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if only the authors got over themselves and let the characters be queer in peace ... or violence. whatever they're into.
#rhaenicent#sam and bucky#nikolai and mal#zoyalina#manon and elide#johnlock#hannigram#benedict bridgerton#eloise x cressida#eloise bridgerton#obi wan kenobi#ahsoka tano#ventress × ahsoka#cal × kilorn#mare × iris#destiel#wenclair#lokius#geralt x jaskier#kate × yelena#percico#jercy#pipabeth#reynabeth
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GIVING RED QUEEN CHARACTERS & COUPLES SONGS
Mare - Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson / Top or Cliff by Kim Sejeong
Cal - Everest by AKMU and Sam Kim
Maven - Writing's on the Wall by Sam Smith
Evangeline - Crazier by Lesserafim
Shade - Four by FAKY / Sweet Creature by Harry Styles
Gisa - Pluto by Sleeping At Last
Farley - Zero O' Clock by BTS / Mikrosmosos by BTS
Cameron - Underwater by Chuu / Fireflies by Owl City
Kilorn - Sunflower by Post Malone and Swae Lee
Iris - All The Good Girls Go To Hell by Billie Ellish
Julian - Sweet Night by V
Davidson - Viva La Vida by Coldplay
Mare and Maven - Can't Catch Me Now by Olivia Rodrigo Cal and Mare - Two by Sleeping At Last Shade and Farley - Good News by Ocean Park Standoff Cameron and Kilorn - Fast Car by Tracy Chapman Thomas and Maven - Revelation by Troye Sivan and Jonsi Evangeline and Elane - Strawberries and Cigarettes by Troye Sivan
BONUS
SCARLET GUARD - Soldier by Fleurie and Tommee Profitt / Warriors by League of Legends, 2WEI, Edda Hayes
#character appreciation#red queen#red queen series#red queen headcanon#farley red queen#kilorn red queen#mare barrow#maven calore#cal calore#julian red queen#davidson red queen#shade barrow#thomas red queen#iris red queen#gisa barrow#evangeline samos#elane haven#cameron red queen#mare x maven#song recs#red queen couples#giving red queen characters song#scarlet guard#song reccomendations
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guys i love calorn so much 😭 they've honestly made me laugh so much and one of my favorite parts of King's Cage in Cameron's pov is seeing them interact.
because they've changed so much. not just as people but as a duo.
this little scene was in war storm
i just love them a lot. literally my fav crackship ♡
#calorn sillies#someone said adhd bf x autism bf and theyre so right#calorn2024#ren💌kilorn#ren💌cal#ren💌calorn#victoria aveyard#booklr#books & libraries#authors#bookworm#red queen#glass sword#kings cage#war storm#broken throne
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Red Queen,book review.
"Many things led to this day, for all of us. A forgotten son, a vengeful mother, a brother with a long shadow, a strange mutation. Together, they've written a tragedy."
Holy shit.
I bought the entire series -girl math- and I'm not disappointed. Like I finished it in a day and was screaming into my pillow at 4am, type of not disappointed.
Cal, I mean, I don't hate you, but step aside for Kilorn, please.
Kilorn, literally no words. I hope Mare recognizes him as the man she needs because jesus.
Mavey baby, you motherfucker. I was rooting for you. Hard. I only hope Mare and Cal fry and roast you six ways to Sunday.
If you're thinking about reading the series, do it because so far, so good. (I'm only at book 1, and it's a reread, but yk.)
I might take back my words later. Who knows.
*Spoiler*
Alsoooo, just bc I feel vindicated that I was right about not believing Shade's death from the start, I'm calling it right now.
Elara is manipulating Maven.
It doesn't excuse the Bastard but still.
Oh, and also calling, Evangeline isn't evil.
#red queen#victoria aveyard#mare barrow#kilorn warren#cal calore#maven calore#mare x maven#elara merandus#mare x cal#mare x kilorn#evangeline samos
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The Red Queen Midnights Collection (Newblood Queen's Version) Plans
Mostly canon divergences, occasional AU with the same worldbuilding. Read the original here!
Lazender Haze - Arranged Marriage AU
Maroon - Smutty AU where Mare and Maven are both Reds in the Stilts
Anti-Hero - Maven growing up in the Stilts without ever pickpocketing Mare
Snow On the Beach - Mareven fluff
You're On You Own, Kid - Elane bonding with Maven
Midnight Rain - Irisare AU
Question . . . ? - Maven, still a palace servant, never falls into the grid
Vigilante Shit - Farley POV of Mare interactions
Bejewled - Sees Elizabeth flirt with Maven to get under her skin, assumed he reciprocated (Mareven jealousy basically)
Labyrinth - Maven has nightmares, hurt/comfort
Karma - Elizabeth spreads gossip about Mare
Sweet Nothing - Queen!Mare makes Maven her consort
Mastermind - blood swap au where Mare is never adopted by Ada and Nix and is instead raised by Nora Nolle and Ethan Titanos
The Great War - maybe a marecal au I don't know
Paris - Maven and Mare read about history before the Calamities
Bigger Than the Whole Sky - Cal mourns Maven in an au where he is caught and executed by someone dunno who yet
High Infidelity - SPOILER but it involves Maven, Mare, and Iris
Glitch - Prequel where Evangeline convince Elane to move to The Lakelands with her
Would've, Could've, Should've - something about Maven and Elara idk
Dear Reader - Maven loses Mare to the arena
Hits Different - Maven is executed by the Scarlet Guard, Mare mourns
You're Losing Me - Cal and Maven rise to the throne together, but still become estranged
#red queen#maven calore#maven#mare barrow#mare#red queen series#mareven#mare x maven#maven x mare#red queen fanfiction#newblood queen#red queen fanfic#mare x cal#cal x mare#marecal#evangeline x elane#evane#evangeline#evangeline samos#elane haven#elane x evangeline#elane#kilorn#kilorn warren#diana farley#shade#shade barrow
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So are we just gonna ignore the fact that cal fell into a geyser and walked away like it was nothing in broken throne? Like how does that happen.
#maven calore#maven x thomas#red queen#cal calore#mare barrow#evangeline samos#kilorn warren#war storm
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WELCOME TO THE NOTCH! Hi, Tumblr! Looking for a fun community to discuss the Red Queen series by @vaveyard and possibly join in on some events? The lovely @owlways-and-forever and I are running a Discord server where you can chat about your favorite Red Queen characters and ships, fangirl about the books (and upcoming TV show?), share your works, and inspire each other! Please come check it out, all are welcome!: https://discord.gg/CQPSCqrxTV
#red queen#victoria aveyard#mare barrow#cal calore#maven calore#maven#red queen series#mare x cal#mare x maven#marecal#mareven#kilorn warren#diana farley#evangeline samos#elane haven#discord server#shade barrow#gisa barrow#glass sword#king's cage#war storm#broken throne
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𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧
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Ash Prince
"I am the true mastermind," my mother proclaims with a violent laugh.
Something within me fractures.
Gathering my strength, I retort, "No, that would be me."
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What if Maven didn't truly betray Mare?
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#red queen#red queen fanfiction#mareven#team maven#maven x mare#mare x maven#maven and mare#marecal#maven calore#mare barrow#shade barrow#diana farley#cal calore#kilorn warren#evanglinesamos#red queen fanfic#victoria aveyard#tiberias vii calore#tiberias vi calore#elaramerandus#thomas x maven#From Shadows to Flames#Ash Prince#From Shadows to Flames: Ash Prince
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Welcome back. To part 2, things i don't like and would change in red queen :)
Part 1 is here
The topic is: the pairings.
Imma just ripp the band aid off.
Shade and Farley
Evangeline and Elane
Cal and Kilorn
Mare and Maven
Now to explaining things.
First let's start with the cannon ones.
Shade. My boy Shade. To be quite honest. I did not want him with Farley. But it is mostly because we don't know much about them, which makes sense. Since we are seeing things through Mare and she is very self centered. But meh. Idk. Don't have a strong opinion of them.
Now. Evangeline and Elane. I could make another part about how Evangeline was shaping to be my fav characterer but the author just botched her(from the beginning mind you!). Uh. So unfair my love. Look. My only complain about these two is: it got a bit anoying. At first, everytime Evangeline metioned Elane i just got so hyped. Then, as things progressed i was hoping Evangeline would stop talking about this woman. Dear god. Like it got too much and it wasn't anything too relevant. Yes. We know you love her, Evangeline. Stop it. It just felt like this relationship was Evangeline's whole characterer with a daddy and mommy issues sprinkled there. And Elane was barely a character, we got to know SO LITTLE about her. Look. I can delve more into this later, when talking about how evangeline had so much potential but it never got to see the light of the page.
Now to the juicy pairings!!!
Cal and Kilorn
Maven and Mare
Lets start from the beginning.
Mare shoudn't have had those 3 boys lusting after her. She is so annoying.
Kilorn and Mare should've gone in any of those ways
Sibling kinda relationship. All the way. Always. They ALWAYS treat the other as a sibling!
Ooor, maybe, it could be "i love you, but not in this way. And i wish i did". As their romantic relatioship progress with the Calore, they go to each other more and more. After confort. And as they are held by the other, a single thought comes to their mind. "I wish it was you."
Tbh this seems like a soulmates au kinda prompt. A great one. A sad oneshot. Hmmm. Beautiful.
Mare and Maven.
With those two, i want something sickening, sordid, visceous. They are so obssessed with each other. Even though they shouldn't be.
Mare is the propaganda girl of the red army (or whatever, i don't remember the name in english), her ideals, her goals, all of it is a threath to Maven's. And vice versa. And yet...
They are bad for each other and yet.
Maven's feelings for Mare couldn't be erased by his mother.
Mare's was something that grew on her. First as love for that boy she used to know and then as hatred for the monster she later meets.
But this, the monster inside him, the emptyness of it all, just called to her. Made something horrendus, crawling, red inferno, disgusting and viscous like blood.
The anger she felt. The monster inside her had his name. And the beast inside him had hers.
Have no doubt, these two are toxic as hell. They hurt each other.
They are violent. They are loving. They are crazy. They are in love. They are obssessed.
I don't know if those two would fit in the same books as the others, because their tone is pretty dark. But maybe in amidst the series, (perphaps the third book?) they'd get a sole book narrated only by them.
the thing is, Maven is already on dark side. Mare just has to surrender herself to it.
But at the end, she would kill him. It matters not if she is dark or in love with Maven. She is loyal to her cause.
It would be such a wonderful scene. It maybe could be narrated by Maven.
"At the end, as the air leaves him, his vision was only Mare, droplets of tears falling into him, that he could not feel anymore. All he felt was her hands. Calloused.
It felt like a lovers embrace. Lulling him to sleep."
I don't know. But something along those lines. And aaaaah, me would cry and weep and moan and kakfkdnckdnd this would be a gem.
And then we would have our babyboy Kilorn and Cal.
Kilorn is a true red. And yes i did worded it in a bad way. I mean it in "he has no powers" and "he is part of the opressed".
I think Kilorn would help Cal understand, truly, how the reds suffer. How they are abused and scorned just for being considered lesser than. How afraid they are. How being powerless in this world can be daunting and make you feel hopeless in a cruel world where silvers consider and act as gods. And with their powers, they might as well be to the reds.
"'Do you think of yourself as a god, Tiberias?'
The question startles Cal at same time it enrages him. Of course not! But before he can say another word, Kilorn turns his attention to the people in front of him. Confused. Scared. Woeful. Mournful.
"I only see a scared boy. A flawed person. Who bleeds. Who yearns and dream. We are not that different."
Everything Cal did was for Mare. Kinda cute. But not really. I'd like if he truly changed his views. Saw how HIS people suffered. All through Kilorn's pov and doubts and fears.
Also Kilorn is a man of the sea. Of the nature. He would bring the taste of freedom to Cal. And that could be such a good paralel to Evangeline. While she had a taste of what could be and didn't want go back, wouldn't go back. Cal saw what could be, free. Without weight, expectations. And even then, he just couldn't let go of his past. Of his father. Of his legacy.
"It is everything i have left."
Maybe, they could even have a cute little scene in the sea learning how to fish. And getting over Cal's fear of the "ocean".
Cal would show to Kilorn that not all Silvers are bad. He is good right?? Thats gotta count for something!
He would try to assuage Kilorn's hatred for the silvers. For a while, it would work.
At the end, when Cal makes a tough choice, Kilorn is there, trying to stop him.
"Show me! You told me not all silvers are bad, then show me. Don't do it, Cal. Please."
Or to be a little more fitting to Kilorn he just storms out.
"He should've known. All damn Silvers are the same.
Breath in, breath out.
He doesn't look at Cal's face. Nor Mare's, Shade's or Farley's. He just storms out of the room.
He doen't know where he is going. That doesn't stop him.
Breath in, breath out.
He keeps going. And going. And going. And going.
BREATH IN, BREATH- DAMN IT!
He shouts to the heavens. All the rage and pain.
And heartbreak.
Damn it all. Why is his chest hurting so much?
Damn you, Cal.
He only noticed he is in the florest when he see the grass beneath him getting soaked by his tears."
Tbh, i actually want them to have a happy ending.
Cal and Mare? I think they would have a relationship much like Mare had with Farley. We are fighting together. You are dating someone i care for. That's it. Maybe could've delved a bit more, like "yaaaay bffs" but nah, dont think so. Tbh, i just don't wanna think about them. But yeah. Maybe friends. But not too close.
Next topic: how i hate how strong Mare is and how my baby Evangeline was wronged.
And it is here :)
#red queen#series: rewriting stuff#mare x maven#kilorn x Cal#evangeline x elane#shade x Farley#mare barrow#maven calore#cal calore
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how well the red queen ships would fare in a long distance relationship:
marecal: absolutely terrible. mare gets insecure but doesn’t know how to communicate her fears of losing him and cal can never pick up on why she’s pissed off at him all the time. kilorn has to block them both for his mental happiness because mare keeps sending him edgy text messages and cal keeps ringing him up stressed out of his mind. when one flies down to see the other they are inseparable but arguing all the time and the goodbyes are always painfully drawn out and they’re both crying for the next three hours over it.
evane: evangeline will get a little jealous when she hears about a new friend of elane’s and elane will get FOMO when she hear about thing evangeline is doing without her but they communicate effectively and would spend a lot of dough visiting each other as much as they can even if its mot so reasonable. i think this is the couple that will be the least likely to ever do long distance because they literally cant be separated it would have to take a miracle.
sharley: they are pretty okay. they miss each other heaps and when they facetime it hits how far the other is and diana will stay up late at night sweating about not being around shade for too long but other than that they don’t get very jealous of people around them and are secure in their love.
kilorn x cameron: stable as hell. kilorn gets occasionally sad but both are so busy with their lives they can go two weeks without a text and then remember ‘oh shit havent called my gf/bf’ in a while and when they do its no big deal. kilorn texts cameron an ‘i miss you’ text and gets his response 8 hours later and its chill. and then they meet up and hang like they saw each other last tuesday. they dont want to be apart but they know its not gonna last forever.
thomaven: maven is absolutely terrible at it. thomas will go away and 72 hours later maven will show up at his front door with no warning.
gisa x shopgirl: probably the most stable. there could be sabotage ploy after sabotage ploy on this ship and they would still make it out the other end without breaking a sweat.
#i shat this out in ten sorry if its inaccurate asf#red queen#red queen series#war storm#maven calore#glass sword#kings cage#mare barrow#marecal#elane haven#evangeline samos#evane#sharley#shade barrow#diana farley#kilorn warren#cameron cole#gisa barrow#shopgirl red queen#thomaven#thomas red queen#how do i not know cameron and kilorns ship name#rewriting
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Rules
Even though I haven't gotten requests as of now, I figured I'd go ahead and do this. I only have creepypasta stuff out right now, but I will write for more than that :). I'll probably add to this, though.
Creepypasta/Marble Hornets:
Jeff the Killer
Jane the Killer
Nina the Killer
Ticci Toby
Tim Wright/Masky
Brian Thomas/Hoodie
Slenderman
Eyeless Jack
Bloody Painter
Nurse Ann
Jason the Toymaker
Laughing Jack
I will add more creeps eventually, these are just the ones I've already written small stuff for in the past therefore feel more confident in the way I write them :)
Red Queen:
Mare Barrow
Shade Barrow
Diana Farley
Tiberias Calore
Maven Calore
Evangeline Samos
Elane Haven
Kilorn Warren
Cameron Cole
Stardew Valley:
Sebastian
Alex
Sam
Abigail
Penny
Haley
Emily
Same thing from the Creeps, I only have the characters I've personally made good friends with (at least 8 hearts) or romanced (at least 10). The bachelor(ette)s I haven't listed are just ones I don't know very well therefore wouldn't write for accurately.
Harry Potter
Harry Potter
Hermione Granger
Ron Weasley
Draco Malfoy
Luna Lovegood
My Hero Academia
Izuku Midoriya
Shoto Todoroki
Kyoka Jirou
Ochaco Uraraka
Tomura Shigaraki
Dabi
Twice
Himiko Toga
Death Note
Light Yagami
L
Misa Amane
What I'll write for:
Scenarios
Headcanons
X M! Reader
X Gn! Reader
X F! Reader (Strictly for wlw)
X Specific! Reader (ex: chubby, trans, poc, etc.)
Red Queen Canon Relationships (cal x mare, eva x elane, etc.)
Sebastian X Sam
Sebastian X Abigail
Abigail X Haley
Light X L
No Romance
Smut (Canon characters, Amab readers, or Afab readers)
Fluff
Angst
Extreme violence or gore
Alcohol usage, drug usage, smoking
Religious trauma
AUs
Specific kinks (To an extent; if it's something I don't feel comfortable with writing, I will reply to your ask stating such and add it in the will not write section)
What I will NOT write for:
Non-con
Piss, Scat, Vomit kink
Vore
Religion
Fetishes
Creepypasta X Creepypasta
MHA Canon X Canon
Evangeline X M! Reader
Elane X M! Reader
Alex X F! Reader
Maven X Canon
Misa X Canon
Polyamory
Yandere
I also will not take requests for full length fanfic books. I come up with the ideas for those myself.
For those wondering about the Creep X Creep stuff, I genuinely don't think any of the creeps would make good couples. Same with MHA, I don't "ship" any of the characters I write for. Same with Maven X Canon. He's an ass to all of them, and Mare would never go back to him even reformed (imo).
I also don't know enough about how yandere characters work, so until I figure that how I won't write for it. Same with polyam; I myself am not poly and I feel I don't know enough about that to really write for it. Nothing against poly people of course.
I will typically keep anything PG gender neutral with no physical descriptors. In smut, I will write for both AMAB and AFAB readers so you must specify in your request along with the pronouns you want me to use. If you don't specify the pronouns, I'll use they/them. If you don't specify the sex, I can only write smut where the reader isn't receiving anything. Specifying could mean describing the parts they have in the request or using the pronouns as well.
So for the way I will write things is if you ask "(Male character) X female reader" I will not write it for a female reader, I will write it gender neutral. However, I will write wlw so if you ask "(Female character) x female reader" I will write it. I will write any character x male reader specifically because male readers dont get shit and even when we do a good bit of it is written by 13 year old girls who fetishize us (speaking from experience) and it's obvious; unless that is a lesbian character, I will write it with a male reader. This is again because female readers tend to get a lot more fanfiction written for them and its tiring for male readers, along with gn and trans readers too. Will I write specifically for trans women? Trans women barely get fics too, however if it's a request that doesn't have anything to do with what your agab (assigned gender at birth) is, then there's no reason for me to write it. You would be referred to and written like a cis woman would be. Smut is different, but I already talked about that.
For the creeps, I will eventually write out my basic HCs for all the ones I write for (basic as in age, name, height, likes, dislikes, etc.). It probably won't be any time soon so don't wait up on it LMAO. I'll probably do that for Stardew Valley and maybe Red Queen too. I'm not sure about any of my other fandoms yet.
Anything I miss will be added later. This was only proofread once so sawry if there's mistakes
#rules#creepypasta#red queen#stardew valley#fanfiction#fanfic#headcanons#scenarios#harry potter#death note#my hero academia
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Characters I will write for:
Guidelines click HERE
The Maze Runner:
Newt-smut, fluff, angst…smut, and also smut
GALLY MF EYEBROWS- smut, smut, smut, fluff, angst, smut, smut, and more smut
Minho??- idk anything ig
Thomas, Brenda, Frypan, Aris, Alby, Ben↖️
Criminal Minds:
SPENCER REID- smut, fluff, idk abt angst 🤷♀️, but LITERALLY ANYTHING THIS IS MY FAV WHITE BOIII
Morgan(other eyebrows)- anything aside from angst
Hotch, Rossi, Luke, Matt, and literally every other guy is just idk
Garcia Babes- nothing but tooth rotting fluff for our favorite baby girl
J.J- angst??, idk abt smut for her, but defo fluff
Emily- everyfrickingthing alright?
Percy Jackson/HoO:
Percy- smut, angst, fluff
Jason- anything but angst
LUKE PRETTY BOY CASTELLAN- I will write smut to your hearts’ content with this boy, or fluff or angst, with him I’m not picky 🫢🫶🏼
Grover?? And every other guy in both series- anything ig
Annabeth- no angst, but we love fluff for this girl, maybe smut
Hazel and Piper- idk for them, but fluff is a 100%
Clarisse- idk, I’ll write what you want
Hunger Games:
Katniss as well as every other girl- anything you want
⬆️except Annie, and Prim is excluded- ONLY FLUFF for this girl
Peeta and FINNICK- smut mostly, but fluff and angst are good, too
Gale(I don’t like him either, but u can’t deny that he’s hot)- smut, angst is a not js bc, and fluff is possible I think
Haymitch if u want- anything
Divergent:
Every girl- anything
Tobias and MATTHEW- SMUT SMUT SMUT and fluff and some angst
Peter??- ehh anything ig
I think that’s all
Red Queen:
Mare and Farley-smut
Maven, Shaed, Cal, Kilorn- anything and everything
Young Elites:
Adelina and every girl except Violetta- anything
All the guys- anything and EVERTHING
The Giver??:
Jonas??- fluff or smut if you can come up with that
Twilight:
JASPER- smut, fluff
Emmet and Edward(maybe Carlisle)- angst, smut, fluff
Alice- FLUFF FOR OUR GIRL
Bella- idk??
How to train you Dragon:
Hiccup- smut and fluff
VIGGO FRICKIN GRIMBORN- LITERALLY ANYHTING I WILL WRITE ANYTHING FOR THIS MAN
Eret son of a beautiful mf Eret: Smut and smut and smut and more smut, ofc fluff and maybe angst, too. Angst is around thw, there’s a fic of pregnant reader x eret called a hidden world or sm that is close to what i mean
Any other guy from any movie or series, including villains from the series
The girls are everything
Harry Potter:
FRED MF WEASLEY- smut and more smut, fluff and maybe angst
TOM RIDDLE- hardcore smut, a little fluff bc in my head our boy has a heart, angst but I might cry
Draco: smut, fluff, I don’t want to do angst but ig I can
Everyone else, literally- anything ig
Fantastic Beasts and where to find them:
Newt- smut, fluff
Theseus(idk I have an obsession with him)- mostly smut, but anything goes
Everyone else is anything
Fifty Shades of Grey:
Christian-smut and fluff no angst
That one rlly hot body guard form either the second or third movie that had to “help Ana in the library” ifykyk him- Smut bc i think he’s hot
Ana- anything
Everyone else- ehh idk just ask sm for them
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Red Queen Fan Fiction - Off-Duty
February 2nd - Happy Birthday, Shade Barrow
A/N: This year, not fun edit-making but the finalization of the fic of pure self indulgence I laboured in love for 7 months. It was a marvellous joy, based on two old shit posts of mine (x y) I now offer to share to celebrate Shade’s birthday. (How much I enjoyed this, seven years after Glass Sword, shows me how much this character and couple still mean to me. Maybe I can believe in lasting love after all. For them.)
5504 words, it is long
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The rain pounded a rhythm on the makeshift balcony roof both irritating and comfortable. The first because of its dissonance with the ball’s music wafting up, the latter as the sound was certainly more homely than the howls of the storm ruling the skies of the Monfort capital for the last days. It was its own kind of uplifting, despite the wetness and still dark horizon, that Shade gave up keeping Clara indoors and set up their picnic on the balcony. The light at least was shining in a warm red from the gathered night lights beside them, reflecting the colour of the rain protection foils above. To keep them dry, Shade had scavenged umbrellas, wires and canvas and fumbled them into the resemblance of a roof through some risky ledge gymnastics relying on his teleporting ability to save him in case of falling. He hoped the same ability made him fast enough to grab Clara should her constant, curious skygazing lead her to lean too far over the ledge. In fact, he didn’t trust on teleporting alone when it came to her, as he was too nervous to leave her out of his sight for a second too long and eat in peace.
He tried to lure her away with some of the food he’d sacked from the snack buffet for the party downstairs in the palace. Though Clara did turn around, she ignored the orange-glazed yeast cake he held out in favour of a tiny rice and vegetable bowl. Shade exhaled with relief, but Clara seemed barely so. When he offered the rice pudding with cherries next, she shook her head. “For Mama,” she said. “Sure,” he replied with a forced smile. Clara could be more perceptive than he expected at her two and a half years. Did she understand Diana was missing her own party? Or had he been too exact about her anticipated return from the Lakelands? It wasn’t officially “her” party, more an annual ball to remember the fallen and the veterans, but in Davidson’s circle, it was known that General Farley was to meet with representatives from Prairie who finally showed the start of an interest in brokering an alliance – with Monfort and the Scarlet Guard, no less. Diana wasn’t the usual choice for diplomacy though given Ella’s advice, the warlord from Prairie would rather be convinced by a brusque military leader. More so if she brought as a negotiating feature intelligence on the latest lakelander movements. As she’d been engaged in them. Or still was. As of, right now. Shade bit off some spicy bread with a slice of smoked ham. He supposed he would’ve heard of it if things had gone that wrong and Diana’s unit was still tied in battle. But if the situation was that dire, anything could’ve happened and with the communication cut off. No wonder Clara stared at the sky as if she could see the light of the plane returning her mother. He couldn’t wait for it, either. Diana had been set to be back two days ago. Leaving them three whole days of family life before his own mission to Ciron loomed and whose preparations he felt less and less inclined to proceed with. While Mare was with Cal in Piedmont and Kilorn and his brothers in Norta, Shade had been recommended to scout in the western country for possible allies, ideally to initiate first contacts together with other high-profile spies he barely knew. The opposite to quality time with his longed-for beloved and their daughter couldn’t be harsher when the lack of contact also made him worry - if not freaking out - about the well-being of the rest of his family. He felt terribly egoistic and also almost unashamed of it. He was fed up. It broke his heart enough to see Clara staring after a glimpse of her mother, how could he abandon her now, without Diana to relieve him? As if it could be called relieve, like a battle strategy, but it was the plan the two of them had come up with: Just one of them would be engaged in operations at one time, and this had lasted for almost two years now. Only Shade doubted the system more and more. He hardly wanted to leave Clara out of his reach and miss her growing each day. He’d also wanted to welcome Diana, had dreamed of her skin, her smell, her voice. The way she only smiled at Clara. Yesterday should’ve been theirs and this pitiful picnic should’ve included her. In the sunshine. Climbing the hills as if on a vacation, to forget the dangers they were in or just escaped even though she would’ve questioned him about his mission in her way to see him off safe. Thanks to the storm, any part of this became impossible and Clara’s glare at the cloud didn’t lessen in concentration. If she could, she’d challenge the weather itself. Shade risked a second to dip a pig-shaped cake in caramelized milk and devour it in one go before trying to offer another to Clara. This time, she took it, dipping it absentmindedly, yet on the way to her mouth, she let it drop. “There!” she pointed, jumping up. Shade was too startled to think and, still struggling to swallow the food, simply reached for Clara. She grinned, pointing again. But he didn’t see, too relieved to have Clara secure against his chest. Then he heard the aircraft approaching the palace. When he grasped its meaning, his grin mirrored Clara’s. The storm drove rain in his face before Shade was fully materialized, and the ground swayed beneath his feet. The truth about teleporting was that the dizziness never went away, not even for a teleporter himself. The irritations and imbalances coming with contradicting the corporeal world had to be fought with resilience, willpower, and focus, whether you were sneaking behind an enemy or escaping them. Now, though, he was grounded by Clara on his shoulder and before him – Her eyes, bright despite the dark, finding them immediately – The surety of her gait, approaching – Her smile, growing clearer and broader with every step – She was a woman in parts, and he longed to have her whole in his arms, and so he strode to her – until Clara heaved and then he stumbled for real, glancing at his daughter, trying to shift or steadying her. But to no avail, as she puked all over his chest and he was thrown out of his dreamy desires and stood there, frozen and dumbfounded. He jerked his head to the sound of a snort and there she was, Diana standing right before him. “Come here, dove,” she said, taking Clara from Shade and already comforting and cleaning her with her scarf, as efficient as ever. “Mama,” cried Clara, and Diana was quick to answer with soothing phrases. He searched her eyes darting between Clara and him and around and when their gazes locked, he found her glance full of joy and amusement as she bit her lips to keep from laughing. “Well, Dee,” he said finally, “the ball’s food we ate was better than it seems right now.” “Was it?” she asked, smirking, and reached out to caress his cheek with her thumb. It sent a shiver over his whole body. He hoped there wasn’t vomit on his face, too, and he cursed the rain for interfering with the intensity of her touch. He wanted to take her hand and pull her close, despite it all, because who gave a shit, but then her hand was back to hold Clara whose temple she kissed while he was still full of sick. He decided he didn’t care after all and shook off his freeze, just when Diana changed direction. “Ah, there’s Grandma, dove, let’s greet her and Grandpa,” she said as she walked ahead where, indeed, Shade’s parents approached, supposed to have Clara while he and Diana attended the ball. Diana looked over her shoulder. “So we all have to get changed,” she said to him. Winking. “I bring Clara to Ruth and Daniel and we meet upstairs, okay?”
“Bye, Papa,” Clara said. “Okay, bye,” he replied with a sigh filled with deprivation as he crossed his arms – wet and dirty. He’d make do with a shower for now.
He'd hurried cleaning up in the shared bathroom but long hair had its demands, especially in case of an event. With his long hair just dried and out of its bun for the ball, Shade found Diana in their apartment, mistreating a dress uniform in front of a mirror. At the second of his entry, she glanced at him, currently forgetting her battle but revealing the sum of the mess frontally. She couldn’t stop fidgeting with the clothes just for a second, always dragging the sleeves this way or that. The uneven buttoning revealed her bare throat down to her skimpy undershirt, making her look as unstyled as Cal in his workshop clothes and the medals she tried to pin were all over her chest, but not in a becoming pattern. He burst out laughing, in revanche, louder and freer than Diana earlier without a sick Clara in vicinity. Diana flushed, increasing her visible contempt for the outfit. “I suspect medals are really meant for punishment if they come with this horrible dress uniform.” Shade wiped his mouth, stepping closer to inspect the horror. As he touched the jacket where Diana had experimented with shifting the alignment of buttons and buttonholes, she sucked in a breath. He swallowed in turn, a shiver running over his arms. He felt the ghost of their missed welcoming hug. Now, as near as they hadn’t been for weeks, the yearning for reunion was overwhelming. As it was for cupping her breasts. Another swallow ended in a cough. “First of all, try a proper shirt, loose on the shoulder, not a tank top.” “But – “ “I’ll leave the top buttons open and fix your tie in a fancy knot. And the pins I can use to keep the collar from your throat.” Assessing her styling kept him cool. Even as her eyes bored into him. Eyes that should match her style. So he should look – He stepped back but Diana caught his hand. “Help me take it off.” “It is already more off than on,” he said with a snort, pulling away for good to search for the right shirt. Some women were okay with clothes fitted for most men but curvy and broad-shouldered Diana was not one of them. He did not glimpse at her. “I left Clara with your parents,” she called to his back, “as usual at these blasted events. Tsk. As if I wouldn’t rather stay with her right now … she fell asleep before I could barely talk to her.” He heard her walking around. A hand on his shoulder. “You're right,” she said, glimpsing over his shoulder and eating a dish of rice pudding. “The food is great. I hope your parents got some snacks, too.” "I'd be surprised if they didn't." He smirked. "Clara wanted to leave that rice pudding for you, you know", he told her. "Really?" Diana beamed. "She can be so sweet." "Or almost grown up." Diana sighed, the remark nagging at her for a few seconds. He felt for her hand and squeezed it. “Was she better, no more throwing up?” he asked. She shook her as she took the shirt. “It just exhausted her. Maybe she’s just like me, uncomfortable with teleporting.” The thought amused them both, even as they cosseted and worried about Clara the immediate moment. The daughter of a teleporter couldn’t stand the ability. Did that mean she didn’t have the ability herself? He sighed. Suddenly he strongly wished to hold Clara and solace her. Indeed, a blasted event upsetting the millions of things they could better do tonight. Least of all tracing the curves of Diana’s body beneath the formal attire as she changed. Instead, he could talk. Neutrally asking about her recent operation. How did her mission go? Diana seemed hale and whole enough but the relief at the first sight of her washed over him again as she confirmed it. So, what about the rest of her unit? What was left out of the reports, what would affect the negotiations to take place? Would there be repercussions, also on his mission – the very next day? Diana was dry in her replies even as she chattered along nonetheless, playing along if Shade wasn’t open to “taking off” her uniform. He knew they wouldn’t leave the room this night if he gave in to that. As he produced his own dress uniform from the closet and moved to put it on, he cursed at their deal simply cut for unpredictable schedules. He should refrain from his missions. The thought, once appeared, dropped like a stone. He couldn’t imagine abandoning his comrades-to-be on a whim. But he was unable to unthink it. To stand back and steal the time for their family to stay together appeared like a goal. He straightened his posture, the reflection of his prim, military outfit belying his true resolution. “That we should have to steal the time to be together,” he said aloud. She met his eyes, softly for once. “We do it for Clara.” At first, he said nothing as he returned to dressing Diana and paced around her. “Clara needs a lot of things,” he replied finally as he put her jacket back in place. “You've been great with her the last weeks,” Diana whispered as the jacket almost glided onto her with the silky and loose-fitting tunic beneath. It was her favourite pretty shirt, one she hardly had chances to wear. "She already misses you," she said, glancing for the corner of his eye rather than his reflection. As do I, she mouthed. Why don't you say that aloud? he wondered. Her eyes in the mirror sparkled with something unsaid. She felt for his arm and squeezed. “I’ll look after her first thing in the morning. Rise with the dawn, and all that.” “I know, I know, you never forget about the Guard,” Shade answered, though with a dose of humour. He could see before his eyes how Diana would spend the next day spoiling Clara while staying alert for new military developments. He’d rather see it for real than imagine it, though. As he stood behind her, both before a mirror, he stretched out her arms, settling inner and outer sleeves. The he felt for her front for the buttons, watching their reflections as his fingers went up, pressing against her belly. “You’re so nimble,” she whispered. Finished at the front, his hands glided along her arms to entwine their fingers. “You’d know,” he answered quietly into her ear and his lips were just about to kiss her neck when he froze in the act. From the corner of his eyes, he saw Diana’s disappointment flash in the mirror. “I won’t undo my work right when it’s complete,” he said and, without letting go of her hand, spun around as if in a dance. If Diana was still flustered, she didn’t show it but only a wicked, dazzling grin as she swayed along with him. “See, you can move in it,” he said. “More elegant than you claimed once.” She snorted in affront. “These dress-up things are an insult to those who fight in the field, with how little movement they offer.” He increased the pace of their dance. “I find it quite comfortable right now.” Despite her complaints, she went along with the faster, more complicated dance moves he started. “Well, obviously the uniforms have been designed with your body types in mind from the start, all lean and straight.” “Straight.” He tsked. “Only outwardly,” she clarified and initiated a new step. “In a more – most – desirable way,” she added under her breath. “Glad to hear you still find me beautiful.” “Hm. You should say that to me,” she countered before he twisted them around, one, two, three times, until he let go of the dance pose to cup her face. “Has the gorgeous General Diana Farley of the Scarlet Guard and mother of our child finally become vain?” he asked. Her eyes sparkled with amusement. “Just that I’d enjoy to hear it, as a general, mother and your …” she bit her lips. He blinked. “What?” She took his hands to remove them from her face and pull away, turning to the mirror to control whether her outfit had survived. Or to check how deeply red her cheeks were. “A miracle,” she muttered. “Of course you are.” She smiled at him. “When did you even learn that?” Did she really think this obvious shift of topic would work? “From Gisa, for a start. Had to serve as her mannequin and model and you know she had to work for silver tastes.” He rolled his eyes. “But yeah, she also said the basic styles are like designed for sticks like me.” “A beautiful stick.” She cackled. “But good she had other customers and body types now.” “Like you? Truly.” He bit his lips. “Though there were always stockier silvers, too,” he said absentmindedly, though he was already thinking about someone else. Diana noticed. She waited for him to continue, merely blinking once or twice. She was never so calm or patient with anyone else but Clara – or him. It encouraged him as he took to his time to consider his words. “It was before we met, when I was newly conscripted to the nortan army. As an aide, I had to manage an officer’s supply including his clothes. “He treated me like a butler at times. Missed the luxuries from home but didn’t have the chance to bring them. Including servants.” Diana winced. “You only told me he was an idiot before, though smart enough to hire you.” “Smart?” Shade grimaced. “Not so rewarding for him given where we got as he went lost.” “So is he? Lost?” Shade shrugged and Diana prodded further. “I know you’d check what became of him.” Shade glanced away and quieted, listening in for the faint waves of the sound barely reaching them. They were more felt than heard. “It was a dark time I don’t take pleasure in telling and reliving,” Shade admitted finally. She hugged him back as he stood still for good. “But I'm here to listen when you need me to.”
His fingers drummed with the music as Shade glided through the ball. At times, he was about to start humming before stopping himself. At least it managed to distract him; almost too well. He didn’t have the nerve to spy tonight, to chat and deceive while the pressure of the next day loomed over him. Still, as his blood pulsed in anticipation of Diana’s return from conferring with the Prairie warlord, Russell. He had considered following Diana to hide and listen, but for what reason? She knew him too well not to notice and he wouldn’t bother her that way. And he trusted her. She’d succeed in negotiations and either way, he couldn’t look after her from tomorrow on –
“Thinking about me?” he startled and choked on his drink as Diana arrived that very moment to take him by the arm, entwining their fingers. She wasn’t one for public affection, so this display of closeness was as demonstrative as a kiss. It certainly felt almost as intimate as he glanced over the crowd in her grasp, aware of the people who saw them. He set aside the glass and completed their embrace, already pulling her along to sway to the rhythm of the song. “For sure,” he replied with an exaggerated drawl. “I longed to resume our dance where we left off.” She raised an eyebrow in amused doubt as her hand roamed over his back and he sucked in a breath. His own hand on her waist began to prove a temptation he tried to battle by focusing on intensifying the dance steps. He listened for the first beats of a new song, changing into a different dance and he was ready for the shift. A taxed Diana followed his lead. Despite her flush, she enjoyed the challenge of the dance. “You do seem eager.” He shrugged, smiling. “And you seem smug. You have the warlord wrapped around your fingers already?” She made a scale gesture with her fingers. “He’s predictable enough, as was his reluctance before. I know the type. Doesn’t want to state his offers, so I let him dangle and stay vague myself. He’ll spill soon enough.” He let her twirl under his raised arm.” And we have the time?” Her mouth twitched after the spin, unperturbed by the move, dancing as fresh as if just woken from sleep instead of locked in a tumultuous flight. “In this case. He’s so eager for the edge in an alliance he doesn’t grunt about efficiency in meetings.” “So he’s spying.” She mock-hit his shoulder. “Of course he’s spying, Shade Barrow. You’d know best.” He chuckled and she went on. “As I said, I’m acquainted with the type. I know where to bring his attention and Davidson knows how to appear generous.” “But do you want me to shadow his retinue?” Between the quick steps and the movements of the other dancers, speech was limited between catching breaths. Only as the song rolled out and slowed, they did as well, into a lazy motion staying on the spot, two people in their own pace and place, careless of the rest. Their grip on each other grew firmer and their gaze shifted from playful into serious. Diana swallowed, without losing sight of him. “You’d rather stay?” Her grasp became even tighter, almost hopeful. Could she be agreeing with his doubts? Shade traced her face with his figners. “If you hadn’t arrived this eve – right when you did – I wouldn’t be joining my mission tomorrow.” Diana’s eyes widened. “It’s exactly the promise we mode, isn’t it?” he went on. “One would always stay with Clara. So she’ll never see both parents dying in one battle.” For once, Diana hesitated to meet his eyes as she chewed on that. He shook his head. “Even if I’d spoken to you the day before, when your operation was over and you’d only have to return. Anything could’ve happened still, your base attacked, the airplane crashed – it wouldn’t matter. I couldn’t go on if we’d lost you, not knowing what’s become of you.” He stopped, his brow leaning against hers. Diana covered his hand on her face, her eyes aligning with his. “You would fight no longer … without me?” Shade broke her grip, stepping back. “It’s not like anyone can make me fight for them, can they?” he said, glimpsing Diana’s irritated frown before he teleported away. A silly joke, he knew. Jumping exactly out of reach but still in eyesight, urging Diana to follow him through the rush of partygoers. He could hear Diana calling his name, just not enough under her breath to avoid attention. She sped up, her instincts winning over the chaos. “Are we being dramatic now?” she spat, panting, when they’d reached the empty stairs outside the ballroom with only meters between them. The doors slammed shut behind her. He glanced over his shoulder; she was climbing up after him. “But you didn’t ask…!” she said, still panting, and quieter now. “What we could do differently …” She swallowed while her gaze continued to burn at him nonetheless. “Or if you believe our promise is for the gutter. “I’d rather spent this evening watching Clara sleep, too. Relaxing after being stuck in a plane for hours, delayed because of the weather as well as fake threats. Then hear how you and Clara spent these weeks together. How she grows, what she learns. Quarrel about who of us gets to do what with her. “I want so much, Shade. I’m full of it, so full I can only act to live with it. I understand what you say, I'd do the same. But not … forever. I want Clara, and us, any children we might have, our people, to have it better. I can’t and won’t stop before we win. Or we might lose it again.” She pushed through the final step and reached him at arms’ length. Her fingers fluttered against his back until he spun. “Why do you run away?” she muttered. “As long as it’s needed to make you talk as much as this,” he replied. She snorted but grasped his arms tight, nearly ending their balance – or just about keeping it. He gasped, and she leaned her head against his chest. They were rarely in this position, with her being taller than him. The unusual feeling of it both flustered and elated him, as he imagined her hearing the fast throb of his heart, or how that thought alone made it beat even faster. He started to caress her hair almost automatically. “I know you might not…”, Diana began eventually, lifting her face right so he could see her warmed gaze. “Maybe you don’t see it like that anymore.” What? He nearly said it aloud, having forgotten their topic for their embrace. “Maybe you wouldn’t fight no matter what anymore,” she went on. Ah. “Because we have Clara.” “I never said that,” he replied after clearing his throat. Quiet but sharp. Determined. “I can’t give this up no easier than you. But if – if– I lost you, I couldn’t go on like before.” “Then I want to know that!” she cried out, then exhaled until she caught herself. "There're always other jobs to do either way. I have to know. You could do anything, it doesn't have to in the field." She shook her head, pondering. His hand was on her waist, hugging her closer and closer. Indeed, Shade wasn’t sure himself if that was the solution he craved.
Finally, she lifted her piercing eyes. “Will you join your mission tomorrow?” she asked, her voice low. He sighed. He was here, at an event for soldiers and veterans, celebrating success as well as survival while they were about to broker a new military alliance. Diana stood before him, decked in medals earned in spilled blood, her own and others’. “A recon operation in Ciron,” he said. “I confess, I wonder about the point of where it all might lead.” Diana frowned. “Reconnaissance isn’t a coup.” “It might lead to one,” he countered. “So you’d rather leave it wholly in the hands of others?” “Well, in yours,” he admitted. “And you listen to me.” “I’m not sure if that flatters me,” she said with an ice-cold smile. The general’s smile. “Would you be as reluctant if Mare came with you?” His face fell, caught guilty as charged. No wonder she smiled like that. “No, I wouldn’t,” he confirmed. “I’m a terrible soldier, I suppose.” Diana straightened while he only longed to maintain their embrace as a cackle escaped her throat. “Inclined to blatant favoritism,” she said. “Disobeying orders and acting on his own advice. Questioning officers but without intention to take command yourself. Up for the sneaky jobs and avoiding supervision. Expecting personal relations to cover up misdemeanors.” For all the sharp accuracy, Diana listed the call-outs with an amused grin. “You’ve always been an awful soldier, Shade Barrow,” she concluded. “But I think that’s what brought us together in the first place, isn’t it? You aren’t cut to obey but would follow me lead anyway. To be honest, I’m very glad how you’ve kept running after me – ” Shade blushed at the memory he couldn’t deny. “Umm – “ “Indeed,” Diana went on, “I’ve been honoured to follow you as well. To be with you, as we watched each other’s backs. To see new options – to be made to see new options, because of you, as you insisted on my attention.” She took a deep breath. “I’ve changed for meeting you and I don’t regret a minute of it. Whatever you’ll choose, whoever you become, I want to be with you. I ... won't give you orders if you'll disobey in the end." He grimaced at that remark but Diana paused, puzzled until resolve flashed over her face. "I won't command you where to go but I promise to never leave you behind. Whatever the future holds for us or how we’ll react to it.” She swallowed and goosebumps rose over his skin as blood rushed through his head and her voice was warped by a ringing in his ears. “We’ve … made a promise after Clara was born. That one of us will always stay back for her. And maybe this promise doesn’t work out as well as we thought. But we can make other, new, … different promises. Or vows. A vow …” Her face shone with a flush. “Like?” he breathed, barely audible. “Like, Shade Barrow, would you marry me?” And her eyes sparkled as she said that, despite the way she’d stumbled over the words with insecurity. For a moment, he thought it was the bravest speech she’d ever held. As if she didn’t know what he’d reply. Nor did he, actually. “You never cease to surprise me,” he managed to utter and cursed himself next to her heaving breaths. She deserved a better answer. So he grabbed her by the waist and, as she didn’t kneel but still stood below him, lifted her up to the same stair as him and as she yelped, he embraced her so tightly he could bury his face in her neck. He panted now, harder than her, and not only due to the effort of lifting her. Her arms, hugging him back, were force stronger than gravity, so powerful he forgot he even could teleport. It was just what she always did. After he prodded and urged her to come closer, she’d give more than he’d even imagined asking for. Marriage had sounded so plain and formal, it felt pointless for them. They were comrades in arms, relying their lives on each other, as well as parents raising their little, lovely child. Any considerations to deployments or housing were granted them due to that; their intimate relationship no one else’s concern and he thought that only just. Silvers could keep their conjugal restrictions to settle their finances with marriages; any of Diana and Shade’ s endless but fruitless discussions about a second baby felt more significant. Until she asked him and it suddenly was significant, lighting a flame in his heart that filled him with an energy he craved without knowing what to use it for. They were in love, and it mattered. They became who they were and got to this point, in a palace with leaders on their side because of it and if anything, this flame should keep on burning for the world see and feel as they celebrated it. Shade startled, to look into her eyes and finally give her her bleeding reply, but this time, nothing could save their balance as a distraught Diana jerked as well and they would’ve tumbled down the stairs if their hands didn’t find each other, without thinking, and they maintained footing only to fall over each other with Diana on top of him, both loudly exhaling after the shock. Diana tore at her rumpled uniform. “All your work, undone again,” she exclaimed and laughed. “I’ll help your out of it,” he answered and their eyes met, filled with longing, and the centimeters between them broke into kisses like breathing, until they required real oxygen again. "Did you just come up with that?" he asked quietly, nuzzling her neck. Diana grasped his face to make him look at her but didn't say anything, only blinked. Shit. Guilt settled in his belly. “I didn't mean –” An uncertain smile appeared on her face in slow motion. "Partly?" she offered. Almost like she was prepared if he was taking it as a joke. Her flush intensified, but not just from kissing. Her nervosity heightened, too; he could feel that in her pulse. "I mean, it, the idea to ask, came over me in the heat of the moment, but ... well, I did think about it for a while but if it's all too much of a surprise for you, or not your preference at all-" A laugh rose in his throat, a laugh of elation he just about managed to swallow. "Diana, no." Her face froze. "No, sorry, I didn't mean – sorry!" He took he deep breath. Not a breath of hesitation, but one like drinking in the love for this woman. He found her gaze again. “I'll hold on to you for every minute we have. And I'll still rise before dawn to wake Clara with you, before I'll go to Ciron, for one final round of our plan and then I absolutely do want to marry you, Diana Farley. And throw a bloody royal feast for it.”
A/N 2: I hope that was a surprise for you! It sure was one for me that I managed to write something that made Me The Aro not disregard marriage as a repulsive patriarchal tool to control money and female sexuality let’s stop here but beam along with my OTP. As I worked really long on this, some things were changed and I want to make a honourary mention of the dancing montage bringing Fade from their room to the ballroom including a time skip - it’d work better in movie version ;-)
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The Ghost
Cardan Greenbriar
Jude Duarte
Top Gun: Maverick
Jake "Hangman" Seresin
Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw
Natasha "Phoenix" Trace
Peaky Blinders
Esme Shelby-Lee
John Shelby-Lee
Finn Shelby
Thomas "Tommy" Shelby
Ada Thorne née Shelby
Elizabeth "Polly" Gray née Shelby
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shelby née Stark
Arthur Shelby
Gina Gray née Nelson
My Favorite Ships:
Red Queen
Calorn (Cal x Kilorn)
Marecas (Mare x Lucas)
Evane (Elane x Evangeline)
Evare (Evangeline x Mare)
Sharley (Shade x Farley)
Throne of Glass
Chaorian (Chaol x Dorian)
Malide (Manon x Elide)
Nesrene (Nesryn x Yrene)
Rowcan (Rowan x Lorcan)
Fenaedion (Fenrys x Aedion)
Sorchahemia (Sorcha x Nehemia)
Celehemia (Celaena x Nehemia)
Herrin (Hollin Havilliard x Terrin Westfall)
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Luzriel (Lucien x Azriel)
Gwynlain (Gwyn x Elain)
Neris (Nesta x Eris)
Helloa (Helion x LOA)
The Folk of The Air
Ghardan (The Ghost x Cardan)
Jucasia (Jude x Nicasia)
Harry Potter
Dreo/Dragonott (Draco x Theo)
Drastoria (Draco x Astoria)
Drarry (Draco x Harry)
Linny (Luna x Ginny)
Jegulus (James x Regulus)
Wolfstar (Remus x Sirius)
Dorlene (Dorcas x Marlene)
Pandalily (Pandora x Lily)
Narlily (Narcissa x Lily)
Nobleflower (Narcissa x Alice)
The Grishaverse
Helnik (Matthias x Nina)
Wesper (Jesper x Wylan)
Tolnej (Tolya x Inej)
Kazper (Kaz x Jesper)
Zoyalai (Zoya x Nilolai)
Gevid (Genya x David)
Genyalina (Genya x Alina)
Zoyalina (Zoya x Alina)
Zonya (Zoya x Genya)
Darkolai (The Darkling x Nikolai)
The Riordanverse
Jercy (Jason x Percy)
Pipabeth (Piper x Annabeth)
Valdangelo (Leo x Nico)
Reynalia (Reyna x Thalia)
Frazel (Frank x Hazel)
Top Gun: Maverick
Sereshaw/Hangster (Hangman x Rooster)
Payboy (Payback x Fanboy)
Peaky Blinders
Jesme (John Shelby x Esme Shelby)
Pollyrama (Polly x Aberama)
Finnsiah (Finn Shelby x Isaiah Jesus)
DO NOT INTERACT IF:
• you are a manorian shipper
• you are a maven calore fan/stan/defender/apologist
• you are pro the inner circle
• you are anti any of my favorite characters and/or ships (specifically chaol, chaorian, malide, nesrene, cal, calorn, draco, jason and/or jercy)
• you are pro sjm and/or jkr
• you are an ANTI ZIONIST
• you are a MINOR
i hope you enjoy your time here and feel free to message me and/or send me an ask anytime!!
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Mareven Role Swap AU
because I gave in to temptation.
#red queen#red queen fanfic#red queen fanfiction#red queen series#mareven#maven#mare#mare x maven#maven calore#maven x mare#cal calore#cal#coriane jacos#coriane#elara#elara merandus#julian#julian jacos#kilorn#kilorn warren
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