#A x detective

[fauville]

title: love me something fierce

fandom: the wayhaven chronicles

rating: explicit (mdni)

pairing: ava du mortain/female detective

chapters: 2/3

A/N: time for the second chapter! this one has really fun things in it, i've been excited to share. this chapter also earns the explicit rating.

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You wake up in the middle of the night so cold you're shivering under your blankets. You have two thick duvets on top of you, but it's not enough to stand the freezing temperature of the cabin now that you don't have heating anymore, because of the power outage.

You try to close your eyes and get some sleep again, but the coldness of the room and your clattering teeth are keeping you awake. You hear noises downstairs, Ava must be still awake, and in the end you give up on sleeping and get up from the bed, wrapping yourself in a blanket, before descending the squeaky stairs to the living area.

Ava is kneeled on the floor, tending to the flames of the fireplace and looking as focused as always. You smile without meaning to.

“Cannot sleep?” she asks without turning to look at you, feeding the fire another log.

You stare at the orange flames and Ava's side profile for a moment, captivated by the sight of the fire’s glow on her skin. She looks so soft in the low light, her blonde hair is free from its knot and is spilling across her shoulders. You don't think you're ever seen her with her hair down. It suits her.

“No,” you admit finally, wrapping the blanket tighter around you. “It's too cold.”

Ava turns to look at you in concern and your breath catches, when her icy green eyes trace your features across the room.

“Come by the fire,” Ava says and you comply her easily, walking to the couch and sitting down, sinking in its soft flannel plushness with a heavy sigh.

read more in ao3.

[stars-and-clouds]

Detective Langford and Agent Adam du Mortain

My detective, Amy Langford, and Adam du Mortain romance moodboard.

Amy is a people driven, science and combat focused detective. She's extremely empathetic, something Adam can learn from and at the same time reign her in when she gives away too much of herself to others.

[lonelyzarquon]

# taking “undressing her with my eyes” to a whole other level

[myiliterallyhavenolifegoals]

the fact that Edwin lived in the early 1900s is a fantastic source of comedic potential. he's just constantly saying things that he doesn't realise are completely batshit insane, and the others are just left utterly floored.

like they're all talking and Crystal mentions she's tried cocaine once on a wild night out, and Edwin, who used to get that shit medically prescribed at the drop of a hat is like ??? okay?? hope you felt better, it always used to help me when I had a cold too :) Charles why are you laughing?

[infinityinakiss]

gotta hand it to charles for being so insane that edwin didn't even think that he could possibly be a hallucination or another hell trick, he was immediately like "of course, charles would come to hell for me. he's such an idiot. this is entirely in character."

[lovetositinsilence]

a moment for themselves

[kuni-kuun]

and another mundane day

[technically-human]

Charles, you can't just say stuff

[carebeardean]

do you ever think about how this was the first time Edwin laughed in 70 years. or are you normal

[batszboo]

This is so stupid but I immediately thought of him when I saw this comment

[fauville]

fandom: the wayhaven chronicles

rating: (eventually) explicit

pairing: female detective/ava du mortain

chapters: 1/3

A/N: cozy winter vibes, ahoy! who cares that it's spring started this originally in 2021, i'm determined to finish it

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“Ava,” you say, turning a page on your copy of Pride and Prejudice. “Please stop.”

Ava doesn't look at you or even acknowledge your words, she keeps staring outside from the frosted window with her hands folded against her chest and jaw flexed with irritation.

Always so stubborn. It's as frustrating as it is endearing, because Ava du Mortain hasn't changed one bit after the day you met her eight months ago. She is honest and sincere, always. She's also the most bull-headed woman you've ever met. Yet, you love that about her. Sometimes, when you're lonely and sick with feeling the way you do, you wish you didn’t.

You sigh at her silence and close your book, keeping your forefinger between the covers to mark the page you were reading.

“The weather won’t change no matter how hard you stare at it. It's supposed to storm for two more days.”

Ava just grunts and unfolds her arms-- only to fold them again a few seconds later. She’s actually wearing a long sleeved shirt because of the weather, it's still grey and boring, but the fabric is fuzzy and it looks soft and warm on her. Her pants are the same as always, though, and her blonde hair is on a bun, but it's just a little bit looser than normally-- a few hair strands frame her serious face nicely, making her expression appear gentler than it is.

You shake your head in exasperation and return to your book.

There are three problems to the situation you have found yourself in:

1. The huge snow storm raging outside that prevents you and Ava from leaving the cabin.

2. Ava and the fact that she has avoided being alone with you for the last two weeks and now you're stuck in here in the middle of nowhere for at least a couple more days than was originally planned.

3. Nat, Farah and Morgan left before the snow storm started for a reconnaissance for your mission. So, you're with Ava. Alone. And things happen to be very awkward between you two because you might have kissed her at the New Year’s party drunk on longing and too much expensive champagne.

[❤️ read more in ao3]

[starfruitsomething]

He never wasted a leaf or a tree. Do you think He would squander souls?

[jamesevans0]

okay i’m done after this (probably)

[surunlintu]

[coloursflyaway]

The thing that gets me about Charles' response to Edwin's confession is that that is not a man saying no, that is a man saying "I love you the most in every other aspect of my life. Give me time to find out if, maybe, I can love you the most in this one, too."

[layla02]

gentle