#Zoya x Genya

[dreaminghour]

Game, Set, Match (1000 words) by dreaminghour

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Fandom: The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo

No Archive Warnings Apply, Zoya Nazyalensky/Genya Safin, Tennis AU, Podfic Welcome, Ficlet, Enemies to Friends, Pre-Relationship

Zoya wins the tournament, but Genya wins something more important.

Thank you for reading ♡ fic log → @dreaminghour-archive

[special-interest-infodump]

hey, if your requests are still open, would you be able to write zenya? maybe being tired gfs after a meeting or like. cuddling or something. idk I am just desperate for them and your writing is so good!!!!

Hi! Yes my requests are open :) thank you for this one!! Hope it's okay, been a bit all over the place trying to sort things out for graduation 😅

Zoya flops onto her bed with an exhausted groan.

Don't get her wrong, she like training the newer Squallers, she does, they're just...so tiring. They're so excited to finally start combat training that they don't bother listening to the basics, and then Zoya has to spend an hour re-teching them how to just summon the wind to them. And now, she only has an hour to rest before she has that meeting with the rest of the triumvirate and Nikolai.

So yeah, safe to say she's had a tiring morning.

So when she hears a knock at her door, she's fully ready to tell whoever it is to fuck off.

"Zoya? It's just me"

...okay, maybe not when the person is Genya.

"Come in"

She hears the door open, hears Genya's soft huff of a laugh as she notes Zoya's position, hears the door close again and then feels the bed dip beside her.

"Are you alright?" Genya asks softly, but clearly amused, as she gently runs a hand through Zoya's hair.

"Just tired" Zoya mumbles, not lifting her head from her pillow. "...I didn't miss the meeting or something, did I?"

"No darling, you didn't" Genya assures, chuckling slightly, "I just heard you had some particularly annoying trainees today and wanted to see if you were okay."

"I'm fine" Zoya sighs, rolling over to look up at her girlfriend, "just...frustrated and tired and really not looking forward to the meeting."

"I could ask Nikolai to postpone it?"

"You don't need to do that. Just...stay with me for a while?"

Genya smiles and nods, lightly brushing her thumb over Zoya's cheek. Zoya closes her eyes with a content hum.

"You're beautiful, you know that?"

"Coming from the first Tailor? I take it as the highest compliment"

Genya chuckles again and bends down to kiss Zoya's forehead. "Get some rest. I'll wake you up when we have to go."

"Genya?"

"Hm?"

"I love you."

"I love you too."

[defyingravitys]

robbed of not seeing genya make over zoya

[justdaphne]

nikolai: oh saints! zoya nazyalensky is obsessed with me *fakes a shock*

zoya: *literally asked if he was alright after he fell down a flight of stairs*

*the next time it happens*

nikolai: *fell off the stairs*

nikolai: THE PAINNNN

zoya: did you hear something?

genya: no must have been the fabrikators upstairs

[tscsunlover]

Me trying to decide if I should finish rule of wolves and finish the grishaverse forever and make myself depressed or just reread the foxhole court 

[vassssssssssss]

how about some zoya nazyalensky x genya safin things?

[lilisouless]

Half the fandom: Genyalina

the other half: Zoyalina

But what about Safyalensky/ZoGen/ Squalior?

Call me biased but...alright yes, i am, i meet both them in SoC,also they work as enemies to allies to friends to lovers. Also the only way i can tolerate Genya´s actions towards Zoya in S&B is because she had some unspoken atraction that she mistook as hatred

Also, the ship name must be Squalior because is the nicest sounding,please.

[el-michoacano]

I am once again asking for prompts! Any ship involving Zoya!

[denndrawings]

I just think genya and zoya deserve a little rivals to friends to lovers. as a treat.

[she-who-reads-ya-books]

Nikolai: I know what your thinking.

Zoya, under her breath: That you have a crush on me?

Nikolai: WhAt?!

Zoya: WhAt?!

[dreaminghour]

Genya/Zoya Crown Café (Modern AU) - Discount at favourite store

Event: @domaystic Fandom: Grishaverse Rating: Teen and Up Prompt: 18 Discount at favourite store Ship: Zoya/Genya & Fedyor/Ivan Context: Crown Café is an ongoing modern AU where Nikolai owns a café on a university campus in modern Ravka. Zoya and Genya are invited to stay at his hunting lodge and meet the neighbors, Fedyor and Ivan. Words: 1,001

The shop is a bustling noisy mass of humanity. After the last week in the wilderness where the cabin lies, Zoya realizes she didn't miss this much at all. Even being back home wasn't as remote as Nikolai's 'hunting lodge.' Apparently Ivan thinks much the same of the crowd.

"They couldn't have stayed home?" he grouses as he wrangles a shopping cart from the cage they're locked in.

"Look," Zoya replies, because shorter sentences is better with Ivan. "There's a sale."

And well, that changes things. Ivan's eyes gleam and he pulls out his wallet to count exactly how much money he has on hand and he slits his eyes at the various aisles.

"Do you want to—"

He interrupts: "Yes, you keep the cart, I'll find you. I just need a few things."

Ten minutes later, Ivan finds Zoya in the dairy section with his arms loaded: he has a massive wrapped fish, bundles of asparagus, some lemons. A moment later he unloads some packets of seasoning from his pockets as well.

Zoya doesn't say anything, she pushes aside the four-pack of eggs and the small glass of milk.

"Why do you have those?" Ivan asks accusingly.

"We ran out…"

"We have plenty. Didn't Fedyor tell you we'd give you all you need? Two tiny girls like you, how much milk do you need? Enough to bathe in? We can share."

Zoya withdraws her hands as Ivan puts the eggs and milk away again.

"So," he says, pushing the cart now filled with only his groceries. "What else did you need?"

Thirty minutes later they'd back at the lodge, Fedyor and Genya smiling as they step outside to greet them, Fedyor climbing into the passenger seat after Zoya climbs out.

"You two," Ivan says, rough as thunder. "Bring some of those biscuits if you have any left, Fedyor and I are going to fry Muksun for you."

"We are?" Fedyor says a bit amused.

"Around eight alright?" Ivan says a bit more quietly.

Genya looks a bit stunned, her mouth pursed in a little moue, so Zoya jumps in.

"Of course. You both eat so much we'll have to make a fresh batch."

"And Fedyor will give you any eggs you need," Ivan replies with a nod.

"I will?" Fedyor asks, still ignored.

"See you later!" Genya calls as the little car pulls off in a cloud of dust down the path.

"They're alright," Zoya says, crossing her arms.

Genya smacks her arm lightly before pulling her close and kissing her cheek.

"Fedyor is darling and Ivan is just as prickly as you, so I understand them very well I think."

"I am not prickly!" Zoya snaps.

Genya laughs and hugs her.

"And saying you're darling…" Zoya grumbles. "I don't want you getting a big head."

"What would you say then?"

"That…" Zoya frowns as Genya led her into the cool interior of the cabin. "Well, you're very sweet and personable."

"And Fedyor?"

"He's fine."

Genya laughs again.

"And Ivan?"

"He's very determined. And focused."

"As are you," Genya says, leaning in, wrapping her arms around Zoya's waist as she gives her a slow, sweet kiss. "You are very sensible as well. Mostly. I'm sure Fedyor can think of a time when Ivan was not so sensible."

Zoya becomes a little insensible herself as Genya continues to kiss her, hands wandering, and nearly forgets herself entirely before there's a brisk knock at the door.

Genya is breathless when she opens the door, while Zoya hides out of sight, tucking her blouse back in. It's only Fedyor, he smirks in a way that suggests he completely understands, especially when Zoya appears to take the box of eggs from Genya so he can hand them a bottle of milk as well.

"Eight o'clock?" he asks.

"We'll be there," Genya says, smiling as brightly as he is.

"With bells on," Zoya adds in deadpan.

For a second Fedyor gapes at her before crinkling his eyes and shaking a finger at her.

"You're so funny. You know, sometimes you remind me of Ivan," he says. And then he's turning away, waving over his shoulder. "Enjoy the rest of your afternoon!"

Genya is grinning almost evilly at Zoya as they close the door and Zoya just rolls her eyes.

"You're impossible," Zoya says.

"As long as you help me make these cookies, I'll be anything you like."

The cookies have only just hardened by the time they needed to be packed up. It doesn't get dark here at night in the summer, but there's a dusky blue to the sky as they walk through the golden grass toward the lake where Fedyor and Ivan live. It's very different than where Zoya grew up, very different than the city where they now live.

She's grateful for Nikolai, letting them say at his lodge (really a cabin) and mentioning to the neighbors they were there. She's grateful for those neighbors as well, as meddlesome as they first seemed to her, she agrees with Genya that they're pleasant people, worth getting to know.

As they wander toward the warm light of Fedyor and Ivan's cottage, she wonders if it would be possible for them to be friends in the city as well, or if this magic would not last in Os Alta. It's strange enough that she's friends with Nikolai, her boss, or ever managed to kiss Genya. She doesn't want to break anything.

But then Genya takes her hand and squeezes it, and the faint scent of ginger and spice from the cookies brings her at once to the present while reminding her of home. Whatever the magic is, it's here and she doesn't have to be afraid of losing it so long as she focuses on the present and loves it for what it is.

Much in the same way she loves Genya, she thinks. Or Ivan loves Fedyor. And they step through the door, Ivan offering them a rare smile as Fedyor welcomes them in.

[saintprivateer]

Love you bro. gamers never die they just despawn

[defyingravitys]

zoya and genya would actually be adorable wait

[thecrowclubsmanager]

[zoya] « there is nothing wrong with my teeth. »

« not at all, » said Genya soothingly. « You’re the prettiest walrus i know. »

me:

[ninaaswaffles]

I felt the urge to draw Genya x zoya ship art so here we go

[nazyalenskyy-archive]

Zoya: if I was really drunk and I fell over would you catch me?

Genya: Nope. I already fell for you so it'd be pretty hard.

Zoya: I'm filled with whiskey and about to pass out please answer me