#even though she and aleksander are very happily married

[the-element-siren]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Shadow and Bone (TV), The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova/Alina Starkov, The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova & Alina Starkov Characters: The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova, Alina Starkov, Mal Oretsev, Ivan (The Grisha Trilogy), Genya Safin Additional Tags: Spanking, Light Dom/sub, Soft The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova, Simp The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova, Porn with Feelings, Vaginal Sex, Vaginal Fingering, Dirty Talk, Semi-Public Sex, Ivan is traumatized, Past Mal Oretsev/Alina Starkov, Mal Oretsev Bashing, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Married The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova/Alina Starkov Summary:

“Alinochka, just like you clearly planned, I am going to ruin that little outfit with my cum and then tear it off you.”

“…and then?”

“And then I am going to make love to my wife.”

Or: Mal keeps asking Alina for favours. Aleksander thinks she deserves better.

[gellavonhamster]

for the ask meme: 001 for dark (even though i still haven’t watched it yet but i’m really excited to eventually) and/or 002 for beatrice/bertrand/lemony

001 for Dark:

Favorite character: Claudia - the cleverest player in the time travel game and the baddest bitch with an amazing character development

Least favorite character: Ulrich. Objectively speaking, he is hardly the worst person out there, but I just find him so annoying

5 favorite ships (canon or non-canon): Aleksander/Regina, Agnes/Doris, Hannah/Katharina, Jonas/Martha (I couldn’t care less about them for the first two seasons, but s3 changed my mind), annnd Bartosz/Silja

Character I find most attractive: AGNES

Character I would marry: do I absolutely have to marry into that horrible town? The 1950′s version of Egon seems like an okay option, I guess

Character I would be best friends with: Regina or Ines

A random thought: a fic I recently read opened my eyes to the fact that the snake biting its own tail - the symbol associated with the time travellers - could signify not only the ouroboros, in which the beginning is the end and the end is the beginning, but also (in its secondary meaning) the serpent, which seems quite appropriate for a story that has Adam, Eve, (the myth of) Paradise, and the (White) Devil, and wow... there are truly endless possibilities for analysis, what a mindblowing show (she said for the 100th time)      

An unpopular opinion: I... don’t feel as strongly about Noah/Elisabeth as everyone else seems to. That must be because we didn’t see much of them as an actual couple, it was mostly a grown man around a little girl (creepy) or a young adult around a girl who is still significantly younger than he (less creepy, but still a bit weird). They obviously loved each other a lot and deserved better, but I guess I just didn’t have enough time to get attached to them as a ship

My Canon OTP: Aleksander/Regina

My Non-canon OTP: I don’t really have one at this point, but the idea of  Hannah/Katharina is slowly growing on me... who needs cheating men, lol

Most Badass Character: Claudia (see the first point)

Most Epic Villain: I don’t think there are any clear-cut villains on this show, but if we’re talking those morally gray characters who cause the most problems, then probably Eve (sorry, Adam!)

Pairing I am not a fan of: the first ship I thought of is very spoilery, so I’ll just say instead that Ulrich/Hannah was an unhealthy trashfire of a relationship that made everything worse for everybody

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): Silja (underdeveloped, needed more personality, I still love her though), Agnes and Doris (their subplot got neglected towards the end)

Favourite Friendship: weirdly enough, I don’t know? Everyone in this story just keeps screwing everyone over. But I enjoyed what little we saw of alt!Martha and alt!Bartosz together, and, if sibling dynamics count, Martha & Magnus.

Character I most identify with: I’ve definitely made this joke somewhere already, but Wöller because comic relief eye injury + I, too, never have a clue about what’s going on

Character I wish I could be: uhhh, no one? Maybe Claudia if I really have to come up with an answer (not pre-time travel Claudia, though).

002 for B/B/L:

When I started shipping them: god, I don’t remember. Some time after joining the ASOUE fandom and reading some fics and realizing that this is a possibility and I like this possibility a lot

My thoughts: I know I’ve said this before, but it makes canon less tragic (no love triangle) and MORE tragic (Lemony loses both people he loved) at the same time, and I think that’s beautiful. Also, each dynamic between each two characters within this OT3 is so interesting in its own way! There’s Lemony/Beatrice that must have grown from a passionate relationship of two dramatic and loving people who were probably too similar in their personality and not similar enough in their aspirations to what is basically the poet and the muse (probably because writing about a muse is not as painful as mourning a real woman). There’s Bertrand/Beatrice, which I see as a more mature and healthy, if less romantic, relationship of two people who share the same goals and the weight of the same crime on their shoulders and decide to change their lives together. And then there’s Bertrand/Lemony - two gifted men who got compared to each other (well, at least L sure got compared to B) even before they first met, and who, logically, must have been rivals, except that there is a lot of fondness in how Lemony writes about the man who married his ex-bride... inch resting..... what I’m saying is that it’s a facinating dynamic made up of three separate fascinating dynamics and they live in my head rent free  

What makes me happy about them: see above for fascinating dynamics + I like to imagine that whatever time they spent together was very happy for all three of them 

What makes me sad about them: oh, I don’t know, the fact that two of them die, and one is left alone and depressed? :))

Things done in fanfic that annoys me: I think I liked, at least more or less, all B/B/L fics I’ve read, so I have no answer

Things I look for in fanfic: at this point I just look for fanfic, period. Also smut bc I can’t believe the closest thing to smut w/ this ship was written by me, of all people

My wishlist: I don’t see how this point is different from the previous one? Anyway, gimme all the fanfiction and fanart and headcanons and everything

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other:  Beatrice with R, Bertrand with Ernest (Vera sold me on this ship :D), Lemony with his Kind Editor

My happily ever after for them: B&B both survive the fire, start looking for their children, run into L, and then all three of them together manage to find Violet, Klaus, and Sunny

[alekarchive]

“DJ Khalid VC: anotha one” hello its jay again, here’s my 3rd kid. Some more info is below the cut!! I know it’s weird timing bc the event is starting but like this 4 plots with alek + the event!

tyler posey. cis male. he/him. ／ Aleksander “Alek” Garcia just pulled up blasting nobody by mitski— that song is so them! you know, for a twenty-three year old Singer/AGT judge, i’ve heard they’re really impulsive, but that they make up for it by being so romantic. if i had to choose three things to describe them, i’d probably say heart eye emoji, wedding bands and rescue dogs. here’s to hoping they don’t cause too much trouble! (VC: Olly Murs)

Some Alek Fun Facts:

Born Aleksander Lorenzo Garcia. His mother is polish and his father is mexican, hense the fun mix of names. She won the race for first name but he won for middle name. 

He was born in Toronto, Canada and lived happily with his parents till he was eight. His family was always very close to his mother’s side so he’s very close with his cousin Hal.

At nine his parents divorced. His father moved to New York and his mother went back to Poland. Not wanting to leave his town + school, he stayed with his Hal.

They moved to New York when he was a teenager, and while his dad was around he still stayed with Hal’s family as this is what he was used to by now (And his father didnt really seem to care if he was around or not).

He attended public school until they moved to New York where he switched over to private school.

While his cousin trained for hockey, Alek was always a little different. He was more musical, enjoyed singing and kind of ran with it. He was discovered at age 17 when someone uploaded the school talent show. By the time he graduated, he was working on his first album.

The album took off when he was 18 and he had pretty quick fame after that (think like billie eilish, young first album hits it big yano). 

He’s 23 now, has two albums and is working on a 3rd. However, he’s also a Judge on America’s Got Talent! He’s one of the newest judges having just started the audition process for season 14 and also the youngest on the panel. 

Career & homelife aside, Alek is a romantic idiot.

He rushes into relationships and then goes way too fast. He’s the promise rings on a third date kind of guy. A marriage proposal after a few months kinda dude. He rushes because he wants to be loved really badly.

He admires people who are in good relationships and has rose colored glass when it comes to falling in love. When he’s with someone they can do no harm which often gets him messed up in the end

You could cheat on him but he’d forgive you if you said you loved him. homie is just desperate for that big family, happy marriage kind of life!!!

can sometimes scare away dates with that though. most people dont like it when you talk about wedding plans on a first date sahdjwqkefes even hypothetically lol

He’s got two rescue dogs and honestly wants... more. He’s rly just a kid who felt kinda dumped by his family so all his dreams rely on making his own. Whether it’s rescuing dogs, getting married, having kids, adopting kids. he just wants what he couldn’t have when he was younger.

That being said homie has 1 brain cell and isn’t afraid to use it

More Fun Facts are Over here!!!

anyways yeah!!! like this and i’ll shoot you a message to plot!!!!!

[darklesmylove]

how are you here | alarkling

baghra comes back after ravka has found peace and aleksander and alina are happily married

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Aleksander's P.O.V

Aleksander was sitting in the garden, a scrawled journal open on his lap and one arm loosely draped around Alina's waist, when a flicker caught his attention. His eyes lifted suspiciously, trailing his surroundings with a silent intensity, grip tightening around Alina on instinct. She noticed his shift immediately, at this point she was frighteningly perceptive at reading the smallest tells of his emotions and reactions. Still the apt pupil. "What is it, Aleks?" she murmured, not looking up from her book as she reached for his hand, gently winding her fingers through his. The gesture sent a thrum of such loving content through him his suspicion dissipated like forgotten dust in the wind. He tugged her even closer, lips pressing against her warm temple and lingering against her smooth skin. She stilled, a soft sigh escaping her lips as her eyes fluttered closed for a brief moment. Her porcelain cheeks were framed by white, silvery wisps of hair, her lashes long and darker than usual with the help of something Genya had applied earlier.

She was so beautiful, so utterly captivating, it never ceased to take Aleksander's breath away, the fact that she had chosen him.

He didn't deserve to be so lucky.

"I love you, solnishka," he murmured, breathing in the heady scent of her, savoring it as it settled on his tongue.

A teasing grin pulled at the corner of her perfect mouth. "I guess I like you a little."

Despite himself, he rolled his eyes.

The former peaceful silence settled between them again, broken only by the soft rustle of leaves in the warm summer breeze and the melodic chirp of birds. Brittle pages rustled between fingertips and leather binding.

Not a minute passed before he saw the black hazy shape reappear out of the corner of his eye. He felt his muscles coil, thoughts of denial immediate.

No.

It couldn't be.

"I'll be right back, Alina," he murmured impassively, his voice perfectly controlled despite the fact that he felt as if he could very easily pass out right then and there. Alina hummed mildly in acknowledgement, her legs curling up to rest on the bench as Aleksander stood up, striding down the garden path towards where he had seen the hazy figure. To his dismay, his hands were trembling at his sides, his heart thrumming painfully fast against his ribs.

His steps quickened as he turned the corner.

Immediately, he froze.

A woman was standing before him, cloaked in dark garments, her sharp eyes restored and just as disapproving as they had been before he had taken them from her.

"Madraya?"

He couldn't keep the waver from the word. Suddenly he was nothing but a little boy again, scared of himself and the world, the only comfort his mother and the shadows.

Baghra moved towards him with stiff steps though she was noticeably lacking her usual cane, offering no signs of warmth or joy at the sight of him as she approached. He had never felt smaller as she stopped directly in front of him, regarding him with cold, judging eyes. "It seems you have finally achieved what you worked for all of these years, my son. Or should I be calling you king of Ravka instead, boy?"

He shook his head slightly, his thoughts whirling and twisting wildly in his mind. What was this, was he hallucinating? Had he finally gone mad?

"How are you here right now," he finally asked, his voice back to cool and collected. He thanked the saints for his skill at controlling his emotion in this moment, for inside he was screaming and crying and begging to embrace her, to tell her that he was sorry and how much he had missed her over the past several years.

Four years without her had felt like an eternity even when compared to the centuries he had spent by her side.

"You know there are doors between the world of the living and the dead, Aleksander, you just have to search for them," she waved in dismissal of his implied incompetence, "Furthermore, that is not what I am speaking of. Tell me, how many did you have to kill to secure the throne?"

He swallowed hard, attempting to even out his erratic breathing. "It is not the same anymore, mother, Alina helped me see the flaws in my ways. We.. we are married, we have a child. I do not seek unlimited power like I once did, I am at peace with this world now."

Baghra stared at him with harrowing suspicion, eyes narrowed and lips turned into a grim frown. "You married the girl," she affirmed, pausing before adding a gravelled, "And you have a child of your own." He nodded, shooing away the hopeful thought of her approval.

All these years, and he still cared about what she thought of him.

That's love, you idiot, she's your mom after all, Alina's voice chided him in playful reminder.

The soft caress of her voice helped in calming him, his muscles slowly relaxing of their unbearable tension.

"I know..." he trailed off for a moment, unable to find words. "I know I have hurt you, I have hurt the world, I hurt the woman I love, I hurt my own people, but I can tell you now with great certainty that I am a better man. You made me ambitious, but it was I who didn't know when to stop, what lines to abstain from crossing. I know that you gave up on me in the end. But I have found myself again, I'm your son that you once loved and that I hope you will love again beyond this realm. I hope that you will forgive me one day, and that... you'll be proud of me." His voice cracked over the last handful of words, he hadn't realized how profoundly he meant them until they had left his lips.

It was the first time he had ever seen his mother look even remotely stunned.

She blinked slowly, murmuring something unintelligible, almost like a prayer. His breath hitched as she reached out, taking his hands in hers. A long moment of silence ensued, Aleksander could feel his heart beating in his throat with painful intensity.

Finally, she spoke.

"I have not heard you ask for forgiveness for anything in centuries, not since you were just my little Sasha," she uttered almost mournfully, her grip tightening around his, "I always forgave you, Aleksander, my love for you has transcended every horrible thing you did, but I realized it never was enough, it was never going to be enough. I knew I couldn't save you, though it seems you found someone who has. And I might say that I approve of that someone, even if she doesn't seem to possess a single ounce of discipline in the entirety of her sickly little body."

A smile, bright and genuine, graced his lips.

"You might be right about that, mother, but regardless, she was still everything that I needed. She has made me into the man that I hope you will be proud of again someday."

For the first time in maybe his whole life, his mother smiled back at him.

"I am proud of you Aleksander. This.. you have brought me peace."

Hearing her finally say the words after centuries of praying to imaginary saints made an ache build in his throat. He swallowed it down hastily before whispering, "Thank you."

The warm expression faded almost immediately from her features, her usual, perpetual frown quickly reappearing. "I must be going now."

He hated the instinctive wilt of his body, the pleading tone his voice took on. "Mother, just.. at least come with me over to Alina, come see our child, our family."

She shook her head, her eyes ancient and haunted with secrets of the living and the dead. "My time is up here, I must go back." Her palm grazed his cheek, light but firm. He bit down a protest threatening at his lips, merely nodding and leaning into her touch.

Two ancient beings stood together, mother and son once more.

"I love you, Aleksander."

"I love you too, madraya."

[the-element-siren]

Darklina Prompt

Inspired by an Italian version of Beauty and the Beast. It's on Amazon Prime in the US and I'll post a link.

Aleksander Morozov was the envy of all men. Prince of Kirigan, happily married to a woman of grace and beauty and loved him as much as he did her and controlled some of the richest lands in Ravka. That was until one night when a fire broke out. His favorite cousin, Elizaveta lives with them as his ward until he can find her a husband. His wife's body was found untouched by the fire by a balcony, many assumed that the Prince killed her while others rationalized that she must have jumped to avoid the fire's path. The prince's face was covered with scars as though he'd been scratched. (Think his new look from SaB)

Alina and Mal live in the village and struggle to survive. Alina works at a bookbinder that paid very little while Mal barely ever manages to hold a job for more than a week and spends whatever money Alina makes in the tavern. He dreams of a farm in a new place with fertile lands and finding a beautiful wife. Alina holds on to hope that he'll finally really see her.

One day, Mal decides that he needs to change his life. So spurred on by his friends, he decides to steal from the Prince. He does manage to get into the estate and find some jewelry, Luda's jewelry, but he gets caught and destroys some precious vases. Aleksander decides to imprison him for now until he decides on Mal's punishment.

After hearing about what happened, Alina rushes to the estate. She is able to see Mal and they are interrupted by Aleksander. She pleads for Mal's life and offers to pay off his debt by working as a servant, Mal doesn't even try to object. Aleksander agrees and gives Alina the day to settle her affairs.

Sadly, it's one of the ones with ads 😔😔 but still so good!! Made in Italy but english dubbed