#i am quite fond of jude law tho

[figure45]

i fear i’ve caught johnlock infection

[aelin-queen-of-terrasen]

Cardan's In-Laws

Warning: Contains Queen of Nothing spoilers and a very petty Cardan. Read at your own risk.

So Madoc is exiled now

But Jude loves visiting the mortal world and while Cardan wants to accompany her, he can't because Madoc hates him

But he's miserable without Jude anyway

So the next time Jude decides to visit the mortal world, Cardan insists he should like to go with her

Jude does not like the idea

But Cardan can be very convincing when he wants to wink wink

And thus Jude and Cardan go to the mortal world

Cardan follows her around

clutching his wife's hand

as she navigates the crowds and a completely strange world

They have huge moving metallic boxes they sit in

Jude says they are common means of transportation, nothing surprising

But Cardan is fascinated

Imagine his excitement when they sit in one of those wheeled boxes

The rider in the front gives him strange looks every time Cardan asks Jude something

And Jude orders him to shut up

Cardan does shut up but only because he is too busy staring at everything blatantly

What is this place?

Finally, they are at the house Madoc and the others live in

It is so different

Cardan loves it

Then they get inside

Vivienne blinks in surprise but gets over it

Taryn's mouth hangs open (she has been living in the mortal world for a while now)

Oak squeals at Jude's presence, wrapping his little arms around her

He shyly curtsies towards Cardan like Jude once taught him

Cardan only laughs

"There is no need for that, little one"

Madoc and Oriana are in the study

Ever the lady, Oriana curtsies towards the both of them

Madoc pointedly bows only to his daughter, "My Queen"

Cardan can not help but watch warily as his wife steps within choking distance of their past enemy

Oriana drags Jude out after that tho

Saying they need to talk about something

Cardan smiles sweetly at Madoc

Too sweetly, if you ask me

"Dearest father-in-law, why don't you come closer?"

Madoc scoffs

He shifts his chair closer anyway

Cardan has half the mind to make Madoc's chair vanish from underneath him with magic

As if Madoc can read his mind

He gives a feral grin

daring Cardan to do that

But in all honesty, Jude might kill Cardan if he did that

And he'd rather eat dirt than admit it but Cardan was awful scared of his wife

So he refrains

Madoc breaks the silence

"I am not particularly fond of you, boy, but you hurt my daughter and I will find a way to hurt you, King of Faerie or not"

Cardan bit back a remark

His heart warmed at the thought that at least Madoc truly did care about his daughter despite their history so he nodded in promise

The males came out into the living room after that and had dinner

Vivi and Cardan are already friends

Oak warms up to Cardan almost immediately

Oak tells him about call the crazy mortal treats they eat

And something about some pissa thing that is supposed to be delicious

And Oak shows them a drawing he made in school

A girl in brown hair and a pretty dress

Holding up a sword

Jude

"She looks like a Queen"

The little guy nods "She is. If you make my sister cry, she will kill you"

After Cardan assures him he would never make Jude cry

They become fast friends

Cardan charms the ever loving hell out of Oriana with his pretty words

Much to Madoc's chagrin

Oriana smiles in approval at him and Jude

"We could not have found a better partner for our daughter, Your Majesty"

Madoc looks ready to protest

One look from Oriana and Jude shuts him up though

Cardan is not above taunting Madoc every once in a while

Noticing the tension, Oriana suggests they watch the mortal football game on TV while the girls catch up

No one looks pleased at that

But Cardan complies

Football, Madoc explains, is a very popular sport in the mortal world

They watch the figures moving on the peculiar silver screen in silence

Cardan gets hooked

He keeps asking the rules

Madoc too, swept up in the game, forgets his resentment for a while and explains everything to him

Soon, they are shouting at the peculiar screen in unison

throwing popcorns at it and rooting for the same players

It is Taryn who Cardan can not bring himself to make peace with

Taryn who helped Locke break his wife's heart

Taryn who let her twin sister suffer Cardan and his friends' wrath

Taryn who betrayed her sister again after Jude returned from the Undersea

He can not bring himself to relax around Taryn

Every time she steps closer to Jude

Cardan goes still

waiting for Taryn to hurt her again

she never does

but Cardan doesn't like her anyway

When it's time to go home

Oak keeps sobbing, clinging to Cardan

And Oriana insists they stay longer

Vivi is smiling and trying to convince Oak to get off of Cardan

Jude is looking proudly at her husband who managed to make all her family fall in love with him in less than a day

Madoc growls something like "Good Riddance"

but there is no bite to his words

and the small nod he gives Cardan as they leave

Not quite acceptance but it's not disapproval either

Considering no one died

Cardan believes the trip was successful

And if it was a little inconvenient for a moment or two

the smile that remained on his Queen's face for the next week

was so worth it