#Rlain Stormlight

[renarines]

i have little to say about this. just take it.

[blindradiant]

ask game: 20 with rlainarin? （╹◡╹）♡

I’m sorry it took me so long to get to this, but I finally wrote something tonight!

Rlainarin, on a scar. Rated Teen, 650 words. This has a couple references to grief in regards to lost family members and entire cultural groups.



Rlain hovered his finger over Renarin’s arm, tracing it near his skin without actually making contact. He hummed quietly to the Rhythm of Peace, noting each of Renarin’s small arm hairs. They were black speckled with yellow, just like the longer strands on his head. Rlain also admired the constellation of freckles scattered across the parts of Renarin’s body that weren’t hidden by his clothing. Each time Rlain thought he’d learned as much as he could about Renarin, he always found more to discover. Tonight, that discovery was Renarin’s individual beauty.

When Rlain had first met and interacted with humans, he’d thought that their monochrome skin and lack of marbling made them indistinguishable from one another. Now that he’d taken the time to look closer, he realized how wrong he had been. It was true that humans had no marbling, but the blending colors of Renarin’s head and arm hair were almost like marbling of his own. Humans weren’t monochrome, but were covered in small variations, like Renarin’s freckles.

Rlain’s finger encountered a mark much larger than the rest of Renarin’s freckles. It was near the heel of his left hand, and ran in a short, jagged line between the bass of his thumb and his wrist bone. Rlain kept his finger there, but still didn’t touch Renarin. “What is this?” he asked to Curiosity.

Renarin glanced down. “It’s a scar I’ve had since I was a child,” he said. His words were faintly spoken to the Rhythm of Consideration. He was getting very good at that.

Rlain hummed a few notes of Curiosity. “How did you get it?”

Renarin looked away, tapping the fingers of his right hand against his knee. “It isn’t interesting. I was out with mother one day. We were walking through the gardens in my uncle’s palace, when I had a fit. I think I tried to catch myself before I hit the ground. One hand landed on a rock that had been broken in a storm, and I was left with that scar.”

Rlain pulled his hand back from Renarin’s arm, resting it on his own knee. “Do you think your Stormlight didn’t heal it because you’ve had it for so long?”

Renarin pulled his box from a pocket and rolled it in his fingers. “I think...I think I still have it because it’s a physical reminder of my mother. Even when I can’t remember specific things about her, I look down and see that scar, and know that she was real.”

Rlain attuned Mourning. He knew how deeply the hurt of a loved one’s death could run. He’d once believed that he was the only surviving member of his entire species. Yes, he intimately knew the type of pain Renarin spoke of.

He nearly let the conversation die, but a sudden thought occurred to him. He attuned Confidence to give himself courage. “Can I kiss your scar?”

Renarin looked up, his eyes widening in clear surprise. “Why do you want to do that?” Another human might have asked the question with judgment, but Renarin only seemed curious and slightly baffled.

“You said the scar reminds you of your mother,” Rlain said to Remembrance. “I want it to make you think of me also.”

Renarin’s breath audibly caught. “I... It’s that important to you?”

“It is,” Rlain said to Resolve.

Renarin swallowed, tightly wrapping the fingers of his right hand around his box. “Just a short kiss,” he said. His voice came out weak, and attuned to no Rhythm at all. “And, um, no licking.”

Rlain hummed to Appreciation, then leaned down and brushed his lips against the scar. He sat up, and Renarin stared down at the spot, as if he could see some change Rlain couldn’t.

Renarin finally looked up. “I don’t remember her well,” he said to Remembrance, “but I think she’d approve. Of us.”

Rlain matched his Rhythm to Renarin’s, bolstering and strengthening his song. “Thank you.”

[themoonstonechronicler]

Them ❤️

[cosmereplay]

I had Rlain emotions yesterday and now I want you to have Rlain emotions.

Rated General, 700 words, Rlain & Renarin, post-OB, PTSD recovery

[highly-invested]

"average bridgeman suffers 3 microaggressions a month" factoid is actualy just statistical error. The average bridgeman suffers 0 microaggressions per month. Microaggressions Rlain, who lives in Urithiru & suffers over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

[rspixart]

I've got Rlain on my mind. I want him to be on all your minds too :D

Want a print?

[onlycosmere]

The Stormlight Archive by Josh Corpuz

Shallan, Dalinar, Kaladin, Jasnah, Szeth

Pattern, Moash, Adolin, Syl, Rock, Gaz

Hoid, Lopen, Eshonai, Navani, Zahel

Sadeas, Lift, Veil, Teft, Rlain

Ben McSweeney: Pretty excellent, I like a lot of these!

The artist is from the Phillipines, and they do superb animation work as well. I think they're tied up in videogames, working on JRPGs.

[duckngk]

rlain and oroden in that one lil part in RoW, had me crying

[emrystheedgedancer]

Renarin’s search history

[wafflelovingbatgirl]

Meeting in Urithiru. Your older sister’s bestie who hates you and you’re bestie’s foolish little sister who destroyed your people.

[sweatersexual]

Is anyone else thinking about how one of the only things we learn about Listener culture in twok is that they do not disturb each other's bodies in any way after they've died to the point where they don't have any burial practices of any kind

And later we find out they broke off from the other Singers thousands of years ago so their gods wouldn't kill them and take over their bodies

when Kaladin apologized to Rlain for desecrating Listener bodies, do you think he felt the weight of that? That bridge four wore their bodies in a horrible echo of the way the Fused would have? That it was probably the single worst way anyone could possibly think of to desecrate a Listener's body?

I think Rlain will carry that pain for the rest of his life even if he has forgiven Kaladin and understands it was a horrible last resort

[novaraptorus]

@cosmerelists I drew a poster for one of your PSAs

This doubles as a Rlain appreciation post, love you buddy <3

[blindradiant]

Rlain / Renarin, #24 for the ask game!

This took me a while to get to, but here it is!

Rlain/Renarin, in danger. Rated teen, 300 words

“They’re coming!” Rlain shouted to Anxiety, shading his eyes against the midday sun. A wave of Odium’s soldiers was steadily marching across the open stone field toward where Rlain stood with a squad that suddenly felt far too small. He could make out a combination of both humans and Regals, though the advancing force was still too far to make out the Forms the Regals wore.

“We’ll hold them off,” Renarin said from beside him. “We have to.” He was still learning the Rhythms, but in this moment, he spoke almost perfectly to Determination.

Rlain nodded, forcing his Rhythm to align with Renarin’s. Whatever was developing between them had not yet seen its first storm, but Rlain suspected that was about to change. He would face it with Renarin, and see what Form emerged once the tempest had passed. Rlain’s Rhythm became stronger, Anxiety fully giving way to Determination.

He turned to Renarin and lifted a hand, waiting for a nod of permission before placing it on his cheek. Then, in a moment of impulse, Rlain leaned in and pressed a kiss to Renarin’s lips. The human custom still felt strange to him, but in this moment of emotion and uncertainty, it somehow felt right. Rlain pulled back a moment later, dropping his hand from Renarin’s face. He hummed a few notes of Anxiety before he could stop himself. He hoped he hadn’t overwhelmed Renarin with his unexpected gesture.

Renarin lifted a hand to his mouth, then fixed Rlain with a focused, intense look. “When we make it through this, we’re doing that again.”

Rlain managed a small smile, then directed his attention to the nearing threat. He and Renarin could talk more about kissing and other things once they both survived the day.

[takenbtwind]

I just think it would be nice if the Truthwatchers had a group name that didn’t sound like a far-right conspiracy theory blog

[cosmereplay]

This excellent post speculating about the future Rlainarin romance got me thinking about some of the great fics that have been exploring potential possibilities for them! I'll list by rating and put the spicier ones under the cut.

Will it be a slowburn? Check out Hidden Gems by Truthwatcher_Vez, part one of Chasms Between. Rated Teen, 9000 words. Great development and lots of RoW feelings.

Whirlwind trainwreck crab romance, Raboniel/Navani style? Check out Another Secret by aluminumoxynitride. Rated General, 5500 words, RoW and Mistborn spoilers. Fast-paced scholarly adventure!

Bridge four shenanigans? Comedy of Errors by Priscellie has it! Rated Teen, 21,000 words, vaguely RoW, Shakadolin is in the mix. Renarin asks Adolin for relationship help, setting off a chain of misunderstandings for Renarin and Kaladin.

How will their families react? Son of Thorns by Truthwatcher_Vez. Rated Teen, 35,000 words covering the time immediately after Rhythm of War so big spoilers!

Any discussions of marriage before sex or vice versa? I cannot remember any fic that has that lmao

This doesn't even start to cover the plethora of gorgeous fluff fics of them realizing their feelings, learning Rhythms, just having soft moments together.

Bonus: Soft Bridge Four? The Warmth of a Blanket (chapter 2) by Wandering_Channeler. Rated General, <1000 words. Rlain gets Renarin a blanket as they sit around the cookfire.

Bonus: Modern AU Jewish Rlainarin? Their Own Sweet Light by if_one_of_us_falls. Rated General, 1000 words. They celebrate their first Hanukkah together.

Spicy Crab Edition!

Whirlwind trainwreck crab romance, Raboniel/Navani style? Check out Sexy Sociology by cosmere_play. Rated Mature, 9000 words. Modern Roshar AU where Rlain is an exchange student, he and Renarin are in the same class, and they do some informal sociological learning ;)

Bridge four shenanigans? The Final Ten Days by aluminumoxynitride has that and much more! Rated Mature, 35,000 words (currently), big RoW spoilers. Deep examination of the relationship and its meaning for Renarin and Rlain on top of major plot.

Rlain, the Most Eligible Bachelor in Narak? How about The Rhythm of Tension by gemheart. Rated Mature, 3000 words. Rlain, Thude, and Bila have some business when Rlain and Renarin visit Narak.

Marriage of political convenience? Read two tunes are playing by am_fae. Rated Mature, 5000 words in which Renarin is chosen for a marriage that will end the War of Reckoning! WoR era.

Bonus: Practicing Regrowth for sexy purposes? Time Well Spent by gemheart, Rated Explicit, 2300 words. RoW.

Bonus: Adolin dies and Shallan and Renarin have to marry, despite both of them having other relationships? Making it Work by FleetOfAdmiralLynx. Rated Mature, 55,000 words, RoW. Amazing exploration of grief and hope, and yes Rlain is a big part of the story!

Thanks for inviting me to infodump a selection of my favourite Rlainarin fics @theworldtravellingteenager! hee hee

[kaladinstormblessed09]

Stormlight subreddit is so weird sometimes. Just came across a comment that was saying any relationship between humans and singers are gross. Lol I wonder how they’d feel when Brandon makes Rlainarin canon.