#cornyx

[kaciart]

Commissioned by nekolokichan 💜

[flaminya]

For @ertrunkenerwassergeist

Cor and Nyx meeting with the Queen of the Jungle.

[garbria]

I was lucky enough to get one of @milo-makes-art 's Valentine's commissions and it turned out so good! All the poses are so cute, I had a hard time choosing but this one turned out perfect for my boys!

I love their expressions! They both look so happy! 😍

I can't thank them enough for such an adorable piece!

[cainballad]

MY CORNYX COMMISSION BY @wombywoo 💕💕

The guys are sparring 👀 (happy early valentines day~ I woke up 7am to this email and let me tell you, I’m no morning person, but I WAS AWAKE AND SCREAMING! Thank you so very much! It’s worth it and I love it SO much! now excuse me while I scream unprofessionally in the tags)

[caparrucia]

What if in The Sun Is Out, Cor had discovered Drautos was traitor before Nyx?

It is a precise strike.

Ironically enough, very much not deadly. Nyx catches Cor's gaze with his own, a fraction of a fraction of a second, before the sword slides in, cleanly. He stops breathing. He stops existing. The hand on the nape of his neck threatens to twist but a single gunshot echoes and Nyx feels the splatter into the back of his head, wet and solid and... final.

Cor pulls out the sword, but only one of the bodies bleeds.

Nyx gasps for breath as he stumbles into his arms and thinks that, all things considered, he's allowed to think of the Immortal on a first name basis.

"Son of a bitch," Lyra says, and Nyx is suddenly lying on his back, "you didn't even collapse the lung."

"Lyra," Cor says, deadpan, his hand clutching the flap of skin closed, where his sword slid between Nyx's ribs and somehow didn't pop his heart like an overripe grape.

The elixir burns.

Magical healing is just forced healing: accelerating the process too fast for death to catch up. Nyx feels every millimeter of that slice in intimate detail.

Cor snorts.

Lyra cackles like an off-key crow.

Nyx realizes he's been babbling the whole time, up to and including calling the Immortal pretty to his face.

"Twice!" Lyra insists, green eyes glinting with mischief. "Imagine if you had killed him, Cor?"

Cor Leonis stares down his nose at him, solemn and stone-faced but something in his eyes glints in a way that makes Nyx divine the embarrassment.

"Buy me a beer, when we get home," Nyx says, "then we'll be square."

"Sure," Cor replies, somewhere between bewildered and amused. "Why not?"

Nyx promptly passes out on the spot.

It takes them seven months to make it back to Insomnia, and only four of those are on account of the literal baby Lyra stole from somewhere. Cor puts sugar into the stew. Nyx resolves to live, if only because someone must be the parent, and clearly neither of his companions are fit for the title.

The scar in his chest - and his back, cut cleanly, skewered like a dimwitted fish in a barrel - aches the closer they get to Insomnia.

He wonders what the future will bring.

[bladesandstars]

a cornyx birthday kiss, for @caparrucia (thank you for the prompt!💕)

The way Nyx grips a fistful of Cor's jacket says "I'll come back in one piece, I promise." The way Cor grips Nyx's jawline with his thumb says, "You fucking better." Their lips clash, impatient and messy and tangled. It leaves Nyx gasping. 

Cor sits back down, giving Nyx a sharp nod in dismissal, turning back to the work on his desk. Nyx's chuckle says, "You fucker," and Cor says nothing--but the smallest upturn of his lips says, "I heard that."

[meissashush]

Also 51 for CorNyx bc I’m a sucker for nonverbal signs of love but also am very distracted atm. 😅

51. What’s a non verbal way they say I love you?

There is an unspoken agreement that, outside of certain situations within the quiet of Cor's apartment, Nyx should never approach Cor from behind. Not that there's any real risk of Nyx scaring Cor or anything--the man is preternaturally aware of his surroundings--but they both know that it will not end well on the off chance Nyx does catch him off-guard. The Armiger and the instantaneous access to weapons has lead to some... accidents, even amongst the most of senior of Crownsguard.

That, however, means that the times that Nyx does need to approach from behind need to be 'announced' in some way. In public, this has manifested in a slight elbow bump that has left many a recruit staring at Nyx in horrified awe. It's nothing special, really, it just so happens that Cor the Immortal is exactly the type of man the who looks like he would slaughter anyone who dared touch him at all, let alone with casual abandon. Which means that Nyx, in all his loud and proud Galahdian glory, is the only one who dares elbow the Marshal roughly in the middle of the Citadel halls.

Nyx's considers any tolerated action as close to a public declaration of love that his infamously emotionally-constipated boyfriend is ever going to manage, so he's happy to say 'I love you' through (mild) violence.

[awlwren-writes]

Delta Blues - Chapter 2

Fandom: Final Fantasy XV Rating: Teen & Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Cor Leonis/Nyx Ulric (background), Nyx Ulric & Libertus Ostium Characters: Nyx Ulric, Lunafreya Nox Fleuret, Libertus Ostium, background Luche Lazarus, background Titus Drautos | General Glauca Additional Tags: Fall of Insomnia, Nyx Ulric Lives, Nyx Week 2023, Fear, Ends, KG Legends 2023, AU, Life After

Summary: He whirled, sole remaining kukri at the ready as the Princess spread her feet and crouched slightly, ready to run or attack. A car pulled up behind them and jerked to a stop. Libertus rolled down the window and beckoned them over.

“C’mon, get in! They set up a trap in the square, I heard it on the radio,” Libertus yelled in that tone that he was convinced was quiet.

Continuing my Nyx Lives AU where Libertus finds Nyx before he gets shot, and so he never puts on the ring. And things go from there.

Libertus PoV this chapter!

[miasma-my-asthma]

Transition would've saved her

[starjunco]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Final Fantasy XV Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Cor Leonis/Nyx Ulric Characters: Nyx Ulric, Cor Leonis Additional Tags: Humor, kitty!Nyx, Shifter AU, NyxWeek2023, Day 7 Series: Part 3 of Kitty!Nyx Summary:

Nyx's late night "feline tactical training" is interrupted by his boyfriend. And, more importantly, his boyfriend's cellphone camera.

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A Kitty!Nyx story. Does not require knowledge of previous stories.

[awlwren]

AO3 First Lines Tag Game

Tagged by @garbria and @caparrucia! <3 Thank you so much! *blushes*

Rules: Share the first lines of ten of your most recent fanfics and tag ten people. If you have written fewer than ten, don’t be shy and share anyway.

Late to the game, as usual. For multichapter/collections works, I'll just post the start of the most recent chapter. These are all FFXV.

I Have Loved the Stars Too Fondly - Chapter 18

Nyx loved his Uncle Clarus and his Aunt Daphne. He loved when they came to visit, and he got to show them all the rare things he’d gathered from the jungle and the places he’d found and secrets he’d learned. They were so much more fun to explore with than the rest of the family, because they were strong enough to risk the more dangerous places and they were always impressed with even the regular places because they hadn’t seen them a dozen times over the past year. And his little cousin Gladio was getting to be big enough he was actually interesting.

2. These Small Hours - for @meissashush's birthday

Cor kept his hand hovering over the pocket where he kept his phone as he stalked down the corridors of the Citadel. He would never be so unprofessional as to have it out when he was in public, much less when he was walking, but he still wanted to keep a hold on it, like it was his weapon in his current struggle.

3. Talk it Out - Chapter 4 - for Kingsglaive: Lore

Amani was irritated, to say the least. This was supposed to be her free day, which meant she could get as far from the Citadel’s endless halls as possible. She had had plans, by the tide’s return! But when King and Country called… At least she was almost done. She just had to sign out and she could get back to— O Lady, give her patience. “What are you two doing wandering around like this?” she asked, trying to keep her voice calm and controlled.

4. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - a remix for the New Year

Nyx staggered through the doorway, letting in a gust of cold air before he slapped the door closed, collapsing against it. Crowe scowled up at him from where she was working on the floor of her and Lib’s shitty apartment, throwing her arms across the papers spread around her in a somewhat belated attempt to keep them from blowing around. She saved them from flying across the room, but her order was all disrupted. “What are you doing here?” she demanded. “You have your own apartment. Go there unless you want to help pay our heating bill.” Nyx had chosen not to live with them, he could act like it.

5. Lean on Me - a remix for the FFXV Remix 2022 event

Gladio tucked away his book as he stopped reading. Prompto had drifted off to sleep, his breath still whistling in and out through his congested lungs, and Gladio didn’t want to wake him. Besides, Prompto was much more interesting than a book he’d read at least twice already.

6. Down to Business - part of @whumpwriterforlife and my ongoing series Smoke and Mirrors

Regis was ready to make heads roll.

7. We'll Be Alright - a remix for @garbria

Cor adored Nyx. He did. Nyx was so brave, on and off the battlefield, willing to take the calculated risks for what he valued most, and willing to throw himself into the weeds again and again, whether that was running through the literal hostile vegetation across the breadth of Lucis or just the brambles of the remains of Cor’s dead social life. He had an almost uncanny ability to know when to press and when to just sit in silence, and an almost never-ending well of patience when it came to waiting out Cor’s moments of discomfort or exhaustion or just idiocy. He laughed at Cor’s snark, listened to his thoughts, and shared his own generously.

8. Hands and Faces - chapter 7

Nyx dared a quick glance at his watch. The corridor he was speed walking through right now was relatively deserted, so the move was probably safe. If Cor was exactly where he should be, Nyx just might have enough time to catch him before he had to head back for the final briefing before the Glaive shipped out. If he hadn’t decided to take lunch with the King or step in to watch the new recruits or any of the myriad things he liked to do to keep his restlessness assuaged when he’d been trapped in the Citadel too long. Nyx hadn’t thought he’d have enough time to swing by and had told Cor not to expect him for lunch last night, so Cor would have no reason to stay in his office today, and though Nyx had tried to text him that he’d managed to wiggle some time free, his texts hadn’t gotten any replies just yet.

9. Burn Out Bright - more Smoke and Mirrors

Gasson’s assistants had snuck into the lab in the early morning, going about their work quietly, keeping the lights dim. Flaed had snuck over and laid some sort of bread in the shadow of the first aid kit, and someone else he didn’t recognize had surreptitiously replaced their water bottles with full ones. Titus wasn’t sure if it they were guilt offerings or ones sanctioned by Gasson and the assistants were just trying to avoid reminded each other that their subjects were human. Or avoiding waking Titus and Nyx so that they didn’t have to be reminded of that themselves.

10. Those Who Wander in Darkness - Chapter 3

The table they were led to was down two hallways and half a flight of stairs, which gave Nyx plenty of time to compose himself. He kept expecting Cor to put him down, especially when they got to the stairs, but Cor had glided down them with his usual grace. It had been an odd feeling, not bad but slightly disorienting. Disorienting was a feeling he was having to get used to, especially after everything that had happened in the courtyard. After everything that had happened since they arrived in the past, really.

I totally did not edit any of those for typos I noticed while doing this, or to make sentences less confusing. If I had, well, that would prove the exercise was worth it, right?

Thanks so much! That was a lot of fun.

No pressure tags for... @noirbriar, @maychorian, @philomytha, @sanzochan, @exlibrisfangirl, and anyone else who would like to try!

[kaciart]

Commission for nekolokichan

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[garbria]

Flufftober Day 2

Nyx sighed, and slumped back down onto the stool at Cor’s glare. He crossed his arms on the island counter and tried not to pout.

“The doctor was very clear, you’re supposed to stay off that leg. If you want to stay here and supervise, you’re going sit your ass there.” Cor punctuated his words with the mixing spoon.

“I know, I know.” Nyx sighed again. “And it’s very sweet that you want to make my curry for me.”

“I’ve helped you make it enough, I think I can handle it.” Cor glared at him a moment longer, before turning back to the bubbling pot on the stove.

It really was sweet of Cor to try and make one of his comfort meals while he recovered. It was. It was just strange to watch Cor make it without participating. The forced idleness of convalescing is his least favorite part.

“Here.” Cor held out the spoon.

Nyx leaned forward and took a bite, closing his eyes to savor the taste.

“Needs more spice.” He opened his eyes to find Cor frowning at him.

Cor glared at the pot like it had personally offended him. “What did I forget?”

“Add some more of the chili powder. Red jar, top left.” Nyx nodded toward the cabinet next to the stove.

“Other left!” Nyx called out as Cor reached for the spice jars.

Cor grumbled, but grabbed the right jar and dumped a generous portion into the curry. He stirred it in, and held out the spoon for Nyx to taste.

“Mmm, perfect.” He snagged the spoon from Cor for another taste. 

Cor turned to grab their bowls, but not before Nyx saw the smugness on his face. Well, he’d earned it. 

Nyx grinned. Maybe he could get used this.

[caparrucia]

I just fixed the image at the ending and I've got a few prompts about it so you know, why not.

Have you read the sun is out? Are you into FFXV? Give it a shot, I've been told it's a fun ride.

[meissashush]

CorNyx 55, 42, and 39? ♥️

55. Do they like watching clouds or star gazing?

Cor will watch clouds to determine the weather, and if pressed will be able to tell you a few constellations, but there isn't the same romance in it that Nyx can evoke in such simple activities. They both will see the same colors, the same lights, the same beauty, but Nyx is the one who can put words to it.

42. What’s their favorite type of weather to enjoy together? (getting snowed in together, watching thunderstorms, etc.)

Given the events of Bleed with the Storm, it's thunderstorms for both of them now. But only if they get to stand indoors, otherwise Cor isn't as fond.

39. Who would rescue an injured animal and nurse it back to health? What would the other think?

This one is tricky.

Nyx is just as likely to put them out of it's misery as he is to help, purely because —in Galahd —there isn't exactly a wealth of supplies to be using on every random injured creature. A clean death is kinder than a slow death from complications, and the less you do for a dying creature, the safer it is for the scavenger that will eventually eat it. If it's relatively simple, like a cat with a scratch that needs feeding and patching, he'll handle that just fine.

Cor, however, has other reserves when it comes to injured animals. In the city, there are more concerns about zoonotic disease, but there are also a wealth of charities that are devoted specifically to the care and rehabilitation of animals that can be contacted with a single phone call. So while he won't readily take one home, he is likely enough to alert someone who will.

[awlwren]

[id: digital painting of Cor and Nyx sparring in a training hall: Cor kneeling with his wooden blade at Nyx’s neck with his other hand drawn back to punch, Nyx on his back, his legs around Cor’s waist ready to grapple, pulling Cor’s blade away and his own wooden sword at Cor’s throat.]/end id.

MY CORNYX COMMISSION BY @wombywoo 💕💕

The guys are sparring 👀 (happy early valentines day~ I woke up 7am to this email and let me tell you, I’m no morning person, but I WAS AWAKE AND SCREAMING! Thank you so very much! It’s worth it and I love it SO much! now excuse me while I scream unprofessionally in the tags)