#sending Severus through all five stages of grief
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Thank you so much, @safeplacesnupin for collabing with me! I'm so honoured to have you as my artist <3 <3 <3
The details in this are incredible. The background! The patterned armchair, the life-like fire in the fireplace, the runes carved into it! The fic title on the parchment on the table! The different textures you incorporated into your art! The ornaments on the box!
The combination of Severus' posture and expression !! :
Despite himself, the tiniest of smiles, the taste of absinthe, wormed itself onto Severus' face. His son only knew him too well. In that moment, Severus could almost imagine them sharing a self-deprecatory smile at the quip. He could almost see the dimples on his son's cheeks at the boy's shy smile as they marvelled at the miracle that had brought them acceptance – and dare he say love – in each other. He could imagine the boy turning towards him, seeking comfort that he should have had throughout his life, in turns as fragile and trusting as a newborn, as compassionate as he had been in his youth, and as strong as the man fire and pain had forged him into.
[taken from chapter 3 draft]
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... the rest of the chapters will go up... soon :D
Drawn for the Snapebang, I was paired with the incredible @serenaew to draw for her fanfic it is time (to be time) LINK
Def go give it a read it is so good so far! Serena really has such a way with words and the fic is very engaging. Its a wonderful grief hurt/no comfort Severitius fic.
I had a LOT of fun working on this, even if it did take me quite a long time to actually finish it. :D Hope you all enjoy this art and the fic. <3
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I’m not going to write this out completely but I just had to put my thoughts to paper. I had to restart TRR and based on what your MC says, Liam can be very vengeful. Like the MC can say something about dragging the dead corpses of their enemies around the city and Liam will vehemently agree with her.
And I wanted to play with this ruthless aspect of Liam who’s normally seen as a good man (altho he does try to take other people’s babies if you don’t choose him lol).
So imagine if Anton (Justin) didn’t reveal himself in Lythikos. He’s spent his entire life preparing for this and let’s make him more clever. He decides to play the long game and keep waiting for the optimal time to reveal himself. So no one knows who he really is or that he’s Olivia’s husband.
Because they’re not as on guard as they would be if they had known about Anton, the assassins are successful in their attempt. They stab MC and her beautiful white gown blossoms with bright red from the devastating wound.
Liam’s busy at the cathedral with the other guys, finishing up his own preparations when he receives the call. He turns unnaturally stiff, all of his previous happiness completely erased from his face. There is nothing but MC on his mind as he runs out of the cathedral, leaving behind the well wrinkled paper he’d written his vows on.
Liam rushes to the hospital but MC’s in surgery and he’s not allowed in. The ladies of the court and Bertrand are all waiting outside. Drake and Maxwell arrive a moment later, having been told what was going on. Liam’s frantic with worry but unable to think of anyone other than MC and so he just sits still, waiting for news.
The surgeon comes out and Liam rushes to him. Questions spill out of his mouth but then he sees the surgeon’s solemn face and Liam just stops. He utters, “No,” and then he falls to his knees, still dressed in his pristine wedding finery.
It’s as if the world is falling apart around him and he can’t hear the others, can only think about the woman he loves so much. They’d been through so much and they were finally going to be together forever and he can’t believe that the world would be this cruel to them.
He can’t seem to breathe from the pain of it all and the others support him up. He shakes off their concerned hands and goes back to the surgeon.
“Let me see her. Please.”
Alone, Liam goes into the hospital room where a white sheet covers the bed and he staggers to its side. Trembling hands pull the sheet back and he sees the all too pale and still face of the only woman he’s ever loved, the only woman who’s made him want to live, and now the tears finally spill out.
He embraces her still figure on the bed, closing his eyes as he breathes in her scent for what will be the last time.
Later, when he comes out from MC’s room, Liam is changed. There are no tears now, no grief, no emotion on his face. The others watch him concernedly. When he finally speaks, his voice is cold and sharp enough to cut, although his eyes are seething.
“They’ll pay. Everyone who did this will pay.”
And so begins King Liam the Merciless’s reign.
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Five years pass and Cordonia has changed. It’s always been like a small, fairy tale country, but all of its charm and warmth has disappeared.
After MC’s death, King Liam becomes ruthless in his crusade to find the ones who killed his father and fiancée. Cordonia goes under martial rule with strict curfews enforced. The king’s forces frequently raid people’s houses in search for traitors. Money is poured into the military and King Liam enforces a mandatory draft. Cordonia is verifiably closed off from the outside world.
All of the young nobles are forced to stay in Cordonia, almost like hostages, so that Liam can keep an eye on them or rather their parents. The more politically inclined parents like Lord Godfrey and Hakim are part of Liam’s council. Even Lord Barthelemy Maxwell recovers from his illness and joins the council.
Although at first, they, especially Lord Godfrey, pushed for Liam to marry, Liam said, “You would have me marry when MC was buried not even a month ago.” Chastised, they stopped bringing up the topic of marriage. But a year ago, they started bringing up marriage again and Liam could no longer use MC as an excuse bc a respectable amount of time had passed since her death.
Still, Liam refuses to completely bow down to Godfrey’s wishes and so he declares that he’ll marry Kiara, not Madeleine. Everyone is surprised but they can’t argue that Kiara would make a bad queen. She’s very diplomatic after all. And so King Liam and Kiara wed, although there is no love between them. Liam refuses to sleep with Kiara and their wedding night and every night after is spent with both of them in their respective rooms.
One day they hold a ball for an ancient Cordonian tradition. It's decadent and extravagant but everyone is walking on eggshells. No one is dumb enough to believe that this is actually a celebration. Liam sits in his throne the entire time, unsmiling, as Kiara alone makes the rounds.
And then he sees her. She’s dressed in a beautiful silvery gown that seems to float to the ground but his eyes are focused solely on her face. He traces the shape of her eyes, the slope of her nose, the bow of her mouth, the dimple in her cheek. It’s MC which is impossible but she looks exactly like her. He finally snaps to attention when she stops right in front of him and curtsies, somewhat clumsily.
It is only then that Liam notices the man by her side. He hasn’t seen his face in years but it’s Justin, the old press secretary, although his glasses are gone and his hair is combed back. Liam’s eyes narrow as they spot Justin’s possessive arm around her waist.
“Good evening, your majesty. My name is Lord Anton Severus and this is my fiancée.”
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Several points of explanation:
Hana/Drake/Maxwell all try to unsuccessfully dissuade Liam from his more ruthless actions. After Hana pushes him one too many times, Liam sends her back to Shanghai saying he has no more need for her presence. So Hana’s gone. Then Drake confronts him as well saying that this isn't Liam. He understands that he misses her but they all loved MC-
This is when Liam cut him off and says that he doesn't really understand why Drake's here anyway when he doesn’t do anything. He also brushes off Maxwell. And so Liam drives all of his friends away from him.
In his scheming, Anton finds out that Lord Godfrey (Madeleine’s father) and Barthelemy Beaumont (Maxwell’s father) conspired to kill Queen Eleanor (Liam’s mother). That’s why Barthelemy pretended to fall ill. King Constantine grew suspicious of him and Barthelemy decided to go away until it was safe for him. Once Constantine died, Barthelemy made his preparations to go back to court.
Anton, keeping his own plot to become King with Olivia as his wife secret, blackmails/recruits Godfrey and Barthelemy into helping him. They’ve already killed one queen and they don’t have any qualms about killing another, especially when she’s already so uncooperative. They conspire together and stage MC’s death, paying off the surgeon.
They also plant an Auvernal weapon/clue at the “assassination” which causes Liam’s forces to track down a civilian. The civilian begs his innocence but the evidence points to him playing a role and so he’s killed in Cordonia’s first execution in centuries.
This is why Liam starts a draft. Auvernal has a powerful military and he’s slowly building up his own forces. It’s also why Liam orders random raids upon houses- because he thinks there are traitors in the country’s midst.
Meanwhile, they drug MC to make her lose her memory (fanciful I know) and now Anton starts the second stage of his plan.
#just some thoughts i had#playchoices#the royal romance#liam x mc#liam rhys#the royal heir#anton severus#drake walker#hana lee#maxwell x mc#My writing#playchoices fanfic#kiara
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