#anyway. fenn time

[ariquar]

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[baelavelaryon]

FALSE CIRI MENTION!!!!!!! my beloved!!!!

[fennthetalkingdog]

I find it so funny that I was seconds away from naming myself Violet/Vio/Vi when I was choosing a new name for myself. Like, I had decided that I would come out to my friends on Coming Out Day, and for almost months before I'd been calling myself Vio so I'd thought I'd come out as that, of course. But then days before I was gonna come out, I named a story character Jackal and found myself loving that name. But when I wrote another story, I couldn't just name them Jackal too, so I looked online for names like it and that's how I found Fennec. And that's how I ended up becoming "Fennec" for almost 4 years of my life at this point!

[boyslit]

putting in transfem NB OC's name for the otome vns with lady MCs as a mental buffer lmao

vinian is mostly they/them but loves to be fancy and gets a kick out of being called 'Miss' so off they go to Isekai fantasy land

[gender-is-fake]

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[relentless-endurance]

19 from the kisses prompt list if u wanna!

19. forehead kisses

"Fenn! Are you alright?"

The warlock opened her eyes slowly, coming back into awareness as Ghost returned her from death. As far as falls went, that had been one of her worst. Raging pain faded very quickly into a dull ache as she carefully sat up, wincing. Light, she hated dying.

The concern had come from Crow, who was already at her side, kneeling down next to her. A hand rested gently in the middle of her back, already soothing the distress that threatened to rise.

"Fenn?" He said softly. "Quite a landing, are you okay?"

Fenn would nod, with a little smile, and then tap her forehead, looking at him expectantly.

Crow looked at first confused, and opened his mouth to say something, put the warlock would put her finger to his lips, and then once again tap her forehead, a lightly mischievous smile on her face.

"Wh- Oh!" Color crept into Crow's face, but he would oblige, planting a gentle kiss on her forehead.

Fenn would grab his hand and rise, smiling softening as she pulled him with her.

"Better."

[ithseem]

Drawing Henna Tattoos On the Consorts' Hands (S-Ranks edition)

"Why are you writing this?" Because no one else will. And because it's fucking fun

Saligia is full of wack flora and fauna, and since you've finally found something resembling a henna plant that can actually leave a stain and doesn't make you hallucinate or some other odd shit, you decided to crush some of the leaves up and make a batch. There was an upcoming festival, so this is a good opportunity to put those skills to use

Guy

Oh boy...The amount of puppy-eyeing you need to do 💀

He does eventually cave though, only because it's you. His own curiosity definitely has no part in this, what are you talking about?

He's going into this knowing that henna stains may take a few hours to set properly before he could wipe the dried paste off.

Because of that, he'd get all his stuff done before sitting down with you. You'd better do the same too.

He'd moisturize his hands and forearms as per your advice and hold still long enough to see you work your artistic skills, and he's quite impressed (He may or may not voice this).

He can see that working with henna can be fiddly, seeing how focused you are.

The small smile on his face after you finished means your mission was successful.

Lynt

You want to draw a tattoo with henna on his hand? Alright. It looks like it'd take a while to draw so he'd try and stay still if he'd fall asleep.

"Would you moisturize my hands for me? 🥺" is is excuse to feel your hands before you start your work.

He does fall asleep about half an hour in. He saw how focused you were, and the design already looked pretty good, so he trusts that he's in good hands (not that he has a reason to distrust you).

You did tell him ahead of time that the henna would take a few hours to properly set, so he'd try not to move his hand too much

Lynt's pretty sensitive, so once the henna feels properly dry, he'd wipe off the paste.

He seemed so pleased with the design that it seems a shame to use that hand too much. He'll ask Tino to do a bit more work until the stain wears off (Not that Tino minds)

Roy

When you told Roy about drawing tattoos with crushed leaves, he knew he'd want to try it. Especially on festival days.

Though he is a busy man, he'd make some time for you to do his henna and wait for a few hours to let the stain set. Probably on a day off or something.

He can't help but watch you while you put your artistic prowess to work.

And the design? It is absolutely gorgeous.

"That look of intense focus is quite captivating, you know? And the design looks gorgeous" - Roy Invidia

Fast forward several hours and he's wiped off the dried henna.

He wears the stain like a medal of honour.

Soon enough, all the girls found out about it and drew some designs on their own to wear on special occasions

Toa

He can't say he isn't curious about this custom, so he'll indulge you. And he wants to spend more time with you and watch your artistic skills in action.

Before his day off he made sure everything is done without any mistakes (he does that anyway, but he does this more meticulously than usual)

He washed and moisturized his hands before you got to work.

Drawing with a tube of paste can be fiddly, so he held still as possible (he was going to anyway, he just really doesn't want to break your concentration)

He has to admit, the design looks exquisite. You really put a lot of care and thought into it

The next day, you see him teaching his classes with the henna stained hand in plain sight.

He let his class in on this once his lecture finished.

Needless to say nigh everyone had a henna tattoo on ball days after that.

Fenn

You want to draw a tattoo on him? Using crushed leaves? He would love that!

He doesn't mind sitting still for an hour to see you work on something so beautiful.

Hands and forearms? Clean. Skin? Hydrated and moisturized by you (he likes feeling your hands). Hotel? Trivago.

The design you're working on is beautiful yes, but it pales compared to you. Especially right this moment since you look so focused.

The urge to try and fluster you is too strong, so he does when you lift the tube for a few moments.

The stain set a few hours later, and my goodness was the final product gorgeous.

And let me tell you: nigh everyone drew a tattoo with henna. Especially before ball nights

Rio

Rio would be more than happy to let you draw a design with henna on his hand, but he is a bit concerned about how he's going to eat his food. That henna(?) stuff doesn't seem too appetizing and he doesn't want to ruin your work. (Thoma volunteered to take over for his work for tending to the vegetable patch)

You opted for a simpler design on his forearm or on the back of his hand so it doesn't get too in the way of his food or work. Rio doesn't mind though. He knows what you'll create will be beautiful regardless

His hands and forearms are clean and moisturized and he's rarin to go (not without a few snacks to share with you, of course)

He can't say he's too well-versed in this art form, but you look like you know what your doing, and he likes the design.

The wait was definitely worth it, and he wears that stain like a badge of honour.

[atopearth]

Court of Darkness Part 15 - Fenn Luxure (Book 2)

I recall not really liking Fenn's route so let's see how Book 2 goes~ Anyway, I'm so glad Fenn properly apologised to the heroine because I was about to riot if he continued avoiding her and deciding for himself how to protect her again. I'm so glad the heroine and Violet cooperated together and surprised him at the port and basically forced him to take them along back to Luxure. He really shouldn't go back by himself, who knows if he'll actually come back considering how weak he can be when he's alone! Dang, Kieran is hot with the cold prince kinda vibe, heroine needs to get these brother of the LI routes lol. OMG WHAT, Fenn's father is so beautiful!!? 10/10 would date. Even the uncle is fine! The genes in this family🤣 Anyway, back to the plot, I guess Book 2 is all about the princes going back to their country and doing something huh? Fenn's father saying he'll add the heroine to his harem if Fenn fails his mission though, what a guy lol, so casually trying to take his son's partner. I think it's very productive and sweet of the heroine to work hard learning about the history and everything about Luxure because she's unable to help Fenn with the issue he needs to solve to get his father's forgiveness. I mean, her studies might help eventually!

The symposium ended in a quite anticlimactic way but I'm glad Fenn and the heroine showed Kieran and Mateus, their uncle that they can't do anything they want. Fenn is lucky the heroine is strong and not someone that gives up, otherwise his ass would be dumped straight away lol. He really needs to stop doing everything he wants to "protect" her and always hiding things from her and not saying anything. Has he still not learned to communicate?? AND now because the heroine chased after him, Mateus kidnapped her😒 Honestly, I'm always so happy with how strong the heroine is and how she never gives up no matter the situation. Her doing her best to protect Fenn with the magic she has learnt in her time at school was really sweet. But everything is definitely too dramatic for my liking, especially when Fenn protected the heroine against Mateus' attack. I still feel like it was pretty random how Kieran started basically seeing his brother in a better light again and helped Fenn and ditched Mateus. Like yeah, Kieran and Fenn had a nice relationship before but that was never explored or even talked about much. I'm still glad everything is finally resolved and lol at them being surprised that the heroine will be Fenn's only queen considering how the kingdom of Luxure is.

Overall, I'm disappointed with Fenn's route again because I feel like this was an extension of Fenn always doing things by himself and never learning to confide in the heroine even if she may not necessarily be able to do anything. I enjoyed the first bit when she did her own thing trying to learn about his kingdom but also supported him in his duties and mission in ways she could, and they both happily spent time with each other but when it got to the second half, I was back to banging my head on the wall. The heroine is constantly trying her best to communicate with Fenn all the time, and he is always running away doing "what's best for her", deciding it for her and even to the extent of breaking up with her, and then all it led to was her chasing after him and getting involved anyway! They're partners, paramours, they should have the trust already, I mean the heroine does but Fenn never does and it annoys me to no end that he doesn't learn to talk to the heroine when she's so open, forgiving and in love. I also feel like they focused so much on this plot that annoyed me that they neglected what people like about Fenn which is his personality and his sensuality which gets ignored for the most part later on and so we don't even get the nice hot romance that we should be getting! The CGs are really pretty though and it really makes me wish I could have liked Fenn more, because I do, but sadly these routes of his have not been it for me.

[ijustluvvoltageguys]

Girls Sleepover Party

MC, Sherry, and Letty still feel like the picnic was not enough time for them to hangout so they decided that they would extend it to be a sleepover party instead. (15+)

- PICNIC -

Sherry : *sigh* I really wish our tea party doesn't end. I still wish more time to hang out with just us girls. But it's almost time to head back. If not, we'll miss our curfew.

MC : I agree, Toa is scary when it comes to curfews.

Violet : That curfew doesn't apply for me. But if you're still scared of Toa, I can always bribe him with sweets.

Sherry : True, but what's the fun in that? I mean hanging out on school grounds is not fun. We could only have the lounge but it sucks. I mean we can ask my brother to use the S Rank's lounge but it's still a public space. Do you get what I mean?

MC : Yeah, I do. It's understandable. If being in a public space is your concern, why don't we just have a sleepover?

Violet : That sounds amazing! We could talk about the most recent gossips, our love life, or maybe about that one book I found at the library.

Sherry : You mean THAT book? not going to lie, it's going to be interesting.

MC : What book? I think I'm missing out on something here...

Sherry : Oh, you'll see.

Violet : But where will we be staying for our sleepover? I don't want to sound like I don't want to have a sleepover in my dorm but you know how it is.

MC : It's okay Letty, we get it. I mean, I guess that leaves to my room and Sherry's. I don't mind having a sleepover at my room though. The room the headmaster gave me is pretty cozy.

Violet : I agree, yours is cozy indeed but we need to consider about the space of our room. Will the room accommodate us or not. Your room is cozy but I don't think it will fit all of us. But I know whose room can. Sherry's room is huge!

Sherry : It is huge indeed, but currently it's still trashed with trinkets and clothes.

MC : So I guess, my place it is. Please come in my room with your pajamas. I'll provide as much amenities as I can. Just knock on my door if you're ready!

- MC's room -

*a knock was heard. MC opened the door to see Sherry. She greeted Sherry and gave her some cute slippers and some snacks for their sleepover. But there are still no signs of Letty*

MC : Sherry, have you seen Letty?

Sherry : That's odd. I haven't seen here and Letty is not the type that is late. Maybe she had something going on? I heard Fenn called her to talk about something for like a Luxure state affair.

MC : I see. I was worried but hearing that makes me a little less worried. While waiting for Letty, should we try to do something? Maybe try to embroider something?

Sherry : Boring! Why don't we talk about guys? You've been close with Rio lately. What is up with that?

MC : Stop it. We're just friends, Sherry. And stop shipping me and setting me up!

*suddenly there was a knock on the door. Turns out it was Letty. She finally arrived after needing to sort out documents for Fenn.*

Violet : Did you guys start the conversation without me? Oh, I am terribly offended.

MC : we didn't mean to left you out.

Violet : Anyways, what were you guys talking about?

Sherry : Guys, obviously.

Violet : Oooo... What about them? Were there any potential suitors?

Sherry : Maybe... I mean I noticed how MC is so close with Rio these days but she denied it. She always denies everything about being in a relationship. It's like she's avoiding them like a plague

MC : I'm not. I just think of Rio as a younger brother and most guys in this academy is just not my type. Imagine being with Guy Avari. I would be dread being alive.

Violet : True, some of the princes here sucks. I mean Guy is still a steal compared to Fenn.

Sherry : But you know which prince doesn't suck? My brother. Why don't you try it out with him, MC? I mean you guys would be a match! And as a bonus, we can be sisters!

MC : It's not like I had something with him, Sherry. He's a nice guy but that's the point. Roy is YOUR BROTHER. So what if one day we're going to have a girl talk? and maybe that girl talk is more sexual? So what am I going to do? It is going to be weird to talk about my sexual relationships to someone's sister!

Violet : You really got a point there.

Sherry : But he's such a nice gentlemen. Isn't he your type too? You guys would make a great couple. Besides, I don't mind hearing you talking about your sexual relationships if you're with my brother.

MC : Even though it's not awkward for you, it's awkward for me.

Sherry : Well that's such a pity. But if one day you're up for it, just tell me. I'll set you guys up on a date.

Violet : talking about dates, I had a date 2 days ago and he sucked. I swear I just wanna scream "You can go suck your own dick!" at the end of the date.

Sherry : Oh my! what did he do?

Violet : So we ended our date when he wanted to go for a test ride on how we'll do on the sheets. Generally, it's not really a bad thing and usually I do agree but the way he's saying in that conversation makes it sound like he just expects me to just have sex with him while he just doesn't care about my pleasure at all. He just cares about his own pleasure and he was such a jerk too!

Sherry : Oh my! So what did you do afterwards?

Violet : of course I smacked some sense to his head and left.

MC : As you should.

Violet : And guess what, I heard he can't even get women in the mood properly. I think he really needs some lesson from Fenn or maybe THAT book.

Sherry : I agree!

MC : What book?

Sherry : So, we found a pretty interesting book about love making and pleasure 101. It was ground breaking. literally.

Violet : it's the kama sutra of books. but make it spicy, hot and passionate. I brought the book, you should really see it so you could see what I mean.

Sherry : I can guarantee that it's worth it to read it.

MC : Sometimes I wonder how you act like this and you know this much stuff, Sherry. As long as I know, you never have a paramour. I mean it's not a surprise if it's Letty but you, Sherry?

Sherry : I mean, we're all adults so I don't see the problem here. And sometimes it's good to have some research so when you do experience it, you're already a master. I mean take a look at my brother. That book literally raised him and elevated him to become a true man.

Violet : sometimes I wonder how did you know that too, Sherry.

Sherry : sometimes a girl needs to keep her secrets

(note : well that's it. I will make another chapter about the girls reading and discussing about the book. maybe I should make it shorter? I mean I'm still new to this so please give me feedbacks. thank you)

[jessicas-pi]

DIRECTOR'S CUT ON COMMIT TO THE BIT but only like the first two chapters i am so far behind 😭

girl I wish I had been as productive as you think i've been 😭 there's only two chapters so far-

(But, hey, good news! Chapter three is verging ever closer to probably being done! And it's only taken me about... eight months... hahaha *dies on the inside*)

Anyway, i'll do what I did with the other ask and just go through it and talk about stuff!

Okay, so this fic was originally called "The Con" because it involved winning a lot more bets via subterfuge and holding hands. That changed and so I renamed it!

Oh yeah! And so, this fic was partly inspired by the song Summer Nights from Grease, where the guys and girls are enthusiastically listening to completely different stories of the same event. I flipped it around so they had completely different reactions to the same story and Sabine and Ezra were very UNenthusiastic and that was what the scenes with their friends were based on!

Aylan (the vostress kid) definitely heard some obitine stories from his dad and finds the parallels very amusing.

I know i've said it a few times before, but it always delights me to mention that the three Togruta sisters (Chisica, Am-lee, and Khenna) are based on me and my sisters.

OHHH fun fact! Originally the conversation where they split up the profits from the bet and the conversation where Sabine brought up fake-dating were two different conversations! The first one was as-is in the fic, but the other one happened like a week later when Sabine was hanging out in a tree coral with some of the girls and watching Ezra doing lightsaber forms and maybe drawing him shirtless a little bit and they hype her up to "ask him out again" and she goes over and interrupts him and they end up having the fake-dating idea conversation while he's not wearing a shirt and she's blatantly checking him out (and at one point actually half-reaches-out to touch his abs before she catches herself) and he's just "????" the whole time. It was funny, but I decided it was too early in the (fake) relationship for her to be so obvious about it, and I needed Fenn Rau to overhear the conversation and that was easier if they were on the Ghost, so I combined the scenes.

Oh also! Originally, both Vinn AND Tarik were gonna get kicked out of the friend group for being nasty but then I decided to make Tarik less nasty and give him a redemption arc.

ok, reading on, la de da...

The post-stargazing scene! So, I had to keep dialing things back because my shippy writer brain was moving their relationship ahead WAY faster than it was supposed to go. For example, in this scene, originally, they were going to share Sabine's bunk and definitely not cuddle or anything, it won't be weird at all, but again--just too soon. I made up for it with excessive cuddles in the end of the chapter & in chapter 2.

KATKA CAMEO!! Ok so for those who don't know---katka is an OC from my Teenage Rebellion AU. She's Gar Saxon's niece but she's utter sweetness (with a slight twist of crazy) and totally on board to stick it to the Empire. In the TRAU, she also has a massive raging crush on Ezra (albeit an Inquisitor iteration of him), so when I needed a random character to be envious of Sabine here, I figured I'd reuse her lol.

Oh yeah! Another condensed scene! Where she tells him about the Mandalorian ways of saying "I love you" and where she asks him to fake marry her used to be two different scenes! Like with the other one, I added the second one to the first. I went through a few versions of the fake-marriage-proposal, including one where Aylan came along with Ezra to Mandalore and was the one to suggest they tie the knot, apparently unaware it's all fake (but actually 100% aware it's all fake because his psychometry revealed it)

not to brag or anything but "Ezra did not regret fake-marrying into money" is one of my favorite lines i've ever written.

(btw, I still crack up when I remember that in your comment on chapter 1, you called Ezra a repressed victorian maiden for panicking over being able to see sabine's arms and legs. and I think everyone should know that You Are Right, Ezra Is A Repressed Victorian Maiden.)

OK ON TO CHAPTER 2!

i had so much fun with this chapter because they're both full to bursting with love for each other and neither of them will admit it until the last possible moment. I think that might actually be why Chapter 3 is taking so long--they're not hiding their feelings anymore so there's no more poetic internal monologues about how much they adore each other lol

Ah yeah on the topic of repressed feelings--the line "Kanan is fairly sure it’ll take at least five years and possibly a child for Sabine to admit that she’s actually in love with her husband" was supposed to actually be what happened. Sabine and Ezra were going to go on pretending the marriage was fake for years and finally one night when they were cuddled up, Sabine blurted out that she was in love with him and he was like "Yeah. I know." and she was like "wait what?? how did you know?? I was so subtle about my feelings!!" and he was like "Sabine, you kissed me good-night ten minutes ago. you're constantly calling me extremely romantic pet names in mando'a. we have two children and only one of them is adopted. your feelings are about as subtle as a paint bomb to the face." and she was just like "....oh." and then that was the end of the story! BUUUUT then I decided to do a love confession during the Lothal arc, and that led to the... surprise... at the end of chapter 2, which led to there needing to be a THIRD chapter!

OH HAHA OK MORE FUNNY STUFF. So the part with sabine's nightmare that leads to the "two besties chilling in a bathtub...?" scene was ALSO split up into two different events! I've been thinking about doing some edits of both chapters of CttB because I didn't really stop to edit either of them before posting (and a good chunk of chapter 2 was literally written the day before I posted it), which I mention because I was considering reverting the two scenes back to their original versions because the og tub scene was pretty funny. It's hard to describe in brief words, but basically... yeah it's too hard to describe, just take my word for it, it was pretty funny. (it involved Ezra singing along to We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together with a shampoo bottle for a microphone and Tristan playing a petty revenge prank that goes sideways.)

The cut between Ezra worrying about Sabine being upset about his feelings for her and thinking "what would she think if she knew??", and sabine's pov opening with "Sabine can't stop thinking about kissing his stupid face" never fails to make me snicker.

Oh hey I just got to the thrawn pov and that reminds me. at one point I was thinking about having a scene including Ezra and Thrawn's conversation aboard the Chimaera and thrawn REAAAALLLY pushes his buttons about Sabine, using the information that he figured out about their marriage. Actually, if I do that edit, I might write that scene.

Poor Hera--she keeps unintentionally being responsible for all of the sabezra relationship development lol.

OOH SOMETHING ELSE! So, originally, the love confession was WAY different. First of all, it wasn't in their room--it was in one of the caves. Sabine still went looking for Ezra, but she found him by following a Loth-wolf. And he actually confessed his feelings first! In this version, he was afraid he was going to die and impulsively blurted out that he loved her. Then he got nervous and started rambling a little and she shut him up with a kiss. But I changed it--I wanted her to be the one to take the leap and 'fess up, and if I set it in her room, I could have the funny Ketsu scene afterwards.

And then True Love's Kiss woke someone else up! (aka kanan got yoinked out of his comatose state by telepathic TMI)

oh yeah and to anyone wondering, that "another dawn breaks" line from the Kanera scene was ABSOLUTELY a reference to A New Dawn.

Oh and that Ketsu scene---that was actually a scene I saved and reused after cutting it from a different WIP of mine! There were two variations--the one I ended up using, and one where she accidentally interrupts the very first kiss and they're both like "OH COME ON!" because they've been waiting for this moment FOREVER and like ten seconds in, it gets interrupted, and Ezra decides that, darn it, he's been waiting for this for so long, he's not going to wait any longer! and he just pulls Sabine right back into the kiss and uses the Force to shut the door in Ketsu's face. I did this version so that I could include dialogue!

I'm just now realizing that I actually skipped over the entirety of Family Reunion and Farewell, I went straight from Jedi Night to Happy-Ever-After. But in my defense, plot-relevant episodes don't matter much when it comes to crack fix-it fics.

And... I think that's all my thoughts I have on this! Thank you for the ask!! :)

*roll end credits*

[atomsminecraft]

How I think the princes + Lou and Dia would react to MC’s death

Guy

I feel like Guy would be the type of person to silently morn and not say it aloud

He gets really quiet during the entire grieving process

He would distract himself by flying around with Ertl and with his work so he doesn’t think about MC as much

He misses her, even if he won’t admit it.

He would visit her grave every so often but would stay away if he knew other people were going there

He would put roses on her grave

Sometimes he would agree to go with another person if they said they were going but would act like he doesn’t care

“I might as well go. It’s been some time since I last visited anyways.”

His teachings become a little harder and he’s a lot harsher when dealing with the fangirls

Refuses to talk about MC and any conversation that involves her he avoids it immediately

He stopped complaining about Lynt cuddling up to him because it’s the most comfort he would get. He would never admit this though.

I feel like he would visit her twice a week and whenever it’s getting close to a holiday, the day of her death, or her birthday he would visit her more often

He just stands there at her grave for a while until he needs to leave because it’s too much for him

He misses her a lot.

He keeps all the gifts he gave her and then some so he has something to remember her by

Toa

Oh boy

Give this man a hug

He misses her a lot

Like Guy, he becomes more silent.

He buries himself in his work

His teachings also become a lot more harsher

It’s pretty scary

He would visit her whenever he had the time because after her death he just assigns people a lot more work then he use to to distract himself by grading all those papers.

The fangirls stop bothering him for a while because he’s scary when he’s mad and upset

He puts flowers and caramels at her grave

“I hope you enjoy them. They’re high quality caramels from Luxure.”

He reads aloud at her graves

He also doesn’t really talk but sometimes says he misses her to her grave

He tried using ancient magic on himself to make him forget about her a few times, each failed.

Knight tries to comfort him but he can only do so much

He sometimes talks to Knight about it

I think he would visit every 2-3 days a week and whenever it’s a holiday he would leave a gift at her grave

After everything settles a little for him he becomes slightly more lenient in his teachings and becomes like he was before

Whenever he eats caramels he thinks of MC

Roy

Acts like everything is fine but everything is not fine

Sherry has to force him to break his act because he acts like that even when he’s around her now

He still acts the same with the fangirls but avoids them a lot more and finds other ways to get to places he needs to get to. Grayson needs to make many excuses for him so he can leave.

He would leave (a lot of) flowers, tea leaves, and Invidian honey at her grave.

I feel like he visits her grave a lot, like 4 times a week

“I hope your life is peaceful. We all miss you….”

He talks to her about his day and what he did, he sometimes makes a picnic near her grave and eats lunch there, Sherry and Grayson sometimes join him.

Sherry needs to comfort Roy and make sure he gets out of that princely act everyday after he’s alone so he can relax. He talks to Sherry and Grayson about how he’s feeling but a lot of the time he hides it. Sherry is the one who comforts him the most

Fenn

He tries to make everyone else feel better even if he’s hurting

He tries to distract himself by going on many dates with a bunch of men and woman. Sometimes it helps but sometimes he still feels the emptiness of her presence

When he visits her grave he reads to her and tells her about his day

He leaves flowers at her grave and he tells her story ideas

He also makes up stories

“Hello treasure… We all miss you dearly…”

He says that with a sad smile on his face

He acts like everything is fine but he’s actually really sad she’s no longer with them so he tries to make everyone laugh or at least smile. He bothers Guy a lot more because of his red eyes since MC had them, even if they weren’t her actual eye color.

He prefers to go on dates with Avari woman but still goes on dates with others from other kingdoms, it’s just mostly Avari woman now. Particularly ones that look similar to her.

If he sees something he thinks she would have liked at the market, he would buy it and leave it at her grave and put a protection spell on it so it can’t get dirty or be torn apart. After some time he brings that stuff back with him and keeps it. He also hides it.

Violet has to remind him to get out of bed because he really doesn’t want to

He misses MC a lot and doesn’t want a world where she’s not with him

He also distracts himself by writing, he even made a character that was based on her and added her to his story. This may or may not have made the story longer and more complex-

He’s still the same but he lies a lot more, mostly about how he’s feeling so no one else worries about him. Some of the S-ranks can tell though. They miss her too.

He hugs his pillow and pretends it’s MC. Sometimes when he’s cuddling with another girl he pretends it’s her, especially if the girl has similar hair length to her.

He would carry something she owned and keep it in his pocket. He would panic if he lost it

Lynt

The poor baby

He sleeps a lot more because he dreams about MC

Believe it or not, he visits very few times. I would guess once a week, it’s mostly because he’s sleeping and because he’s too sad to visit.

When he does visit he sleeps there, Tino panics and tries to wake him up at first but then after a bit he lets him sleep near the grave. It somewhat helps.

He would leave flowers, pillows, blankets, and bread at her grave

He stays there for some time(mostly because he’s asleep-)

Tino’s job is harder because Lynt doesn’t want to wake up even more

He cuddles up to Guy more too because of his eyes and because Guy doesn’t complain, he does it more often. Not that Guy is complaining.

Any fluffy objects that MC owned he keeps and sleeps with. He wanted to sleep in her room one time but wasn’t allowed it because it would make it look different then from how it was left.

“I hope your eternal sleep is well and peaceful… I see you in my sleep every time, is it you that visits me?”

Rio

*goes to cry in corner*

He misses her so fucking much omg

He brings flowers and food to her grave and he eats there and talks about his day and does his homework there and he even decorated it one time with vegetables

He misses her so god damn much

He visits everyday

Every. Day.

He visits the moment he has the chance

He brings Sherry, Violet, and Thoma with him and comforts them and they comfort him

He talks to her grave about what he learned, what kind of food he made and ate, who he talked to, etc

He would bring her favorite foods to her grave and eat some too

He sometimes wants to visit her room but is scared he’ll ruin it

Again, he visits every single day. If he can’t he will literally cry thinking he will upset her in the afterlife

He makes it up the next day by coming by twice. Maybe even more if he misses more then one day. He would probably visit a lot more often as an apology

I think at first when she died, he ate less then normal but acted like everything was fine

He tries to make everyone feel better but refuses to talk about his emotions at first

Sherry has to force it out of him

Poor Rio cries to her and she comforts him and lets him hug her and he hugs her so tight then apologizes for hurting her

He spends a lot of time with Sherry because he’s scared to lose her too

He tries to pay her back whenever he can for comforting him and comforts her back

He becomes her overprotective brother figure

He makes a lot of MC’s favorite foods, even foods from Earth

Any gift MC gave him is now the most precious object he’s ever owned

He makes sure no one touches them

Gets obviously upset if someone does

“Hello Sunbeam! I made fried rice! It’s not as good as how you make it but I hope it’s good enough for you to enjoy in the afterlife!”

The first time he made some of her favorite foods and ate them, he almost cried

Actually no

He did cry

His tears could make an entire soup with how much he cried

Poor Rio ( T_T)

Sherry also cried and they comforted each other

The two became even better friends after that

They miss her dearly and visit whenever they get the chance with gifts and flowers.

Lance

The silence is deafening

He talks a lot less and goes drinking a lot more

He almost cried when telling Christoph MC is dead and he comfort Christoph when he cries

He visits MC with flowers and alcohol

The alcohol is for him mostly but he leaves some for her

Whenever he visits with Christoph though, he doesn’t bring alcohol

The two visit whenever they have the chance

He becomes really protective of Christoph after that

Lance and Dia surprisingly start talking to each other a little more because they know MC wouldn’t want them fighting

They fight less but it still happens

He sometimes visits with Hawke, Fenn, and Jasper and after they go drinking

Lance drinks the most, Fenn drinks the second most

When he’s drunk he vents about how he’s doing surprisingly easily, especially with Fenn since they both cared for her a lot

Him and Fenn go drinking together a lot more

Nothing happens other then good pals drinking and talking about MC for the next few hours

He visits her grave with Fenn sometimes

“Thank you for giving me the chance to be your friend. Me, Christoph, and everyone else miss you.”

Dia

Visits her grave a lot but other then that he doesn’t leave his room much

He plants mushrooms there and reads about them to MC’s grave

He also sings to her grave

He visits that flower meadow place and sings songs for her even if she’s not there with him

He made songs for her and sang them at her grave or when he’s alone

Him and Lance become somewhat closer but not much

Just talking a little more

He asked Rio to make a mushroom dish she has made for him before and thanks Rio then goes to eat it in his room

A lot of the time Jay needs to ask because Dia doesn’t leave his room

He goes to Lou and just stays in his office for a little bit and Lou doesn’t stop him

They talk about their memories with MC, sometimes even their past life memories

“If I could hug you one last time, I would. I hope this song reaches your ear one day.”

If he ever had a dream about her he would cry and go visit her grave and ask if it was her that visited him

He gets annoyed more easily now

On the rare occasion he would go to classes just to relive what it was like when MC was alive but it was never the same after that

Anything he kept from her gets hidden in his room

He actually went drinking with Lance one time and they talked for hours about her then visited her grave

Instead of flowers(though he does give flowers-) he gives her grave mushrooms

And I’m talking really pretty and rare mushrooms

Those fuckers glow in the dark

Now he can always find her grave if he’s out at night looking for it

He also now has another excuse to visit her which is to see how the mushrooms are doing

He visits her grave with Lou

Lou

Oh this is gonna break my heart

He falls apart

Work doesn’t get done unless it’s urgent or important, he doesn’t want to get up, the whole nine yards

He visits her grave more then any of the Princes combined

He visits her in the morning, the afternoon, at night, and if he can’t sleep. It’s like clockwork

Phinny and Nix literally have to drag him out of bed and have him do his job

When he’s around people he acts fine but once he’s alone?

Poor cloud man needs a hug

He kept every. Single. Thing. She has ever given him

He learned to cook just so he can keep that memory of how she makes certain dishes and make them for himself when no one is around

He visits her grave with Dia and stays strong until he’s alone

He lets Dia in his office for as long as he likes, he even sometimes visits that meadow Dia goes to and listens to him sing

He sometimes joins the singing

Poor man is heartbroken

He just got his emotions and already wishes he doesn’t have them anymore

He asked the prince’s to look for her when she reincarnates

He also looks for her

He gives her so many flowers my god

It’s a rivalry with Roy because he also gives her a buttload of flowers

He forbade anyone from going into her room so it stays the way she left it, only he’s allowed to go in there

He uses his crystal ball to check on MC’s grave and old room

“Our lives may have been shared for only two of our many lifetimes, but I would never trade our time for anything.”

Before she was buried, he made sure her funeral was beautiful

Her dress was beautiful too

She looks beautiful in her casket

Is that weird to say?-

He didn’t want to let her go

He really wanted to revive her but couldn’t

He put a spell on her body so she wouldn’t rot and did the same to her casket so nothing would happen to it

Oh boy the moment he meets her reincarnation is crazy

He spoils her but keeps it anonymous

He keeps an eye on her so fucking much

It’s crazy

Makes sure she stays happy and if she’s struggling he anonymously gives her books from the library to study

Anyways back to the original topic-

He has a picture of her with him wherever he goes

If he lost that picture all hell breaks loose

He becomes a lot more silent and keeps his hood on whenever he’s around people even in his office because he doesn’t want others to see how sad his eyes look

He moment he sees her reincarnation though-

Bro it’s crazy

Wants to hug her but can’t

Spoils her instead

She’s so fucking confused but after some time she goes with it

The first time it happened she went to his office and said a creep is giving her gifts in her dorm and he’s so sad about it

Because he doesn’t want anyone in MC’s original room he gives her the room next to it

Ok back to the original topic again-

When he visits her grave he sometimes has tea there

He put the grave in a location not many people visit so no one disturbs her or can find it unless you were there at the funeral

New students that don’t know what happen wonder where he goes but he never says and makes sure no one follows him

Whenever the others come visit after they leave Colde, he makes sure no one knows about it so they can visit her in peace

He visits every place he and MC went together, he even visits places Vane and Vanum visited

He talks to her grave a lot, either about memories of when she was alive or memories of when they were Vane and Vanum

Lunas visits with him sometimes

I had fun writing this

I love angst ;)

Lol it’s giving the Past, Present, and Future series I’m working on

Send me ya’ll angst for court of darkness if you ever make it because I love that shit

I would gobble it up with tears in my eyes

[fingerless-glovez]

College au part 2

Guy

• Majoring in political science and government

• Genuinely interested in politics, just isn't as intense about it as Roc

• Wants to be friends with people but Roc said "no"

• Not like most people want to be real friends to him anyway, especially not in his course

• Is currently being pressured to accept a political marriage, but would rather marry for love (sap)

• Jasper is the only one who understands

Dia

• Majoring in botany

• Attends all of his classes virtually

• Has a mushroom farm in his room

• He sings to them to help them grow. Aquia is sworn to secrecy about it

• Has Lou wrapped around his finger

• Found a snake in the bushes, named it Linos, and it is now his pet. Lou was unsuccessful in convincing him to put Linos back outside

• Is this grounds for expulsion? Yes. Does Lou expel him? Nope. Why? Because Dia is why

Sherry

• Majoring in human resources services

• Wants to create more positive workplaces, especially for women

• The only mentally stable person in this goddamn school

• Student council president (thanks, chirp!)

• Ya gurl beat out both Guy and Toa, who were competing for the position and tied for runners-up

• Probably helps that she had the power of baked goods (and Grayson's supervision) on her side

Aquia

• Majoring in botany

• Works at a flower shop

• Poor boy just wants to make friends and study plants but everyone just wants to use him to get in with Guy

• Lack of familial affection go brrr

• Roc doesn't give a shit about his younger sons

• Guy is always busy and has no interest in Aquia's life

• Rahm is too busy trying to make Aquia Roc's successor to notice that he clearly doesn't want to be in politics and loves his brother too much to take his dreams

• Zev is the only one who keeps in regular contact with him, but he's more interested in telling him all about his problems with class, homework, girls, y'know, typical high school stuff. He also asks a lot about how Guy is doing before taking any interest in Aquia

• Fluent in Floriography (language of the flowers)

• Tends to the garden on the school roof at night

• Rio runs into him up there and notices how well cared for the flowers look, and also that Aquia is really sad. They are now gardening buddies

Jasper

• "Majoring" in hospitality

• Isn't actually here to further a career. Roc sent him with Guy as a spy to make sure no one is plotting to sabotage either Guy or the family as a whole

• Works at the same bar as Lance

• NOT a r**ist, and he does NOT do that shit he did in his consort route

• He just listens in on conversations while making drinks (that have NOT been drugged or spiked in any way) and serving people

• He's that one asshole that corrects people's grammar when they text him

• If you don't text like you're writing a government document he will copy your message and correct it

Violet: is anyone free on saturday. i accidentally bought an extra movie ticket and mc fenn and sherry said there all gonna be busy

Jasper: *Is anyone free on Saturday? I've accidentally bought an extra movie ticket, and MC, Fenn and Sherry said they're all going to be busy.

Jasper: I'll be available on Saturday. What movie are we seeing?

Violet: Die.

• May or may not be fucking Guy and Fenn on the side, who knows

Violet

• Majoring in fashion design

• Doesn't care for the designs you would see at a Met Gala and knows how to create things that are good looking and practical but also unique

• Also makes her own accessories

• MC is her usual model

• Met Fenn in high school

• Apparently the guy she'd been dating was two-timing her with Fenn. She was super mad at him at first, but Fenn offered to help dish out some revenge

• He's her wingman and shoulder to cry on when she gets rejected

• Regular at Lance and Jasper's bar

• She dated Jasper for a while until realized he was using a fake identity to spy on her and her friends, and she's hated his guts ever since

• The only reason she still talks to him is because they're in the same friend group as the other valets

• If Jasper corrects her grammar in the group chat one more time, she's stealing his glasses and replacing his normal pens with invisible ink pens. Then we’ll see how good his grammar is

Tino

• Majoring in hospitality

• Works part-time at his family's hotel

• He and Lynt have been best friends since childhood because their fathers are also friends and business partners

• He used to "help" Lynt with all his school work (did most of it for him). He can't really do that anymore since they’re in different majors

• Gets Lynt out of bed every morning. And makes dinner every night. And cleans the dorm. And does the dishes...

• Okay, Lynt does eventually start picking up the slack when he realizes the ungodly amount of work Tino does

• This boy has not had a full night's sleep since the 3RD GRADE

• Like bro do you need to cram every single night?

• Half the time he passes out at his desk studying. Sometimes he'll fall asleep in a common room or something, and someone has to take him back to his room

• It is because of this that Lynt has taken special interest in researching insomnia

• Has to be dragged out by the valets to take a break from doing literally everything all the time

Tino: "B-But I have to study for my skills test-"

Knight: "You mean your skills test that's 3 months away and you've been cramming for since you started the course? Dude, you need a life and you're coming to the arcade with us."

• Definitely got shoved into his locker in high school

• That's what he gets for trying to mind his own business and not bother anyone in a fucking high school

Lou

• Headmaster of the academy

• Has a Ph.D in education

• Is fully aware that he has several politicians' children in his school and that he's being spied on

• Guess what? He's spying on them, too

• He's part of a political party called Iritium and is gathering information on his competition through their children

• Guy, Toa, and Lance's rooms are bugged with microphones. He knows Christoph is living with Lance, but to avoid raising suspicion, he doesn't do anything about it yet

• He's still debating whether or not to bug Aquia's room because Dia is his roommate and he'd rather not invade his privacy

• Prank wars are common at the academy, but he has reigned as prank king since his own school years and he refuses to be dethroned

• Has two doves in his office, Phinney and Nix

• There have been many occasions where someone would pass by his office and see him having a full conversation with them

• He once argued with Phinney while MC sat right across from him. He lost

[fennthetalkingdog]

I absolutely love the fact that as a furry I can use my fursonas to explore feelings and thoughts that I'm not sure if I want to own up to. I was looking through my old sketchbooks and thinking of my little lore for them earlier, and I realized that all I was doing when I made them up was just making parts of me into separate folks and having them interact to work through thought processes I was having internally. Like, my oldest fursona Vio, also named after what I was gonna name myself at first (but their first name was originally based off my deadname), represented who I thought younger me was like in hindsight as I got older, and as I first explored my gender her gender adapted to match. My second, Ice, was mainly an accident, but I ended up making him as a voice of reason for Vio, just like how I was developing a sense of social awareness during that time and was grappling with finding a balance between that and what I wanted to do. And I've been using my newest fursona, BJ, to explore my current gender and therianthropy as well as feelings of how I want to dress and act now that I'm at college. And for a long time I found it weird how I couldn't just have one fursona, but I think that's because how my fursonas interact lets me process my thoughts and come to terms with stuff in a way that expressing things all internally just doesn't. And I think that's stupid cool!!

[shaakyhaands]

Hear me out:

An Akedian student who knows all the gossip at the academy because they’re always “sleeping” while others are talking.

They’re like, “oh, it’s that Akedian student— they’re always napping in wackass locations, don’t mind them. Anyways, you’ll never believe which S rank I saw in town…”

But that’s the thing: that Akedian student? They’re never actually sleeping. They’re just closing their eyes.

Honestly, it started completely by accident. They were resting their eyes one day, about to genuinely take a nap, when a group of students started talking about their “special spot” in town where they got the best desserts. Not sure what to do, and not really wanting to interrupt them, the Akedian froze. After a few moments, they decided to just roll with it, and faked sleeping.

This happens a few more times, with different groups of students and townies. Soon, the Akedian realizes the interesting opportunity their reputation has inadvertently granted them. Now, what will they do with it?

Overtime, keeping with their scheme, they amass a massive, expansive library of information. Dirt on nearly every student, professor, people in town. S ranks and their valets, nobles, even some kings and queens. It really is amazing, what people are willing to say when they think no one is listening.

Then, an S rank fangirl pisses them off one day. That’s fine enough, happens more often than not. But when then woman starts harassing their familiar, the Akedian sees red. Within a few weeks, the fan girl’s deepest, most secret betrayal is circulating around the campus like wildfire. Her reputation is a wreck, her friendships are broken. How did anyone find out? She never told anyone, only her closest friend…

NGL, I think this student would be a more successful informant than J*sper. Spoilers for J*sper’s route, but that man has a whole ass disguise he has to maintain, plus whatever conversations and situations he finds himself in. He has to extract the information from the target. Meanwhile this Akedian closes their eyes, and the targets start just giving the information willingly.

Some students catch on, but know better than to expose the Akedian. Mainly because for a small fee, they can get whatever information they want.

“Yawwn. Study levitation magic if you want to pass the next exam.”

“Toa’s favourite candy is caramels. He’ll let you sneak out after curfew if you slide him a few, goodnight.”

“Sherry Invidia is growing a marijuana garden with Aquia Avari. Buy from Fenn, he’ll give you a discount.”

Tell me this wouldn’t be a fun character for a story Event??

[vintagetvstars]

Hot Vintage TV Women's Bracket - List of the Ladies!

As promised below is a full list of all 130 women in the Hot Vintage TV Women's Tournament! Thank you to everyone who submitted their favs!

Just a brief bit of cleanup before the list. Thank you for all the submissions. If your submission didn't make it into the bracket or some of your propaganda isn't used know that I still appreciated the submission even if we weren't able to use it. Some things got cut for being outside the bounds of the tournament, some things got cut because the links were broken, etc. Anything I wasn't sure about got brought to family and friends for a second opinion. I did my best to keep as much in as possible but some things just ended up leaning too far outside of our criteria. If you notice some stuff that seems outside the criteria slip by it's because I tried to be very generous so as long as something wasn't obviously outside of our time period or rules I usually gave it a pass.

Anyway, I am working on the bracket as we speak and apologize in advance cause I don't think there's any way to make round 1 completely painless, as you'll see we have a pretty stacked line-up so I'm excited to see how things work out! Enjoy and see you all on Monday April 15th for round one of the Hot Vintage TV Women's Bracket!

Eartha Kitt

Dawn French

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Nichelle Nichols

Loretta Swit

Joan Bennett

Mary Tyler Moore

Yvonne Craig

Barbara Stanwyck

Lara Parker

Bea Arthur

Barbara Feldon

Rue McClanahan

Lynda Carter

Kellye Nakahara

Jan Smithers

Elisabeth Sladen

Diana Rigg

Janet Hubert

Carol Burnett

Jackée Harry

Betty White

Gillian Anderson

Anne Francis

Peggy Lipton

Eliza Dushku

Joan Chen

Terry Farrell

Gina Torres

Catherine Bach

Tina Louise

Carolyn Jones

Dawn Wells

Vivica A Fox

Mariska Hargitay

Deidre Hall

Aimi MacDonald

Carol Cleveland

Valerie Harper

Lisa Hartman

Julie Newmar

Fran Drescher

Melissa Joan Hart

Mira Furlan

Nana Visitor

Claudia Black

Courteney Cox

Sarah Jessica Parker

Jane Krakowski

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sherilyn Fenn

Eve Arden

Elizabeth Montgomery

Marlo Thomas

Lucy Lawless

Joanna Lumley

Barbara Eden

Kathryn Leigh Scott

Grayson Hall

Eva Gabor

Siân Phillips

Shannen Doherty

Lisa Robin Kelly

Debbie Allen

Lisa Bonet / Lilakoi Moon

Rachel Bilson

Karyn Parsons

Jane Seymour

Jonelle Allen

Julia Duffy

Lalla Ward

Miranda Richardson

Mag Ruffman

Penelope Keith

Carole André

Amanda Tapping

Lucille Ball

Nicole de Boer

Jeri Ryan

Penny Johnson Jerald

Katy Manning

Charisma Carpenter

Morena Baccarin

Katee Sackhoff

Janine Turner

Marcia Strassman

Farrah Fawcett

Kate Jackson

Jaclyn Smith

Lily Tomlin

Melissa Leo

Sabrina Lloyd

Joan Collins

Diahann Carroll

Jennifer Aniston

Pamela Anderson

Alexandra Paul

Chloe Annett

Hattie Hayridge

Thalía

Itatí Cantoral

Connie Booth

Linda Cristal

Doris Day

Angela Lansbury

Dorothy Provine

Vivian Vance

Suzanne Pleshette

Bea Benaderet

Gracie Allen

Amanda Randolph

Anna May Wong

Sheila Kuehl

Barbara Billingsley

Barbara Mullen

Phyllis Logan

Annette Crosbie

Geraldine James

Audrey Meadows

Peggy Ashcroft

Holland Taylor

Emma Thompson

Judy Parfitt

Francesca Annis

Mädchen Amick

Joely Richardson

Alex Kingston

Cicely Tyson

Lauren Graham

Kim Cattrall

[fangsandsoftgrass]

Day 6 Carnival./Haunted.

I'm really digging into the angst rn so im interpreting this as like, emotionally haunted and not literally haunted by ghosts 🫶

Anyway Fenn comforts Cirwedh after she has another terrible fuckin nightmare about some shit that happened in one of the dlcs LOL

Someone was screaming. Blood chilling as the candle in front of her extinguished, Cirwedh held a hand out to feel for her way through the dark hall seemingly stretching forever in front of her. Her foot struck something across the ground and she fell forward, hands hitting frozen earth. When she looked down there was light again—though dim as it was—and beneath her hands was dark, sticky blood. She opened her mouth to scream but the voice that came was not hers, and the longer she stumbled back the louder it got, until it stopped and the space around her flooded with light.

She was somewhere different, now, and the screams had been replaced with shrill laughter from every side. In her hand was a jagged blade rusted and dripping ink, held so tightly her nails dug into the flesh of her palm until the same oily liquid dripped from her. A voice, ragged and familiar came to her then, and when she looked up from the blade she saw the face of Forgemother Alga, sneering at her through blackened teeth and eyes glowing with foul magic. Cirwedh struggled, suddenly suspended in the air and constricted by swirling chains of blue, her bones answering only to the Forgemothers wicked whims. The harder she tried to resist the tighter her binds grew, and she was made to watch as her hands clasped the dagger and raised it above her head. In one motion, her arms swept down and the blade was driven into her breast, twisted by her own hands as the flesh opened and bled freely to the ground below. From her throat ripped a scream so raw it filled her mouth with the taste of copper, and when everything went black she felt herself sink to the floor once more.

Cirwedh lurched forward with a cry, sucking air between clenched teeth at the sharp pain in her chest. In an instant, there was a weight on the bed and when she turned she saw Fennorian leaning on the mattress, reaching for her with worry in his eyes. As the nightmare faded, she remembered where she was. Safe within the walls of the Blue Palace. She grasped his outstretched hand and clutched it tightly against her heart. Pushing past the nightmare’s echo Cirwedh focused on the faint light of a near-finished candle, the sound of rain outside the window, and the cold knuckles against her skin. Looking up, she found herself grounded by the soft eyes looking over her with concern.

“Are you alright?” Fennorian shoved the nervous flutter in his chest down and bent forward, his free hand gently grasping her shoulder. She sighed, slouching forward, and he pulled her in without a second thought. This had become their occasional routine now and each time her nightmares ripped her awake, he was there to remind her she was safe. So it had been for weeks.

“It was the Forgemother, Alga.” She spits the name out like a poison and the grip on his hand tightens.

"Curse that frozen land-" A yawn interrupts her thought before she can stifle it. Her hand slipped free of his ever-so-gently, as the mattress shifted and she realized Fennorian had moved to pull the furs back onto the bed.

“It couldn't be any more frozen than Skyrim I'm sure.” He held her gaze for a moment before reaching out and brushing the stray hair from her eyes. “Let her haunt you no more, I’ll keep my watch. You still need the rest.” his voice was gentle but serious, and left no room for protest.

Cirwedh couldn’t resist a second yawn and nodded agreeingly before sinking back into the bed. Only when Fennorian began to stand did she reach out and choke back a plea; grasping his wrist and stopping him before he could slip away.

“wait.” Her voice was barely a whisper, and Cirwedh could feel her cheeks warm and turned, suddenly ashamed of her vulnerability as she struggled to keep the tremble from her voice.

“Please, Fenn. Stay.”

He didn’t need to think about it, he just nodded and blew out the candle.

“Okay.”

He waited until she had settled back down, and then Fennorian pulled himself onto the bed and brought the covers to her shoulders once more. Once she had sufficiently nested herself within the bed again he rolled back to stare at the ceiling, and a comfortable silence settled between them. Fennorian felt the mattress move, and there was an instant where warm skin brushed his arm as Cirwedh turned her back to the room.

“Thank you, Fenn.” it came quiet but not without warmth.

Heart in his throat, he simply nodded and hoped she somehow caught it, thanking the divines it was too dark for her to see the pale blush across his face.