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Fairy trees of the Baltic Coast II by Heiko Gerlicher

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by Vladimir Ryabkov

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I cannot wait to read Lucien’s and Elain’s love story and the growth and intimacy they’ll share along the way. You can support the artwork here

Thank you @amarnouille for allowing me to work with you. You’re such a kind and talented soul, and I enjoyed our little talks 💕🫶

Art by @amarnouille

Commissioned by me

@elainweekofficial late submission

All characters belong to Sarah J Maas and Bloomsbury publishing

Please do not repost without permission

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Finally got my Lucien fanart done. I love my red headed fox boy

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I N S T A G R A M L I N K

ELAIN WEEK DAY ONE ( TRAVELS ) 🗺️🧭

Welcome to Day One of Elain Week! This prompt is oh so very special because it gets to highlight Elain and one of her unexplored interests—traveling and adventure!

We are so very excited to see how everyone has interpreted this prompt!

ART CREDIT @majuandrad 🎨

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POV: Your life is in the hands of an illiterate human girl

1/? ACOTAR character quote sticker art

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Not the voice actor of Elain Archeron being an Elucien 🌸☀️!!

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Going feral over this Elucien sketch by @kotikomori / kotikomori!

Go support the artist here!

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Just updated!

In The Darkness Before the Dawn, Leave a Light On

I know my updates have been sporadic, but I promise I’ll try to update this fic more regularly! I have so much plot I want to get into, and also smut of course 😏 This slow burn has been going on for far too long!

Also, if anyone has any scene suggestions (spicy or otherwise) feel free to send me a message. It definitely helps me out, especially when I have writers block.

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Brb crying forever

I'm currently rereading the hunger games books for haymitch upcoming book and this one quote of peeta just remained me of Lucien

Imagine Lucien saying this to Elain before he leaves the night court to live somewhere else so that she isn't remained of him constantly I can't- 😭

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Priestess Gwyneth Berdara

It‘s a redraw of the 2023 piece:

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Two things that keep me up at night when it comes to Elucien

BUT WHAT LUCIEN?! WHAT MADE YOU BLUSH?!???

ELAIN!!! THE HALF STEP!!!!!!!

The moment they kiss is the day I will finally feel peace again

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The Fox and the Fawn

My gift to everyone! What better than to have my favorite couple as a present to myself on my birthday! Our future High Lord and High Lady of the Day Court, surrounded and shrouded in what Sarah said they both love best—nature (and each other).

@kotikomori I am completely blown away by this piece and I cannot thank you enough for your attention to detail and the ample talent that you have. This piece is so special to me and I am so glad that you were the one who painted it for me!

ART CREDIT @kotikomori

COMMISSIONED BY @oristian

PLEASE DO NOT REPOST

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9. Wars end kiss for Elucien? 🌻🫶

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Send me a number + ship 💋

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Lucien as a Mate

"Where is he keeping her"

"Tell me anyway. List all of them."

"I need to find her"

His own status as a mated male made him uninterested in any sort of female company these days.

"I'm a mated male now"

"I'm going with you." "I'm getting my mate back"

"Tell me about her - about Elain."

"What of - Elain?"

From the devastation on his face, I knew he'd heard every word. Seen and heard and felt the hollowness and despair radiating from her.

"Is...is there anything I can get you?"

I'd never heard my friend's voice so soft. So tentative and concerned.

"There's a plate of biscuits. Would you like one?:

But he couldn't breathe as she faced him fully. She was the most beautiful female he'd ever seen."

Her eyes were the brown of a fawn's coat.

"I know. I'm sorry."

"She needs fresh air"

"Take her to the sea. Take her to some garden. But get her out of this house for an hour or two."

"It wasn't just about what he thought - it was the...feeling. I sensed no ill will, no conniving. Only concern for her. And...sorrow. Longing."

"Let me do something. About Elain."

"I think she went through something terrible. And it wouldn't hurt to have your best healer do a thorough examination."

"Please tell me, what the healer says. And if - if you need me for anything."

"I'm sorry." "It - it was a tug. On the bond."

"I'm sorry - if that unsettled you."

"There's a bond - it's a real thread."

"No - I didn't have time. I felt her, but..." A blush stained his cheeks.

Lucien just stared and stared at my sister, as if he'd never seen her before.

He glanced at Elain, who was again studying her lap. "I'm not needed here. I'll fight if you need me to, but..."

Lucien looked back. Not to me, I realized - to someone behind me. Pale and thin, Elain stood atop the stairs. Their gazes locked and held.

Lucien inclined his head in a bow, the movement hiding the gleam in his eye - the longing and sadness."

Lucien, haggard and bloody, panting for breath. As if he'd run from the shore. His gaze settled on Elain, and he sagged a little. "Are you hurt?"

"I heard - what happened. I'm sorry for your loss. All of you."

""I heard you made the killing blow."

"He was a good man, "he loved you all very much."

"It would be my pleasure."

Lucien now stood in the sitting room, close to Elain's side.

"How is she?"

"But is she still..." "Does she still mourn him?

"The pain etching deep into Lucien's face as he tried to hide his disappointment and longing."

You know what I love about Lucien's character?

We know he's experienced. We know he's an Autumn Court male with fire in his blood which is supposed to make them exceptional in the bedroom. And we know he's drawn to Elain on a very physical level.

But instead of SJM taking him the same route as say, Cassian with Nesta ("He tried not to think of what that hand would feel like on other parts of him. Gripping him: stroking him"), SJM turns Lucien's POV of Elain into something utterly romantic (her eyes were the brown of the fawn's coat, she was the most beautiful female he'd ever seen, trying to keep from shuddering when she merely says his name, showing restraint as he reels in any thoughts of touching her or tasting her). He's struggling with guilt over Jesminda yet he still can't help his poetic thoughts of Elain.

I think the physicality of Nessian's POV worked for them (though it's important to remember that Cassian also noted on multiple occasions that it was Nesta's cunning mind at work that really drew him in, not just the physical)

But Elucien to me will read as deeply passionate, where Lucien will refuse to admit his darkest desires, the things he wants to do to Elain and she to him until he's won her heart.

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Just thinking about how in Crescent City SJM wrote about the Earth Goddess being in love with and mated to the Sun God (not a shadow God).

And yet people still believe SJM will write that Elain and Lucien are incompatible.

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Winnowing and flying has taken away the opportunity of riding a horse together. Elucien is the perfect couple to bring this trope back.