#ouabh fanfiction

[onceuponaneverafter]

i’ve started drafting my little ”beginning of ACFTL but more jacks and more angst” fic, and because so many of you showed interest in it (thank you so much!!) but i can’t get the first part out tonight, i offer you all a quote 💗

Jacks knew the weight of his actions. His choice meant that he would never be able to go back in time again. All of his elaborate plans to return to Donatella and do something differently, anything to give him another chance at love, had been for nothing now.  They also meant nothing in comparison to the fact that Evangeline was alive again.

i’m so excited to write this and share it with you all 💗

[love-and-books320]

Chapter two of my Caraval/ouabh boarding school au:

[moobell55]

Happy Evajacks headcanons

A little something while we all suffer waiting for A curse for true love

-Lots of Forehead Kisses since Jacks is a lot taller than Eva

-Jacks learns to braid her hair after watching her do it

-After he turns human Jacks tries to avoid apples but loves Eva's various apple deserts

-He teaches her to swim in The Hollows lake of stars (Possibly leading to sexy times :)

-Princess Fluffkins (The Fox from Ouabh) likes to make random visits whenever Eva and Jacks are outside

-Eva tries and fails many times to convince Jacks to re dye his hair blue (She finds it hilarious but he most certainly is not amused)

-Jacks is a late night snacker, Eva often finds him eating some kind of apple related his in the middle of the night

-They don't fight often but when they do it lasts hours (They always make up in the end, Eva Can't stay mad at him for long and he hates upsetting her)

-Cuddle sessions all over The Hollow

-They go for a walk each morning in the woods around The Hollow and tell each other stories

-They take all their baths together (Wink Wink), the only problem is they can never decide on the temperature of the water (Eva likes warm while Jacks like water "The heat of the sun" in Eva's words)

-Washing each others hair in the bath (Eva has a very specific routine while Jacks just loves having his hair touched for as long as possible)

-Jacks brushes out her hair every night before they go to bed

-Eva sleeps in nightgowns (Except for Jacks shirts when she wants to rile him up) Jacks sleeps in just his underwear (He's been trying to convince Eva to let him sleep naked but she refuses)

-Eva sleeps on the left side of the bed and Jacks on the right but he hogs the middle

-Neither of them snore but Eva's a blanket hog and Jacks steals half the bed in his sleep

-Jacks always wakes first, he stays in bed and simply watches his beautiful wife rest (Hoping she's dreaming of him)

-When Eva wakes up the first thing she does is tell Jacks he looks handsome smiling (She knows he's only smiling because of her)

-They Kiss and lie in bed together before having breakfast

-It takes many years of being married to convince Jacks they should have children (His argument being he could lose her in childbirth and him not wanting their children to turn out like him)

-Eva wins in the end

-It takes months for them to concieve (This worry Jacks as he thinks there's something wrong with him)

-He's overbearingly protective already but once they find out that they're having a baby he goes over the end (Much to Eva's frustration and slight enjoyment)

-Even though he's human he still had some of his Fate powers, he could still sense others heartbeats (He finds out Eva's pregnant before she even knew because of this, he cries quite a bit after his discovery)

-Jacks has no interest in naming the baby knowing his wife will choose the perfect name (If it was a boy she wanted to name him after Jacks, this was the only name he refused)

Hope you guys enjoy these, I'll probably make another part sometime in the future that might contain a bit more angst :)

[riddles-n-games]

OUABH Drabble #1: Crush

“You had a crush on me before, Little Fox? You’re so cute.”

“N-No. That was a slip of the tongue. You know, silly me.” Jacks deviously grinned at her as he hid away in the crook of her neck. Liar.

   Evangeline flushed. Of course it was a lie. She was lying bigtime, she liked him for a long time. In fact, from the moment she knew of the Fates, he was her favorite. Almost destined, so it seemed. I might just agree with that. He was smirking now and a shiver went down her spine. 

    “Are you gonna give in and admit it?” Jacks whispered. She knew she was only lying to herself; they both did. The more she continued to war with herself, the quicker she would implode so she slumped her shoulders, giving in. His grin grew wider. 

    Sighing, she said, “I don’t know what I was thinking. Clearly I was too young and naïve to truly fathom the trouble you’re worth.” 

    “Oh, is that so?”

    “Mhmm, very. I can’t think of any other explanation and I chastise myself daily for my foolishn-” Evangeline gasped when he nipped at her neck. Then he soothed the bite with a kiss before rising up and smiled at her roguishly. “Wanna reconsider that? Hmm? I’ll even let you take it back.” He leaned down and nuzzled his nose against hers before pulling back again. His smirk was a smug one; like the story curse, ever shifting. 

    She narrowed her eyes at him. Stop teasing. Jacks chuckled lightly; a pleasant shiver went down her back. Stop lying. She huffed, pouting at him. He only laughed harder.

    “It’s okay, Little Fox. I know it’s hard to not admire me at times. Even I myself have a har-” Evangeline smacked his chest. “Stop. You’re not helping.” “Alright, alright.” But that didn’t stop him from smiling widely, all open boyishness about it with the blue in his eyes twinkling with mischief and unsaid promises and Evangeline thought that she was getting a rare glimpse at the boy he used to be when he was one of the Merrywood Three. So handsome. 

    I know. 

    “Jacks!” She smacked his arm this time and he laughed merrily; it was too endearing that she couldn’t stay mad at him for long. However, she still turned away from him in a show of mock anger, crossing her arms.  

    “I’m sorry, love. Would a kiss suffice in rectifying the damage?” Once he stopped laughing, Jacks went to her and wrapped his arms around her waist. “Hmm?” He planted another kiss on her neck. 

    “...Yes.” Jacks smiled slyly as she turned around, twining her hands into his golden locks, pulling him down into a long kiss. He was all too happy to oblige. 

[littlefoxwithadagger]

Once Upon a Happily Ever After

Pairing: Evajacks ofc :3

Genre: fluff

Word Count: 1.2k

Warnings: nada

Summary: Evangline wakes up alone in the library, so she goes on a hunt for Jacks and a particular Baby Fox.

Evangeline could hear the distant ticking of the clock as she shifted in her chair, causing it to sway a bit.  The last thing she remembered was sitting down to read, but she’d apparently fallen asleep, and she wasn’t sure how much time had passed now.  Her book was no longer in her hand or even in her lap, and a soft blanket had been draped over her.  Jacks’s doing, no doubt.

She pushed herself up slowly, causing the chair to swing even more.  Jacks had revealed himself to be a bit of a carpenter three winters before when he’d built it, attaching it to the ceiling of their library in such a way that it was almost a swing.  The chair more resembled the shape of a bowl than it did that of a swing, though, so Evangeline had never been quite sure what to call it.

Their daughter had started referring to it as the swingy seat, and Jacks had been quick to follow, agreeing that yes, the swingy seat was a perfect name.

Evangeline wondered where the two of them were now.

Once she’d managed to climb out of the chair, she tossed the blanket over it and padded down the steps.  The tavern was empty save for a few hungry guests, and Jacks was not in their room.  The only other place they could be was the garden.

Evangeline snagged her robe from the bedroom before finding her way back downstairs.  While spring had recently arrived, the cold air had still been biting occasionally, and today was one of those days.  She stepped out into the garden, her bare feet sinking into the cold dirt.  It took her a moment of scanning the garden to spot the two of them, but they were indeed out here.

Jacks was knelt in the dirt with Liana on his lap, his nimble fingers weaving flowers through her pink-streaked blond hair.  She was grinning and kicking her legs as she babbled to him, the dimple in her left cheek making its appearance every so often.

Evangline simply stood there and watched them for a second, enjoying the sight of her two favorite people.  Liana was most resemblant of Jacks, though her eye color was beginning to more resemble Evangeline’s gray than Jacks’s blue, and there was the occasional strand of pink that ran through her hair.  She’d only gotten one of Jacks’s dimples, but it was good enough for Evangeline.  Either way, their tiny girl was adorable.

“Mama!” Liana squeaked as she finally noticed Evangeline.  Her legs paused her swinging and she shifted to climb off Jacks’s lap, but his voice made her pause.

“Just a moment, Baby Fox, I’m almost done.”

Her lips jutted into a pout momentarily, reminding Evangeline of every time Jacks had pouted at her.  Liana resembled Jacks so much sometimes that it was almost uncanny.

Jacks’s fingers dropped from her hair a moment later after securing her braid.  He wrapped his hands around her waist and lifted her off his lap, setting her on her feet.

“Ok, there you go, Baby Fox.”

The tiny girl patted her hands over the flowers on her head, effectively smashing a few of them just a smidge, and then she leaned forward and pressed a kiss to Jacks’s cheek.

“T’ank you, Daddy!” she squeaked before turning back around and tripping across the dirt to Evangeline.

Evangeline scooped up the tiny girl as soon as she was close enough, settling her on her hip.

“Missed you, Mama,” she frowned.

Evangeline laughed. “Were you not having fun with Daddy?”

A brilliant grin appeared on Liana’s face then. “Was having fun with Daddy!”

Jacks strode across the garden towards them, hands in his pockets.  He tugged on the sash that was keeping her robe together, pulling her closer to him and wrapping his arm around her waist.

“How was your nap?”

She smiled up at him. “It was very good.  The blanket was your doing, I assume?”

He quirked an eyebrow. “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

“Daddyyy,” Liana drew out. “Lying is bad!”

Evangeline smiled, nudging her husband in the ribs. “You heard your daughter.  What kind of role model are you being?”

“Not a very good one, apparently,” he replied, leaning down close to Liana. “I thought we agreed the blanket was a secret,” he muttered, poking her armpit.

She giggled and wiggled away from him. “Daddy, no pokes!”

“No poking, huh?” he asked before leaning down and nibbling softly on her shoulder, eliciting even more giggles from her.

“I thought I was the only person you were allowed to bite,” Evangline commented teasingly.

“I never said that,” Jacks intoned dryly. “I said I was the only person who could bite you.”

His fingers toyed with her sash almost absent-mindedly as he waited for her response, but it never came.  She simply smiled at him.  It took him a moment, but he smiled back, his dimples making their appearance.  She stood on her toes and planted a kiss to one of them.

“You’re cute.”

He made a noise somewhat similar to a grumble, and Liana giggled again.

“Let’s head inside, Little Fox.”

That evening was as lively as most evenings in The Hollow were.  Dinner in the tavern usually contained multiple guests, and many of them had traveled to meet the Prince of Hearts and his princess.  The Knightlingers had made Jacks and Evangeline into a fairytale that crossed borders, though the way the tale had been spun was far more outrageous than even the truth of it had been.

Evangline had become accustomed to picking bits of their story to tell, though she often left out the majority of it, leaving the rest of the holes to be filled by the gossip sheets.

After dinner, the tavern cleared out and Liana was drooping, very quickly beginning to fall asleep.  Jacks scooped her up easily and rested her against his chest.

“Is it bedtime?” he asked.

She shook her head. “Time for stories.”

He smiled and tilted his head towards Evangeline. “Story time?”

That had always been code for heading up to the library, and Jacks carried Liana easily up to the top floor, Evangeline following with a candle in hand.

“What should we read tonight?” Jacks asked once they were in the library, though he already knew the answer to that question.

“Read about Archer and Fox,” Liana responded with a giggle.

He let out a dramatic sigh. “I suppose we can do that.”

He pulled the well-read ballad off the bookshelf and handed Liana to Evangeline, trading her for the candle which he set on the table beside the reading chair.  He lowered himself into the chair next, anchoring it by putting his foot on the ground.

Evangline joined him in the chair a moment later, settling herself across his lap and letting Liana get comfortable snuggled between them.  Jacks took his foot off the ground and let them sway slightly as he leaned back and opened the book.  He cleared his throat.

“Once upon a time….”

A/N: This is my first time posting book fic so please don't bite me 😖 I might switch up the formatting later but this is how I used to do fics on my main so…

Perhaps I will make a master list soon

[annamatix]

can someone recommend caraval x ouabh crossover fics or reaction fics where they meet each other and it goes DOWN.

[fantasy-on-parchment]

Diff anon, but based off that question, how do you think jacks would react to Eva getting pregnant?

Hi!! I can’t tell if this is a request so I’m just going to assume it’s a genuine question 🤭

Minor MINOR spoiler

(Sorry for taking so long to get to you!! Requests are def backed up)

LOTS OF EMOTIONS WITH THIS ONE

I think first Jacks would probably be like 😨

I mean I don’t think he’s ever really pictured himself as a father yk? Or at least he definitely let go of any idea of it a long time ago. He’d be terrified of doing something wrong, not being what the kid (and Eva) deserves.

But knowing that he gets to have that journey with Eva 🤭🤭

I think it would just melt him honestly. I think it’d be an entirely different side of Jacks, softer even than the ending of acftl. He’d want to take care of her, truly never let her out of his sight🫣. Make sure she’s comfortable and fed and as healthy as possible while he figures out how to be a father. Now he’s got two little hearts to protect.

❤️❤️❤️

[jackstheprinceofhearts]

"Remember, Little Fox" made me unable to think about anything else.

oh my god same it reminds me of this fic that a member of the server made 😭😭

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43852698

they don't have a tumblr so 😭 BUT IT REMINDED ME OF THIS SO MUCH. i will never be the same. (also you can check the discord for other parts of it)

osprey hurt me as much as stephanie.

but anyways, i am so scared for acftl purely from this quote💔

[soullessstream]

Just finished the Caraval series and spent the whole afternoon creating a next gen fanfic instead of studying for my exams how cooked am I

[queenofheartsdeservedbetter]

We can dooooo it!

Only 3 months until the release of the Curse For True Love

[onceuponaneverafter]

my little ”lol what if i write my take on the beginning of ACFTL with more jacks and more angst” post is at almost 50 notes now??? you guys 🥺 sobs happily

i still haven’t had time to sit down and work on my draft so i’m posting another quote today - i haven’t posted my writing here before, so i’m giving little hints of what’s to come until i can actually post the whole thing (or part 1 at least, there might be several hehe) 💗

Suddenly, it occurred to Jacks that when he had gone back in time, Evangeline had remembered everything perfectly... until he told her to leave. He hadn’t seen her for what felt like an eternity, for too many agonizing hours. This couldn’t be what Time had taken from him in return. Something else must have happened during the night. He picked up an apple as black as the darkest night as he turned right around and headed back to Wolf Hall after swearing he would never return.

[love-and-books320]

Hi ! thanks so much for liking and commenting my ouabh fanart. Makes me super happy to know it is appreciated by fans of the books 😊

Of course, it was so good!!!! Keep making art, it’s writers and artists like you who make fandoms such an amazing place.

❤️❤️❤️

[moobell55]

Incoming Evajacks Fic sometime this week

"Honora herself had seven children and she hated to even think the thought but she swore this was the most beautiful she had ever seen."

A blush appeared on Evangeline's face, “I know I have just given birth but he’s already such a good father, seeing them cuddle only makes me want for another little baby already.”

[riddles-n-games]

Can't Lose You Too

A/N: SPOILERS AHEAD from A Curse For True Love so reader beware. This is a rewrite with content from Ch. 41. And Happy Birthday to our one and only favorite apple-eating scoundrel with unfair dimples!

    Glass shattered. He’d dropped the jar—and as soon as he did, the kiss took on new life. It felt like stars colliding and worlds ending. Everything was dizzying and spinning. He kissed her harder. She held him tighter, fingers bruising on the back of his neck before slipping into his soft hair.

    Evangeline never wanted to pull away. But she was starting to feel light-headed. Her eyes were closed. But she could see stars.

    “Little Fox—” Jacks’s panicked voice broke the kiss.

I'm all right, she said, or she tried to say. Evangeline couldn't quite get out the words. Her head was spinning too fast. The stars were spinning, too. Little constellations behind her eyes.

    Her legs gave out.

    “No!” Jacks cried.

    Then Evangeline felt his arms catching her as she fell. She tried to stand, tried to move, but her head would not stop spinning.

    “No!” Jacks screamed. “Not again!”

    He dropped to the ground with Evangeline in his lap. She could feel his chest shaking as he held her.

    Jacks—she thought his name. She couldn’t speak quite yet, but she could open her eyes again. The stars had left them and now the world was slowly  coming back to focus. First the sky, all indigo and violet. Next, she saw the tree, all glowing and gold.

    Then there was Jacks. 

    He looked angelic and anguished. His beautiful face was drained of color. Tracks of blood fell from his eyes down his pale cheeks. 

    “Don’t cry, my love.” She carefully wiped his tears with her fingers. “I’m all right.”

    She gave him a wobbly smile.

    His eyes went wide and as blue as a clear sky after a storm.

    “How is this…” he trailed off.

    It was a little endearing to watch. His sulky mouth gently parted as he seemed to forget how to speak.

    “I already told you. You are the love of my life. You are mine, Jacks of the Hollow. And you’re not going to be the end of me.”

    “But you were dying.”

    “No,” she said, a little embarrassed. “I just forgot to breathe.”

  Jacks stared at her for a long moment, mouth still agape in shock and disbelief but the bloody tears stopped and he was gripping her for dear life. She gazed back at him, caressing his cheek but it looked as though the poor boy was not processing anything. 

    It was too much and she understood why. Every other girl, except Donatella and now her, that had been in this position sadly succumbed to his kiss and didn’t get to rise from his arms again. The Prince of Hearts’ kiss of death was no more. 

    But the longer he remained motionless, she started to worry. “Jacks? Are y-”

    Before Evangeline could finish, he was cupping her cheeks and pressing kisses everywhere; her lips, her forehead, her temples, her jaw, her eyelids and eyebrows, the tip of her nose, the pink apples of her cheeks. She flushed at the sudden, unexpected show of affection which was entirely unlike him but took it happily all the same, letting him shower her with his sweet kisses. 

    When he finally stopped, giving her a final, long and lingering kiss on the lips, Jacks allowed himself another look at her, stroking the sides of her face gently as if she were a glass figurine, delicate and too fragile. He gazed at her with a sort of lost awe and hope, a shimmer of a bright future ahead, for once. Again, she tried to prompt him to speak. “Ja-”

Once more, he cut her off. He'd wrapped his arms around her tightly and buried his face into the crook of her neck, not wanting to face her. She also brought an arm around his upper back while the other went to his waist. They stayed like that for another few minutes. But she couldn’t resist.

    Jacks? She sent through their mind link as she tried peeking at him from the corner of her eye; he only shook his golden head in response. Evangeline tried to pull back slightly but he squeezed her tight in retaliation. Sighing quietly in defeat, the hand that until that point had been rhythmically rubbing up and down his upper back traveled to the nape of his neck, slipping into his hair and she mindlessly ran her fingers through his blond locks. 

    He let out a content sound and she smiled, continuing the motion. You’re not playing fair, Little Fox. 

    “I learned from the best,” she answered aloud. She felt him smile into the curve of her neck, pressing a kiss to her collarbone before he withdrew from his hiding spot. When he looked at her again, she saw a small mischievous grin but his eyes gave away the wariness he was clearly feeling. She brought her hand back to his cheek and he leaned into it, closing his eyes for a moment. Then they fluttered back open with sudden clarity.

    “Don’t do that again, please. I thought I lost you.”

    “I’m sorry,” she blushed in spite of herself. It was rather unfortunate that their first kiss was ruined by her dizzy spell but it was still just as swoon-worthy and perfect and sweet and lovely as she imagined. More. His fingertips brushed her jaw as he tilted her head up so they were face to face. He leaned forward and captured her lips softly; she cupped the back of his neck in return. 

    After they parted, he whispered, every word a caress, “Never again, Little Fox. Never again.”

    That we are in agreement, she replied silently. He leaned his forehead against hers, exhaling in relief with his eyes shut and a heartbeat passed, two before he spoke again. “I love you.”

    She smiled brightly, saying, “I love you, too.”

    “I’m never going to let you out of my sight.”

    “You make that sound like it’s a bad thing.”

    He pulled away and they were both grinning widely at each other, too stuck on the feeling of this newfound happiness to really do anything more. He loved her. She loved him. And it wasn’t doomed.

    The Archer and his Fox had found each other again.

    Jacks leaned down again and pressed his lips against hers, his golden hair falling into his eyes as he hugged her tight to him. Evangeline tangled her fingers in a fistful of his locks and pulled, getting lost in his all consuming kiss.

    Once upon a time, there was nothing but kissing, and everything was perfect. And then there was even more kissing.

A/N: I hope you all enjoyed that! This was a bit of a rewrite or rather, an elongation, of the first kiss from Ch. 41 in A Curse For True Love that was inspired by a review of the book from @thedrunkenreadersreviews. They mentioned their want for Jacks giving Eva relieved kisses all over when he realizes that she isn't dying from their kiss and I thought it was a cute idea so I added that on. If you do read this, @thedrunkenreadersreviews, I hope you liked it and thank you for the inspo!

[crenna]

when you want to write but you have a stupid assignment to do so you lack both the time and energy to write but you sAID you'd write and that you'd write SOON but the assignment needs to be turned in two days from now

[moobell55]

They’re so Evajacks I love them 🩷

Sleeping Beauty (1959)