#Zobra

[kalolasart]

Zora x Nebra core

We all know he wouldn't...

[nodanova15]

[Black Clover Ships] 💕

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Warning! ⚠️ Blood. Jack’s canon death up ahead

All of these are from @gaminegay ‘s template!!! I had a lot of fun with these!

[kalolasfantasyworld]

Shippy couch shenaningans

with @f-oighear and moi

(We're not going to admit how much time this took)

Lola: Yuno third wheeling from the back 😭😭😭 Oighear: DON'T BE SHY. SCOOT OVER! Lola: Please do! Asta Noelle won't blast you off the couch (probably...)

Yami: Prickly Queen Oighear: DON'T BE SHY. SCOOT OVER. Lola: DON'T BE SHY. SCOOT OVER. They need a shove.

Lola: Cuteness overload! I can't 🥹 Oighear: Look at the babies!

Lola: Proper... dignified... MY EYES ARE HERE! Oighear: They're trying so hard to pretend they don't know each other. 😭 Lola: As if they didn't just come back from the backroom 😭

Zora: Hey 😏 Nebra: Peasant LEAVE! Zora: You're ASKING FOR IT!

Yami: Hey Julius said it was a costume party tonight btw Fuegoleon & Nozel: serious nod At the party: Yami: BWBHWABAHAHHAHAHA Nozel: i'll kill him Fuegoleon: let's refrain

Lola: Grey don't be shy 🥺 Oighear: She is shy but she's trying not to be! fists! balled! determined!! proud of her

Oighear: She knows she looks good. He knows she looks good. Everyone knows she looks good. Just scoot over. Oighear: also Finral isn't hiding at all that he's looking. Lola: I wouldn't either.

Lola: THEM! Oighear: Nozel looks so tiny next to Jack. Lola: Little bird.

Lola: Luck! Oighear: Luck! Lola: Look how MAGNA'S SITTING! Oighear: He knows he's on the shippy couch.

Oighear: Kahono's hair is piercing the shippy couch Lola: Noelle is cheering on Idol kahono

Lola: Menspreading Oighear: Even worse because they're royals Oighear: Royalspreading.

Lola: Marx looks... big in this one... Oighear: who knew Marx was this wild. Lola: Hey I heard you are a wild one...

Oighear: They're just staring ahead 😭 Lola: They're focused on their passions!!!

Lola: It's a crackship let's make it crack Oighear: I HAVE FANCY ZORA Oighear: YOU SWIMSUIT UP YOUR GAUCHE

patri: so this is what a squad is patri: uninteresting william: *exists* patri: patri: i'll stay

Oighear: 'let's hold hands' is out, 'let's hold wings' is in

Oighear: look at them sit. none of them know how to sit. also yami is staring at that leg Lola: Jack is just... He's all legs. Lola: You stare and there's a 90% perfect chance you'll land on legs.

Lola: Since we took so long to actually post this DottyZel joined us on the shippy couch. Lola: Why is Dotty's head so big??? Lola: She's supposed to be ity bity! Oighear: She really is taller than him with the witch's hat 😭

POSTED! We did it! @f-oighear!!! Only way too much time spent on BCM to create this masterpiece of a post.

I hope everyone enjoys their favorite cc x cc ships hanging out on the shippy couch 😂

[vilandel]

Just a random thought I had, I apologize 😅

*After an exhausting royal gathering, in the kitchens of the Silva Palace* Vanessa: This was really dreadful. Nozel: I apologize, you didn't deserve that. Vanessa: You neither and don't forget, I only came because I didn't want to leave you alone with that bitch nearby. Asta: But isn't that also Rosettes sister? Rosette: It's deserved, knowing what piece of work Athénaïs is. Zora: I like that energy. Vanessa: Anyway, as delicious this hot chocolate with whipped cream is, I would also love a bath later on. Nozel: I can have the royal baths ready for you, if you want. Vanessa: And help to get rid out of this clothes. Nozel: Do you need one of the maids? Nebra: Is he Asta stupid or just tired? Vanessa: And a giant bed a specific kind of cuddles. Asta: We can have a group cuddle later, like you always want the Black Bulls to do, but are there really different kinds of cuddles? Vanessa: *pouting* But I don't want a group cuddle, I want one only my handsome eagle can give me. Asta: Huh? Nozel: *slow realization* Oh... if you mean... You know that the Library is nearer, right? Vanessa: Finally you get it! Oh, I love the hunger in your eyes. *makes out with him* Solid: Really, in front of my hot chocolate? Noelle: You didn't need to come with us if you want to do that... Oh my gosh, you're doing actually THAT! Nozel: Sorry, we finish our cups and then we go! Zora: Better get out right now, otherwise Little Miss Royal here is going to be in a bad mood for the night. OUCH, what was that for? Nebra: How dare you say that I'm going to be in a bad mood? Zora: Is not my fault that your big bro is thirsty about the wino! Asta: Huh? But they aren't drinking right now? Solid & Noelle: STOP, PLEASE, WE'RE DRINKING HERE! Nozel & Vanessa: *slowly taking second cups of hot chocolate while trying hard to keep their hands from one another* Nebra: It is YOU who puts me in a bad mood! Zora: Oh, wanna work this out! Your fucking bedroom, then! Nebra: Let's settle somewhere else, last time you broke my bed! Zora: We broke your stupid bed, you where there too! Solid & Noelle: Not you too, please... Nebra: You still owe me that bed, you were too wild! Zora: You didn't complained back then, princess! Asta: Oh, you did some workout on the bed? Solid & Noelle: NO, THEY DIDN'T! AND I DON'T WANNA KNOW! Rosette: Well, this weirdly entertaining.

[just-a-little-fan-1793]

Nebra: Zora, you do remember when we agreed we were better off as JUST royal and peasant forever hating each other, right? Zora: Sometimes I'd like to, but I absolutely do not. Nebra: Fuck... Me neither. Zora: Because it never happened. Which is weird, coming from us. Nebra: Details, now take off your clothes, peasant. Zora: I'm already naked, in case you didn't noticed! Nebra: You still have your mask on! Although, it is hot...

[lyranova]

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Nebra see’s Zora w/o his mask (fic)

600 Follower Event (fic)

Thunderstorm (fic)

Visiting Acier’s Grave (fic)

Zora Scaring Off Suitors (fic)

500 Follower Event (fic)

Taking All the Pillows (fic)

Autumn Event (fic)

Zora Finds Out Nebra’s Pregnant (fic)

Sleeping in (fic)

200 Follower Event (fic)

Ace and Josslyn (fic)

100 Follower Event (fic)

Who Cares? (Fic)

Zobra Hurt/Comfort (fic)

Zobra Headcanons 1

Zobra Headcanons 2

Zobra Headcanons 3

Silva Siblings Reaction to Zobra being pregnant (headcanon)

Zobra Bingo

Ship in Five Minutes

Zobra Lawyer AU Moodboard

[kalolasfantasyworld]

Okay you forgot the chapter name 😂

how could you????

But yes we invite you to follow Zora and Nebra and our other BC characters to one and only Paris!

In the chapter called

Things go French

because they do 😂 (Zora's French)

FFAC - Chapter 4 is up! 

The Parisian Grand Prix is underway with some sightseeing, bad ice cream, and another bad day at the office for Nebra.

Racing/Modern AU collab with @kalolasfantasyworld!

[wildflowerwoodsworld]

Wild's Black Clover Fic Recs Part Two

This is part two of the list, but I'm putting all the same stuff that was at the top of the other list here too. This is the shippy list

So, I've seen a lot of these floating around over the years and they all seem to have the same dozen fics on them, so I want to try and highlight some of the lesser known fics in this fandom I love alongside some of the more well-known ones. (Note: I have done my best to avoid reccing more than three/four fics by the same person to make sure plenty of authors make it onto the list, not just the popular ones)

This is not just my tastes, I have asked a lot of other people in this fandom for their own fic recs to compile into this list.

Disclaimer: despite my best attempts to be unbiased with this list, I'm human. There are some amazing fics that I haven't personally read bc they contain my NOTPs or tags I don't like or they just squick me out. This is not a complete list of fics in the fandom you should read. This is a list of fics I, and my friends, like.

I will also not be including any purely smut fics on this list.

Wordcounts have been rounded to the nearest 1000 words. They might be slightly longer or slightly shorter than the wordcount listed.

With that being said, let's get into it!

Popular Ship Fics

The Plan by ThisHopeIsADangerousThing

Rating: M Ships: YamiChar Length: 48k When Yami kisses Charlotte in an attempt to win a bet, he's unaware that their colleagues, families and friends think that he's proposed, and equally unaware that he was the cause of her broken heart. Going along with the engagement seems like the easiest solution until he discovers three things: a violent plot against the kingdom, a secret organisation hidden in plain sight and his growing feelings for her.

Not a Wink by eclipsingbinary

Rating: T Ships: YamiFin Length: 4k Finral remembers Yami saying that he couldn't sleep a wink after Finral was hurt during the Royal Knights tournament. But Yami threatens to murder him most days, so Finral would be forgiven for thinking that Yami's exaggerating as normal. Yami isn't.

Broken Angel by Acacia_May

Rating: T Ships: Astelle Length: 5k Noelle Silva was used to being told what she couldn’t do. As a magicless child born inexplicably to the Royal House of Silva, her family had taken great care to hide her and her lack of mana from the rest of the world. However, despite being told over and over again that she would never amount to anything more than her family’s shameful secret, Noelle never gave up her dream to become a magic knight. When she joins the Black Bulls and meets Asta, an orphan from Hage who dreams of being the Wizard King despite his mana-draining magic having left him a social outcast, she begins to develop a new dream: a dream to fight by his side and to protect him just as he has always rushed to her defense and always watched over her like a guardian angel. But all dreams come at a price… Written for Astelle Week 2022. Rated for action sequences & thematic elements. Thank you for reading!! <3

Black Clover Soulmate Tattoo AU (Series) by Oighear

Rating: M Ships: Astelle, Nozessa, Zobra, YamiWill, Finral/Finesse Length: 685k In a world where magic is everything, there is one thing even magic can't do anything about: Fate. As Fate inks the soulmates' first words to each other on their skins, the humans who are toyed with struggle to come to terms with what it means to have their destinies tied together. Diverges from canon from the Spade Invasion

Last of the real ones (Ongoing) by Willows_Bend (Katy_Stark)

Rating: T Ships: Magluck, YamiFin Length: 14k An AU where Magna, Vanessa, and Finral are all petty criminals in Clover City, and the rest of the Black Bulls are police. They're pretty harmless and more irritating than anything else. Still, the law is the law. But until Clover City Police Department manage to get hard evidence of their crimes, they're off the hook - at least as far as Police Captain Yami Sukehiro is concerned. Though, this is the first time Magna has actually had to use Plan C.

The Dragon and the Mage by CloversDreams

Rating: T Ships: MagLuck Length: 7k Every few days like clockwork the hotheaded mage showed up and challenged him to a fight. Luck hadn’t turned him down once. No matter how many times he lost, or Luck broke those silly glasses he wore, the guy always declared he’d return. And he did. Luck had started to anticipate his arrival. Their battles were a surprising amount of fun. The mage learned from all their previous scuffles and tried to trip him up, but Luck’s battle instinct was on a level all its own. He wouldn’t lose. It was probably around the six or seventh time that Luck actually greeted the mage with a ‘hello, human’. He was immediately attacked with a fireball and told not to call the guy that. Luck smiled from ear to ear as he easily dodged the flames. He moved lightning fast until he was nose to nose with the mage. He had a wild look in his wide eyes when he asked what he should call the human then. A grin spread across his face when he actually received an answer. Then he sent the guy flying backwards with one punch. This ordeal continued for weeks and Luck hadn’t tired of it yet. Humans were boring. Except for one. Luck rather liked the tenacious fire mage called Magna.

Of Course It's You by CloversDreams

Rating: T Ships: MagLuck Length: 4k Soulmates. The idea was a whisper which traveled along a breeze that stopped every now and again to tell its tale to random passersby. The concept was so obscure these days that it was nearly forgotten to history. Those that did recall never spoke of it. Most brushed it off without a second thought. The idea wasn’t widely recognized since society deemed it ridiculous. And for good reason, too. According to legend, there was only one known way to identify soulmates, which was by a mark that appeared on both of them. It might’ve been reasonable enough if not for the conditions necessary for the mark to appear. This was where things got so ludicrous that no one could bring themselves to accept that the tales were based in truth. According to the whispers upon the wind, soulmarks didn’t activate until the pair fell in love. Ridiculous. Absolute nonsense. Whose brilliant idea was that?

Over My Heart by JohnnyCremains

Rating: T Ships: MagLuck Length: 1k The names on their skin may have been the mana’s way of pointing out those who would impact them, but it was up to them to determine how. Magna has thought about things more than he’d like to admit.

Darker yet Darker by Ccaprico

Rating: Not Rated Ships: YamiChar Length: 1k Because darkness will always do what darkness does best: corrupt.

Keeping Score (series, ongoing) by solarwitchwrites

Rating: M Ships: YamiFin Length: 92k Even people who've known Yami for less than five minutes usually agree that he's an ass. Those who've known him a bit longer usually tack on, 'sadistic bastard.' If they really know him, they might throw in that he's a decent guy underneath it all, but that's what they always start with. By contrast, Yami is probably the only person who would use those terms to describe Finral. Then again, so far as Yami knows, he's the only one Finral's really shown that side to. Though he's gotten a bit snarkier with the Bulls. It almost makes Yami pity all the girls who only see the playboy routine. The real Finral is a hell of a lot more fun to mess with. (A while back on tumblr I posted a YamiFin headcanon about Finral secretly being a little shit, and this is the fic-child of that headcanon. Basically, the Keeping Score ficverse is a bunch of oneshots wherein Yami and Finral start out as friends who mess with each other as a running joke, and eventually become lovers who mess with each other as a running joke.)

Green, Pink, and Grayscale by juviin

Rating: G Ships: Astelle Length: 3k Soulmates are a thing of the past, or at least, they should be. So why does the youngest child of the royal Silva family see no colors? Asunoe Soulmate AU where you can't see color until you lock eyes with your soulmate.

Rarepair Fics

Marriage Mishap (ongoing) by nodanova15

Rating: T Ships: SilverMantis Length: 26k Nozel snapped. “I’m already married.” The lie came unexpectedly easy, and the second his words caught up with him, he cursed himself. “What?” To his side, Fuegoleon startled, eyes wide, and mouth slightly gaping. “What!?” Nebra looked far worse than his cousin. “What do you mean— You’re married!?” Or Nozel gets caught up on a lie that drags none other than the notorious Jack The Ripper into his (personal)life.

wildest dreams (because falling's not the problem) (Series) by IAmStoryteller

Rating: M Ships: YunoMimoLang Length: 85k I accidentally started a Yuno/Langris/Mimosa series, oops.

distance (Crossover) by Funky_Sea_Cryptid

Rating: T Ships: RuMagLuck Length: 26k Magna Swing is reaped for the 64th Annual Hunger Games. The odds were never in his favor to begin with.

(i think) i love you by Falahime

Rating: M Ships: YamiNacht Length: 10k Yami woke, eyes bloodshot and rimmed with dark circles, and just stared at the ceiling. Okay, just because he was having the most vivid wet dreams he’d had since he was a teenager (which was also when he met Nacht, but that had to be coincidence, right?) did not mean he was in love with the guy— With an irritated groan, Yami grabbed his pillow and shoved it over his face and let out a yell, trying to smother the sound and himself both. Rating: M Ships: YamiNacht Length: 10k Yami woke, eyes bloodshot and rimmed with dark circles, and just stared at the ceiling. Okay, just because he was having the most vivid wet dreams he’d had since he was a teenager (which was also when he met Nacht, but that had to be coincidence, right?) did not mean he was in love with the guy— With an irritated groan, Yami grabbed his pillow and shoved it over his face and let out a yell, trying to smother the sound and himself both.

"It's Called Breakfast, Stupid." by bvchivtvriko

Rating: T Ships: YamiJack Length: 4k The rituals are intricate, and Jack's deciding to slice them up a bit.

The Awful Edges Where You End by Bean_Market_Mafia, Funky_Sea_Cryptid

Rating: M Ships: YamiNacht Length: 63k Seven years after he gained a gruesome gift that he didn’t want, Yami Sukehiro moves from a temp job in San Francisco into a broken-down estate in Maine. It’s expensive and busted to hell, but it’s a place that finally, finally seems empty. This kind of story only goes one way. Watch to see if the silverware has turned black. Watch to see if the table has begun to rot. If the blood from the wall starts to glisten like oil and decay, the door will be lost to you, and you will be left with nothing but your sins to contend with.

I Can't Say Anything Clever, But Let's Chase a Cat Together by JadeGM

Rating: T Ships: YamiMorgen Length: 3k In which the Black Bulls' hideout actually is haunted, and Luck can vaguely sense/hear ghosts. ...Gordon can do it too, but nobody can hear him most of the time, so it barely comes up.

Thawing Of A Frozen Heart by eclipsingbinary, Firefutte

Rating: T Ships: YunoLang Length: 48k Daily News Exclusive: Business Scandal of the Century The esteemed owners of Vauditren Real Estate and Industrial Developments, Ledior and Liliane Vaude, were arrested at their city penthouse yesterday evening. The billion dollar company and its assets have been frozen as part of the police investigation. At the time of going to press, further details have not not been made public. A police spokesman declined our request for an interview. There has been no official comment from the company's public relations department. Board members, including the Vaudes' son and heir, Langris Vaude, were unreachable. -- Finral read the article one more time. This was bad. This was very bad. (The story where Langris Vaude loses everything, and gains more than he ever thought he could have.)

my song, my sorrow, and i (Ongoing, Crossover) by Funky_Sea_Cryptid

Rating: T Ships: Fuegoleon/Salamander Length: 47k After repeated failures, and with his devotion to the God he worships waning, Fuegoleon Vermillion is given one last chance to prove himself.

the fabula crepidata (Ongoing) by Bean_Market_Mafia

Rating: M Ships: Fuegoleon/Salamander Length: 46k With his confidence in his abilities shattered after losing his arm, Fuegoleon is enlisted to take on a case that hits a little too close to home.

The Hangover by subtleassiduities

Rating: T Ships: Solid/Langris, Silva Family Length: 13k After waking up in a strange predicament with a certain Vaude, Solid flounders to figure out what he did during a blackout while also dealing with an unexpected obstacle: A crush. He achieves neither goal with ease, but he does achieve both!

Black Heart Scarring Darker Still by AvaCelt

Rating: T Ships: William/Patri Length: 2k William knows he's a coward, but even cowards can love, and if Zenon wants to hurt the other half of his heart, then William has no problem becoming the Devil himself. [William/Patolli, canon divergence, spoilers up to chapter 262]

Heart of the Ocean, Love of the Sea by AvaCelt

Rating: T Ships: YamiJack Length: 2k Four hundred pounds of muscle and a sword don't mean anything anymore, but lesser men have loved and been loved in return, so why can't Yami Sukehiro? [Yami/Jack, post-rescue, canon divergence, spoilers up to chapter 262]

Hey, Little Songbird, Cat Got Your Tongue? by AvaCelt

Rating: T Ships: LumiNero, Nero & The Bulls Length: 2k Secre Swallowtail atones for her sins by looking after a family of misfits. Somewhere in Hell, Zagred laughs at her, and Secre finds herself laughing with him. [one-sided Secre/Lumiere, parental!Secre & Asta, parental!Secre & the Black Bulls, canon compliant but explores Black Clover demon lore]

Crossing the Line by eclipsingbinary, WildflowerWoods

Rating: M Ships: YunoLang, Langris & the Golden Dawn, Finral & Langris As a the out of favour Vaude son, his useless spatial magic would never be what his family desired, no matter how hard he tried to force it into shapes it would never become. His long-term survival depended on being of use, and as he reached grimoire age, his use was rapidly running out. He knew they would never let him reach fifteen. Somehow, against the odds, he survives and works out how to live a life that he never expected to have. There are people who help him find a place in a new family where he is loved. He has a squad and a future, even if he is never without the consequences of that last night in Tota. Then the death of the King brings history crashing into the life he made for himself, and with it comes the brother he never expected to see again.

Oh What Am I Supposed to Do Without You? by supernaturalgrant

Rating: T Ships: FuegoNozel Length: 13k “Mercury poisoning.” The silence that follows Owen's statement is deafening. The occupants of the room share looks of utter confusion. “That’s like saying Fuegoleon has third-degree burns from that cool ass fire arm situation he has going on.” Yami’s the first to break it. Or: Nozel is diagnosed with mercury poisoning and forced to give his magic up until the can find a cure. Chaos ensues.

Ubi Amor, Ibi Dolor by supernaturalgrant

Rating: T Ships: FuegoNozel Length: 17k “He’s dumb as fuck.” She asserts bluntly. It surprises an honest laugh out of Nozel, which seems to amuse her slightly. “You know that, right?” “I can’t force him to be with me, Mereoleona. Even I am not that high-reaching.” He tells her honestly. Or- Fuegoleon and Nozel break up when Nozel is promoted to the Silver Eagles captain, neither of them really knows why.

[the-black-bulls]

Hiya! What are your thoughts on Vanessa x Zora? 👀

send in ships to get these classifications

hey there!

Vanessa/Zora:

double older sibling figure energy!

does it make sense? It does, yes, just look at these two you know they'd be having a blast drinking and hanging out together for the rest of their lives.

does it compel me? YES! I'm baffled at the near non-existing talk about this ship because they click so well in a way that won't get them acting out of characters which is a very important thing to me when it comes to shipping, here - have a fanart of them!

ooooh, the fandom's favorite crackship.

Zora/Nebra:

zebra as their ship name > zobra as their ship name 😂

does it make sense? of course not lol

does it compel me? similar to yami/william, I have no real answer for this, it's one of those ships I can vibe with as an AU, but not in the main story/timeline/endgame, I enjoy the potential crackness and hate and spite with these two, but not the romance, definitely not the romance.

in general, I very rarely vibe with zora ships that pair him with one royal or another noble because I find it very unfair to his character and makes him act really, really out of character.

[chaptersonetoinfinity]

You asked me, so I ask back <3

11, 20, 41, 69 and 74, if it's okay for you.

Thank you for the ask, Vil! Your curiosity is ALWAYS okay with me <3

Fanfiction Writing Asks

11. Do you write scenes in order, or do you jump around?

Oh, I bunny-hop like there’s no tomorrow when I’m drafting. I might have fully drafted scenes that will take place 20 chapters from now, while my upcoming chapter is still missing half of its scenes. Heck, a lot of times I jump around within one scene while I’m writing, too. I’ll have an idea of how to end the section so I’ll press “enter” a bunch of times and write the last paragraph when I’m only halfway through, then go back and fill in the middle part. Then in my second draft, I might even switch my paragraphs around, or move a sentence I like into a later paragraph where it will “pack more of a punch”.

20. Do you prefer writing AUs or canon fics?

My favorite setup is Canon Divergence, which is technically an AU but is usually set in the canon world (unless the divergence involves world-hopping). 

That said, I’m a huge fan of worldbuilding, and it’s often what draws me into a series before I get attached to the characters (e.g. the intricate magic system in Black Clover), so I’d prefer to write fics set in the canon world, at least, or an AU where the magic is slightly different but still there. I guess the best answer I can give is “I like to write canon AUs the most” :P

41. Who’s your favorite character you’ve written?

So I can never pick just one favorite character in a series, but I do have certain “favorites” to write for (in terms of POV). In general, I’d say I prefer to write from POVs of characters who have a lot of attitude, whether that’s internal or external. 

The most recent examples I have are Mereoleona with her brash temper, or Yuno with his sarcasm (both internally and externally XD). Yami is turning out pretty delightful too, because of how he makes fun of everything and breaks the fourth wall. Charlotte and Noelle POVs have also been “easy” for me to adapt to because they’re very no-nonsense and judgy (for better or worse) so I just channel my inner Hermione Granger. 

And any character who’s notably passionate—Cyrus and his all-encompassing green thumb made me love him so much more when I wrote from his POV, even if I had ten Google tabs open about random plants. So I’ll probably enjoy writing Fuegoleon’s POV as well when I get there. In comparison, I have a harder time writing from the minds of characters who are very “uncertain” or repressed in terms of their thoughts and decisions, or those who aren't as notably opinionated. William Vangeance's POV will be a hell of a challenge! 

69. What are your favorite fics at the moment?

Again, I have a hard time picking favorites (exhibit 1, the previous response where I picked like 8 “favorites”, LOL). It’s been a while since I’ve binged fics, but I have a feeling that your “The Scent of Lavender” and “Revenge of the Bride” will be right up on my list! Also FFAC, the Zobra collab from @f-oighear and @kalolasfantasyworld (yes, I’m referring to it by the acronym because it sounds like “fuck”). And I read a oneshot from @wildflowerwoodsworld which tickled my fancy recently, so I have a feeling I’ll enjoy their other works, too.

I’ll keep my to-read list a secret. so other authors on my radar can have a nice surprise when I get around to their fics and unleash myself in their comments sections! And I’m sure countless things from my to-read list will end up as my favorite fics, too :)

74. Do you have a fic you wish got a bit more love?

I’ll be real, no matter how much love my fics already got, I would ALWAYS love (ha!) for them to get more love. And I tend to veer toward niche topics (and ships), so I never know exactly what the reception will be like, and the surprise is part of the fun of posting by this point, haha. Maybe it’s because what I want to read for “bigger” ships (ships with more fics) have already been written, so I’m content to read what others wrote, and my ideas are filling a “void” in my imagination that only my own chaos can fulfill! 

All that is to say, I’m very “glass half full” about any interaction (I happy-screech over any love I get!), while I’d also love for anything I write to get more love <3 But since my heart is fully invested in Scarlet Cross (a Black Clover Canon Divergence and Gender Changes AU!) at the moment, I’ll choose that as my final answer! 

[kalolasart]

Nebra's got crazy bed hair. Convince me otherwise

twitter trend below

[nodanova15]

[BC Fic: Formula for a Crush]

“All he could focus on, all he could see and hear clearly was Nebra, and the damning realization that…—”

A small gift for @kalolasfantasyworld and @f-oighear 💖 FFAC is one of my current favorite bc fics and chp.15 had me giggling and kicking my feet, so I decided to make fanart for it!

If you like Zora/Nebra check out their fic! It’s REALLY fun, and so amazingly written. It made me love the ship! (modern AU, formula 1 AU)

[kalolasfantasyworld]

My recent Zobra arts got very popular on twitter and I received many questions about them so I decided to make a thread explaining the appeal this ship has for me.

Since I already wrote it, I want to share it here as well.

Zora x Nebra - ship appeal

A thread about why I am personally a big fan of Zora x Nebra and how it's more than just a silly crack ship

@f-oighear with who I'm co writing a Zobra fanfiction helped with this

Let's start with the basics

Zora - a peasant who hates royalty

Nebra - a royal who hates peasant

This ship would go against class barriers, but even more as these two would have to overcome their own prejudice which they've had since they were little.

They have (kind of) a canon interaction!

During the elf attack Zora saved Solid and Nebra's lives. It's a point where both siblings were humbled and I'd say a point where their redemption can slowly start.

Enemies to lovers

I personally love this trope and Zobra have great potential for it. I don't think I need to expand here.

Their magic

Both of them have "vaporous" kind of magic and rely on tricks to overcome their opponent. It's a game of thought and preparation.

Ash and mist are also more subtle versions of primal elements (fire and water).

They could be really compatible if they worked together.

Aesthetic

Black & white, that's a classic

Edgy & princess

You can't say they don't look good

And now probably the most important (and long) part of the thread their characters and later surprisingly many similarities

Zora wouldn't be afraid to call Nebra out and she NEEDS it. Nebra doesn't see people as her equals, she's used to being looked up to which Zora wouldn't do.

He would do it right, point out her flaws, harshly. Nebra would hear how she really is.

Hopefully reflect

It would also annoy her and a chain of (sometimes hilarious) interactions would start.

They're both very smart so their comebacks would be intelligent and snarky. None of them would hold back and I think at some point they would start enjoying the game of trying to one up the other.

"The smirk"

Zora snickers, Nebra giggles. They can both be very mean.

See if you put them as enemies it's fun, but imagine having them both against one person. I'd feel sorry for them. (we have a scene like that in our fic and it's perfect)

Prejudice

Both of them are greatly prejudiced against the other’s class. And isn't it BC's thing to break those class differences?

It would require work, effort and time but just like other Royal/Peasant ships they could bring an example of the world Asta dreams of.

Now to issues

A dead parent who they used to idolise and passing of that parent messed them up in... many ways

We use that similarity to have them bond on a deeper level

After Zara's death Zora goes on a vendetta

While Nebra feels inadequate and takes it out on innocent Noelle

Neither of them copes well and it just pushes them to extremes.

Zora luckily gets better with his found family (the Bulls we love them), while Nebra... I won't defend her, it's a long way to go even after the last manga chapters.

However these two could help each other grow.

Noelle is Nebra's sister and Zora's squadmate

This topic would need to be brought up at some point. Zora cares about his squadmates.

Nebra was awful, toxic and simply terrible. I think that talking about it with someone who won't beat around the bush could help her redemption.

I think Nebra could start seeking out that honesty at some point.

Zora had crossed out all of the nobility, but seeing himself an actual example of someone as rotten (yes I said it) as Nebra changing could help him too.

It's about seeing a different perspective.

"They wouldn't interact if not made to"

True, thus in fics @f-oighear and I put them in situations where they have to interact such as a mission together, or in our Formula 1 AU they're both drivers on the grid, or we send them to the same resort for summer break.

Things we like to do in fics

- they call each other names, starting of offensive (Princess and peasant are classics)

- making them work together -> they hate it -> miraculously it works out

- hair and clothes comments

- personal development

Taking into account all of the above, they would need specific circumstances to work out, thus I understand why they don't have to be everyone's cup of tea (I need at least a 100k slowburn), but I hope I brought to you closer this ship and why I personally find it appealing.

[vilandel]

Surprises In The Night

Summary Even though it's just another night at the Black Bull's base, some surprises were just too shocking to be just done with it...

A/N Inspired by @f-oighears hilarious and amazing oneshot on Ao3, I loved that one^^ I might work on a sequel for this.

Ao3 link

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If there was something that Yami hated more than being woken up in the middle of the night, it was being woken in the middle of the night while he had a special someone in the bed with him. If he had known better, he would have ignored Magna’s scream and actually spent a peaceful night.

But of course, Yami didn’t known any better. So, he stood up, scratched his chin, groaned, gave the groaning woman next to him a reassuring caress and went to open the door.

“Geez, you know what time it is, Magna? People are trying to sleep here, just so you know.”

“I’m sorry, captain Yami, sir! But I’m so shocked!” Magna yelled, while his captain hold him at the head, almost crushing him.

“Shocked of what, dumbass? To see me awake at night? Being scared would be more appropriate and you should know that.”

“No, that’s not it! I mean, I am scared to see you awake right now and I’m shocked for something else!”

“Oh really? And what did shocked you in our Hideout? Did Gauche stop worshipping his little sis all of a sudden?”

“No, it’s Vanessa, she-“

Magna stopped suddenly, as he got a glance in Yamis bedroom. Yami sweated and tried to hide his squad members eye’s, but it was too late. Magna saw that there was a woman in his captains bed. And since said woman just sat up, he also immediately recognized who it was.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”

Crap, again?

Instinctively, Yami closed his door while some other Black Bulls suddenly came out of their rooms, though Henry didn’t joined the crowd and stood at his doorframe. The boys, no girls where there yet and he hoped that it stayed that way. He also hoped that the girls rooms were rather away today and with any luck, they haven’t heard Magna screaming his lungs out.

With any luck.

“Can’t you scream in silence, we’re trying to sleep here!” Gauche yelled, but thankfully not as loud as Magna.

“Is there a fight? Are we attacked?” Luck asked with enthusiasm, his night bonnet whipping in every direction as he talked and jumped.

“Well… first… and… then… bed… the hell…” Magna stuttered, pointing at the door to the captains bedroom. Yami hold his head a little stronger.

“There’s nothing to see here, brats. Just a fuss over nothing. Now go back to bed and sleep and shut up or you’re all dead.”

How lucky he was that Nacht wasn’t here. He wouldn’t have heard the end of it.

But how unlucky he was that there was someone who was able to read Ki.

“That’s weird, captain Yami. I read captain Charlottes Ki in your room- OUCH!”

“I never should have teached you to read Ki, cupcake,” Yami groaned in his most menacing voice, while Asta was now also getting his head almost crushed.

But it was too late. His brats were sleepy but the smartest ones would put the dots together in a few seconds. And Yami wasn’t awake enough to quickly get his katana and grimoire to threaten them with a Dimension Slash if they won’t go to bed quickly.

Silence.

Asta and Magna whined.

More silence.

“WHAAAAT!”

“Really, is she here to fight?”

“Does that mean she wants to become our new friend?”

“Oh… I… would… have… make… a… new… guest… room… if… I… knew… that… she… was… coming…”

“Why is the captain of the Blue Roses allowed to sleep here and not Marie?”

“WOULD YOU ALL SHUT UP!” Yami screamed. “Finral, breath again, I still need my wheels. No, Luck, the prickly princess is not here to fight you, especially not in the middle of the night. Gordon, if she wants to become your friend, you ask her, not me. Henry, she’s sleeping in my bed, a new guest room isn’t needed. Gauche, if you continue to be angry that my prickly princess is here while your sister isn’t, you will do Astas cleaning duty for a year. And Zora, stop snickering or I’ll kill you!”

In the meantime, Charlotte came out of his bedroom, looking tired, annoyed and somehow resigned.

Damn. She was really hot as a sleepy head, especially when she was wearing one of his large undershirts that were way too long for her.

But right now, with his brats present, the male brats, Yami would have preferred that Charlotte really did bring one of her long nightgowns. He wanted the only one to see that sight of her.

“Good… well, good night, everyone,” the blonde woman mumbled.

She was clearly flustered. Yami couldn’t blame her.

“Good night and, um, nice to see you, captain Charlotte. Welcome at the Black Bulls Hideout,” Finral said, in an unsure tone but still willing to be polite and showing some hospitality towards a squad captain visitor.

There was an awkward silence, only interrupted by Astas and Magnas whining.

Then Finral looked like he understood something.

“Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my-“

“Stop repeating, Finral and just say it out loud!” Gauche yelled, visibly annoyed.

“Captain Yami is shagging the captain of the Blue Roses”, Zora snickered.

Charlotte blushed and Yami could feel his own face burning up as well. Crap, he didn’t wanted his brats to find out about his relationship like that, especially not in the middle of the night. And he had wanted to keep it a secret for longer, just because he knew how his brats could be.

“Oh… Con… gra… tu… la… tions…”

“Thank you, Henry,” Charlotte mumbled, trying to look away.

“What does shagging mean? Is it another word to fight? Can I join?”

“NO!” both Yami and Charlotte yelled.

“And was that the reason Magna screamed two times?” Gauche asked, while he was taking a picture of his sister out of his pyjama pocket. “One time would have been one too much already, I was sleeping and dreaming of my angel-“

“You mean your sister or Grey?” Gordon asked. Of course it wasn’t teasing coming from him, but Gauche still flushed a little. Good. Yami hoped that the attention would go over to Gauche now and his not-so-secret feelings for Grey.

But of course, Magna had to stop his salvation.

“No- ouch! I only screamed for the second – ow – when I saw captain Charlotte in captain Yamis bed- ouchy! The first scream – au, au – was about…”

“Yami darling, would you please stop crush those poor boys heads?” Charlotte asked, half annoyed, half concerned for Asta and Magna. Yami just sighed, dropping his two knights who landed with their butts on the floor.

“Thank you, captain Charlotte.”

“Hold your gratitude, especially you, Magna,” Yami said in a very menacing voice. “If your first scream wasn’t about me and my prickly princess-“

“Did he just said my prickly princess?” Finral asked, still under shock.

“-then why did you scream in the first place?”

“Don’t be so rude on him, Yami. It’s not his fault that he found out about us.”

“Don’t scold me, prickly princess, you’re breaking my delicate little heart of glass here.”

“Delicate little heart of glass?” a few Black Bulls asked, surprised.

“Well,” Magna started. “I wasn’t sleeping well and wanted to ask Vanessa for some potion to help me sleep. But…” at this point, Magna blushed, “she… well… she wasn’t alone in her room.”

“Did the girls have a sleepover?” Asta asked, innocently. “That’s strange, normally they do it in Charmys room, because of the snacks. Vanessas room is way too messy for a sleepover, everyone knows that. But Magna, you could have still asked for that potion, even if the other girls are with her.”

“No, it wasn’t a sleepover with all the girls,” Magna replied, even more blushing. He went silent and some Black Bulls began to put some dots together.

“Oh… she has someone too,” Finral said, clearly trying to process that particular news.

“Who?” Asta asked innocently.

Magna blushed even more – was that even possible? – and kept quiet.

“Magna, no need to be ashamed. It’s good that Vanessa has someone that makes her happy. I wanna know who that person is, so we can be friends.”

“And I wanna fight that person!”

“Did you saw them in her bed?”

“No…”

Gauche sighed deeply, visibly irritated. “Then how can you be sure that Vanessa has someone when you haven’t saw another person with her in her bed?”

“I never said that I saw them, I couldn’t because I didn’t even entered the room!” Magna protested. “But I… heard them.”

Silence.

“They were… apparently… very busy…”

Silence.

“I heard Vanessa mostly, but… he… well…”

“Oh, it’s a man?” Zora asked.

“I wanna fight him!”, Luck added. Those two were currently the only ones who dared to speak up.

“Well… I was petrified at first. But then, Vanessa screamed his name and… you know the rest.”

“And what name was it that it made you scream like that?”

“It’s… Nozel Silva.”

Silence.

An owl was heard outside of the base.

More silence.

“WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!”

That multiple scream filled the whole Hideout. It was probable that the Black Bull girls would come after this. And indeed, Nero was already coming nonchalantly, with Grey hiding behind her.

“Hello, everyone. If you ask where the other girls are, Noelle will follow and I haven’t seen Charmy or Vanessa. Good evening, captain Charlotte.”

Nero was so unfazed that it was almost scary.

“So… you’re not surprised that the captain of the Blue Roses is here?” Finral asked carefully.

“Not really. After all, it was time that captain Yami not only finally realizes those feelings, but also that they finally got together.”

“For fuck’s sake, was I really the last one who realized what my prickly princess was feeling for me?”

“Yes,” Gordon said and Finral even added, “Well, even captain Jack realized it before you and since he’s-“

“Be careful with what you say, Finral!”

Yamis voice was so menacing that everyone present flinched, except Charlotte and Nero.

“B-Being in front of a s-squad captain i-in my nightgown a-and with a s-sleepy h-head, i-it’s so e-embarrassing.”

“Grey, it’s probably embarassing for everyone. Would you like some tea?” Gordon asked in an effort to calm his squadmate a bit.

“Forget about the tea, Gordon! Could anyone please explain why Vanessa is sleeping with Nozel Silva of all people?”

Grey just shrieked again at Gauches question, which meant that she wouldn’t calm herself a bit for a while.

Nero, on the other hand, seemed unfazed as usual.

“Oh. I better go warn them, just in case.”

She transformed into a bird with a plop and flew away immediately, leaving a bunch of stunned people behind her. Grey now went to hide behind Gauche.

“Okay, not being surprised about captain Yami and captain Charlotte is one thing,” Finral finally said, visibly still trying to recover from the shock. “But captain Nozel and Vanessa together is a far bigger surprise, even for Nero!”

“Maybe she already knew,” Gordon suggested, but it was left unheard as Zora, Magna and Asta began to speak up at the same time.

“I honestly haven’t seen it coming, even though Vanessas Ki had been weird, lately.”

“I swear it’s true, I’ve heard her say his name!”

“I could say that it’s maybe another Nozel. But who else would have a dumbass name like that.”

“Shut up, brats!”, Yami yelled, punching a fist in a wall. “I don’t know if it’s true or not, but I will not allow another cap using my hideout as a dating place!”

Charlotte sighed, “Yami, I’m a captain too.”

“You’re an exception, prickly princess and I invited you.”

“Isn’t it fair to assume that Vanessa invited Nozel, then?”

“Without my authorization!”

“Does she need you’re authorization?”

“Only when Braids is involved.”

“You came up with that only now, I can tell.”

“Doesn’t matter, I’m still the captain of this squad of misfits.”

“Woah, captain Yami, you and captain Charlotte already sound like an old- OUCH!”

Yami took Asta again menacingly by the head, while Charlotte held his arm, trying to make him let go of his squad member.

“Geez, where’s Charmy when we need her? I need some popcorn or one of her special drinks,” Zora snickered, crossing his arms and leaning against the wall.

“Well, honestly, I’m surprised no one noticed a thing before. After all, we all know how difficult it is to have some privacy here,” Finral sighed, running a hand through his hair.

“Well… it’s only my second night in this base,” Charlotte mumbled.

“Well, it’s still an accomplishment, captain Charlotte. One night keeping a secret is already long in here.”

“Yeah, unless you want some excitement, you better met elsewhere when you’re dating outside of your squad,” Zora added, still snickering, but somehow softer.

Which didn’t go unnoticed by Asta, who was still struggling to get free from Yamis grip with Charlottes help.

“Zora, are you talking from experience?”

“Nah, I’m just stating a fact.”

“But…”

Asta couldn’t continue, because Nero came back in this very moment. Followed by Nozel and Vanessa. Hand in hand. Nozel was only wearing some pyjama pants and Vanessa a – unusual for her style – long undershirt, which was too silvery white to not be a Silva piece of clothing.

Well, there was nothing left to doubt anymore.

“Nero warned us,” Vanessa smiled, while blushing. “Um, sorry that we traumatized you, Magna.”

Nozel said nothing, but his cheeks were totally beet red.

“Did you realize what time of the night it is? Couldn’t you just… um… I mean, never mind.”

Magna looked at Nozel Silva with cautious, but even though the captain of the Silver Eagles was obviously not going to scold him, the Black Bulls fire mage kept quiet. He was still embarrassed from his discovery, after all.

Charlotte and the Black Bulls just awkwardly stared at Nozel, who just blushed harder and stared anywhere else but at the pairs of eyes looking upon him. In fact, he stared at Vanessas hand holding his, intervening their fingers.

“Oh, good evening, captain Charlotte. First night captain took you at our base, huh?”

“Hello, Vanessa. No, it’s actually my second- Wait, you knew that we’re together?”

“Yes, I did.”

Silence.

“WHAT?” almost everyone yelled.

“Well, you know, when your boyfriend is a captain, you have an excellent source of gossip about what happens at the meetings of squad captains?”

“WHAT?”

“But… we were… and… Nozel… how did he… of all people…” Charlotte stuttered, slowly losing some bits of the cool she still had left.

“Yeah, no offence to your boyfriend, Vanessa, but captain braids isn’t the most susceptible towards gossip,” Zora snickered, somehow having the time of his life. Or something else, because Asta was looking at him with question mark eyes again and again.

“I… had a good teacher,” Nozel finally said, clearly flustered.

“Oh, this is really lovely of you to say, honey,” Vanessa smiled, clearly touched and giving him a kiss on the cheek, much to the others shock.

“Wait, was that a compliment?” Magna asked.

“Yes, it was,” Asta replied, more than stunned.

“Well, it sounded like it,” Zora snickered, although it was just as surprised as the others.

“And are we just ignore the fact that Vanessa just called Nozel Silva honey of all people?” Finral asked.

“And that she kissed him on the cheek,” Gordon added.

“W-witnessing t-this, i-it’s so em-embarassing…”

“Oh, shut up, you brats!” Yami suddenly yelled, stopping the growing discussions of his squad members.

“Please, language, Yami,” Charlotte mumbled. But she knew that it was unnecessary anyway.

“Alright, Bird Braid, I don’t think I gave you my authorization to-“

“Yami, leave Nozel alone, I invited him!”

“You’re not of the hook, Vanessa.”

“Fore- um, Yami. Do not scold Vanessa, she was just being hospitable!”

“Oh, come on, Braids, Vanessa. Would you stop defending each other, I’m trying to-“

“No!”

It was not only Nozel and Vanessa who yelled, but also Charlotte and that alone made Yami go quiet again. There was a silence again, only disturbed by Greys soft whimpering and Finrals polite mumble to welcome Nozel in their base.

“Honestly, how did that even happen?” Gauche finally groaned, pointing at both couples.

“You want the long version or the short version?” Vanessa asked, finding some of her joyful attitude again.

“Keep it short, wino.”

“Okay. We fell in love.”

“Wait, that’s way too short!”

“But you asked me to keep it short.”

“What Gauche probably should have meant,” Yami said, as calm as possible since Charlotte was holding his arm, “why would you go with Braids of all people. Seriously, you can do better than a royal who has three sticks up his ass.”

“Excuse me?”

Nozel made a step towards Yami, visibly insulted.

“Yami, please, was that really necessary?” Charlotte asked, deadpanned.

“Oh, we’ll have a night fight! Yeah! Comme Magna, fight me!”

“Please… don’t… fight… It’s… still… the… middle… of… the… night… and… I’m… way… too… tired… to… fix… all… the… damages…”

“No way! I’m still too shocked, find someone else to fight!”

“Okay, can someone fetch Charmy,” Zora grinned. “I really need popcorn.”

“I… would… only… be… able… to… fix… them… later… tomorrow… and… captain… Yami… doesn’t… like… parts… of… our… base… stay… broken… for… too… long.”

“For Heaven’s sake,” Vanessa said loud, stopping the discussions. “Who I love is my business and Nozel doesn’t have one or three sticks up his ass. I would know if there were some, trust me.”

A bunch of the present people blushed.

“And even if he had, I wouldn’t give a damn at all. I love Nozel, he makes me happy.”

She gave her boyfriend the most gorgeous smile the Black Bulls ever saw on her face. Nozel blushed, but smiled softly back, holding her hand tighter.

“You… um, you make me happy too.”

“Oh, this is adorable,” Gordon smiled, already planning to add two new dolls for his collection.

Finral only nodded, a bit unease. On one hand, it was a bit embarassing and honestly weird to witness Vanessa making eyes with Nozel Silva of all people. But on the other hand, they were adorable and Finral was not too embarrassed to admit that he was happy for his best friend.

One day soon, it would be us, lady Finesse…

“Nope, this is weird,” Gauche groaned.

“Go date Grey first, Gauche,” Vanessa replied. “Then you can talk.”

Both Grey and Gauche blushed.

“Besides, captain Yami, do I make such a drama about you and captain Charlotte?��

Yami was about to reply when a new person joined the hallway.

“Can someone please tell me what all the fuss is about? Do you realize what time-“

Noelle stopped, both with her words and her feet, as she saw that her older brother was here. Both Nozel and Vanessa blushed, unable to say anything.

“Nozel… um…”

“Good evening, Noelle.”

It was only then when the water mage discovered her older brother’s hand in Vanessas.

Silence.

“Wait… Vanessa, why is Nozel… and… OH MY GOD!”

Noelle immediately covered her face with her hands as realization hit her.

“Alright, sweetie, don’t forget do take deep breaths.”

“I’m doing it, Vanessa!”

She clearly wasn’t.

“I mean… it’s just… weird… No, it’s not! I mean it is, but… I don’t mean it as an insult, I swear! Did anyone even know?”

A bunch of Black Bulls replied with a “No”. But it didn’t had much an impact, because another Bull had an answer who was the complete opposite.

“Yes, I did know.”

“NERO?”

“But… why didn’t you say anything?” Noelle asked with cautious.

“First, they wanted to keep it a secret for a while and I respected that. It was their secret and not mine, after all,” Nero answered in the calmest way. “And second, they’re cute together.”

“Cute?”

While some Black Bulls, including Yami, looked at Nero in disbelief, Noelle stared back at her brother and her squadmate, still holding hands like there was no tomorrow and obviously standing nearer to each other than needed.

“Well… I can’t disagree with that. But... it’s still weird. But cute, yes, I can’t deny. But weird, argh, sorry!”

“You still under shock, it’s normal, sweetie,” Vanessa smiled, visibly relieved that Noelle didn’t took it badly.

“We wanted to tell you,” Nozel sighed. “We just… postponed. And well… it was also new… for both of us.”

“New and beautiful, honey,” Vanessa added, stroking some silver hair behind his ear.

“Honey?” Noelle repeated, still under shock.

“Sweetie, please, I give nicknames to everyone, it’s normal that your dear brother would also have his own. And you can ask captain Charlotte if she has some nicknames for captain Yami as well.”

“VANESSA!!”

It was only then that Noelle realized that her older brother wasn’t the only captain from another squad present tonight.

“Captain Charlotte… with… captain Yami… wait! You’re finally together?”

“Would she wear one of my undershirts if that weren’t the case?” Yami asked, annoyed. But since his secret was out, there was sadly no reason anymore to try to hide it.

“I should tell Puli about this great news,” Gordon said, happily.

“Puli? Like Puli Angel? A member of my squad?”

“Yes, we became good friends since that mixer. You were there too, captain Yami, remember?”

“A mixer? I don’t remember being on a mixer ever in my life, especially with some Blue Roses.”

“But it was a mixer, I was there too!” Charlotte complained. “It was during those six months of training before the raid of Spade. I had that pretty dress on and you told me that I looked like I was going to freeze and when we touched hands to take the pepper and I… jumped… out of a window.”

Charlotte went beet red.

“You�� did what?” Nozel asked, clearly confused.

“Wait, that was a mixer?” Yami asked, also clearly confused. “But you told me that your girls made this a dinner party for you to relax a bit.”

“They… well… they mostly did it so that you and I could get together…”

Silence.

“Charlotte, how long have you been in love with me?”

The captain of the Blue Roses just yelped, hiding her face behind her hands. She had hoped to be over this, but it was now in the middle of the night and a bunch of people found out about their secret, not to mention that she was still tired and just learned another secret as well. It was a bit too much for her to handle.

“Look at us, so many couples. Captain is finally together with Charlotte, I’m happy with my Little Eagle, Noelle and-“

“Vanessa!” Noelle yelped, beet red. Asta looked at her with confusion and a frown.

“Okay, sorry. Finral is going to marry his beloved Finesse, I bet it’s only a matter of time before Grey and Gauche get together-“

“Shut up, Wino!”

“Would you please talk to my girlfriend with more respect, delinquent?”

“Magna and Luck are so, so close like never before, Gordon is friends with Puli and maybe it could become more-“

“We’re just friends, though.”

“And I know that Zora is seeing someone very special too.”

Zora’s smug snickering found an end in an awkward cough.

“You… know?”

“Don’t worry, Zor, I still have no idea who it is. But we can all take bets. I put my two scents on Kirsch.”

“Poor Zora,” the Silva siblings mumbled.

“Wait, you have someone? Is that why your Ki was so weird right now? But who?” Asta asked and his confusion visibly irritated Zora.

“But who would have the patience to deal with Zora?” Gauche asked, still grumpy.

“Well, Grey has patience with you, so you’re not one to talk,” Zora snarked back.

Gauche was about to reply, when the door to Zoras room was brutally opened.

“WHAT ARE YOU MAKING ME WAITING FOR SO LONG, PEASANT!”

Except Zora, everyone present was shocked to see Nebra Silva of all people run out of Zoras room, wearing only a black nightgown, very unusual for a Silva.

Nebra stopped short as she realized that Zora wasn’t alone. In fact, two persons in particular got her attention and put her in a very Silva state of embarrassment.

“Nozel, Noelle, hi.”

“Nebra, hi.”

Nozel didn’t say anything. It wasn’t clear if he was shocked like the others or just done.

Probably both.

“Okay, this is way more surprising than Vanessa being with captain Nozel,” Finral finally said, sounding surprised and done at the same time.

Zora looked like he wanted to retreat.

“Nozel is with… Oh my gosh!” Nebra exclaimed, pointing at Nozel and Vanessa. “So she’s the one you’re canoodling with!”

“Wait, you knew about them?” Noelle asked.

“Well, I only knew that Nozel was dating someone and… um, due to circumstances, I suspected that it probably wasn’t a noble.”

“What kind of circumstances?” Nozel asked, frowning.

“Um, you know, circumstances,” Nebra mumbled, flicking her hand, before she turned to Zora and took him by the shoulders. “Why haven’t you told me that my older brother is dating your squadmate?”

“Hey, don’t accuse me, I only learned about it like two minutes ago! It’s not my fault that they were caught by Magna over there.”

“I couldn’t sleep and I haven’t expected Vanessa to scream the name of the Silver Eagles captain in the middle of the night!”

“Sorry, but I couldn’t help it, Nozel is such a god in bed!”

“Vanessa!”

Nozel, even more beet red than before, put a hand on his girlfriend’s mouth, but it was unnecessary. As good as everyone understood what Vanessa was implying. Especially his sisters, who were now as flustered as he was. The three Silva siblings just looked at each other, too embarrassed to even look away.

“Wait,” Gordon said suddenly, “Asta is with Noelle, Vanessa with captain Nozel and Zora with lady Nebra. Does that mean that three Silvas are in love with someone out of their circles?”

“Three?” Charlotte asked innocently, but it was covered by Noelles squealed “GORDON!!!”, while Astas cheek turned into a soft pink.

But to almost everyone’s surprise, Nozel and Nebra weren’t that shocked about their little sister being with a peasant. Vanessa giggled and Zora leaned against the wall with resigned sigh.

“You… knew…” Noelle stuttered. Asta went to her and took her hand.

“Yes, I do and apparently, Nozel is aware as well. About you and Asta,” Nebra sighed, flicking her hand. A clear indicator that she was flustered. And that she probably doesn’t have the energy to say something insulting, even if she wanted to. But she didn’t.

“And… you’re not against it?”

“Noelle, look at us. I’m with a peasant just like you and Nozel is with a witch. We both would be hypocrites if we were against your relationship.” Nebra sighed deeply, before mumbling, “I don’t wanna be a hypocrite ever again.”

“Well, we can say you made some progress,” Zora mumbled, taking her hand. It was clear as crystal how flustered he and Nebra were right now.

The Bulls were still too stunned to make comments right now, not to mention to tease Zora.

“Wait!” Noelle suddenly yelled, angrily pointing at Vanessa and Zora. “I wanted to announce this to my siblings myself and all of you promised to keep the secret until then! You promised!”

“Noelle, I already knew before Vanessa had to make this promise to you,” Nozel replied, sounding somehow tired.

“That’s true,” Vanessa added with a not-so-sorry smile. “I actually told him that you were head over heels for Asta long before you both even got together.”

“And I saw you both kissing at that award ceremony a few weeks ago. Due to circumstances” Nebra said, flicking her hand, trying and failing to sound sure of herself.

“Oh, that was our first kiss,” Asta said innocently.

“That explains why you looked so… Nevermind. Well, I was together with Zora for a week already back then, so…”

“Yeah, Little Miss Royal here told me then, so the promise came a bit too late for me to take.”

“Oh.”

That was all Noelle could say.

“No way, seriously?” Yami groaned. “My squad is not the right place for your fricking triple royal romance drama!”

“Um, we didn’t choose to be all together at the same place and at the same time, we had no idea,” Nebra mumbled, discreetly trying to get behind Zora.

“Why are you even here, braids and Noelles sister?”

“Captain, be polite, her name is Nebra,” Noelle protested.

“You’re also not off the hook, Noelle.”

“What did I do now?”

“Just so you know, I didn’t choose to be here in the first place!” Nebra immediately replied, offended. “I just happened to lose a bet to my peasant and now, I have to spent the night here. Usually, we met up in my room-“

Zora swiftly put both of his hands on Nebras mouth, but of course, it was a bit too late.

“Wait, lady Nebra… you brought Zora… in your room… at the Silva palace?” Finral asked, while Noelle looked like she was about to faint. Everyone turned towards Nozel, waiting for the scolding.

Which didn’t came.

Instead, the captain of the Silver Eagles just let his free hand slowly glide down his face.

“Nebra, it would be highly wrong of me to scold you for… well, this. After all, I invited Vanessa at the palace a lot of times as well.”

Silence.

“WHAT?”

Vanessa just smiled.

“Okay, it seems to me that the both of you don’t appreciate our hideout as you should,” Yami said menacingly at Zora and Vanessa. “Tomorrow, you will-“

“No, they won’t,” Charlotte interrupted him firmly.

“Prickly Princess, I know how to handle my dumbasses.”

“They won’t do your punishment, because in that case, you’ll have to do it too, by your logic. Shall I remember you that I invited you at my place plenty of times and that you enjoyed it?”

“Dang it… why do you have such a grip on me, Prickly Princess? You hurt my delicate little heart here.”

“Delicate?” Nozel asked, stunned.

“Oy, Braids, don’t you dare say anything insulting about what I just said! And this applies to the rest of you as well!”

“I won’t… Given the grip Vanessa has on me…”

The two captains just looked at each other blankly. With maybe a glint of understanding.

“A lot is happening tonight,” Nero said, sounding like she was stating a fact.

“Too much. All those, well, surprises are giving me a headache,” Finral whimpered, rubbing his temples. “At this point, I will be not that surprise if another captain would appear all of a sudden as well. Or Solid Silva, while we’re at it.”

“Solid is not interested in romance in general and I highly doubt that he’s here too,” Nebra just shrugged, flicking her hand.

“That would be too much,” Noelle mumbled, only slowly recovering from the shock that two of her siblings not only know about her and Asta, but are also dating two of her squadmates.

“So, Zora, how do you find the Silva palace?” Vanessa asked with a smirk. It was difficult to say if she was cheery like usual or if she just tried to hide how flustered she maybe was. “I know mostly Nozels room and private bathroom, but I love it nonetheless. Oh, and the flower garden is amazing too. No wonder Silvas are so good at flower language.”

“Wait, he showed you the Silva flower garden?” Noelle asked in pure disbelief. After all, this flower garden had been the sanctuary of their mother and knowing Nozel, he would never invite some random person to visit that particular place of their castle.

“Oh my god, brother! You really are serious about her!” Nebra exclaimed, while pointing at Vanessa.

“Just because he showed her a flower garden?” Gauche asked.

“I never saw it with my own eyes, but I heard that it is the most beautiful flower garden in the kingdom of Clover,” Charlotte said.

“What is so special about flowers, anyways?” Magna groaned, only to be threaten again by Yami.

“Listen well, kiddo, I don’t care that braids showed Vanessa his fricking bloomy garden, but my prickly princess here has a high respect for flowers, so don’t insult her, got it?”

“Sir, yes, sir.”

“Yami, please, let him go!”

“Well, I haven’t seen much but Nebras room and her bathroom,” Zora answered, rubbing the back of his head. “I don’t complain about it most of the time, but,” he started snickering, finding again some smugness, “my Little Miss Royal here is not the soundest sleeper. I lost count about how many times I woke up on her carpet because she kicked me out of bed while she was asleep. Or how many times I woke up because she was hugging me like a plushie.”

“Hey, why are you blurting my darkest secrets to everyone? You don’t have my permission!”

“I don’t need your permission and you have darker secrets than your fucked up sleeping habits. Consider this a punishment for jumping out of my room like, revealing your true darkest secret – you being with a pestering peasant – to my whole squad and your siblings, plus another squad captain.”

“It was taking too long and I needed my plushie!”

“Come on, I gifted you a titanic plushie at your birthday, you could have took that one!”

“It’s in my bedroom at the palace, so I couldn’t! And even if I had, you know that you’re always my first plushie choice!”

“Wonder why, you always complain that I’m too bony to hug and that I talk way too much for a plushie!”

“Still my first choice! And don’t you say that you don’t love it to be hugged!”

“I prefer being hold like a fricking boyfriend, not like a fricking plushie!”

“Um, are they flirting or arguing? I can’t tell,” Magna mumbled, unsure.

“When are they going to fight?” Luck asked with enthusiasm.

“So… Zora gifted her that giant white tiger plushie I saw in her room during my last visit?” Noelle asked, looking at Nozel, who just looked so done at this point. Vanessa hugged him with compassion.

“Oh, don’t be so surprised,” Nebra told them with a flick of her hand. “Zora and I realized that insults seems to be our love language.”

“Is that even possible?” Asta asked, frowning.

“Well, as my girlfriend just said, it is possible, little bro-in-law.”

“Little… But Zora, neither of us are married with Noelle and Nebra, how can we already be brothers-in-law? And don’t call me little!”

“Sorry, but at this point, it’s like we’re already in-laws. And you’re smaller and younger than me, so you’re a lil’ bro-in-law.”

Zora didn’t say that given how most nobles and royals were, how classes were still important, how rumours could hurt more than they should, marrying their beloved won’t be an easy task. People would be against them, refusing to understand and trying to get them apart. And he knew that every Silva sibling present and the three who were dating one of said Silva siblings knew that, even an idiot like Asta.

But that wasn’t a discussion for now, in the middle of the night and of other Black Bulls. It was a discussion the three Silva couples would better have in small circle, with only the six of them.

And it probably wouldn’t be so funny and embarassing as that very scene right there.

“Geez,” Yami groaned, clearly so done with all of this. “Listen, before you plan some triple royal wedding-“

“It’s too early for that!” six voices yelled.

“-let me remind you that it’s the middle of the night and that you’re all lucky that my prickly princess is here, otherwise I would ground everyone present and make all of you sleep in their own room! But since Charlotte is here, I can’t do that, otherwise we both would have a fight right here and now, which would be impossible to make it future Yami’s problem. And yes, I would have asked Henry to make two separate bedrooms for the royal guests here.”

“That won’t have been necessary,” Vanessa pouted, hugging Nozel tightly. “I don’t like sleeping alone now that I have my Little Eagle.”

“And I still need my favourite plushie to sleep!”

Nozel and Zora both just sighed.

“What would captain have done if captain Charlotte weren’t present?” Asta asked quietly.

“Maybe he would have not be so flustered like he is now and he would have fun embarrass my brother,” Noelle whispered back.

“What was that, you brats?”

“Nothing, sir, sorry!”

“Can’t we change the subject, please?” Finral asked, flustered and done at the same time. “Or even better, going back to sleep? There’s a squad captains meeting tomorrow at noon and now I will have to escort three captains to that, not to mention-“

“Don’t worry, Finral,” Yami replied, suddenly all smug. “At least, my prickly princess will use an escort, Braids and I will-“

SMACK!

“Ouch! What was that for, prickly princess?”

“Whatever you were going to say… Don’t. Do. It.”

Yami groaned, but actually kept quiet.

“Woah, she really has a grip on him,” Asta said.

“Before you start teasing, dumbass, remember that the same applies for Noelle and you.”

“But, captain Yami sir, I never wanted to tease you, I swear!”

“Don’t lie.”

“I don’t!”

“La, what is all the fuss about? Don’t tell me you have all a midnight meal without me?”

Everyone present turned to see to Charmy coming towards them, the only Black Bull who wasn’t present until now. Except Nacht, but he wasn’t even in the Hideout tonight. Like usual, of course.

Two things were unusual with Charmy, though. Firstly, she was in her big form. Oh, she had learned to switch between her two forms, but she still stay mostly in the little version.

And secondly, she wasn’t alone…

“What is the captain of the Aqua Deer doing here?” Magna asked, totally dumbfounded.

“Great, now I have to escort four captains tomorrow,” Finral sighed, resigned with his Fate.

Charmy looked at Rill who came behind her, flustered and smiling awkwardly, before she turned towards the rest, announcing, “Oh, he’s my boyfriend, la. Did I forgot to tell you?”

“BOYFRIEND?”

“I thought Charmy told you already,” Rill said with an awkward smile.

“Wait, Glowing Hair,” Yami replied, stunned and menacingly at the same time, “you date Charmy, is that why you acted with sick familiarity with me lately?”

“Why, yes? You’re basically her dad and I hoped you’ll approve of me for Charmy. She already met my mother, who loved her immediately, as well as Walter, and she became so popular within my squad. My squad members even asked me if when we’ll have a party with the Black Bulls to celebrate our relationship. Um… that was to bold to ask, wasn’t it?”

“Celebrate?” Yami repeated, now completely dumbfounded. Charlotte hugged him with compassion.

“Then we should invite the Blue Roses and Silver Eagles as well, we can now have even more friends,” Gordon said, looking thrilled by this perspective.

“Oh, why that?” Rill and Charmy asked.

“Because captain Yami is dating captain Charlotte, Vanessa is obviously happy with captain Nozel and Zora is with Noelle’s sister.”

Rill and Charmy only realized that there weren’t only Black Bulls present in this corridor.

“Oh, really? Yami Charlotte, congratulations!” Rill said with excitement. “It was really about time that you get together. Oh, this means that I won my bet! William suggested me to bet on you two already be together.”

“Well, he was the only one who knew about Yami and me…”

“Nozel, you too, congratulations! It’s a surprise, really, you with Vanessa, but I’m really happy for you both!”

“Thank you, captain Rill! And congratulations for you and Charmy,” Vanessa said cheerfully, while Nozel only nodded.

“Thank you very much! Oh, you both look so beautiful together, I may paint a picture of you one day!”

Nozel and Vanessa just looked at each other, unsure how to react to that compliment, if it was one.

“Honeybun, I prefer when you paint food, you know, la.”

“Don’t worry, Cutie Pie, I will still paint all kind of delicious food for you. You’re my biggest inspiration.”

“I know that, la!”

“Of course those two would have food as their love language,” Gauche groaned.

“Oh, I shall congratulate Zora and lady Nebra as well.”

“Thanks, but no painting of us!”

“Captain Rill,” Nero said, “Asta and Noelle are also a couple.”

“Oh, really?” Rill exclaimed, immediately shaking Astas hands. “Congratulations, you two! Ah, this is really amazing, Asta! Maybe we should have a double date one day.”

“Yeah, that would be nice,” Asta replied, smiling widely. Noelle just hide her face behind her hands, complaining that it was so impossible to have some privacy at the Black Bulls hideout. Nebra awkwardly put a hand on her little sisters head, in a rare attempt to comfort her.

“For fuck’s sake!” Yami finally yelled, making almost everyone flinch. Charlotte still hold him firmly, though.

“Seriously, what’s with all the sleepovers all in one night at my base? I accept my prickly queen, of course, but the rest? Don’t tell me this was all really a coincidence and not some kind of conspiracy!”

“Alright captain Yami, we won’t tell you,” Vanessa replied, holding her boyfriend firmly.

Charlotte went on her tiptoes and whispered something in Yamis ear, which made him sigh with resignation.

“Fine… You’re all really lucky that Charlotte is here, fellas, or else. Well, while we’re at it, does anyone else hiding someone for a sleepover? We better get all cats out of the bag at this point.”

“Um,” Finral interjected, “does it have to be of romantic nature?”

“Nope, would be a nice change with all those stupid night surprises.”

“Okay, then. Langris, you can come out!”

Finrals brother came now out of his room, wearing one of Finrals pyjamas and his hair not styled at all. Given the uncertain and half-amused glance he gave everyone, Langris must have heard everything.

“Oh, hello there, Finrals little brother!” Vanessa said with a giggle, waving at Langris.

“Um, good evening, Black Bulls… and Silver Eagles and Aqua Deer. And congratulations to the present couples, I guess.”

“Why, thank you, that’s so nice to say!”

“Vanessa, he said I guess, which means that he’s not sure,” Gauche groaned, putting a hand on Greys head, before he turned to Langris, “What the hell are you doing here?”

“Finral gave me sanctuary for the night,” Langris just replied.

“You have to know, my stepmother organized a tea party today, that is basically… a matchmaking ball. Since Finesse is going to marry me and not my brother in the end, she wanted to give him a much bigger wedding ceremony than the one planned for me. But for that he needs a betrothed… and Langris isn’t clearly on board for this project.”

“Not at all, to be precise.”

“Right. So, I invited him to stay with me for the night. This is, um, okay, I hope. Right captain Yami?”

“Finral, you’re lucky that I always need my wheels and that I have I very good reason to not argue, this night,” Yami groaned, pointing at Charlotte who just sighed.

“Captain Yami, can we please inviting Rills butler for breakfast, tomorrow morning?” Charmy asked out of the blue.

“What, another one, really? This base is not an inn, for fucks sake!”

“But Walter makes such divine waffles and they would be perfect for breakfast!”

“Of course there’s a food reason. Fine then. But don’t make a habit out of it!”

“Yes!” Charmy squealed in happiness, before happily taking Rills hand and going back to her bedroom.

The rest just stood silent and awkwardly in the hallway in front of Yamis room.

A few seconds past like that, maybe one minute, before the captain of the Black Bulls was once and for all fed up.

“Okay, everyone just go back to their rooms and they can take their sweethearts if they want, I don’t care!”

“You only say that because you don’t want captain Charlotte to sleep in another room, captain Yami?” Asta asked innocently.

“Watch out what you’re saying, dumbass.”

There was some more awkward silence, until Nozel sighed deeply and to everyone surprises, pulled Vanessa up to carry her bridal style.

“Well, good night, everyone,” Vanessa said with glee, obviously enjoying that Nozel was carrying her. “We’ll see each other at breakfast.”

Nozel only nodded, before turning around and leaving the hallway. The rest heard Vanessa sigh and saw her snuggling her head against his neck.

Nebra and Noelle especially looked surprised but fondly at their brother carrying his girlfriend away until he disappeared, before turning towards Zora and Asta respectively.

“Don’t even think about it, Little Miss Royal.”

“Well, you’re lucky that I’m tired right now and that I’m not a romantic in general.”

With that, Nebra took Zoras and dragged him back into his room. Noelle was still looking at Asta.

“You’re not that tired, right Noelle? You can walk on your own?”

“Argh, why are still so oblivious even after we got together, stupid Dorksta!”

Noelle walked away, semi-offended, while it suddenly made click in Astas head as he ran after her.

“Wait, Noelle! Why didn’t you say you wanted that in a romantic way? Is it really okay for you? I can still do it, wait for me! No, no water ball!”

“Alright, prickly princess, time to go to bed,” Yami finally said while taking Charlotte over his shoulder, as she was a bag of potatoes.

“Yami, why are you only openly caring and romantic when we’re all alone?” the captain of the Blue Roses asked, pouting and crossing her arms.

“Because you’re the only one who has the privilege to see that side of me, prickly princess.”

Charlotte blushed as Yami laughed loudly, before they both disappeared in his bedroom, knocking the door shut.

The rest of the Bulls and Langris still stand awkwardly before one by one finally went back in their own rooms. To be noted, Gauche took Grey with him.

“Well, I didn’t except that for our, well, first brother sleepover,” Finral said with an apologetic smile, as he and Langris were back in his room.

“This is the Black Bulls hideout, it was to be expected,” Langris replied, sitting on the mattress which was on the floor. “Thank for giving me sanctuary, brother. I don’t think I could have handled my mother’s matchmaking tea party. One day, I’ll invite you over at the Golden Dawn’s base, as a repay.”

“You don’t need to repay me, but I would love to spent the night at a more calmer squad one day,” Finral replied. “So, about the Silvas… you actually stood calm. I’m really proud of you, Langris.”

“I was in shock, honestly. That helped to give a calm impression. But honestly, the fact that lord Nozel, lady Nebra and lady Noelle are with people out of their circles would be a relief for the both of us. I just don’t know how he would react, about them with Black Bulls. He is still pretty difficult, you know.”

“He’s with you, so he’ll come around, I’m sure of it. But maybe it’s time that both of you finally tell them about your relationship.”

“After tonight, it’s only a matter of time before he learns. I need to get him more or less ready for the news of his siblings. But you know Solid and the Silvas, it’s going to be an awkward disaster for everyone, no matter what we’ll do. At least, maybe I’ll have a good laugh.”

Langris snickered and Finral just sighed. With that state of mind, it would come back to bite his brother.

[just-a-little-fan-1793]

Zora: Where the hell are you dragging me?

Nebra: To either get ice cream or commit a felony, we'll decide on the way.

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Lawyer AU for Nebra x Zora, please 👉👈

Hiya anon! I decided to make a moodboard for this request because the only idea for this fic I could come up with I didn’t like at all, so…I made a moodboard instead. I actually really like how this one came out, and I hope you do too!