#vikings valhalla season 2

[aikaterini-drag]

Embrace of Two Hearts

Summary: Harald has been traveling, negotiating alliances but now that he is back, he can’t take his eyes off of his wife —as well as his hands off of her.

Pairing: King Harald Sigurdson x Queen Fem!reader

Warnings: fluff, kisses, implied smut, besotted Harald.

It had been a long time since Harald Sigurdsson had left Norway to build alliances and trading negotiations with the surrounding kingdoms. The matter had required his attention and he had been forced to leave you behind so you could take care of the kingdom in his absence. You were his Queen, the person he trusted and loved the most.

After meeting with various wealthy yarls and merchants, Harald��s plans had been prosperous; he’d stricken deals to trade goods and boost the income of his kingdom.

After almost two months at traveling, he was finally back.

Harald hadn’t blown the horns to make his arrival known.

He wanted today to be a surprise.

He wanted to see your face light up and hear your happy laughter as you reached him.

So after a light meal and a much needed bath, he headed to one of the villages where he was told you had gone shopping.

With his hood pulled low over this face, he strolled along the bustling Viking village, and when he saw you, his eyes fixed on you. You hadn’t taken notice of his presence; you were engaged in conversation with some of the women selling silks and spices. Resting his great frame on one of the stalls, he took his time and watched you for a few seconds. When waiting became too much to handle, he slipped back his hood and approached you.

A loud gasp left your lips when you finally saw him. You blinked, as in disbelief and when he smiled invitingly, all dimples and sunshine, you rushed into his arms. Your husband was back! Oh, how you’ve missed him, craved him! You’ve been exchanging letters with him during his travels but nothing compared to him holding you, touching you. And there he was, tall and handsome, wearing his marvelous regal tunic and leather pants, his fur cloak, his handsome face forming a warm smile.

“Ah, there’s my beautiful queen!” he said when you practically jumped into his waiting arms.

"Oh, Harald!" You pressed your lips against his in a long kiss. “You didn’t tell me you were coming back.”

“Surprise,” he said, his lips stretched delightfully.

“Oh, how I missed you! Is everything alright? The negotiations?”

“Everything’s perfect. I’ll tell you about my feats later.” He cupped your face, his hungry eyes taking in your beauty. “Let me look at you, have my fill of you.”

“Did you miss me so much, my lord husband?”

“Only a little, my lady wife.”

"Only a little?" You raised a brow. “Then why are you here?”

“Because I lied. I missed you. Painfully. Deeply. Hard.”

You laughed. “You debauched Viking.”

He grinned. “I've hoped to distract you from your shopping. Is it working?”

You fluttered your eyelashes. “Only if you kiss me again.”

Smiling in that stunning mischievous smile of his, he lowered his lips to yours, his tongue dancing with yours wetly. The touch was too swift for your liking but since you were still in public—and everyone was staring… you drew back softly. Harald locked your hands together and led the way back to your longhouse. You walked through the hall, with him stealing kisses and whispering sweet words to you.

When he had you in the solitude of your room, he scooped you up and dropped you onto the bed. You giggled as you bounced stop the furs and pillows. He joined you, a thick knee climbing onto the bed, the mattress dipping under his weight. And then he was all over you, his strong body draped over your slender frame. He watched you with eyes ablaze with the passion, his lips parted. He brought his hands to caress your cheek, his knuckles tracing your skin lovingly.

“What is it, King Harald? What has you so enthralled?” you teased, leaning into his touch.

“You,” he said simply. “My wife… my beautiful wife who outshines even the finest jewels.”

You kissed him lightly. “I’m not as charming as my strong and courageous husband.”

“I disagree. You are achingly beautiful and perfect. And I am not in the least charming.”

“Oh, you're charming. Impossibly charming.” You claimed his lips and he moaned. “Your charm is as sharp as your sword.”

Harald grinned. “My love, my sword only yields to you. Sharp and ready to service you.”

“You didn’t just say that!”

He kissed your forehead, however, his hands were skillfully dragging up your gown. “What are you thinking, my mischievous wife?”

“What are you thinking, my mischievous husband?”

“I’m thinking I missed the feel of you. And that I want you,” he said and rolled his hips gently, and even with the layers of clothes, his groin pressed hard against her center.

Whining softly, you slipped your hands under his tunic to feel his warm skin. “Me, too. It has been so long.”

“Hm… I have been denied your warmth but no more.”

“Make love to me?”

“All day and night, my love.”

He pulled you close and kissed you deeply and fervently, lips meeting, tongues brushing. The world around you seemed to fade away, leaving nothing but your love and passion. Clothes were tossed away, skin touched skin, sweat tricked like little diamonds and then came bliss.

[gyrhs]

I missed to work on paper, so I did an ink drawing of Bradley James as Harekr for fun.

[luna-lovethegood]

Appreciation post for the Empress of Constantinople

[warmsweaters]

Okay so it might have been me, but I straight up don't understand how sending the ship over the waterfall was supposed to work correctly? Like they obviously didn't save the boat, so why risk everyones life by riding it over the falls? Like what were Harald and Lief thinking coming up with that plan??? Why couldn't they have hiked or climbed down the cliff and continue on from there and not risk the chance of death??? idk someone pls explain bc like why?

[newts-gay]

ALICENT HIGHTOWER and EMMA OF NORMANDY

House of the Dragon – 2x08 The Queen who Ever Was // Vikings Valhalla – 3x08 Destinies

[queenofcarrion]

[borgialucrezia]

What’s a dream role you’d cast David Oakes in if you were given the choice? 👀

i've always said that david should play robert dudley, the earl of leicester, because one thing about robbie is that he will always remain ambiguous. did he really love his wife amy robsart? was he the one who arranged her death to have the possibility of marrying the queen? also, did he really love elizabeth or did he just use her fondness for him to climb to the top? there are so many question marks all over robert, especially when his family all got executed for treason. he's also dashing, ambitious, sometimes ruthless yet passionate and intelligent. david oakes is 100% the type of character to play this role since he can add so many layers to this possibly morally gray persona and make him as humane as possible <3 (with natalie dormer playing elizabeth and holliday grainger playing amy robsart-dudley)

i also wanna see david play either arthur morgan or john marston because...well? bro loves the game lol

[phenomenal1500]

~Save From The Pechenegs~

Masterlist

A/N: This was requested by DEVILHORNS on wattpad, thank you! ♥️ I merged two requests of yours together since I thought it would make a fun longer one shot.

Summary: Reader is determined to save Harald from the Pechenegs and lets her get taken to them.

Timeline: Season 2

Pairing: Harald Sigurdsson x Fem!Reader

Warning: Angst, blood, violence, torture.

Looking at the shore and the forest behind it as she climbed out of the freezing water, Y/N noticed Harald wasn't with the surviving group. "Where's Harald?!" She yelled after them, watching everyone stare at their feet after they watched her drag her soaked dress over the sand.

"Y/N, Harald has been taken by the Pechenegs. He convinced them we were dead." Mariam gently took her hand into hers to calm her, knowing the news was going to scare and upset her. "He made sure we were safe to travel along without troubles." She continued and pointed in a certain direction before stroking her hair back, knowing it was tough to realise what happened to her lover.

"I'm not leaving without Harald." She hissed, staring at everyone who still tried to avoid her eye contact. "Are you all seriously considering leaving the prince behind without even trying? He's the one who got us this far. Without him we won't survive a day out there and it won't help us get the men we need from Constantinople."

"Y/N, it might already be too late for Harald." One of the other men whispered.

"No." She shook her head, denying the thought completely. The prince was a survivor, he was alive for sure. "He's not in Valhalla yet, the gods will give him more time."

"If we want to rescue him, we should have a plan first." Leif suggested, but once again she shook her head.

She didn't want to waste time on a stupid plan that was doomed to fail.

It always ended up with improvising eventually so why not do it right away?

"I'm not going to wait until we come up with a pathetic plan." She gathered her weapons they had pulled out of the water earlier and started walking the way Mariam had pointed in as she talked about Harald.

In no way was she going to let him die.

She knew she reacted unreasonable to her friends, but she just wanted her lover back, even if it meant her own journey to Valhalla.

She needed him safe as he would have kept her safe in a situation like this as well.

~~~

Sprinting through the dark trees, avoiding roots and sticks, she eventually found a meadow with the temporary Pecheneg camp. The colors the banners carried didn't mean much to her as she walked right up to the camp.

Was it stupid? Yes. Did she care? No.

Holding up her hands as she dropped her weapons, the men grabbed her by her hair, dragging her across the dusty floor until a man with black hair yelled after them to stop and bring her inside. 'The leader', she assumed since everyone stopped right away and carried her in, legs still dragging over the gravel.

It caused tears on her knees, but she didn't care anymore when her eyes finally landed on those of her lover's.

"Harald." She whispered, so relieved to see him mostly okay.

"Love? What are you doing here?" He looked confused as he eyed her up and down to see if she was mostly doing okay.

"Came to rescue you on my own." She flinched a bit when they forced her on her bleeding knees next to the prince. "Gods...."

"Yes, they're not very respectful and gentle." He watched her, hating the fact that he couldn't hold her hand or help her soothe the pain in her knees.

"Since the prince here survived his torture for the evening." The Khan began, standing up from his bone-made throne to walk up to the woman. "I want to find out what a female viking can endure." He lifted her chin to force her to look at him as a terrible grin crossed his face.

"You leave her alone." Harald growled, trying to get out of the Pechenegs' grip to break the Khan's hand for laying a finger on her.

Even though he knew she could defend herself, touching her even if it was only her chin was a no go for him.

"Torture...?" Y/N watched Harald and suddenly noticed the deep cuts in his chest. "What did they do to you...?"

"It's okay, sæta." He gave her a warm smile. "It'll heal strong again. They can't tear me down that fast."

"Why don't we start with strikes?" The Khan smirked and his men all laughed, immediately agreeing with their leider.

"Strikes...?" She repeated softly, narrowing her eyes as the men suddenly dragged her by her hair to the middle of the room. "Watch it!" She hissed, but of course they couldn't care less and ripped the top of her dress, exposing her to the whole room when it pooled around her waist and her breasts and stomach were bare.

"I will kill you if you hurt her!" Harald growled louder and groaned when they pressed into his cuts with a small hunters knife to silence him.

It didn't stop him however.

Harald instantly managed to grab the tall slender man behind him by his hair despite the pain and pulled him to the floor, taking over control of the knife and planting it into his neck as Y/N was hit by the first whiplash.

It got him absolutely furious.

She was in this mess because he got taken by the Pechenegs in the first place and now they were hurting and scarring her.

Y/N's entire back was bleeding from that one whiplash, but never did she make a sound and she wouldn't continue to do so for the ones to come either. She was going to be strong like Harald. She had to stay strong or he would lose focus and make mistakes.

Quietly watching the prince fight off whatever man came onto him, she could feel another strike hit her back and noticed the thick red blood drip down her sides and legs. Whoever was hitting her was too strong for Harald to take on by himself, but as long as she could keep him busy he would be okay. They could outrun the lasting men if they were being smart about it.

Harald got his hands on a nearby axe after slicing the rope he was tied with and then chopped another warrior's hand off before hurrying to Y/N and picking her up before the man could respond.

It cost him all of his energy to get her away from him and out of the tent, his chest muscles starting to give up and that's where she had to jump in. Carefully getting out of his arms, she supported him to the horses and cut them loose.

"Get up, Harald!" She yelled and he somehow managed to get onto the horse before she climbed on top too, kicking its side to make the horse run off thankfully in time. She couldn't care less what way the animal was running as well, as long as she and Harald were going to be safe and out of the Pechenegs' sight.

"I love you, sæta. Thank you." Harald panted as he rested his body against the Horse's back and neck, tired and in pain.

"I love you more, my prince. Now let's go find our group. Mariam can help us treat our wounds."

[emma-ofnormandy]

how are you feeling after the valhalla finale?

Oh there is so much going through my mind at the moment. So many feelings. Joy, sadness, heartbreak (but the good kind I guess, if that makes sense), but the most prominent is Fuck Yes Emma! She is a bad bitch through and through and she will not allow herself to be pushed aside. She will do whatever is needed to keep her position (and best Godwin) and I am here for it!

God I’m going to miss this show. I truly am. There was still so much story to tell, so much that could have been built before going into this final season that we’ll never get, but in the end, I am satisfied. I am sad it ended, but I don’t have massive complaints or gripes and I think they gave the characters the endings that were apt for them.

[ariadnethedragon]

SAM CORLETT as LEIF ERIKSON

Vikings: Valhalla (2022-) 2.06

[stromuprisahat]

Second season of Vikings: Valhalla sucks even more than the first one, but at least there's David Oakes with his pleasant voice, looking very fuckable.

[aikaterini-drag]

Harald is so yummy in these pics 😍 If you crave similar vibes check out my Harald fan fiction. Checkout my master list.

[queenofcarrion]

Memories of season 1 ❤️🫶🏻

Leif Erikson & Harald Sigurdsson in Vikings Valhalla (2022 -)

[newts-gay]

vikings valhalla s3 healed me from the pain of hotd + bonus emma of normandy is an excellent character for book!alicent enjoyers

[savequeerstories]

Mini data dump!

Dead Boy Detectives and KAOS matched viewing numbers with The Terminal List in their debut weeks. Accounting for series length, DBDA got ~3.46 million viewers, The Terminal List got ~3.33 million, and KAOS got ~3.6 million. Notably, DBDA and KAOS also got much better critic scores.

The Terminal List is renewed for a 2nd season. KAOS and DBDA are not.

Dead Boy Detectives and KAOS were also watched as much as Netflix's FUBAR (~3.5 million viewers) at debut, while again earning vastly better critic scores. FUBAR is also renewed.

Netflix's Vikings: Valhalla released on February 25, 2022. According to the Nielsen ratings for its debut week, it got ~1.6 million viewers (and a little over 2 million the following week). Critic scores were good but viewer scores bombed. It was renewed for 3 seasons.

I have GOTTA emphasize that queer shows are held to a different standard than every other show. Either they achieve staggering numbers like Agatha All Along and Arcane, or they're axed. Other shows are considered successes at a much lower threshold.

I'll add that Our Flag Means Death's viewing numbers are harder to compare because it was released episodically. Viewership fluctuates when this happens. But by demand numbers and critical scores, we know it did extremely well. I'll see what I can dig up.

In the meantime, as always, feel free to check out our data at savequeerstories.carrd.co

[justaholesir]

LEO SUTER as Harald Sigurdsson Vikings: Valhalla (2022) Season 2 Episode 2: "Towers of Faith"