#;; kaz brekker speaks to zoya nazyalensky ;;

[kanejbr3kker]

i always think the us editions of s&b and soc are really pretty but then i remember that the french editions exist

[ladybirdmacbeth]

I am absolutely a kanej and zoyalai truther but I just have to admit that kaz x zoya could potentially hit insanely hard

[mvsicinthedvrk]

valentine's ball minievent starter for kaz brekker & zoya nazyalensky // @wvsteria

"Enjoying your date?" he asks the familiar grisha, in a tone which makes it clear that he doubts any potential enjoyment she might claim to have, though he simultaneously doesn't care about the answer. He almost pities the poor person who'd gotten stuck paired up with them, also doubting that they'd be able to effectively manage Zoya's personality. "No casualties to report, I hope."

[thedelusionreaderbitch]

so an alkemi is given parem, do you think they could potentially reverse the affects of it? Like because they're already on it, they could remove the drug from their body before it truly runs it's course and causes their lives to be fuck-all?

[lunarthecorvus]

You said you’ve read multiple fics where Wylan and Kaz’s moms were friends, can I get the links?

Kaz Brekker's Mother's & Marya Hendriks fanfiction recommendations

part of Lunar's soc fanficiton rec series

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blood of my blood by @garbagef4iry

Wordcount: 9,332 Chapters: 9/9

Characters: Kaz Brekker's Father, Kaz Brekker's Mother, Original Characters, Marya Hendriks, Jan Van Eck, Kaz Brekker

Tags: Women’s Rights Movement, city girl x country boy, Misogyny, Badass Women, mentions of abuse and violence, late victorian england vibes, Prequel

Author's summary/notes: As Kaz struggles in his confidence with becoming a father, he yearns for his own. For both of his parents. This is the story of his mother and father— Wilhelmina Trapp and Abram Rietveld. My summary/notes: I love this fic so much. You have badass women fighting for the women's right movement, I'm obbsessed with Kaz's mum in this, and it has Anika's parents?! Also Marya my beloved <3 and how she ended up where she did + so many other original characters

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Keeping Me Alive by @martinakl13

Wordcount: 510,662 Chapters: 175/?

Characters: Kaz Brekker, Inej Ghafa, Nina Zenik, Matthias Helvar, Jesper Fahey, Wylan Van Eck, Jan Van Eck, Marya Hendriks, Anika Imogen, Alys Van Eck, Inej Ghafa's Mother, Original Characters, Jakob Hertzoon, Inej Ghafa's Father, Jordie Rietveld, Specht, Per Haskell, Jarl Brum, Pim, Keeg, Roeder, Tante Heleen, Pekka Rollins, Colm Fahey, Asha, Hanzi, Big Bolliger, Oomen, Hanne Brum, Saskia Rollins, Kaz Brekker's Father (Mentioned), Kaz Brekker's Mother (mentioned), Matthias Helvar's Sister, Matthias Helvar's Father, Matthias Helvar's Mother, Genya Safin, Reyem Yul-Kaat, Nikolai Lantsov, Zoya Nazyalensky

Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - College/University, Alternate Universe - Sports, Alternate Universe - Ballet, Gambling, Dyslexia, Trauma, Violence, Past Child Abuse, Mixed Martial Arts, Past Character Death, Touch-Averse, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Swearing, Implied/Referenced Sex, Alcohol, Hacking, Past Attempted Rape/Non-Con, Slow Burn, Jordie Rietveld Lives, Soft Inej Ghafa, Soft Kaz Brekker, Drug Use, Depression, Kaz Brekker Needs a Hug, Mutual Pining, Inej Ghafa Needs a Hug, Eating Disorders, Drug Addiction, Survivor Guilt

Author's summary/notes: A boy who lost everything and is still fighting for his chance at a better life. A ballerina who wants to make her dream come true. A soldier running away from a terrible truth. A multilingual girl, abandoned by her own family, trying to find her place in a world. A talented musician who struggles to overcome his father's prejudice and mistrust. A boy who solves his problems by making bad decisions. Six students of University of Ketterdam deal with their past and traumas to find love, understanding and friendship. My summary/notes: I have recommended this fic before so I won't add any new notes but although it is only in the background they do speak about Marya and Kaz's mothers shared past friendship. Also, Martina is so sweet and such a great author with so many other soc fics so go check them out

you'll get the green light (and i'll get the old door in the face) by @honeii-puff

Wordcount: 698 Chapters: 1/1

Characters: Kaz Brekker, Marya Hendriks, Wylan Van Eck (Mentioned), Alys Van Eck (mentioned), Plumje Van Eck (mentioned), Jesper Fahey (Mentioned), Kaz's Father (mentioned), Kaz's Mother (mentioned),

Tags: no beta, Title from Problems (Mother Mother)

Author's summary/notes: In which Mayra Hendriks invites Kaz Brekker for tea twice, and one time he accepts My summary/notes: I know this fic is short and only talks a bit about it, I still think its sweet and is great ground to think about the friendship more.

These are the only fics I can find now, I will keep on the look for the others, and if anyone has a fic with this friendship feel free to let me know and I'll read it and rec it <3

[thatfangirlofsb]

T/W: Grishaverse spoilers.

Your highness (V)

"I've already told you several times Nina, it's not that easy." Kaz's voice was already a little angry, despite his relative pity for the heartrender. Getting someone out of Hellgate was not so easy, especially not that drüskelle who had excelled so much in the little fights with that tourists entertained themselves and spent their money.

"I'll go myself and..."

"And you'll come back in a coffin, or you'll surely end up thrown into the sea first." Jesper's voice, which was never the one of reason, this time decided to be. "I like risk, but I prefer it to be at a card table."

"Inej?" She asked the suli, looking for some support, but she only received a short movement of the head from left to right; no. "Wylan?" The boy who had just come down the stairs looked at her confused, he seemed just awake but he still didn't react much to the sunlight leaking through the cracks. "Nobody?"

"Nina Zenik!" The door was flung with a too-strong blast of air, and the heartrender couldn't do anything but open her mouth in surprise at hearing that voice again.

"Zoya?" She turned her head to see the squaller clearly. She hadn't been so confused ever, her mentor was there. Why had she made such a long journey to Ketterdam? "Zoya!" The last repetition of her name was not out of joy or fear of seeing her there. The cause was that small movement of the cape caused by the air that was still spinning around her, letting her see for a few seconds... It can't be. "Are you pregnant?" Zoya rolled her eyes, just like when Nina did something wrong in the Little Palace. "How...?"

"Am I going to have to explain how babies are made?" Zoya asked in ravkan, her voice clearly annoyed. "Though, I'm sure you already did it with your drüskelle..." Nina couldn't help but blush, still hearing how they named him aroused a strange feeling in her.

The squaller shrugged off her cloak, setting it on a chair and giving Kaz a little disgusted look.

"Kaz Brekker..."

"Zoya Nazyalensky and mini Zoya Nazyalensky." He answered her, his voice as raspy as ever.

"Hopefully, so then I'll have someone else who can torture you with their attitude." She sighed and turned her head, catching Inej with her gaze and offering her a small smile. "Buna, spectru"* She said in suli, catching the small welcoming smile she showed.

"Can we speak in a language we all know, please?" Jesper's voice caused them to turn their heads towards him. "Kerch, for example. Or can I ask you 'cav anyonee?' "

"My donkey is very well, thanks for asking." Zoya looked strangely to the Zemeni boy, and then turned her gaze to the heartrender. "What? I know six languages, it's part of my job."

"You and me, alone." The etherealki said, pointing at Nina, this time in Kerch with her thick Ravkan accent. With each passing second she regretted going there.

"Easy squaller, Nina stays here."

"No." Zoya rolled her eyes at Brekker's arrogance. But instead of answering him sarcastically, she decided to grab a chair and sit on it.

"Yes."

"No."

"Thank you for asking me what I think." Nina spoke loudly, trying to make them listen to her and not pretend she didn't exist... but she couldn't. "I would like to..."

"I've been with this for several months." She said pointing a finger at her swollen belly, and instantly felt a kick. Give them to Kaz Brekker when you get out, not me now. "I have made a very long journey and without the protection of the Second Army." She felt another kick. "I've lost myself. I've almost been kidnapped by the shus and a Ketterdam's merchant. Besides, I have to…" She sighed and counted to three, but she couldn't control herself any longer. "Stop!" They all looked at her in confusion, all except Dirty Hands. He only smiled slightly with a mocking face. "When you all get pregnant and the baby wakes you up kicking you in the middle of the night... don't come to me for advice."

"We aren't saints, we don't perform miracles." Kaz said looking at Wylan and Jesper, before turning his gaze to Zoya, causing her to realize the mistake.

"I don't care." Crossing her arms over her belly, she turned back to Nina. "I went to Fjerda Nina, to Fjerda! I thought that drüskelle had broken out of his jail and brought you to the Ice Court."

"Matthias is still in Hellgate." Now all eyes were on Nina. Finally, she thought helplessly. "And that's what I wanted..."

"He is okay in there." The heartrender looked at her slightly stunned, she always ended up being interrupted. "I need you to take the position of General of the Second Army."

And no noise sounded, only Nina could hear the beating of the hearts of all those present. She even noticed how her own slowed down for a few seconds, after hearing such shocking news.

"Zoya, you're... Wait, if you're here and you've been traveling for several months, that means you're no longer a general." Before the squaller, and now a former general, answered her with a sarcastic surprise, zhe decided to keep talking. "But if Alina has come back and married Nikolai, just like the news says, that means she's a general now."

The long-awaited wedding between the king and the sun summoner had caused a lot of talk, and had also filled the headlines. 'The great golden wedding', 'The saint and the king, a love story with a happy ending', 'Alina Starkov, saint and new queen of Ravka', 'Royal and saint wedding'... And so they had continued writing for weeks, telling their readers about what seemed like a love story of a happy couple, until the Kerch market managed to cause a huge inflation in the price of wheat and the interests of readers changed.

She would have kept thinking about it if weren't because, after hearing the blond's name from Nina's mouth, a kick caused her to touch her belly slightly surprised. Had he recognized his father's name or was it just crazy things that the blue-eyed one imagined? But she wasn't the only one who realized that, the only difference was that he thought of keeping the information to himself until he knew more and could use it.

"Nikolai Lantsov and Alina Starkov?" Wylan's voice, still a bit sleepy, broke through the silence of the ground floor of the Crow Club. "Haven't they been expecting a baby since several months?"

"Yeah." Said Inej, taking out the knife with the name of the half shu summoner and beginning to play with it, passing it from one hand to the other. "A holy baby."

Zoya couldn't help but roll her eyes. A baby could be a saint when she was too.

"Impossible." Improbable. And there it was again, another memory of the stupid king who seemed not to have cared for her at all. How foolish she had been when she thought that the sex between them was something more, that there was something romantic between. It was just an affair and now, for thinking about what Alina told her, she would have to deal with the consequences. "But I don't want to hear their names, thanks to the orphan I'm like this." Nina turned her head slightly to the side, showing her confusion. "You are going to Os Alta, you will take the position and you will say that I died in search of you when we were returning to the Little Palace."

"I'm not leaving without Matthias, and…"

"I don't think our fellow grisha would like to see you hand in hand with someone who would pay to become inferni, burn them all, and then burn himself for being a grisha for a few minutes."

"He does not..."

"Fjerda?" Kaz's voice was present again, and Zoya couldn't help but turn her gaze to the other suli for an explanation. But it seemed that it was going to be impossible, Inej looked at her boss with confusion too. "Have you been to Fjerda?"

"Yes, it was very simple." Zoya summoned to grab another chair and place it in front of her to put her feet up on it. "I just needed to not show my abilities, they are such idiots… they think that a pregnant woman isn't dangerous."

"How far did you go?"

Zoya thought, trying to remember what it had been like to walk through the snow with an already visible belly and a big coat over her to keep out the cold. Ravka was a cube of ice, but the country of the drüskelles was a whole lake.

"Elling." Her memories were so detailed that she grimaced for a few seconds when she noticed that nauseating smell again. It was disgusting. "From there I took different boats to here." Her mind recalled all the materials, animals, and people that were stacked on those ships. That smell seemed similar to the one she had to inhale for several days in the cellar of... "Don't you smell something like goat?" She didn't know how, but she had managed to recognize the exact scent. And it seemed that everyone was just as surprised as she was, because they were looking at her with confusion. "It smells like goat, and don't ask me how I know. My hair suffered a lot."

And as if it were an omen, some hooves were heard against the steps of the staircase and a small goat began to jump lightly until it reached the ground. "

Milo! What have I told you about..."

"Get that wild animal away from me!" Zoya didn't mind hearing Jesper's voice speak fondly to the animal. She stood up on one of the chairs, her hands ready to summon a current of air and push it away. "I didn't come all the way here to die because a wild goat struck me with some type of a rare disease."

"Hands in place, squaller." Kaz spoke again, and Zoya glared at him. Who did he think he was, an otkazat'sya, to speak like that to her, a very powerful grisha and not in a very good mood thanks to her pregnancy and the long journey. "Leave the goat, or there is no heartrender for you."

"Thank you for putting me in play with a goat." A bleat caused Nina to smile slightly. "I'm sorry Milo, but you know I love you."

"You have hurt his feelings." Jesper covered the animal's ears with his hands as he gave the corporalki a disapproving look. "You are no longer invited to his birthday."

"Fjerda, right?" We were talking about Fjerda." Zoya opened her mouth, she didn't want to continue watching and listening to how that place seemed to be full of criminals who were missing a few screws.

"Nina, Matthias will be free in a week." Zoya could see how, with Kaz's words, the grisha's smile brightened again. Was she so crazy that she was glad for the early release of a murderer who would make her his first target? "Squaller..."

"No."

[°°°]

"No." Zoya raised her hands in the air a little higher, holding the fjerdan up against the wall of his dungeon. "Do you want me to take the air out of him?" She asked as she watched Nina touch her neck, where marks from the drüskelle's grip were already beginning to form.

"We need him alive, squaller." Kaz didn't seem to know how little she cared what he thought, but he still seemed very sure with his words. "Aren't you, fjerdans, polite? We've come to get you out of here and that's how you welcome us?"

"I prefer..." The blonde drüskelle couldn't speak, feeling how his throat was getting smaller and he didn't get enough air to form sentences.

"Squaller." Brekker warned her.

"Drüsje..." Matthias said using a very little amount of air, pointing his fierce gaze at the girl who had accused him of being a slaver and the one who was making him float.

"And now you find out?" Zoya said, with a funny tone and couldn't help but laugh. "Was it shortness of breath or floating?"

"Drüsje..."

"Your friend isn't much of a talker?" asked to Nina. Zoya laughed again, squeezing a little more to see the pained face that drüskelle was trying to hide. This is for all my comrades you killed on a pyre.

"Squaller." The grisha no longer cared about what Kaz told her, it was her moment of revenge and she was going to take advantage of it. "We don't want your baby's father to have to leave his royal duties to attend the birth with you in a cell."

Her powers disappeared, and the blonde fell; not high enough to hurt himself, although a slight groan of pain was heard. Nina ran towards him, and Zoya couldn't help but show her disgusted face. How could she care about a monster like him?

"Don't you dare..." The grisha didn't expect him to know, it was a secret she planned to take with her to the grave. But here he was, unleashing it in the middle of the mission to get that fjerdan out of the Hellgate, then get Nina to Os Alta so she could disappear off the map. "Don't you..."

"Don't be so open and touch your belly when you hear his name and don't say you don't want to hear about the king and queen of Ravka. Although the rumors about your relationship in bed helped." She was going to kill Brekker right there, if that thief from The Barrel knew that information…she and her baby wouldn't be safe there; and nowhere. "Will you give me the honor of explaining or am I going to have to say my guesses?" The boy looked down at the place where the result of her little adventure with the king was, and she wrapped her arms around it as if she could protect him with that movement. "Do you know why you have lived through so many kidnapping attempts? Now you are more important than just a grisha. Now a banner of a million kruge reward hangs over your head for finding the missing general on a mission, or at least her dead body. ." A small smile appeared on Kaz's face, and the other Crows noticed that this was how he looked at the wads of cash. "Imagine how the price will go up when he finds out you're carrying his baby."

"Don't you dare..."

"You don't know how many tailored corpses to look like you your dear king has seen." Zoya felt all eyes on her, now she was a great reward for those ruffians; alive or dead. "But I'll help you. I'll take you to live your love story and I'll get the money in exchange."

"It's not..." They were the only two who spoke, all the others were silent by choice; except for Matthias, who had passed out after Nina had slowed his heart rate.

"But it will be difficult, but you will take care of that." Zoya felt a draft around her, something very bad was coming and she could discover it through the challenging look of the boy in front of her. "A certain Sabina Garin has taken her daughter, alive, and now that girl is being general to your dear king."

"If they've already found me then why are you talking about a reward?" She avoided showing how her face contracted. She wished, the day she ran away with her aunt from that church, to never hear that name again in her life. But there she was, listening as her past, the one she had tried so hard to leave behind, came back to her.

"Zoya, we both know your mother would never act with good intentions. Not when your search began two weeks ago." The squaller was very confused, how did he know who her mother was? Though later, when she remembered who he was talking to, she forgot those questions; he was Kaz Brekker, what he didn't know didn't exist. "Or are you going to let her kiss the lips of your dear king?"

"You can take care of the king, leave Sabine Garin for me."

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* I couldn't find how to say 'hello' or 'wraith' in suli, so I translated those two words into the actual language closest to the grishaverse; the romanian.

You can read the first part HERE.

You can read the second part HERE.

You can read the third part HERE.

You can read the fourth part HERE.

[polycrowtruther]

Excerpt from 'Saintstones and Sugar Cookies'

“-where is she, Nikolai, whERE IS SHE!? NINA ZENIK!” she shouted from the hallway. Nikolai and David rushed back into the kitchen quickly, the task of drying off all but forgotten, and who Matthias presumed to be one Zoya Nazyalensky stormed in after them. She was on the warpath, it seemed, her eyes bright with rage. Matthias had heard stories about the Windcaller Queen of Ravka, the third member of the Triumvirate, and now that he was seeing her he could attest that those stories were certainly true. She was an intimidating force of nature. A dragon in human skin. He could see how Nina had been taken under Zoya’s wing, they were one and the same.

Inej and Jesper slid into the room as well, followed by a boy Matthias didn't recognize but assumed was the other alpha in Genya's pack. Mal, as they had called him. Zoya slammed her hands down on the dining room table and leaned towards Nina. “YOU HAVE SOME EXPLAINING TO DO, ZENIK!”

“Oh, like you’re one to TALK NAZYALENSKY!” Nina retorted back. “THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING!?”

“You picked that edgy bastard as your omega? Are you fucking mental?” Zoya seethed, “You had me convinced he was the sweetest little puppy! I was prepared to be so fucking nice to him, but you're telling me you mated fucking rat bastard Kaz Brekker? You’re telling me Brekker is the little sweetheart that WHIMPERS and PURRS for you?” 

“YOU LITERALLY FUCKED THE ACTUAL EMBODIMENT OF SUNSHINE! Like hello ? You mean to tell me the Saint who destroyed the fucking FOLD is the sassy brat you’ve been taming? She's literally walking history! That's the kind of thing you warn your fucking sister about before waltzing into her home with the Saint.”

“Oh Ghezen , she’s that Alina?” Wylan’s eyes widened, “Like for real, she's the Sun Summoner?”

Matthias felt his heart sink to the pit of his stomach as he realized the gravity of the situation, “Fuck, Wy, does that mean we jumped the mates of a Saint ?”

“ You're the one who punched them,” Wylan shook his head. “I just asked the questions.”

“Sure, but that was after you blinded them. Don’t use me as your scapegoat now,” Matthias grumbled. 

“Wait, you two got into a fight?” Jesper looked between his mates quickly, “Why the hell did you two get into a fight?”

“It’s a long story,” Wylan smiled weakly. “But they said they both forgive us so it’s fine.”

"It wasn't that bad even," Nikolai shrugged, "Kept us humble, and all that."

Jesper shook his head.  “I steal Inej away for two minutes and you two already find trouble. We can’t take you dorks anywhere, it seems. Not with Matthias’s pesky drüskelle sensibilities.”

“Nikolai survived a punch from a drüskelle?” Mal's gaze snapped to them as he spoke, but he seemed more impressed than anything else. 

“Hold on,” Inej’s eyes widened as she pointed to the blonde in question, “As in the King of Scars Nikolai Lantsov? That Nikolai?” 

“Oh sweet Djel, I punched a king ?” Matthias whispered, horrified. He scrambled to look back at Nikolai.

Before Nikolai could speak, however, Jesper made an indignant noise, “Hold on just a damned moment, I recognize you. You’re the one who hired the three of us to kidnap the Sun Summoner years back! You were the reason we were in Ravka to begin with! You’re Sturmhold!”

“YOU HIRED RAT BREKKER TO KIDNAP OUR OMEGA?!” Zoya screeched, turning to Nikolai. 

 “In my defense it was to get her out of the Darkling’s control!” Nikolai pleaded, “I didn’t pay to kidnap her maliciously !”

“Yeah, you didn’t pay at all!” Jesper scowled, “You fucking stiffed us! Left us to fend for ourselves against the Stadwatch!"

“You scammed Brekker into kidnapping Alina?” Mal tilted his head, “And he let you live?”

“I’m still debating that decision,” a raspy voice, rocks against stone, chimed in, “So cough up the kruge or count your days, Lantsov.”

“Like hell he will, Brekker,” A clear voice said from beside him, sweet and cheery, “You never delivered me, remember? He doesn’t owe you shit, and that’s mainly because his bank account is my bank account now and as the Queen of Ravka I will not give you my money.” 

Matthias looked up to see his pack’s omega silhouetted in the doorway, a sharp shadow against the bright noon sunlight. A woman Matthias had only seen in paintings stood next to him, beautiful in a way so ancient it made Matthias feel obligated to bow or at the very least tilt his head in respect. It seems Kaz and Alina had finally made their way back to the Silver Six, and that they had quite the odyssey in the meantime. 

[backgroundagent3]

Tag Game

Thank you for the tag @accidental-spice! 😁

Do you play an instrument? I play the guitar, the ukulele, and a little bit of piano.

Favourite book characters? Kaz Brekker, Inej Ghafa and Zoya Nazyalensky from the Grishaverse, and Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games.

What's your star sign? Gemini.

Favourite colour schemes? Royal blue + gold/silver, and sage green + white.

What languages do you speak? Spanish, English, French, German, and I'm learning Portuguese.

Dream aspiration? To travel the world, have kids and a job I love.

Are you for short or long hair? I like both.

Tea or coffee? Neither, but if I had to choose then I guess tea.

Bring your favourite book character to real life or go into a fictional world? I'd go to a fictional world, though I'm not sure which.

No pressure tagging @oldmanwithashield, @dean-belongs-with-lisa, @redvanillabee, @samanthaswishes, @momentofch-aos and @ryder616!

[wesper-ao3feed]

Im on My Guard with the Rest of the World (But with You I Know Its No Good)

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/jG7CPTm by ajofravka, Jazz of Swords (I_am_a_closet_fanfic_fiend) Kaz had seemingly embraced his reputation as a curmudgeon by the not so ripe age of fourteen, but underneath it all–Inej had been certain Kaz Brekker had a heart of gold that he rarely showed anyone, including herself. However, she had become quite determined to find out the truth–the truth he had so desperately tried to hide from her, of all people. Words: 8164, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Series: Part 3 of Love's Ablaze Fandoms: Shadow and Bone (TV), Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo, The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo, Nikolai Series - Leigh Bardugo, The Lives of Saints - Leigh Bardugo Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: F/M Characters: Inej Ghafa, Kaz Brekker, Alina Starkov, Nikolai Lantsov, Nina Zenik, Jesper Fahey, Sankta Neyar | Ohval Saran, Tamar Kir-Bataar, Tolya Yul-Bataar, Tatiana Lantsov, The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova Relationships: Kaz Brekker/Inej Ghafa, The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova/Alina Starkov, Nikolai Lantsov/Zoya Nazyalensky, Matthias Helvar/Nina Zenik, Jesper Fahey/Wylan Van Eck, The Disciple/Sankta Neyar | Ohval Saran Additional Tags: Written by AJ of Ravka, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Firefighters, Alternate Universe - Small Town, Friendship, Massachusetts, Based on a Taylor Swift Song, Song: Sparks Fly (Taylor Swift), Album: Speak Now (Taylor Swift), Title from a Taylor Swift Song, Inspired by Taylor Swift, Implied/Referenced Character Death read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/jG7CPTm

[syl-stormblessed]

you know i’m right: the thrilling sequel

[bylaudelekha]

i've been reading rule of wolves! and i have three points to make

1 - i am still REELING after That One Death. i have come very close to crying. poor genya..

2 - MY CROWS!! MY BELOVED CROWS HAVE RETURNED! kaz and wesper and nina!! ahh i've missed them so much but they're back!!

3 - i love nikolai so much you don't understand him and zoya are just *chef's kiss*

[eckvan]

too specific?

[thecrowclubsmanager]

me @ the d*rkling, j*n van eck, j*rl brum

[mvsicinthedvrk]

@masqce said : “keep up, i don’t have time to hold your hand.” zoya & kaz

"I don't recall requesting a hand," Kaz mutters sharply as he does his best to match her pace, still walking far faster than the average tourist on the streets even with his limp. Although in his mind, they could spare an extra three or four minutes so that they don't have to maneuver at such an unnecessary speed. "...I wasn't aware this was a time sensitive issue."

[thedelusionreaderbitch]

So just letting everyone know that in a couple of hours I probably won't be very active for like ten days because I'm on a trip to disney!

(After that it's spring cleaning my inbox and my drafts lol)

[itsgxsly]

REUNION KISSES

Summary: Nikolai is reunited with the woman he loved and whom he had to let go of because of the crown.

Pairing: nikolai lantsov x reader

Warnings: spoiler for the end of Rule of Wolves

Word Count: 628

“Tell Kaz Brekker that the queen of Ravka has a job for him”.

The room fell silent after Zoya spoke, but was quickly interrupted by a guard who entered the room breathing heavily.

“My queen…” The man turned to Zoya, “There is a visitor, she says that she needs to see Nikolai Lantsov.”

Zoya and Nikolai looked at each other in confusion and it was Nikolai who spoke up.

"Tell whoever is looking for me that I am no longer the king and that whatever requests they have, make them to Zoya Nazyalenski."

Zoya glared at him, still not used to being queen.

"But sir, the young lady has told me that she urgently needs to see you. She says that you would know who she is.”

“Did you say she was a young lady?” Zoya echoed the guard's words, looking at Nikolai with a knowing look.

Nikolai stared at the ground for a few seconds before hurriedly looking up at the guard, as if he had discovered something.

“Where is she?” Despair was in his voice.

'In the main room, sir.”

Before the guard or Zoya could say anything else, Nikolai was running down the hall.

He toured the entire castle with the single thought in mind of if he could see the woman he loved and the one he had had to let go of.

Without noticing it, he had arrived at the room. He took a deep breath before putting a hand on the doorknob and opening it.

The sight of the woman in front of him took his breath away just as it had the first time he saw her. At the sound of the door opening, the young lady got up from the sofa she had been sitting on waiting.

"Nik…" Y/N looked up at him with eyes bright with held back tears. Nikolai couldn't speak, it seemed that his words had stuck in his throat, so he did the only thing that his body allowed him, he approached her in a few steps and hugged her as if it were his life in it.

He circled her waist with his arms as she wrapped hers around his neck, one hand stroking his back and the other stroking his blonde hair. Nikolai hid his face in the crook of her neck, inhaling her scent, trying not to cry as he held her in his arms again.

They hugged each other for who knows how long, both reluctant to let go, until Y/N pulled away to look him in the face, but didn't let go of the hug.

"I'm sorry," Nikolai whispered, pressing his forehead to hers, he needed to apologize for leaving her, for not choosing her over his crown.

"You don't have to apologize, my love," Y/N told him, caressing his cheek gently. Nikolai melted at her touch.

"I've missed you so much." Nikolai still couldn't believe that she was there, back with him.

“Now I'm here Nik, I'm here with you and I'm not going anywhere.”

Nikolai's face lit up with a smile of delight at those words, and in the midst of all the ecstasy, he couldn't resist anymore. He loved her, he had missed her and he never wanted to let her go. So he did what he wanted to do since he had walked in the door.

He kissed her.

He kissed her as if her lips were the oxygen he needed to live. He kissed her showing all the feelings that words did not express. She returned his kiss with the same intensity.

They separated when they noticed the lack of air, but their bodies were still stuck together.

They had missed each other and did not plan to separate for a long time.