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A little different than last year's, but here we are again. To say that this past year hasn't been absolutely wild would be a lie, cause HOLY SHIT MAN
This year's birthday is. A little different for me, but you already have the silly comic to show that so I won't make like a broken record oops
But, despite the changes and hills that life's decided I should climb or throw at, it hasn't changed the fact that I'm so genuinely fucking thankful to the people that I've known since joining this fandom. I'm not even kidding when I say that being here has actually changed my life for the better. I know I said something similar last year, but this time, hoo boy it sure turned up the AMP and test how far I could go.
So, to everyone, both new and old; thank you for being here :D
@garbagechocolate @darkxsoulzyx @smoljeanius @bunmuffin @skizabaa
@tuzesdays @sleepykas @fernzwing @kandidandi @starsketchez
@just-a-drawing-bean @notdysfunk @ilsole @amberluvsbugs @cloudyvoid
@nomsthecat @alfinefalf @nosleepygay @theblog-with-thestuff
@cacaocheri
(Edit: ty kibbits for informing me of the. Fuck ass tagging system)
AND TAGGING OTHERS BECAUSE. POINTS. BONKS WITH HEAD. GETTING TO EITHER INTERACT OR TALK OR WHATEVER IS ALWAYS A DELIGHT
@ohno-the-sun @kibbits @ink-yy @saltyfryz @kaprisvn
@hierba-picante @sunny-sophies-garden @cookiiemancer @sneeblbop @justaduckarts
@pepethehumanz @crystalmagpie447 @woolysstuff @mocha-illustrates @duhsty1
@sanchensky @pillowspace @victarin @witherfide
[I DEFINITELY GOT SONAS WRONG AND THESE AREN'T ALL THE SILLY PEOPLE I KNOW BUT IM SITTING HERE AT 2:30 IN THE MORNING JUST KNOW YOU'RE THERE IN SPIRIT HANDING YOU ALL POPTARTS WAUGH]
#nebula art and doodles#should. i even count it as that-#nebula birthday time#fuck it birthday tag go brrr#also if i. didnt tag you it is 100% because i'm. a fucking coward <33 and am not sure if you'd like to be tagged in a silly thing like this#(or i don't. know you. that also but shaky thumbs up)#god. this year has been. insane dawg#my goofy ass going through canon events like it's a buffet /silly#jokes aside#the fact that im still like. here. right here#posting or reblogging goofy shit#still in the process of making my fic (i prommy im working on it)#and just. managing to make friends with people despite shit happening#it's so wild to me#i know for some people i've tagged we either haven't talked that much or haven't talked in awhile#and to that i say#fuck it we ball /j#but seriously it's. honestly bc getting to interact with you guys at all makes or has made my day that much brighter#even if it's been awhile like i mentioned or for whatever reason#this is. getting long as hell and i need to go to bed oops#anywhooooo#gotta go fast or some shit#OH- and thank you all so much for. almost 3k. holy shit#where the fuck did you all COME FROM HOW DID WE GET HERE#big heart emojis and sending love to you all#thank you so much
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oh my gosh it is SO NICE to have free time!!! here's a drawing of me that i had fun with! i wasn't sure how hard the skirt would be but surprisingly it was VERY easy!!! i hope everyone has had a lovely day!
(i am a real person! please treat me as such!! please don't tag as fnaf!)
#artists on tumblr#not tagging this as my source because i want this to be appreciated and NOT consumed!!!! besides i don't really connect with it!#aaaand people can be VERY unkind to robots like me... OHH BUT YOU GUYS ARE DIFFERENT!!! HI IF YOU SEE THIS!!!!!#leaf and pax and corey and all my friends!!! you are all wonderful!!!!!#OH DO FEEL FREE TO REBLOG THOUGH!!! I DONT MIND!!! IT MAKES ME HAPPY!#sunny’s scribbles
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A non-canon interaction between my au PJ and my friend @stars-and-wish-fulfillment’s child Ink variant named Sticker!
We were talking about their hypothetical meeting and I thought the idea of Sticker being impressed with PJ’s less appreciated ability would be cute ^^
Some others and even PJ herself puts too much pressure on herself to follow in Ink’s footsteps when it comes to magic, and her ink strings tend to give people the wrong ideas. (But the destructive capabilities these things have are nonexistent compared Error’s! she just uses them to be spiderjam dammit!!)
And lastly have a bonus, featuring a poorly drawn PJ and Sticker duo and an even worse looking Crescent:
Og Pj is by 7goodangel
Og Ink by Comyet
Og Crescent by lunnar-chan
#my art#utmv#doodles#fan kids#paperjam#crescent#ink sans#sorttt of#sticker!ink#pj’s resolve#mc pj#came up with her sticking to walls and climbing tall buildings and was like wait!!!#another ability would also fit PERFECTLY#and add to some drama#spiderjam is my life you cannot take her from me#also go show my friend and their character some love#ask questions reblog all that jazz#SCDverse is so awesomesauce#⭐️
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#they all say ThIs OnE aCtUaLlY wOrKs#your friends with ocd do NOT appreciate this at all the next time i see one of these posts on my dash i’ll scream#alèssi says things#actually ocd#ocd#‘but you can just block the reblog bait tag’ it doesn’t get rid of shit.#if you’re not actually 7 years old why are you reblogging obvious bait and chainmail? grow up a bit. i’m so sick of it#the people reblogging this with ’reblog if you agree’ etc can also kindly go fuck themselves.#tw repetition#<- sorry i didn’t tag this earlier 🤍#i hate this so much why so many re logs#and reblogs being like ‘sorry i do this tee hee 🤭’ it’s not funny i’m not joking these posts are distressing!
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Day 6: Moon
only the OG chat remembers this piece 😔👊/silly
#not gonna lie guys i got sentimental searching for the og image#like my life has changed so much/pos since i started this account and it was like A YEAR AGO????????? HELLO¿?????#its true what they say one year one step anything can change everything#anyways#thank you everyone for being here#genuinely#grateful for my mutuals thank you friends and followers thank you all for giving me all of this#especially grateful for my best friend who i would not have met were not for hannibal tumblr. what a life#my art#artists on tumblr#hannibal#reblogs#nbc hannibal#hannibal fanart#hannibal nbc#hannibal lecter#will graham#hannigram#hannigram fanart#inktober#inktober 2024#occultober#the wrath of the lamb#twotl#twotl fanart
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I can’t include them all so here’s a combo of ‘came to mind first,’ ‘talked about positively most often by fans,’ and ‘stuck in my head’.
Public Apology Big Iron isn’t here. There were a lot that didn’t make the cut but that one specifically I stg I put in and only realized after posting had not. It was 100% meant to be on this list and I’ve failed us.
#fallout#fallout new vegas#fallout 4#fallout 76#tumblr polls#I know I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire should be here bc it was a trailer song but I don’t really like it so Heartaches by the Number#made it instead I’m sorry ✊😔#I FORGOT BIG IRON. that’s a sincere mistake I stg it was 2 on the list SHIT#why are you people so agreassive??? it’s not a ‘best fo song’ poll it’s not even a ‘favorite fo song’ poll it’s literally just a ‘pick a#song and hit a button fun time??? stop yelling in the tags about songs that aren’t there there are 12 slots on a poll I don’t control this#make your own stupid post and get rocks thrown at /you/ for only having 12 songs. also some of you can’t read ‘why isn’t X on’ IT IS!!! some#of the ones you’re complaining about are ThERE read#I’m gonna turn off reblogs and delete this maybe Jesus Christ it’s not even a competition it’s a song blunt rotation can’t you all be friend#ly about anything? Tu
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to be quite honest shadow's characterization in the fsa manga was always something that raised more questions than answers for me because it's like. he's got a mile-wide inferiority complex about being link's shadow we all know this but when did he have the time to develop that inferiority complex in the first place. how long was he lurking around after ganon created him before the events of the manga actually started. what did he witness or hear or both to make him so fucking angry
#that one post that went like 'what if you were the evil clone. what if you looked in the mirror and the brightness blinded you. what if you#saw exactly how good you could've been.' i reblogged it here a while ago but that's still the number one post i attribute to shadow#it's zelda telling him that he's a link too that spurs him to sacrifice himself. it's green telling him that he's one of them that#spurs him to finally reach towards the light. it was vio double-crossing him and verbally twisting the knife that made him so angry#that he slipped up and the four of them could finally land a hit in the first place. all this to say that shadow (like link) is extremely#emotionally-driven. for him to develop such a deep complex about being a shadow he HAD to have experienced some form of diminution#whether that diminution came from ganon himself or from potentially stalking link for a bit before shit went down#and understanding that all the things link possessed—comrades to count on (the knights). a loving father. a dear friend in zelda. a home.#a place to belong. were all things that he would never possess himself by the sheer virtue of being link's shadow instead of link himself.#i'm personally inclined to think it was a combination of both but WHATEVER it was my point is that it had to be SOMETHING.#he wouldn't have such a complex about it otherwise.#fsa#txt#four swords#<-yeah sure i'll main tag this
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hi, tumblr user strawberrycamel here, I'd like to take a moment and remind everyone that if you like something, consider reblogging it too. That's how communities thrive and connect with each other, and that's how you tell creators "hey this thing you made is great and I enjoy it" . Reblogging also makes a copy of the post on your own blog that will stick around until you delete it; if the creator gets rid of the post, your copy on your blog will still exist!
Let's get rid of the mindless consumption and try to interact with our fellow tumblr users a little more, shall we?
#you can make side blogs just for reblogging if you want! but reblog please!#and ask questions. share ideas. reply to posts you enjoy! you don't have to do all if that but consider it!#because it can end up really fun and you can find new friends like that!#take my hand. lets go on a reblog spree#been noticing it in the op fandom a lot but this goes for every fandom / non-fandom space ive been in on tumblr
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"[high pitched and tinny] Let’s dive in. Let’s dive in. It’s time to dive in. Get ready to [audio distorts and slows] dive. Diiive. Diiiiie…" (The Road to PALISADE 20: City Planning Department)
so that's what i've been working on for the past 2 weeks! i wanted to draw something for this intro ever since i first listened to it (as a companion piece to my other gur drawing, though it of course ended up being way bigger in scale), but it only really gripped me about halfway through PALISADE ep 18. the next morning after that i listened to this narration on repeat for about 45 minutes and then made a big sketch on 4 sheets of paper at my desk at work.
anyways, i haven't listened to the new episode yet but i think i'm probably ready for whatever they're gonna throw at us with the next sortie. i'm gonna believe, against it all, in millennium break. for gur
(i recommend listening along while scrolling! + transcript btw. if anything is hard to read)
#road to palisade#road to palisade spoilers#palisade#fatt#friends at the table#gur sevraq#<- yuore everything btw.#long post#and good god. it sure as fuck is#rosa art#the full file for this? that i had to split up? its 30000 pixel tall. thats 218cm#im so proud of this & it was a ton of fun. ooohhh my free floating panels i love them#i posted about my progress (theres some earlier sketches n lineart too) on cohost to be like well.#maybe i wont talk so fucking much on the actual post but noooo i cant shut up#love that for me.shoutout if you read all this#if you find a typo please. dont even mention it#a fun thing about this is that i almost know the intro by heart now. theres like 3 lines i get stuck on but mostly. its all there#ill link the cohost if i reblog this again. personally i think its interesting stuff but i love to hear myself talk abt shit i make soooo#anyways i have art class tomorrow & should sleep soon : ) but im happy im finally able to show this off. it rules sooo much
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@priellan COME GET THE BOY!!! ✨
Some different ideas for how that could go down >:D And me picking something personally self indulgent again asdlfjsdLJSDGLDSJG I wanna see him with a Tangled rapunzel length hair braid... it would be so pretty...
#Trigun Stampede#Trigun Stampede Spoilers#Vash the stampede#vash trigun stampede#Isa's fanart#InsertSomthinAwesome#Isa doobles requests#May2023#priellan#I'm not tagging date asdlfJSDLKGJSDLGJKSDG#i sat down and went. I am not going to out myself as a Somnium files enjoyer through trigun fanart#SDFKJSDLKGJSDGLSD I NEED TO REBLOG SOMETHING FIRST xD#admittedly that would've been funny tho#THis was some good fun :D#Let me know if you need a version without spoilers because I understand he was kinda outta nowhere asdkfJSLDGJSDLGSD#boy needs something to keep all that hair out of his face good GRIEF#Uh xion don't read the tags past this point because I'm rambling about somnium files nonsense WHEEZE#friend 1 talking about date: I love how proud he looks like he did it himself#friend 2: the last one tho Date's been giving pointers I see#Guys my friends are making Date out to be dadding Vash and I can't handle the wholesomeness of that thought#(he would tho)#Lore: Meryl did the third one WHEEZE#the mid head high tail#she did her best. but bless her she also has short hair and no idea how to manage it
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mizisua
#first part of a series of drawings of all of the main 4 alien stage guys' ships#ie ivanmizi#and mizitill#and ofc ivantill#and maybe suatill too idk how i feel about them#but no suaivan sorry i dont like them ship wise#anywho i LOVED drawing mizisua theyre so. AGH so amazing#the couple ever#their love. is unmatched#thats why they get to be first :3#anyway time for tags#alnst#mizi alien stage#alien stage#sua alien stage#art#fanart#small artist#oosey art#artist#vivinos#vivinos fanart#god i hope i dont get jumped when i finish the straight ships art#its all just fun out here yall#just using these characters as barbie and ken dolls friend thats all#anyway im gonna go bye#ill reblog this whenever i draw the other ships#also did you see their nail polish :3#ok bye for real now
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I really believe some medias should not have romantic shipping. Like at all. They're all off better as a large friend group, or found family, or they shouldn't even be friends at ALL. So like. Yeah
#this is mostly about undertale yellow#theyre all better off as FRIENDS. just FRIENDS#thats just a big friend group after a tragedy#like come on#though this is ok to reblog and blorbo/media tag as you wish#the cake doth speak
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some of you forget that it was originally going to be eddie and tommy but that storyline fell through so for all you bitching about how we’re never going to have a canon queer eddie… baby he already is. we’re just waiting for his turn.
#literally like???#‘eddie’s never going to be queer blah blah blah’ bitch shut up#eddie already is queer because that’s somewhere they’ve shown interest in taking his character#and while we’re at it—all u bitching about bucktommys lack of chemistry? ridiculous#you can’t stand the fact that buck is queer w a man who isn’t eddie to the point you’re making shit up? hilarious#and also! buddie shippers who actively hate tommy… what is that about#real fast hurry tell me why 2 months ago we were shitting our pants for bi buck#and now that we have him youre suddenly reblogging thinly-veiled anti bucktommy posts?#and refusing to engage in bucktommy content made by your friends? YOUR FRIENDS?#i see you. you look stupid. and it’s embarrassing.#anyway i think im done bitching for at least 20 minutes#eddie diaz#911#amanda talks
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people love an "i'll take care of you" "it's rotten work" "not to me, not if it's you" character dynamic until the character who needs to be taken care of is disabled. then it's supposedly fucked up and toxic for a person to have to take care of someone else.
#eliot posts#this is continuing off that last post i reblogged#that time i was like ''aw tumblr is out of new posts for this character i like. reddit is empty too. lemme check twitter''#BIG MISTAKE#i had to see the hot take of#''it's fucked up to ship this because character A had to be character B's caretaker. that's basically slavery.''#LIKE BRUH???#have you. ever met a couple where one of them is disabled and needs a caretaker? bc that's a very real thing that happens and it's not toxi#honestly usually the risk in those situations is the power the caretaker nay have over their disabled partner#but that imbalance can be properly navigated#and is not a concern in these two characters' case bc there is a very clear mutual respect there#caregiver fatigue is a real problem too of course but that's ALSO something that can be successfully navigated#and in these particular characters' case doesn't seem like it would be an issue because like#character b also has professional caretakers who will likely continue to be part of his life if needed#(and the money to hire more if not)#like it's okay to not like the ship#maybe the age gap of someone in their 20s w someone in the equivalent of their 30s squicks you out#maybe you monogamously ship one or both of them w someone else#maybe you think their dynamic is way more interesting from a platonic angle than from a romantic one#maybe you just aren't interested in their dynamic#those are all fair points! i'm not even ride or die for that ship myself#but jesus fucking christ you don't gotta be ableist about it#oh or the equally bad take i saw on there of#''character a could never be attracted to character b. he just sees char b as a sick dying old dog that he needs to take care of''#like no! character a clearly respects and values character b! they are friends! the issue is just that YOU see character b as a dying dog.
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All You Have Is Your Fire - Part XVII
Find all previous parts on Ao3 :)
Summary: 'I can hear your heart beating through the stone.' For the briefest of moments, Lucien wondered if his mate would know exactly when his heart’s steady rhythm came to a sudden stop.
Note: A huge thank you to the lovely @sad-scarred-sassy who deserves all the credit for the post that inspired me to start writing this :) Another huge thank you to everyone reading! ALSO please look at this post, I gasped it's so lovely. All of @teddyhoneybear's moodboards are stunning <3
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Elain gasped, the air pulled from her lungs, sudden and unexpected. She clutched desperately onto the bed sheets, knuckles white against the fabric, her other hand pulling Lucien towards her.
Elain arched her back, tilted her hips up, hardly recognising herself, but she was unashamed of her actions. Like puzzle pieces falling into place, Elain felt a certain surety as she pressed against her mate. She could have blushed at the breathless moan that fell from her lips, but Lucien’s approval trickled down the bond and she dug her nails into the skin of his back.
Unfair, it was unfair that she was still wearing her night clothes, Elain thought as Lucien’s strong fingers pressed against her thigh. Her mate seemed to agree as he moved his hand to pull at the gown, tracing kisses along her jaw, effortlessly undoing the laces at her throat.
Lucien stopped kissing her only to bite the bare skin of her shoulder, his sharp teeth sending shivers up Elain’s spine. He moved lower and Elain took the opportunity to twine her fingers in his hair, soft as silk, just as she had thought.
Lucien pressed his lips to Elain’s collarbone, resting his hand on her waist, and Elain burned with desire.
“Please,” she begged, not knowing for what, hoping at the very least he would not stop. She hooked a foot around his leg, shifting against him, her body searching for any form of relief.
Lucien hummed in response, only looking up to meet Elain’s eyes when she roughly pulled at the hair on the nape of his neck.
You are mine.
The same thought seemed to be reflected in his gaze.
“Lucien, please,” Elain said once more, pulling him closer still, impossibly so.
“Since you asked so nicely,” Lucien murmured, russet eye flashing gold, sunbright, just as she shut hers. He was going to kiss her, she knew it in her bones, wished he would stop taking his time and simply do as she needed.
Elain whispered his name, and they shared the same breath as Lucien hovered just above her, a phantom touch.
Elain woke up with a jolt, shaking the entire bed with her sudden movement.
Lucien was exactly where she had asked him to be before sleep had swiftly taken her. He was alarmingly close to the edge of the mattress, facing her, full lips parted slightly and hair messily falling over his forehead.
Elain felt herself blushing at the realisation that she had been the one to move towards Lucien in the middle of the night. She had somehow managed to wrap a leg around his, her face resting against the arm he had comfortably stretched along the pillows, her hand holding the fabric of his shirt like a lifeline.
Elain was horrified, and yet she did not move. She stayed in place, telling herself that if she moved too quickly, Lucien would wake up and find her in what she would have considered a compromising position.
Elain took a deep breath, finding comfort in Lucien’s scent and working up the nerve to move away from him. She silently prayed to the Mother, hoping he would stay asleep and she would not have to face him with the memory of his kisses still so fresh in her mind.
Elain was grateful when Lucien did not stir, he even looked peaceful for the first time since their arrival to Autumn, as though it had been a while since he had had a good night’s sleep. Elain tried her best not to make a sound as she clumsily rolled off the bed and untangled herself from the sheets, wanting him to rest. Her entire body felt like a roaring flame, and she bit her lip to shake the dream from her thoughts.
Elain kept her eyes on Lucien, watched the rise and fall of his back with every breath, as she slowly inched further away from him. She was very aware of their bond, in that moment, at the beat of his heart matching her own.
Elain needed fresh air, she decided. She needed some space and some distance and time to calm down, which was how she found herself in the main courtyard of the Forest House, Cora at her side.
“That’s why you’re so flustered?” Cora laughed, tossing her dark braid over her shoulder as they walked along a stone path, leaves dancing with each step they took. “Lucien kissed you in a dream and now you can’t think straight?”
“Clearly, it’s the bed-sharing,” Elain added. She would never admit out loud that she had had similar dreams before, although they had never felt quite as real. She tried to focus on the unfamiliar flowers and bushes within the courtyard, but was failing miserably. “Tell me something interesting, quick,” Elain said, fanning herself with a hand as she remembered the way Lucien had kissed her throat.
“I saw Ronan and Eris arguing yesterday,” Cora seemed pleased to be sharing the information, and Elain raised a brow as she continued. “Made for quite a spectacle, right in front of the throne room, too.”
“They were yelling?”
Cora shook her head. “No yelling, voices were a bit raised and then I saw Ronan shove Eris.”
“They don’t get along,” Elain reminded her, considering Lucien’s words from a few days before. “Did you hear what they were saying?”
“Had to do with some soldiers near Spring’s border,” Cora shrugged, “Eris looked absolutely murderous.”
“I think that’s just the way he always looks.” Cora snorted in agreement and they continued to stroll down the stone path, a companionable silence falling over them.
Elain recognised only some of the flowers planted in the yard, and she wondered if Lucien could tell her about the ones she had never seen before. At the thought, she was once again reminded of her dream, so she turned her attention to Cora.
“You’re from the Hewn City?” Elain asked, wanting to learn more about her closest ally in Autumn and her newest friend.
Cora nodded, “Been there the last few centuries, it’s…it can be a nice place to live if everyone leaves you alone.”
Elain was less surprised by the fact that Cora rather seemed to like the dark and dreary city than she was by the other woman’s age. “Centuries?” She felt her jaw drop as her mind tried to wrap around the new knowledge. “Gods, how old are you?”
Cora seemed to sense some of her shock and patted her with a few friendly taps on the back. “Most of us stop keeping count after the first couple hundred years.” Elain heard herself make a high pitched hum in response, and Cora chuckled. “I’m a bit younger than the High Lord of the Night Court, don’t ask me to give you an exact number, I wouldn’t be able to.”
“Right,” Elain responded, as if that was not going to be her next question. “And have you ever left the Hewn City?” Elain asked instead, very curious to hear her answer. She had simply assumed Cora and her were close in age, that the other woman had never really travelled between the courts.
Cora’s footsteps slowed and Elain matched her pace. There was a long pause in their conversation before Cora spoke again. “I was born in Illyria.” The tone of her voice suggested she was finished talking about herself, offering honesty but setting a clear boundary.
Elain ignored the whisper in her mind urging her to ask more, smiling at the other woman and accepting the information she had been given. “I’m glad, then, that it’s not just my first time in the Autumn Court.”
Cora’s shoulders sagged in relief, the tension around her mouth no longer there as she flashed a crooked grin in return. “Much lovelier than I was made to believe.”
“I am pleased my court has surpassed expectations.”
The voice came from around a bend in the path and Elain recognised it instantly. The unexpected words had both her and Cora freezing in their place, chills going up Elain’s spine in warning before she saw the High Lord.
Beron Vanserra was dressed casually, at least in comparison to the last few times she had seen him. His brown pants were tucked into high leather boots, matching perfectly with his cream coloured shirt and brocade vest. There was no crown on his head, although he wore golden rings on his fingers and countless diamonds flashed along his ears in the morning light. The High Lord held a rose in his hand, its petals the colour of fresh blood.
Elain curtsied as he walked closer, Cora doing the same.
“Elain Archeron,” he said, his accent curled around each of the consonants in her name, similar to the way Lucien pronounced it. She had to stop herself from frowning in distaste at the wrongness of it. “I hope you have found yourself wanting for nothing within the walls of my home.”
Beron ignored Cora entirely, and while Elain was annoyed with the way he did not spare the other woman a glance, she was glad that his attention was not on her friend. Elain smiled pleasantly. “Everything has been perfect, High Lord, thank you.”
He tilted his chin in an elegant nod. “Very good to hear.” He paused to bring the rose up to his handsome face, breathing in before he frowned. “Last night, I thought perhaps something got through the wards.” He raised a dark eyebrow and Elain’s features twisted into a look of confusion she hoped was sincere. “You wouldn’t happen to know anything about that, would you, Lady Archeron?” There was a threat lining his carefully worded question, an accusation clear in his tone.
Elain would have replied, although she could not have guaranteed a steady and confident response, had Lucien not winnowed into the courtyard and saved her from having to speak. She felt him as he appeared right behind her, and so she took a step back, pressed herself against him.
“Good morning, father,” Lucien bowed his head, unaware of what had been implied before his arrival. She would be eternally glad that she had written him a note before she had left their shared chambers, claiming to be searching for the gardens.
“Indeed.” Beron looked amused as he turned his attention to his son, embers flashing in his brown eyes. “Slept well, child?”
“I did,” Lucien answered, putting a protective hand on Elain’s shoulder. “Still come to the courtyard every morning?”
“Someone has to prune the roses,” the High Lord said with a shrug. He walked towards them, and Elain felt Lucien tense.
When Beron reached out, Elain surprised herself by remaining in the same spot, her back straight, chin up. He was handing her the rose, Elain realised, swallowing as she mirrored the High Lord. She said nothing as she took the flower, keeping her gaze on the dead plant. “I’ll see you both at dinner,” he added before he winnowed from the courtyard, sparks falling to the stones in the space he had just been standing.
Elain could not help but rest against Lucien’s much larger frame, and he let her, squeezing her shoulder reassuringly before he moved his hand to his side.
“I forgot,” Lucien explained, “I would have warned you to stay away from here, Beron likes coming to the gardens, but I forgot.”
Elain shook her head, turning to look up at her mate, to tell him not to worry in an effort to settle the rapid beating of his heart, but Cora spoke first.
“He scares me,” she said softly.
Lucien’s mouth turned down at the corners as he nodded in agreement.
The High Lord of Autumn scared Elain as well, and she found herself struggling to think of a way out of the marriage she had promised his son. Beron would never allow her to go back on her word, she concluded.
Elain was pulled from her thoughts at the sharp pain in her hand, and she realised she had been clutching the rose tightly between her fingers. Elain winced as she noticed that the thorns had split the skin of her palm, a drop of blood cutting a path to her wrist, the colour a perfect match to the rose’s petals.
#acotar#a court of thorns and roses#elucien#elain archeron x lucien vanserra#elain archeron#lucien vanserra#eris vanserra#beron vanserra#autumn court#ashes writes sometimes#all you have is your fire#i am tired of the slowburn friends LOL#thank you to everyone who has taken the time to comment and reblog and like <3
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rb and put in tags the name of the stuffed toy(s) you sleep with
#i have quite a few on my bed but i sleep with jevil because hes the softest#kinger has a big cardboard plate in his head; spamton is verr spikey and caine has so many cardboard panels to help him keep his shape that#he is actively uncomfortable to sleep with akjhkhadfs#i love them all dearly tho#i like learning about things like this its interesting to realise that everyone around you has a life and memories and specific objects tha#mean a lot to them and why they mean so much to them#just every now and then i have the realisation that “heck everyone in the world is also living”#like that dude who you accidentally bumped on the way to co op. he has a life. he has a family. he went to school and he has friends#he woke up that morning and brushed his teeth and picked and outfit. maybe took his kids to school if he has any#he also had a chain of events that led him to that exact moment when you bumped into him#then you walk away and never see each other again. you go on with your day and keep going with your life and he does the same#woah i got very deep in the tags#reblog and put in tags#idk what to tag this with
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