#aethelflaed x aldhelm

[lord-aldhelm]

The first chapter of my newest fic, "Darkest Before the Dawn", is published on AO3. Continue reading for a snippet of the first paragraph.

This is still in progress, but is a multichapter fic. It details the story of how Aldhelm fell in love with Aethelflaed, something that is completely missing from the series. It starts off taking place at the end of Season 2 during the Battle of Beomfleot, and continues into the time in between Seasons 2 and 3, and concludes with a Season 3 rewrite, focusing on Aldhelm's thoughts and feelings (with one minor scene change from canon).

Rated M for violence and blood.

This is technically a prequel to Springtime in Saltwic. However, you do not have to read that first to enjoy and understand this one.

I have no timeline for publishing, but will try my best to publish a new chapter every 2 weeks. I have 6 chapters finished now, and just need to edit them and post, while I continue to write future chapters.

Enjoy!

Snippet from Chapter 1:

The humid night air was cooling from the heat of the day, and a thin fog had started to rise from the damp earth. The pale waning moon hung high in the clear sky, casting its cool light over the fields where King Alfred and Lord Aethelred were leading the West Saxon and Mercian armies in haste to intercept Lord Odda and the Devonshire Fyrd. They had ridden hard through the entire day and night to the fortress of Beomfleot, where Odda and his men were certainly stationed, in the hope of preventing war. As the armies crested the hill near the outskirts of the fortress, the Devonshire fyrd came into full view in the valley below.

Thank you @holy3cake for your help in making the moodboard for this fic!

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[rebeccawangart]

Post Tettenhall Forehead touch, but Aldflaed

A rough pencil sketch I did today while waiting for the background to dry on my next painting. I will do a colored version of this soon; I can't decide if I want to do pastels or colored pencils...

I still suck at drawing people, and I had a very difficult time finding a reference of Aldhelm with him facing sideways, so I hope this looks ok proportions-wise.

[emilyhufflepufftlk]

AETHELFLAED X ALDHELM SEASON 3

‘If you love someone, you tell them. Even if you’re scared that it’s not the right thing. Even if your scared that it’ll cause problems. Even if you’re scared that it’ll burn your life to the ground, you say it, and you say it loud and you go from there.’ Mark Sloan, Grey’s Anatomy 9.02

For @lord-aldhelm

Requested as part of my 600 follower celebration

I’ve been experimenting with layering images, let me know what you guys think 💜

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[skatingthinandice]

I probably wasn’t the man for that task.

[bagheerita]

How it started

How it's going

[aadmelioraa]

feeling an overwhelming urge to pick up paper houses again...hmmmm...

[ladyinred2248]

@lord-aldhelm I thought of you ❤️ this scene and those thereafter are 🔥

THE LAST KINGDOM Season 4 Episode 4

[thedaneslayer]

#repost @alexander.dreymon

[lord-aldhelm]

WIP Wednesday!

Another week, another tag game! Please share your last sentence; or, if you don’t have one, share a plot bunny or idea! (OR sketch for your artwork!)

I haven't been tagged by anyone (yet) so I get to be the one to kick it off this week! lol

From Chapter 6 of my Aldflaed WIP "Darkest Before the Dawn", which, if I can get a decent moodboard made, I will start posting soon.

“Follow me, Lord,” the abbess instructed. She led them both down a series of corridors that led to smaller rooms at the back of the palace. They entered the small room at the end of the hall, and inside was a plump young woman who was sitting in a chair next to a bassinet, and accompanying her was Sable, one of Aethelred’s older servants. They both tensed as the two men entered the room with the abbess. Aethelred approached the bassinet and glanced down at his daughter, then left the room without saying another word.

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[rebeccawangart]

Aldhelm and Aethelflaed

My gift to the Aldflaed nation.

This is the colored final drawing of the Aldflaed post-Tettenhall forehead touch that I sketched a few weeks ago. Prismacolor colored pencils in 11" x 14" (28 x 35.5 cm) Strathmore drawing paper. This was the first time I have attempted a bokeh (out of focus) style background; I hope it turned out ok.

After seeing the post yesterday I realized that their height difference is wrong but let's just pretend Aethelflaed is standing on a rock or something, LOL!

Drawing/painting chainmail remains the bane of my existence...

I am shocked that there are no Aldflaed fanarts! At least not as far as I have seen. That needs to be remedied. I will continue to make it my personal mission to increase the number of Aldhelm and Aldflaed fanart in existence.

[lord-aldhelm]

Source: James Northcote Instagram

[emilyhufflepufftlk]

I am here because I am a Mercian. And because I believe that we would be a poorer land without the Lady of Mercia.

AETHELFLAED X ALDHELM | 3.03

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[skatingthinandice]

[charliewrites99]

No no what is this omg Uthered and Aethelflaed give me such an ick. I really thought he will be like a big brother figure for her. Ew ew ew ew I am so opposed to this. They better not last, why would you do that

[queenofcarrion]

❤️ her

@lord-aldhelm this is for you 😊

[silens-oro]

My Heart

Aldhelm x afab!reader

Masterlist

Synopsis: The gods have brought you and Aldhelm together and now you must make a difficult decision.

Word Count: 2,057

Content Warning: 18+. This is smut (p in v, cockwarming) and light angst. Also soft.

AN: This is a lil worm I've had in my brain since I first encountered this weenie. I love Aldhelm so much. Also, I am VERY rusty with writing the spice. I gave it a once over, but that's as far as the editing goes. We die like men.

The Last Kingdom requests are OPEN

Saltwic, Mercia

“You do not have to leave.” Aldhelm murmured into your hair. You were tangled together in a twist of limbs, trying to catch your breath. 

“Please…do not spoil what precious time we have together, Aldhelm.” You buried your face into his chest, refusing to open your eyes. His hand ran up your bare thigh, getting dangerously close to the apex of your legs before returning back down. He let out a heavy sigh.

“Stay.” He pushed. This was not a new topic of conversation, though it was tiring to hear it over and over again. There was a time where you would’ve sooner than a blade through Aldhelm than lay with him, but something changed during your rather tenuous relationship where your hearts had opened for each other. You did not know when it happened, but here you were nonetheless.

“You know I cannot. I have an oath and you have a Lady to oversee. Lady Aethelflaed needs you just as Uhtred needs me.”

“These things are not mutually exclusive.” Aldhelm reasoned. “You will not even think on it?” You sighed and sat up, Aldhelm’s arm sliding from your waist as you rolled to your side of the bed. The sheets pooled at your waist as you sat on the edge of the mattress, rubbing your hands over your face. “Do you believe Uhtred would say no if you asked him to release you of your oath? Honestly?”

“Do you think I haven’t thought on this?” You glanced at Aldhelm from over your bare shoulder. “My heart rips in two every time I part from you.”

“Then stay.” He said firmly. “With me. Stay here and I will marry you, if you will have me.” 

“You would marry me?” The idea seemed preposterous to you. Not the idea of marrying Aldhelm, but of the idea that Aldhelm wanted to marry you. Every emotion began to bubble in your chest and tears sprung to your eyes. Why couldn’t he just keep his mouth shut? You thought ruefully. It seems he had done some thinking in your time apart and it absolutely terrified you.

“Without question.” The softness of his voice, the honesty his words held -it was all too much. Your eyelids clenched shut, trying to stop the onslaught of tears that would surely break their way out regardless. You shook your head.

“This life -the blood, battles, and exhaustion; the loss and misery. It is all I know, all I’ve ever known. I have been surviving this way since I was three and ten, Aldhelm. Since then I have never called one place home.”

“Coccham is not your home?” He questioned. You shook your head.

“It is a place to rest my head, but I am never there long.” You sniffed, quickly wiping your cheeks. “To be bound one place…I cannot live this way. I must keep moving or I lose my purpose.” 

“That is what you think of yourself? That if you have nowhere to swing your sword, you have nothing to offer?” Aldhelm’s voice held a sadness to it and you couldn’t dare yourself to look at him, much less into his eyes. You felt the bed shift behind you.

“It is who I am, Aldhelm…” The man’s long legs came into view as he moved to kneel before you. He had the mind to slip on his braies in his travels from his side of the bed, leaving you barely covered by the sheet in your lap. You were not shy. Aldhelm had seen you fully, and modesty had never been a worry of yours to begin with. 

One of his large hands clasped over yours on your lap, while the other held your cheek, tilting your head to look at him and wiping tears with a swipe of his thumb. Never had you looked into a man’s eyes and saw what he so freely gave to you. Genuine kindness and adoration seeped from every pore. The love that he expressed made a heavy guilt settle in your stomach. Your hands clasped his in return. Your name was a whisper on his lips as he held your full attention.

“You are so much more than your sword, and it pains me that I even have to say that. You are the most beautiful woman I have ever had the blessing of laying my eyes on, in every way imaginable. I shall never, for the rest of my life, look upon another as I look upon you. Never. It is your heart that drew me in,” The hand on your cheek slid down your neck affectionately and rested flat against your chest, just over your heart. One of your hands rested over his. “The fierceness you exude -your loyalty. The fire that burns within you eternally. I consider myself the luckiest man alive that you’ve returned my affections wholeheartedly, though I will not lie and tell you that you did not absolutely terrify me when we met. You truly did.” He chuckled, bringing his hand back up from your chest so he could run his thumb over the small symbol tattooed on the highest point of your cheek just under your eye, trying to lighten the serious conversation. It brought a timid smile to your lips and his eyes brightened at the sight. 

“Saxon men fear strong women.” You teased him, your hand coming up to rest upon his cheek. His short beard tickled your palm as you rubbed it.   

“This Saxon does not.” He whispered earnestly. “Not anymore.” Your eyes closed, trying to savor the feeling of his skin on yours. “I do not wish to tie you down, to tame you of your ways.” He shook his head. “I just ask that you make Mercia your home, that you allow me to lay nestled within your heart as you lay within mine.” Your eyes opened, your lips trembling. 

“There is a place for you here. I’ve already spoken to Lady Aethelflaed. You know she has a softness for you in her heart, especially after all you’ve done for her -for Mercia. Instead of fighting for Uhtred, you could fight for her. I’m sure Uhtred would be more than happy to relinquish you to have one of his own here to guard her. I know I could not keep you from who you are; I would not dare entertain the mere idea. I want you as you are before me now, wholly, if you would allow me to have you -to cherish and adore you- with every fiber of my being.” Aldhelm brought your hand to his chest and held it firmly. “My heart, and every beat it makes, is for you until it beats no more.”  

“This is what you want?” Your voice was such a light whisper, it was nearly non-existent. “Truly?” You started to scoot back onto the bed, pulling Aldhelm with you. His lips met yours hungrily.

“I have never wanted for anything more in my life.” He confessed between kisses. Your hands were quick to push his braies down and he kicked them off across the room. Your knee over his hip gave you the leverage you needed to flip Aldhelm over onto his back, with you straddling his hips. His hands ran over your thighs, and slid over your hips to hold you at your waist. 

Bending forward, you captured his sweet lips into a kiss once more. Your forehead rested on Aldhelm’s, breathing heavily as you felt him prod eagerly at your entrance. 

“I do not know what I’ve done in my life to deserve you, Aldhelm.” Your confession quickened his heart, so much so he thought it would beat out of his chest. With a tilt of your hips, you felt him enter you. You bit your lower lip as a groan left him, and he tightened his grip on your waist, cracking his eyes open when you did not move. You sat up straight and Aldhelm’s lips parted at the constriction he felt. Grabbing his hands from your waist, you brought his left hand to your breast. He latched on out of instinct, kneading it and gently tweaking your nipple. The other was brought to your heart. You gently raised and lowered yourself on Aldhelm’s cock, feeling you’ve tortured the poor man enough. His head fell back against the pillows, a breathy moan left his lips. 

“I am yours.” You moaned out, picking up your pace. “Forever, I am yours.” Aldhelm was quick to sit up after hearing your words, pulling you with him as he supported his back against the headboard of the bed. Your knees rested on the bed as he pistoned into you, holding your chest tightly to his as you moaned without caution. 

“Again!” He growled into your ear. His face pressed into your shoulder, his hands slid down your back to grasp onto the strong muscles of your ass. He guided you down to meet his thrusts and the pure pleasure was overwhelming. Your back arched and you nearly shrieked when you felt Aldhelm’s lips attach to your nipple. Your hands immediately wrapped themselves in the hair on the back of his head to hold him to you. “Say it again!” He demanded with his mouth full. 

“I am yours!” The fire in your belly burned white hot, and when his lithe thumb sneakily rubbed against your clit, you fell apart instantly. A hoarse moan broke from your lips as the wave crashed over you. Your thighs began to shake, unable to hold yourself up any longer. Aldhelm’s lips freed your breast with a pop as you fell against him, but he was quick to move his mouth up the column of your neck as he chased his own release. Your hands cradled his face, making him look up at you as his hips continued to thrust himself within you. Aldhelm’s eyes held wonder, as if you hung every star in the sky. You brought your lips down to his and he kissed you greedily.   

“My heart is yours, Aldhelm.” You breathed into his open, panting mouth. You brought his head back down to your chest and held him there. His hot breath against your damp skin was erotic, enthralling. The scratch of his short beard made your cunt clench around his length as his hips stuttered in their thrusts. He was blissfully close. “I will love you until my last breath.” You spoke into the open air, letting your breathy moans fill the room. Aldhelm’s arms tightened around your waist, bordering on the cusp of painful as he released into you with a heady groan into your chest. Aldhelm rode out his high with a few weak thrusts until he could exert himself no longer. He slid his body down the sheets to lay flat on his back, pulling you down to lay flat upon him. He pulled the blankets over the both of you and allowed himself to stay buried within your heat for as long as you’d allow him to be. 

You kissed lightly along his neck, running your fingers over his chest as he ran his finger tips over your back softly. The silence that fell over the dimly lit room was comfortable. 

“I meant what I said.” You broke the silence with delicate words, looking up at Aldhelm from your spot on his chest. He pushed his head back just enough to see your eyes looking up at his. 

“You will stay?” His words held disbelief, as did the furrow of his brow. Your hand came up to caress his cheek once more. You felt him twitch within you. His hand clasped your left, intertwining your fingers with his. 

“Should Uhtred allow it, I will stay and take you as my husband.” To speak the words aloud was akin to lifting a boulder off of your chest. It was instant relief of the anxieties that filled you. “I will allow myself to selfishly have the one thing that has brought me happiness in this life.” The look of adoration was back in his eyes and you never wanted it to leave.     

“You do not understand what a relief it is to hear, my Heart.” Aldhelm craned his neck down to kiss your forehead tenderly, continuing to rub along your back and shoulders.