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I made a little captive prince dustjacket for myself hehe ✨️

I was a little frustrated that I couldn't get the polish captive prince special editions 😔 (And the new US covers weren’t out yet, but I will definetly get those now!!)

So I went: 'Fine. I'll do it myself."

I don't know what got into me, but I started to add more and more to this and it ended up taking me 60 hrs 💀

Still not satisfied with everything (especially the font and frame) but it's ok, maybe I'll come back to that a little later ✨️

!Not everything is super accurate since it has been some time since I read the books and I (again 😭) didn't have them with me, while working on this!

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"If he had been offered this as an adult he couldn't remember it." King's Rising by C.S.Pacat

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“[It was important to me] that Laurent’s mode of saving should be darker and more ambiguous that Damen's—so Laurent saves Damen by ordering him to be hurt. That was to highlight a key difference between them, in that Damen’s heroism is clearcut and overt: I will save you now! Whereas Laurent’s heroism is disguised, and his heroic acts are not always apparent as such, and sometimes appear as the opposite—as with his horse during the hunt.”

— C.S. Pacat on Laurent and Damen saving each other

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"This one pleaded for you."

A scene from Captive Prince by @c.s.pacat that wouldn't leave my mind since I read it over a year ago.

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The White Horse of Arles

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— I hear the king of Akielos has sent me a gift.

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what are your favorite cp fics, if you don't mind me asking 👀 i'm new to the fandom and looking for recs

OH ITS MY TIME TO SHINE!!!! i actually have a list made years ago for ppl who ask for recs hahah, these are alot of older fics from 2016-2017, im sure you can find lots more now :^) but i would love if you try these too!! 

i have quite a few favs that i'm re reading, heres a list!!!

My fav author for CP Fahye..... all their fics are incredibly thought out, the dialogues super IC for both canon and AUs, THEYRE SO SO good, every word is just CHEF kiss, you can start with this series Alot of these are post book 3 (immediately and life after, most are R18 ; w ;;;)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/5971024 - after the bells

https://archiveofourown.org/works/6100126/chapters/13983136 - kings reign

https://archiveofourown.org/works/5947126 - the consummation

https://archiveofourown.org/works/6025630 - a better side of you to admire

https://archiveofourown.org/works/7902019 - a part of our own

https://archiveofourown.org/works/8453380 - nikandros doesnt get paid enough for this

https://archiveofourown.org/works/13045539 - in a bed of stars

https://archiveofourown.org/works/6144920 - a firm hold of my heart

https://archiveofourown.org/works/6262573 - you’re always waking in the night .. one of my favs.... ; ^ ;; so TENDER

Canon AU - time travel, auguste lives, magic, arrange marriage

https://archiveofourown.org/works/6363799 - no rush -- ONE OF MY FAVS.. in another life AU, i, like many others, love to see auguste with damen/laurent

https://archiveofourown.org/works/11862600/chapters/26784543 - edgewise ( ITS THAT QUOTE EVERYONE LOVES) https://archiveofourown.org/works/9388559/chapters/21253745 - the veretian fly trap .. .this one is one of my fav retelling from laurent's POV, and A/B/O

https://archiveofourown.org/works/10635069 -bright as lightning

https://archiveofourown.org/works/11882340/chapters/26834250 - wicked game

Modern AU

https://archiveofourown.org/works/6002002 - a love story told in lunches

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relaxing bath

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a friendly spar 😊

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"If Laurent moved back even a half-inch, he’d bump the shutter. To prevent this, he was plastered so tightly against Damen that Damen could feel every crease in the fabric of his garments, through which, the warm, transmitted heat of his body.

‘There’s no one here,’ said Volo." - Prince's Gambit by C.S.Pacat

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Capri Chapter 19.5 Part 2/2 warningg! Spicy 👀👀

I though it was so cute how Laurent ruffled damen hair 🥹😭 like he was horse 💀💀

I kinda cut around the scene for the 🌶️

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the balcony scene from princes gambit!!!!! rendoesbackgrounds era🙏

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"Damen’s eyes fixed on him, and looked nowhere else; his breathing was still noticeable, and his pulse rapid, but anger produced all the same effects." Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat Them staring tensly at each other is my favorite thing to draw, but it's also super hard to get it right.... Probably the last one for a few weeks, because i'm waiting for my friend to come back from vacation so we can dive into the 2nd and 3rd book. (I love love love the slow burn, but i also want to get to the kissy bits !)