#this throne is not mine crap

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Me, continuing to write Fabian forcing Riz to take care of himself and its so funny how much Riz does NOT want to do that:

“Go to sleep,” Fabian mumbled beside him as Riz read by the light of the malevolent moon with his darkvision. “It’ll be there when you wake up tomorrow.” “Better to read it now when there’s no one around to badger me,” Riz muttered under his breath and that made Fabian squint his eye open. “You mean badger you into taking care of yourself and taking breaks instead of doing everything all at once?” he asked archly. “…shut up, Fabian,” Riz said sourly.

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Fabriz have late night conversations (and kisses). Aelwyn and Riz share a cigarette.

@dullgecko I was inspired by one of your posts about tail flirting and I'm still crying over these idiots

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the funniest thing to come out this throne is not mine is the fact that Riz is, for the most part, unflappable, and contrary to popular opinion, Fabian cannot handle it when Riz does things he considers hot lmao

“I’m going on strike!” Adaine declared. “As the Elven Oracle?” Fabian surmised and she bobbed her head. “I don’t think that’s going to stop elves from teleporting to see you at Basrar’s.” “It might just make them more mad,” Aelwyn agreed, her doubt plain. “Don’t forget Riz killed a lot of them.” “They deserved it,” Riz said sourly. “Weak assholes that couldn’t take down a goblin rogue even with a surprise round until I killed so many of them. Pathetic.” “I need you to dial back the aggression, please, I’m begging you, The Ball,” Fabian said, his voice strained. “That’s just ‘cause you’re into it,” Riz replied pointedly. “Maybe you’re the one that needs to dial it back.” Fabian muffled his complaints into his hands and Aelwyn sniggered, extending a fist for Riz to bump.

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Me making an off hand comment about how Fabian doesn't need sex if that's something Riz isn't comfortable with and he can survive on wet dreams alone and had no follow up until chapters later when Riz asks what's involved in those dreams lol

These two have so much healthy communication bc Fabian's like are you asking bc you're curious or bc you feel like it's something you're supposed to ask about?

😭😭

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Riz posits a theory. The Bad Kids ruminate on Ruvina. Fabian plays with his husband's tail and gets called out for it.

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So Fabian definitely likes leaving hickeys on Riz, but Riz dislikes attention, so he's agreeable to them under where the collar of his shirt is so he doesn't have to worry about other people (cough, his mom, cough) seeing them

On the other hand, Fabian would LOVE IT if Riz left very obvious hickeys on him, he's super into that, and Riz approaches that like he does anything else, research and discussing logistics

If Fabian goes into school in January with an obvious bite at his throat with a smattering of healing bruises, he'll be ECSTATIC

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the funniest thing I could do in this throne is not mine is roll relaxation tracks for the Bad Kids while they're on their Yulenear break lmao

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will KLCK's file make an appearance soon in your fabriz fic?

GOD

I won't say soon, but I do imagine that when it finally gets into Riz's hands, he reads it once and then twice and then his expression just goes flat.

Bc that's what she's jealous of? That his dad was killed by Kalvaxus?? Are you shitting me? Riz thought he died of illness, his MOM lied to him for years bc she was so scared of him looking into his dad's death and ending up the same way, which is so fucking valid of her (Sklonda, nothing you do would ever make me hate you), bc he absolutely would've.

He doesn't speak the rest of the night, letting his friends hold him tight as he processes that information.

Then the showdown happens in the cafeteria happens and Gorgug snaps loudly "Why aren't the police talking to you?" he demands and attention is fixed on them. "Your party member's body was found in the woods and you didn't fucking blink. If Kristen's body was found in the woods after she'd been missing for months, we'd be a fucking mess, pretty fucking suspicious...that's your old stomping ground isn't it, Copperkettle? Does your knife match her injures, I wonder?"

"Oh, shit," Fig whispers heatedly, "go off, Gorgug!"

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What's so funny is that I am actively reading @whatisamildopinion's aasimar!riz fic (which is absolutely wonderful and the highlight of my week) and now I'm writing a joke in my fabriz fic where ppl keep calling Riz a celestial and he's exasperatedly trying to explain that just because he's a part time member of the LPRTF and his cleric spells have a celestial flavor to them, doesn't make him a celestial lmao

"Your dad's a celestial," Adaine says.

"Yeah! NOW!"

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Riz takes a nap. The Bad Kids theorize about Porter's involvement with Kalina.

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I saw some fabriz fanart from @funkylittleeel it totally lines up with my fic where Riz absolutely leverages kisses for Fabian doing well in school or Owlbears and he's pouting "Why can't I get another kiss??"

"Have you earned one?" Riz asks archly, impossibly amused.

Fabian turns so red and hides his face in the lunch table, nearly screaming.

"Why's Fabian in a state?" Adaine asks.

"He's not getting kissed until he passes his exam tomorrow," Riz says without looking up.

Kristen and Fig howl with laughter as Gorgug pats his shoulder heavily.

"I believe in you."

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Catch me writing the most toxic exes Trackerbees bc there was no way for either of them to get around the fact that Tracker's goddess enabled the destruction of Kristen's

Just her being in too deep with her love for Nara that she can't accept the truth being shouted at her, that Nara was the one that brought drugged food to a captured Riz

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the absolute worst thing I've written in my fabriz fic is Fabian talking with Telemaine and realizing that if his mom hadn't slipped up when he was five, she probably would've come back to Fallinel after like 200 years when both he and his dad were dead and would pretend none of it ever happened.

Write your name on the face of the world, Bill had said, and now Fabian has to contend with a reality that she would've pretended not to know deceased adventurer Fabian Seacaster.

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Bill finds out about Riz and Fabian being a thing during the whole tattooing scene when he hears Riz say "Fabian, I love you, but you're a moron." And then fucking passes out. Iconic behavior. Greatest way to tell your father-in-law that you married his son lmao

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in this throne is not mine, I just love the idea that Riz is in regular communication with the Seven, because occasionally he helps Penny investigate stuff for her quests and he has a good relationship with all of them, even though Gorgug and Zelda broke up, but that was a mutual thing.

So Riz is in Kei Lumennura when he gets a facetime on his crystal from Penny and the first thing he hears is her bellowing "SHUT UP IM TALKING TO MY BROTHER!" and turning back to the screen "Riz! I just got back in town and Katie said you got kidnapped!"

("Hey, Riz!" "You need to get more sleep, man, I keep telling you..." "Have I not been paying attention, or did Riz get a glow up??")

"Oh, yeah," he grimaces, "no big deal, I got busted out, everything's fine."

"I could've helped!" Penny nearly pouted. "Why didn't your party tell me!"

"You were literally out of signal range," Riz pointed out. "Where was your quest? Hell?"

"The Nekrinomicron again, but forget about that! You're all right?"

"I mean, I've been drugged for about a week and had about three levels of exhaustion, but apart from that I'm fine-"

"Here you go, sweetheart."

Riz looked up to accept the mug of hot chocolate and the kiss to his temple. Unfortunately, that was caught on the facetime and so many of the Seven started screaming.

"WHO THE HELL IS THAT RIZ? WHO'S KISSING YOU??"

"OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD!"

"RIZ GUKGAK THE MAN YOU ARE!"

"Calm down!" he admonished, flustered and Fabian laughed in the frame.

"FUCKING SEACASTER??"

"OH MY GOD, YOU TWO ARE HONESTLY SO CUTE TOGETHER!"

"I'm sure it'll be worse when you tell them we're married," Fabian said, only to wince at the sound of screaming through the phone.

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Riz accepts a bribe. Fabian basks in domestic bliss.