ed had pushed a wine goblet into his hands the moment that the opulent splendour of caspian’s coronation ceremony had burgeoned into the more familiar , uninhibited throes of a narnian celebration & his ‘ high king ’ veneer finally began to slip amidst the chaos . still , he sequesters himself away from the main revelry rather than relying on the wine to keep him from introspection . deep down , peter pevensie still thinks about studying medicine . he does not need the great lion to tell him what he already feels , deep within the pit of his belly , though he knows the conversation will soon come all the same . he will not be returning to this place again .
but it is caspian’s day ; caspian’s era , and as the king approaches his hiding place ‘neath the covers of the darkened courtyard , peter realises he cannot bear to taint the sweetness of this fair eve with bitter talk of goodbyes . ❛ hullo , your majesty , ❜ he says instead , eyeing the familiar adornment ‘pon the other’s head with a wry smile . ‘ you are narnia’s to keep , ’ he had whispered only hours ago as he had bequeathed his crown to caspian with a voice that was not entirely his own . ‘ put your faith in her , and she will not lead you astray . ’ caspian will make a fine king , he thinks .
somewhere beyond their line of sight , the fauns’ lively music decrescendos into a gentler , slower melody , and peter sets aside his cup before rising gracefully & holding out his hand with a subtle bow . ❛ may i ? ❜ he isn’t one for celebrations ; but he’d rather dance than talk .
still , the strong wine is slowly working to unravel the knots in his tongue , and once he is in caspian’s arms , his resolve is quick to shaken . ❛ tell me a secret , ❜ he whispers . give me your heart , he thinks selfishly . ❛ something to hold for you . something you have never before given away . ❜ something peter can tuck between his ribs and carry back with him to england , even as everything else is left behind .
plotted starter for @cairspian !
#oh my god .#he's going to give caspian the ring btw#The Ring#AT SOME POINT IN THIS THREAD ALSKDNSJKDF#cairspian#cairspian 003.#𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 ; abhominable—don't forget to spell it with an 'h'.#𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖗𝖊𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖓 ; book two.
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❛ narnia, narnia . . . ah. king edmund the just ? ❜ well, peter did know this would happen, at least — still, he’s almost a little guilty as he peers down at the list in the guard’s hands ; though no more than edmund himself, who’d argued with peter for over forty minutes in his bid to prove himself capable of being the first pevensie to visit hyrule ( stubbornly blind all the while, of course, to the fact that the entirety of their exchange had taken place while edmund sat in bed, his face even paler than usual ) .
❛ er — no, sorry, ❜ he starts ; though in some ways, he isn’t sorry at all. hyrule — like narnia — is a far cry from london, and he cannot help but feel as if he’s tumbled through the doors of yet another wardrobe to engage in this visit : every breath, it seems, is pure magic. it’s certain, then. ed’s going to be absolutely furious about having missed this. ❛ peter of narnia. edmund is unwell ; i’m attending in his stead. ❜
❛ peter of . . . ❜ at last, the guard’s eyes widen in recognition, and peter smiles graciously ( if not a little self - consciously ) . ❛ welcome to hyrule, high king peter. right this way, if you please. ❜ peter is ushered into the castle as he conveys his thanks, and in the moments before he passes out of earshot, the guard speaks once more — but not to him. ❛ narnia sure is trying to impress the princess. ❜ though he raises a brow rather surreptitiously, he knows better than to comment.
in any case, distraction comes rather easily once he walks into the ballroom and immediately comes face to face with said princess. ❛ your highness, ❜ peter begins, dipping into a polite bow at the waist. ❛ happy birthday. i have something for you — i’ve heard you enjoy reading. ❜ he lifts the package in his hands, wrapped in brown paper and intricately braided threads of twine that at this point look more like a work of art than mere fetters ; he can’t exactly take full responsibility for the idea, but he knows that no library is complete without a compendium of narnian fairy tales ( leather - bound and dusted with gold foil, naturally ) . even if zelda is too old for such stories, he thinks, one day they will be old enough to enjoy them again.
plotted starter for @hyliacursed .
#i'm still dying @ him assuming it's just a huge birthday party#peter pevensie i love u#also i hope this is ok zel !!! please let me know if you want me to change anything at all :]#hyliacursed 001.#hyliacursed#𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 ; abhominable—don't forget to spell it with an 'h'.#𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖓𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖓 𝖘𝖐𝖞 ; the golden age.#q.
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peter pevensie is dragging his heart ten paces behind him , as if he was once pious in his belief that the physical distance would save it from ruin within the callous clutches of the lion’s terrible paws ( it performed no such miracle , when the moment came ; but of course , he —— high king , exiled soldier , hopelessly devoted fool —— had long before set aside any illusions he had once harboured about the infallibility of a stiff upper lip , like the decisive abandonment of childish protections & playthings ) .
vaguely , he realises that susan is speaking —— but peter’s own words twist into bitter and ugly things in his chest , and he keeps them locked away behind his teeth like poison vials on a shelf . neither anger nor panic , he knows , will change aslan’s mind . and yet , it continues to build in his lungs , in his airways , until he is convinced that this leaden weight will pull him down to the bottom of the sea and cradle his head in its hands ‘til he drowns : don’t send me back there . don’t send me away from him .
still , he has enough presence of mind to mirror his sister when both she & aslan slow to a halt ‘neath the shelter of the courtyard , and when his eyes lift away from the cobblestones under his boots to survey the sudden disturbance of this terrible peace , he falters : for a moment , the rest of the world seems meaningless in the wake of the new king’s gaze , warmed into a gentle honey - brown by the dappled sunlight overhead ( never before has anyone looked at him with such unabated longing , he realises ) . caspian is a tether in a storm ; dry land after weeks of nothing but sea and sky , and peter pevensie doesn’t know how he is supposed to let go . ‘ everyone has assembled , ’ caspian hedges , and they know that this is the end .
❛ go ahead , ❜ he tells susan , gesturing after aslan — who walks on with a slow flick of his tail , but only after a meaningful glance at peter that twists his stomach into knots —— with an almost imperceptible tip of his head . ❛ i’ll catch up . ❜ he waits until both lion & queen are out of sight before moving ( slowly ; each step is an exercise in self - control ) to close the terrible distance between himself and the remaining soul in the courtyard . how long had he been awake ? had they been looking for peter ? as he takes caspian’s hand and squeezes it with a smile that does not quite reach his turbulent eyes , a small voice in the back of his head laments for all that he had never dared permit himself to want . more time . more time . more time . ❛ can we talk ? ❜
plotted starter for @cairspian !
#IM NOT READY HELP#peter . peter loves them so much#this is going to tear him apart#also gentle reminder that This Is It in five minutes plotline <3333333#cairspian#cairspian 007.#𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖗𝖊𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖓 ; book two.#𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 ; abhominable—don't forget to spell it with an 'h'.
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the dream always starts like this . it’s caspian’s face first , warm & familiar ; meticulously disarming peter until each and every one of his walls have crumbled into blunt shards at his feet . he reaches out through the darkness , cradling peter’s face in his hands , and the near - constant , roaring ache of the hole in the high king’s chest ebbs , stunned into silence by the caresses of affection stamped onto his cheeks like an unspoken vow ⸺ night after night after night , touch alone brings peter to his knees & forces him to unravel the truth that he cannot bear to acknowledge within his waking hours : he would do anything , everything , to linger on in caspian’s orbit forever .
( but not like this ; not as a distant , dead star , long gone from the sky he relies ‘pon for comfort in the blackest hours of the night . you are nothing but an echo of the light he once saw within your eyes ⸺ but you would give anything , be anything , to earn your place beside him again . all you’ve ever wanted is to stay by his side . )
but he disappears ; he always does , in the end . what happens next is a lottery that shifts with the mercurial tides each evening : tonight , the great lion himself appears before peter , hackles raised . of course he isn’t safe , peter thinks distantly , as if peering into a memory to uncover a long - forgotten truth . no - one can tame him ⸺ you least of all . ❛ you cannot stay here , ❜ aslan tells him , golden eyes unreadable and near - green . ❛ let him go . before it destroys you and narnia both . ❜ ❛ i’m so sorry , aslan , ❜ peter whispers , ❛ i’m trying ⸺ ❜ but it isn’t enough . it’s never enough . ❛ your return has endangered them all , my son . no matter the choice you make , ruin will follow . ❜
when he wakes , his cheeks are wet .
peter knows what should come next . he should roll over & let sleep take him once more ⸺ better yet , he should escape out onto the deck and seek solace within the arms of the stars above until he can pretend the choice that stands before him is naught but wind in his ears ; the choice with no right direction , even if there is a choice at all . aslan is right ⸺ he will destroy everything .
perhaps this , in the end ⸺ his clear sight of the ruin at the end of each path ⸺ is what shatters the pillars that hold his strength . ' what are you doing ? ’ chides the small , insistent voice at the back of his mind that has always shouldered the burden of responsibility & wins out against his heart more often than not ⸺ ‘ you heard him . you don’t belong here , ’ it insists ⸺ but he carries on with his odyssey all the same , treacherous legs carrying peter from his plush hammock below deck to caspian’s quarters at the back of the ship . a hand lifts to curl ‘round the knob at the entrance to the stern cabin , and after far too little deliberation , he pushes the right - hand door open with a gentle click . ❛ caspian ? ❜ peter whispers into the darkness , idling in the threshold as if it is the only line in the sand that he cannot bring himself to breach .
he can go no further . but neither can he let go .
plotted starter for @cairspian !
#𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒆'𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 . ; vodt.#cairspian 015.#this is fucked this is so fucked#LKJSNKLJDFNBKSJDLF#also i hope this is ok MWAH !!!!!#cairspian#𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 ; abhominable—don't forget to spell it with an 'h'.#isnt it funny how he ends up seeking solace within the arms of the stars above anyway <3333 theyre so funny
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@ecfigaes : sparring with oreius .
he shifts on unsteady feet in the dark , fingers tightening around the grip of his sword as he wills himself to just shut up and listen ( it’s a simple enough sentiment , until theory becomes practice ) . the gentle breeze whispers indecipherable secrets in his ears , kissing at his rosy cheeks , and the little king stumbles as he swipes blindly , blade protecting him from naught but the cool air around them . ❛ er . . . oreius ? ❜ peter tries , lifting a hand from rhindon to instead flutter over the blindfold like a ghost ; though he does not dare remove it . ❛ i don’t think i’m getting the hang of this . ❜
#THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME IM AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH#ecfigaes 001.#ecfigaes#𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 ; abhominable—don't forget to spell it with an 'h'.#𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖓𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖓 𝖘𝖐𝖞 ; the golden age.#i feel like this is maybe pretty soon after the coronation etc ? who knows#let me know if you'd like me to change anything !!!!!
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he doesn’t sleep anymore . not now that he is a stranger in his home ; in his own body . ( how many years will it take , peter pevensie , for you to once again recognise the face that stares out at you from within the looking glass ? ten ? fifteen ? or will your only reminder of your time in that bewitching , bloody dream be the presence of something ancient in your eyes , as turbulent and restless as the eastern sea in a storm ? who are you , little soldier , without your sword & battle scars ? ) mum often berates him for it when she finds him dozing with his head cradled in his arms at the dining table each grey morn , questioning whether he plans to carry on like this once his father comes home , once he’s back at school : he will never tell her that a part of him — the part that is nearly older than his own mother — would die before allowing anyone to trap him within the four walls of hendon house for two more years .
he’s doing it again ; haunting this somnolent house in finchley , wandering the halls with all the soundless grace of a ghost ( this energy , this restless , agonising energy , must go somewhere ) . only now , after an entire month , has the true grief begun to bloom within peter’s chest like a festering weed that he knows he’ll never be able to claw out from between his ribs — perhaps they aren’t going back , after all . and perhaps he isn’t the only conscious mourner , even at this hour . it’s quiet , but peter ( ever the eldest , ever the protector ) hears lucy’s tears like a heartbeat in a hurricane , and he does not think twice before redirecting his aimless course . ❛ lu ? ❜ he whispers , rapping twice on her bedroom door with two fingers before nudging it open , by just a fraction .
plotted starter for @valiynt !
#death tw#in case :]#also i want to die actually#SLDNFJKSDNFLKSN FUCK#ROWAN WHY ARE WE DOING THIS AGAIN#𝖔𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖆 𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖌 ; london.#𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 ; abhominable—don't forget to spell it with an 'h'.#valiynt#valiynt 003.
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@jstking : plotted starter .
peter’s armed with a sort of knowledge that elder brothers often know how to use best as he props a shoulder up against the doorway of edmund’s study , an uncharacteristically impish smile spreading ‘cross his features like the rapid bloom of narnian roses in spring . ❛ welcome home , brother . tell me : did your business in the western woods this morn happen to have anything to do with a certain lady remilia ? ❜ he’s too intrigued to bother being coy about it ; the trees really do make short work of messages when it comes to their kings & queens .
#love u#jstking#jstking 003.#𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖓𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖓 𝖘𝖐𝖞 ; the golden age.#𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 ; abhominable—don't forget to spell it with an 'h'.
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EDMUND : why not just tell me ?? / @multimess. accepting.
a deep, ancient sigh spills from peter’s chest ; an overflow of the grief that he’s been holding close to his chest like a losing hand of cards from the moment he & susan were taken aside and told that they would not be coming home again. now that edmund’s lament for his torch has finally faltered in its ability to hide the truths that feel twisted & sour in his mouth, he notices that the air is different here. stifling. the tie that he’d fastened around his neck weeks ago now feels as if it may strangle him, and with each passing moment that the train solemnly carries on down the tracks, peter feels more and more likely to scream cry collapse. ( but he would never : not in front of his siblings, not if he can help it. )
❛ i would have, ❜ he begins carefully, acutely aware that this conversation is far from private. ❛ su & i just didn’t get the chance. it’s hardly as if we could’ve all sat down for tea & biscuits before — ❜ he will not speak the lion’s name. not now. ❛ — before we were sent back to london, in any case. ❜
he’s quick to turn to the hushed solitude of his bag — pawing through latin and linguistic textbooks in an attempt to look sufficiently busy — but even as the minutes tick by, peter still feels his brother’s eyes linger on him, and his faux surrender comes in the form of a fond, terribly absent, smile. there is a hollow, he realises, where his heart should be. ❛ look — don’t worry about us, ed. you & lu still have time left : that’s the bit that matters. ❜
#this got so depressing i'm sorry#HAHAHAHA#multimess#𝖎𝖓��𝖔𝖝 ; a very serious kind of present.#𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 ; abhominable—don't forget to spell it with an 'h'.#post-prince caspian obv#𝖔𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖆 𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖌 ; london.#q.
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“ are you alright? ” the certain danger caspian exposes himself to in speaking these words does not totally evade him —— beings reduced to mere mythologies, he knows that a person like him, ( this man caspian has brought to the forbidden sandy beaches in an effort to save him from drowning in the middle of a seastorm, ) is likely to be completely unaware of his species’ entire existence, which is a particularly nasty recipe for disaster if you’re also the prince of your underwater world in a one-sided permanent conflict with the dwellers of the land.
still, a part of him had always hoped to find someone as fascinated about the other like he is, even if he is meant to safely deposit the troubled human on the shore & take his leave immediately ( he couldn’t bear to watch something - someone perish in his sea, ) he feels a pitiful tug at his heart that keeps him in place, laying across from him, clothes wet & clinging from the water. he was given an opportunity to see them up close, to get to know the way they speak, how they walk, even —— though this one’s not a very cogent sample size, it won't end badly, will it? “ do you... need anything? ”
he’s dead . he must be —— he’s well accustomed to hearing the twin fates of men tossed overboard in a storm by now ; he knows what waits for him deep within the fathoms below . there had even been a face , a voice . . . an angel , he’d decided : come to escort him o’er the threshold of davy jones’ locker .
but when peter wakes , expelling sea salt & smoke from his lungs with a desperate stream of gasping , choked coughs , he feels solid ground cradling his head ; wet sand shifting ‘neath his open palm as he rolls off his back and hunches over in a bid to chase down the wind he’d lost during his time spent beneath the ocean’s surface . he’s on the shoreline . and , as the prince realises once he’s pulled himself into a seated position , he isn’t alone .
are you alright ? the voice asks , and his lips part in breathless wonder .
❛ you . . . ❜ you’re real . you’re beautiful . you’re a mer . ❛ you saved my life , ❜ peter finally decides , bright blue eyes sweeping languidly down the length of the stranger’s body ( he hopes it isn’t terribly rude to stare , but peter can do naught but give himself over to childlike enthrallment as he watches their tailfin lap restlessly at the oncoming waves ) before settling on his brilliantly dark —— and perhaps equally curious —— gaze . how many times , he wonders , had his mother sat by his bedside and read tales of the merfolk to lull peter to sleep ? how many times had he dreamed about what now lies before him ? ❛ you’ve already done more than enough for me . thank you . ❜
with a surprising degree of grace , the prince dares to scoot just a little closer —— keeping his movements slow in an attempt to prove that he means no harm —— but he does not try to make any sort of contact beyond that between their unwavering eyes . ❛ i’m peter . ❜
→ mermaid madness from @cairspian !
#𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 . . . 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 . ; tlm au.#𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 ; abhominable—don't forget to spell it with an 'h'.#cairspian#𝖎𝖓𝖇𝖔𝖝 ; a very serious kind of present.#FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK#I LOVE THEM SO MUCH IN ALL WORLDS THEY ARE THE BLUEPRINT#i didn't know whether or not to have someone interrupt but if you wanna continue it and make me change anything then just yell at me
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he’s still playing chess with the memories in his head ; still trying to rearrange the events of the last two hours into a story that makes sense . they’d been on a skiff ; he & lucy ⸺ of this , peter is certain ( when her name had been drawn from the nightmare lottery , peter had found a way in beside her , burning maps & intelligence from west ravka until the lieutenant had decided that the only way to suffocate this fire was with darkness ) .
the rest , admittedly , will not come easily . he remembers the markers ; the volcra . lucy’s screams . and then ⸺ nothing . nothing but light . and yet ⸺ as he’s led to the threshold of the general’s tent , unanswered questions quickly gathering dust ‘pon his tongue , peter is quick to realise that he may very well be the only occupant of the camp without a theory . sun summoner , are the words that the wind catch & carry out to his ears through the fluttering tent flaps : already , he knows he’s in trouble .
❛ please , just ⸺ let me see my sister first , ❜ he mutters , glancing between the guards by his side with an increasing sense of desperation . ❛ she . . . she was hurt . on the skiff . i need to know that she’s alright . ❜ but the grisha to his left only shakes their head . ❛ she’s in surgery . it won’t do either of you any good to see her now . ❜ she’s alive , then . peter will have to live with that ⸺ for now .
the tent is still ; dimly - lit ⸺ even as peter is brought to a halt ⸺ but he’d have to be blind to miss the black kefta that cuts void - like edges into the smoky darkness ( if peter were indeed the sun , he would be swallowed ) . he’s well aware that only one grisha in ravka is permitted to wear this colour .
❛ i’m not what you think i am , ❜ he says finally , eyes tethered helplessly to the silent silhouette that faces the war table at the back of the tent , ❛ and if i were , i can’t imagine why you would let your men haul me around like an animal . ❜ at that , he jerks his right arm out of a corporalki’s grasp ⸺ though the second heartrender only tightens their hold in response , and peter’s subsequent surrender manifests as a near - imperceptible dip of his head , eyes dropping to the plush carpeting beneath his boots for little longer than a heartbeat . as if the opulence has reminded him where he stands among the elites of the second army , his next words are quiet . deferent , almost . ❛ there’s been a mistake . . . general . i didn’t do anything . ❜
that feeling , the one caught in your throat : is it fear , or fascination ?
plotted starter for @cairspian !
#hey zel do you wanna see something fucked up#cairspian 013.#:cringe:#SJFBSDFBJHFB#im sooooooooooo fucked up about them they own my whole ass and also heart#still have no clue how they dont make out with each other as soon as they see each other but whatever#also don't match length i'll kill you actually i know a lot of this starter was just abt setting the scene#cairspian#𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 ; abhominable—don't forget to spell it with an 'h'.#𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 ... 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 . ; grisha au.
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❛ — so , what you’re trying to tell me is that you aren’t the duke of monroth , you haven’t a penny to your name , and — though you haven’t sold a single play in the entire span of your exceedingly short career — you’re asking the company to put its future in your hands & perform . . . ‘ bohemian rhapsody ’ during our next season ; with you in a starring role , at that . ❜ it isn’t a question .
a quiet , resigned sigh rises from within the weary depths of peter’s chest & tumbles out of his parted lips as he sets aside the playscript , shoulders slumping imperceptibly . he can , at the very least , afford to drop the act now .
( ‘ he was in the audience when you stood in as arthur , ’ zidler had explained , looping an arm around peter’s shoulders before he could roll his eyes & walk away — he was an assistant , for christ’s sake ; not an actor — as if preparing to let him in on a secret , ‘ and what good fortune this happy accident has brought ! he has requested to meet with you as a benefactor , provided that you continue performing ; i believe he’s rather fond of you . it could help us , peter . not just the theatre , but your family . the duke can be exceedingly generous — with the right motivation . ’ )
right motivation , indeed . he’s in his best suit , the only one of his father’s that they hadn’t been forced to sell after his death ; zidler had even let him open the bottle of wine they’d been saving for an exceedingly special occasion — certainly no occasion along these lines , he’s sure — but of course , the beautiful , charming , achingly kind man in front of him is a penniless writer . of course . life , peter thinks , has a peculiar habit of being exceedingly terrible like that . and cruel , he realises with a rising , prickling fear : the duke will be here soon . the real one .
❛ i don’t have the time for this . get out . ❜
plotted starter for @cairspian !
#𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 ; moulin rouge au.#i just think that cynical peter pevensie who's only trying to look out for his family#that's it#i just think about him#hahahaha the duke falling in love w peter in a play where he acted as king arthur . i'm insane actually#im so. IM SO#AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH#also please think about the musical iteration of mr where peter & caspian end up in the lead roles together AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH#anyway i figured we could maybe start here ; potentially bring the duke in as an npc ; have that stupid film scene where caspian hides#then after he leaves they can have another convo#who knows#if this doesn't work for u then perish#LSKDFNKHSDFL;#NO JUST LMK#i hope it's an ok starting point mwah#cairspian#cairspian 002.#𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 ; abhominable—don't forget to spell it with an 'h'.
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