#edwin courcey x robin blyth

[wen-kexing-apologist]

Wash It All Away (2874 words) by Sent2TheBeast Chapters: 1/1 Summary: Edwin rested his arms against Robin’s shoulders, twisting his fingers into Robin’s hair, lips seeking Robin’s when he pressed their foreheads together and his hands curled at the border of Edwin’s underclothes. Robin could feel Edwin’s brow furrow in confusion against his own when Robin stopped trying to get him naked. Instead, they just stood there, with their foreheads pressed together, breathing each other in in a peaceful, blissful silence. “Thank you. For not dying.” Robin whispered, voice thick. Edwin went still under his touch, then nodded and with slight disappointment that they would not be escalating this moment any further, pulled himself out of Robin’s grasp, removed his undergarments, and lowered himself weakly into the bath. __ Edwin and Robin take a bath together after the Last Contract business is settled. Edwin rested his arms against Robin’s shoulders, twisting his fingers into Robin’s hair, lips seeking Robin’s when he pressed their foreheads together and his hands curled at the border of Edwin’s underclothes. Robin could feel Edwin’s brow furrow in confusion against his own when Robin stopped trying to get him naked. Instead, they just stood there, with their foreheads pressed together, breathing each other in in a peaceful, blissful silence. “Thank you. For not dying.” Robin whispered, voice thick. Edwin went still under his touch, then nodded and with slight disappointment that they would not be escalating this moment any further, pulled himself out of Robin’s grasp, removed his undergarments, and lowered himself weakly into the bath. __ Edwin and Robin take a bath together after the Last Contract business is settled.

[mywingsareonwheels]

Rereading "A Marvellous Light" as it's currently free on eBooks.com and Kobo (in the UK anyway...) and aaaaaaaah I love Edwin Courcey so very very very much. 💙

(Also once I can get out of the house and to the library, "A Power Unbound" is waiting for me. :-) )

[jhsjykwpdw]

scenes like these >>>>>

[yoyomarules]

come feel this magic i've been feeling

(Robin x Edwin, The Last Binding, rated M)

As Edwin teaches him about magic, Robin finds himself distracted. Edwin proposes something a little more, uh, hands on.

‘Perhaps we should give it a rest for today,’ Robin suggested, when they parted. His hand slid round to splay over Edwin’s lower back, keeping him close as he lowered his voice. ‘Go and try something I feel more knowledgeable about.’

‘No, no.’ There was a determined look in Edwin’s eye that meant he’d regrouped and was about to tackle a problem from an entirely new angle, and a gleam that had Robin intrigued. ‘I’d be a poor teacher if I couldn’t work with what naturally motivates my student.’

He took a step backwards. Slowly, eyes never leaving Robin’s, he undid the top three buttons of his shirt, parting the starched white fabric.

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The Last Binding (Freya Marske)

#151

Title: The New Blythe Traditions

Pairing/Characters: Maud Blythe & Robin Blythe, Robin Blythe/Edwin Courcey, Maud Blythe/Violet Debenham

Rating Teen | T

Warnings/Tags: No Warnings apply

discussions of period-typical homophobia

Summary: After the events of A Marvellous Light, Maud worries that her brother is not telling her something important. When she finally asks, she is surprised to learn about his relationship with Edwin. But she sets out to get to know the man her brother cares about. Upon her return from America, it is her turn to have a surprising conversation with her brother about her relationship and introduce both Robin and Edwin to Violet.

[mediawhorefics]

hiii can you please recommend me some gay novels ? thank you in advance :)

hell ! yeah !

you didn't really specify what genre you're interested in beyond gay so i'm just gonna rec my favs and go wild with it. apologies, i've prob. recced these books before but *shrug*

edit: i added books that aren't novels cos i couldn't resist. ooops?

edit 2: i've taken gay to mean gay ~umbrella term~ and not gay mlm, hope that's alright x

under a read more cos i got carried away !

the raven cycle | maggie stiefvater | completed series | ya | fantasy | follows blue sargent, the daughter of a skilled psychic who augments her family's abilities, but has no psychic power of her own. she becomes friends with four boys from the local boarding school -- gansey, adam, ronan and noah -- when she meets gansey's ghost and learns the upcoming date of his death. gansey is obsessed with finding the sleeping welsh king, glendower. In his pursuit of the legend, he and his friends encounter all kinds of mysticism and danger in henrietta, virginia.

the dreamer trilogy | maggie stiefvater | completed trilogy | ya | fantasy | raven cycle sequel focusing on ronan's character.

the disasters | mk england | ya | sci fi | star trek vibes | found family | a band of space academy rejects are the only witness to a terrible crime/galaxy-wide conspiracy & are the only ones who can save the day. 

emry merlin series | robin schneider | incomplete trilogy | ya | fantasy | arthuriana | a knight's tale meets bbc merlin | years after her father’s, legendary court wizard merlin, disappearance, emry takes her far less talented twin brother’s place when he is summoned to camelot to train and become prince arthur’s right hand wizard. studying magic properly is everything she hoped for, but posing as her brother isn’t as easy as it seems. not to mention those sparks that are flying between her and arthur.

cemetery boys | aiden thomas | standalone -> a sequel is planned | ya | fantasy | trans rep | yadriel wants to prove himself as a brujo (and a man) to his family so, in secret, he performs the ritual meant to unlock his powers that his family has denied him access to. only problem, he’s accidentally summoned a ghost he didn’t mean to and the guy won’t leave. also his cousin vanished and his spirit is nowhere to be found.

the last binding series | freya marske | incomplete trilogy -> the third one is coming out in november | historical fantasy | alternative edwardian england | romance | each book focuses on a new queer pairing while following an overarching mystery | when an administrative mistake names robin blyth as a civil service liaison to a hidden magical society, he discovers what’s been operating beneath the unextraordinary reality he’s always known. a dangerous deadly curse awaits him as he navigates the magical bureaucracy with his standoffish counterpart edwin courcey.

the kingdoms | natasha pulley | standalone | historical fantasy | time travel | alternate history | 19th c. | 18th c. | joe tournier has amnesia. he remembers nothing prior to stepping off a train in londres, england, a french colony. his only clue, a century-old postcard of a lighthouse in scotland, illegally written in english rather than french and signed m.

the watchmaker of filigree street series | natasha pulley | completed duology | historial fantasy | 19th c. | sherlock holmes vibes | telegraphist thaniel receives a mysterious watch on his birthday whose pre-set alarm saves him from a terrorist bombing on scotland yard. since the bomb was made with clockwork parts and only the bomber could have known when to set the alarm, thaniel is sent by a detective investigating the bombing to live with the suspected watchmaker to figure out what’s going on.

the bedlam stacks | natasha pulley | standalone -> twofs references/characters but not part of the main storyline | historical fantasy | 19th c. | magical realism | merrick tremayne is called upon by the india office to go on a dangerous expedition deep in peru to fetch quinine (essential for the treatment of malaria) despite the debilitating injury that almost cost him a leg. every expedition before his has yielded no results apart from dead bodies, but merrick has family history deep in the country so he goes against his better judgement. there, he meets raphael, a priest surrounded by strange stories of disappearances, cursed woods and living stones, and who might hold the key to his family’s past.

the binding | bridget collins | standalone | historical fantasy | 19th c. | romance | in a world where books are dangerous objects containing people’s painful memories they want to get rid of, emmet farmer is sent to become an apprentice to the local bookbinder after he had some sort of mental collapse.

captive prince series | cs pacat | completed trilogy + some short stories | historical fantasy | romance | no magical elements | dark themes | major trigger warnings apply | prince damianos of akielos is sent as a pleasure slave to laurent of vere, prince of an enemy neighbouring kingdom, by his treacherous half-brother who wants the throne for himself. the court of vere is a pit of deception and lies and both princes must reluctantly ally with each other to gain rightful control of their respective kingdoms. only problem, damen killed laurent's older brother auguste in battle and must keep his true identity secret to protect himself from laurent's hatred of his brother's killer. which is only complicated by the growing feelings between them.

a taste of gold and iron | alexandra rowland | standalone | historical fantasy | romance | kadou, the shy prince of arasht, has no intention of wrestling for imperial control with his sister, the queen. yet he remains at odds with one of the most powerful ambassadors at court - the father of the queen's new child. when a hunting party goes terribly awry and he finds himself under suspicion of attempted murder, kadou teams up with his new bodyguard, the coldly handsome evemer, to investigate a break-in at one of their guilds to salvage his reputation. but what appears to be a straightforward crime spirals into a complex counterfeiting operation, with a powerful enemy at its heart.

the house in the cerulean sea | tj klune | standalone | fantasy | romance | found family | 40 yo caseworker linus baker is given a special secret assignment to check out an orphanage of supposedly particularly dangerous magical children. linus has been a rule follower and someone who doesn’t want to rock the boat his whole life, but the children and their caretaker make him reconsider previously held beliefs.

under the whispering door | tj klune | standalone | fantasy | romance | found family | an unpleasant and selfish man in life, wallace price meets his reaper at his near-empty funeral and gets taken to a whimsical tea shop where he meets hugo, the ferryman whose job it is to help him move on and crossover into the afterlife. a task that becomes complicated as wallace starts developing feelings for hugo.

peter darling | austin chant | standalone | historical fantasy | romance | trans rep | peter pan retelling | ten years ago, peter pan left neverland to grow up, leaving behind his adolescent dreams of boyhood and resigning himself to life as wendy darling. growing up, however, has only made him realize how inescapable his identity as a man is.but when he returns to neverland, everything has changed: the lost boys have become men, and the war games they once played are now real and deadly. even more shocking is the attraction peter never knew he could feel for his old rival, captain hook—and the realization that he no longer knows which of them is the real villain.

the song of achilles | madeline miller | standalone | historical fantasy | mythology retelling | greek mythology | a classic ! | achilles' story, great love, and tragedy...

salt magic skin magic | lee welch | standalone | historical fantasy | 19th c | lord thornby has been trapped on his father’s estate by a strange curse for a year and when industrial magician john blake shows up, they must team up to investigate the mystery.

the secret lives of country gentlemen | kj charles | first in a series | historical romance | regency era | a shabby london clerk who inherits a grand house on the remote romney marsh is unexpectedly reunited with an old lover and gets unexpectedly thrown in the world of smugglers.

the will darling adventures | kj charles | completed trilogy | historical romance | 1920s | it’s the 1920s and tensions are rising along with hemlines. soldier-turned-bookseller will darling finds himself tangled up in spies and secret formulas, clubs and conspiracies, bbolsheviks, blackmail, and bright young things. and dubious aristocrat lord arthur ‘kim’ secretan is right in the middle of it all:  enigmatic, unreliable, and utterly irresistible.

the gentleman’s guide to vice and virtue | mackenzie lee | ya | historical romance | 18th c. | bisexual disaster nobility youth goes on his grand tour on europe with the best friend he has a crush on and his sister. nothing could possibly go wrong.

the seven husbands of evelyn hugo | taylor jenkins reid | historical romance | old hollywood | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | aging and reclusive hollywood movie icon evelyn hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. but when she chooses unknown magazine reporter monique grant for the job, no one is more astounded than monique herself. why her? why now?

the charm offensive | alison cochrun | standalone | contemporary romance | reality dating show producer dev has always believed in romance/fairy tales and he works tirelessly to ensure magical happy endings happen on his show, even though his own love life is a disaster. but when disgraced tech wunderkin charlie is cast as the lead of their next season, dev has his work cut out for him to transform charlie into a man the ladies on the show might want and the viewers might like. charlie is far from a prince charming but as they get closer and closer, dev starts realising he might want him for himself. uh oh.

i kissed shara wheeler | casey mcquiston | standalone | ya | contemporary romance | a month before graduation, chloe green’s academic rival shara kisses her before disappearing. now, chloe is on a hunt for answers alongside unlikely allies.

one last stop | casey mcquiston | standalon | contemporary romance | time travel | a 23-year-old realises her subway crush is displaced from 1970's brooklyn, and she must do everything in her power to help her - and try not to fall in love with the girl lost in time - before it's too late.

red, white, and royal blue | casey mcquiston | contemporary romance | new adult | alex, son of the us president, and british prince henry have to fake a pr friendship after a scandal at a royal wedding puts us-british relations at risk. only problem? they despise each other.

check please | ngozi ukazu | graphic novel | new adult | contemporary romance | coming of age | bitty, a southern ex-figure skater armed with a love of baking and a vlog joins his college’s hockey team and falls for his captain, the prodigal son of a famous nhl player whose own draft was derailed by an overdose of anxiety medication.

angels in america | tony kushner | theatre | aids | angels in america is the story of a gay man, prior alter, a 30-year-old New Yorker, whose lover, louis, abandons him when he falls ill with aids. transcendent forces—visions and angels—help transform Prior from a man dying of aids to a man living with aids. along the way, several romantic and platonic couples come apart, and the final social configuration of the play comprises a loose band of multi-generational, multiracial, queer friends.

the normal heart | larry kramer | theatre | aids | focuses on the rise of the hiv/aids epidemic in nyc between 1981 and 1984, as seen through the eyes of writer/activist ned weeks, the gay founder of a prominent HIV advocacy group.

love song to lavender menace | james ley | theatre | in 1982, two friends bob and sigrid opened their new radical lesbian, gay and feminist bookshop, 'lavender menace' on edinburgh's forth street. on the eve of the shop's 5th birthday, sales assistants paul and david take a look back at its origins, in this funny, moving play.

this is how you lose the time war | amal el-mohtar & max gladstone | sci fi | literary fiction | epistolary novel | time travel | an epistolary story told by two future beings, operatives on opposing sides of the "time war" tasked with ensuring that past events happen in ways that are amenable to their goals.

on earth we're briefly gorgeous | ocean vuong | literary fiction | epistolary novel | a letter from a vietnamese american son to his illiterate mother.

night sky and exit wounds | ocean vuong | poetry

time is a mother | ocean vuong | poetry

crush | richard siken | poetry

brokeback mountain | annie proulx | short story | two ranch hands, come together when they're working as sheepherder and camp tender one summer on a range above the tree line. at first, sharing an isolated tent, the attraction is casual, inevitable, but something deeper catches them that summer.

fighting proud: the untold story of the gay men who served in two world wars | stephen bourne | non-fiction | history | wwi | wwii

coming out under fire: the history of gay men and women in world war two | allan bérubé | non-fiction | history | wwii

fabulosa!: the story of polari, britain’s secret gay language | paul baker | non-fiction | history | linguistics | 19th c. | 20th c.

[offtorivendell]

Robin Blyth 🤝🏻 Mr Darcy

Appreciating moving figures better from a distance, all whilst reading a book.

Several chapters’ worth of meaningless symbols later, Robin found himself half wishing that the foresight would strike; it would at least provide an alternative to the endless movement of his eyes between page and sketch, with frequent detours to land on Edwin, who had once again taken to doing thoughtful laps of the library floor.

- A Marvellous Light, chapter 10

"I have not the smallest objection to explaining them," said he, as soon as she allowed him to speak. "You either choose this method of passing the evening because you are in each other's confidence, and have secret affairs to discuss, or because you are conscious that your figures appear to the greatest advantage in walking; if the first, I would be completely in your way, and if the second, I can admire you much better as I sit by the fire."

- Pride and Prejudice, chapter 11

I don't know if this parallel was intentional or not, but I love it all the same. 🖤

[jar3]

Just finished A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske and it was so good I loved it!

But now not only do I have to wait for the next book, cause this one only came out a few months ago, but the next book is from the perspective of one of this story’s main character’s sisters. Which, is ok, not gonna knock it till I’ve tried it, but I just want more Robin and Edwin!!

So feeling slightly bereft now that I’ve finished it and considering I was thinking they were getting another two books - I mean they’ll be mentioned for sure but we don’t know if it’ll be from their perspectives again or not.

[wen-kexing-apologist]

The Last Binding worms have made their way into my brain, and I've been thinking about all these characters non-stop, so please enjoy this quick one-shot of Adelaide Morrissey proposes to Robin Blyth.

[jhsjykwpdw]

when they're so transparent that everyone knows...........

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The Last Binding (Freya Marske)

#151

Title: The New Blythe Traditions

Pairing/Characters: Maud Blythe & Robin Blythe, Robin Blythe/Edwin Courcey, Maud Blythe/Violet Debenham

Rating Teen | T

Warnings/Tags: No Warnings apply

discussions of period-typical homophobia

Summary: After the events of A Marvellous Light, Maud worries that her brother is not telling her something important. When she finally asks, she is surprised to learn about his relationship with Edwin. But she sets out to get to know the man her brother cares about. Upon her return from America, it is her turn to have a surprising conversation with her brother about her relationship and introduce both Robin and Edwin to Violet.

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This is Round Two of the Artist Claims for the 2023 round of WIPBB. You may claim up to three fics this round. If you want only one fic, please fill out the form once with your top choices. If you want two fics, fill out the form twice with your first choice in the first form submission with one unique ID and the second choice in another submission with a different unique ID.

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Round two of the art claims will go on until July 1st.

The Last Binding (Freya Marske)

#151

Title: The New Blythe Traditions

Pairing/Characters: Maud Blythe & Robin Blythe, Robin Blythe/Edwin Courcey, Maud Blythe/Violet Debenham

Rating Teen | T

Warnings/Tags: No Warnings apply

discussions of period-typical homophobia

Summary: After the events of A Marvellous Light, Maud worries that her brother is not telling her something important. When she finally asks, she is surprised to learn about his relationship with Edwin. But she sets out to get to know the man her brother cares about. Upon her return from America, it is her turn to have a surprising conversation with her brother about her relationship and introduce both Robin and Edwin to Violet.

[offtorivendell]

Fantasy Books

THE LAST BINDING

📖 Robin Blyth 🤝🏻 Mr Darcy