#Clexaweek 2023

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The Marriage Pact

By: TalktomeinClexa

Rating: Mature

Warning: None

Status: WIP

Summary: Two childhood best friends swear to marry each other if they are still single by thirty-four. As the years pass and no one else seems good enough, the deadline approaches. Will they go through with it? Can one marry their best friend and truly be happy?

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Chapter 5: Friends Get Married

“Are you ready, Lex? I told Mom and Dad we would be there by six. We should leave soon if we want to beat the traffic.”

Lexa sat on her bed, lost in thoughts as her fingers clenched around a small velvet box she had been holding on to for days.

“Hey, did you hear me?” Clarke asked as she entered her room.

Lexa blinked a few times before turning her attention toward the door and the woman leaning against its frame. She couldn’t believe that twenty-four hours later, they would be married. After twenty-seven years of uninterrupted friendship and six months of cohabiting, she would soon call Clarke her wife.

“Are you okay, babe?”

“Yes,” Lexa replied before the worry in Clarke’s voice turned into a deep furrow between her brows.

Her heart hammered against her ribs as she stood up and crossed the room under Clarke’s intrigued gaze. “I have something for you,” she explained in a voice softened by emotion. “Since we don’t have engagement rings…”

Drawing courage in the softness of Clarke’s eyes, she opened the box without shaking. Inside sat a white gold band ornamented with a sapphire the same deep blue as Clarke’s eyes in the evening sunlight. Simple and tasteful, like the woman it seemed to have been made for.

Clarke’s breath caught at the sight, and she reflexively covered her mouth with her hand. “Lex… It’s beautiful. You shouldn’t have.”

With a hand she hoped wasn’t clammy, Lexa took the ring and placed it on Clarke’s finger.

“Thanks,” Clarke whispered against Lexa’s lips before placing a sweet kiss on them that had both of them smile.

They had gotten more used to the gesture since moving in together, and although they remained a far cry from the heavy make-out of their teenage years, it didn’t feel weird anymore.

“You’re very welcome. It was Mom’s. She gave it to me for you when the time seemed right. And since it’s the last time we’ll be alone before the wedding, I thought…”

“Now I feel like I owe Dany a kiss,” Clarke said cheekily, and both chuckled at the thought. “Hey,” she added more softly. “Thank you. I’m one lucky girl.”

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Clarke Griffin is the latest Arkadia pop princess targeting another victory for her country in the Eurovision Song Contest. If she can overcome her nerves and self-doubt she might live up to the expectation of her as the favourite to win, but when she meets Lexa, Trigeda's competitor and this year's dark horse contender, things take an unexpected turn. Might there be more than a musical connection between them, and can it survive the realities of the competition?

(Title from One Day You Will Teach Me To Let Go Of My Fears by Sleepmakeswaves)

Just in time for Clexa Week 2023, here's a new story by me. Was hoping to finish the whole thing, but that wasn't to be - will try to finish it slightly quicker than I managed for Show Me The Wonder.

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Killing Strangers - Clexaweek 2023 Edition

Day 6: Workplace Romance

John Wick/Modern Assassins AU

TW: Gun violence, physical violence, minor character death (enemies)

Rating: M

"You working tonight?"

The question is in Russian – the northern dialect, to be exact – and she doesn't have to look up to know who asked it. She spotted Rafe at the taps as soon as she walked in, the only person she cared to ensure was here. His bald head gleams in one sickly yellow light fixture, and he scratches his perpetual five o'clock shadow as he regards her, waiting for an answer.

His jaw tenses as she reaches into her suit jacket. The Glock is comfortable, familiar in her hand, and she lays it on the bar with far more nonchalance than any normal person should. Grey eyes flick from her face to the gunmetal and back again, but before he can protest Lexa has withdrawn a handful of gold coins from her pocket. She stacks them – one, two, three – one on top of the other on the bar, closer to him than the gun is, and his shoulders deflate with a heavy sigh.

"Fuck," he breathes, and reaches out a hand to scoop them up.

No one else reacts to the gun.

"The usual?" Rafe asks, already pulling a bottle of Glenfarclas off the shelf.

"Triple," Lexa answers. The accent drops so easily from her tongue she hardly notices the switch. "Please."

He grunts his acknowledgement and dumps half a rock's glass worth of whisky into a cup. Without a second look at the Glock, he drops the cup in front of her and turns to help another customer.

A customer who turns out to be small man in a very wrinkled tweed blazer and a fedora, in fact – who happens to be talking to Clarke Griffin.

Lexa takes a long pull of her drink and shakes her head. How is this woman everywhere?

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Do you guy ever equally as relived as you are pissed at finding stuffs?

I just finished writting the second update for this year's clexaweek, by hand on my notebook (paper) because i feel less restricted that way even if it takes me twice the time to eventually post it. Whatever, the point is i had this feeling that i had written something alredy but i didn't find the doc on the folder of the fic, in fact, the doc in that folder said chapter 3 and i thought it was a mistake because there's no second chapter posted, i still looked, and i didn't find it.

So, I was going to start the new update and was clicking into the folders to find if i had something already there and i read 'clexaweek 2023' and i ask myself 'did you check that one before? No, because i know i didn't post anything last year' for some reason, i click on the folder anyways, and there beside the theme list with idea is the doc, not labeled 'chapter two of..' but as 'day 2: fake dating' a basically full size chapter ready of the fic I spent two day writing a second chapter to.

I-

I got so mad at myself for not checking there before! I knew i wrote something, i know i don't save a doc with chapter 3 and the first words on it are also chapter 3 for it to not be the fucking third! But i said 'hey, if I can't find one that says chapter 2, then that one must be it' AND I WAS FUCKING WORNG!

On the other hand though, i found it, and i know it's good, and i also know that what i wrote this last two days is good too, so im happy thatbi just have extra content that i only have to worry about connecting. That is incredibly calming and gives me breathing room for more writing and more updates

... but I'm so fucking pissed lmao, im in disbelief at my own stupidity and shitty memory, im so torn between this two feeling and is kinda funny, I want to scream and is hard to tell if is out of anger or happiness 😅

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Oops...

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/AdoeD81

by BottomLexa

Clarke and Lexa have been dating for almost three months now and things have been going really well for them. The sex, in particular, is mindblowingly amazing - like tonight. Neither of them are on their mating cycles at the moment and the closest one is Clarke's but that isn't due for another two weeks at least, so they're both entirely unprepared when Clarke's knot starts to inflate in the middle of their bedroom activities.

Yes, they could stop- should stop because they both know better than to keep going without protection when Clarke can potentially breed and knot Lexa. But they can't be trusted to make the best choices when their decision-making capabilities are compromised by...well, the horniness.

And there is one very real possibility that comes from an Alpha and Omega knotting...

Words: 5305, Chapters: 1/2, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of Clexaweek2023

Fandoms: The 100 (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F

Characters: Clarke Griffin, Lexa (The 100)

Relationships: Clarke Griffin/Lexa, Clarke Griffin & Lexa

Additional Tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Omega Verse, Alpha Clarke Griffin, Omega Lexa (The 100), Accidental Knotting, accidental ejaculation, Porn With Plot, Rough Sex, Established Relationship, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Clexaweek, Clexaweek23, Clexaweek 2023, day 4 accidents happen, G!P Character

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/AdoeD81

[talktomeinclexa]

The Marriage Pact

By: TalktomeinClexa

Rating: Mature

Warning: None

Status: WIP

Summary: Two childhood best friends swear to marry each other if they are still single by thirty-four. As the years pass and no one else seems good enough, the deadline approaches. Will they go through with it? Can one marry their best friend and truly be happy?

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Chapter 6: Wives Grow Closer

“So, how’s married life treating you?” asked Raven.

Clarke took her slow sip of coffee, using the action to buy herself some thinking time. The café bustled with activity around them, and she didn’t particularly care for strangers hearing about her sex life—or lack thereof.

“Good. It’s great. It’s not that different from before. I already knew how it is to live with Lexa, and I love it.”

“Have you finally petted her kitty?”

“Octavia Marie Blake!” Clarke exclaimed, horrified when the young couple at the next table turned their faces toward them with a knowing look. “Do you kiss your baby with that mouth?”

“Yes, and don’t forget I’ve heard you say far worse. Anyway, I would say ‘Don’t change the subject’ but the bouncing knee, tight shoulders, and frown are answers enough. You and Lexa haven’t done the deed yet, have you?”

Clarke sighed long and low before leaning against the back of the sofa, her lips pursed in reluctant admittance. “No.”

“Seriously?” Raven’s eyebrows flirted with her hairline at the news. “You guys managed not to have sex in Paris and Rome? What’s wrong with you?”

“We explored a lot. There are so many beautiful places to visit and things to do… Not to mention the food. By the time we got back to our hotels, were ready to crash. And there was the ‘honeymoon pressure.’ It didn’t feel spontaneous.”

Octavia leaned closer, making an effort to keep her voice down so the entire population of Grounders didn’t hear how Clarke hadn’t had sex with her gorgeous wife yet. “Okay, I get that. But you’ve been back for two months. Was the deal?”

“I don’t know. We make out, enough that we were close to doing it a few times. But one of us always panics before we get there and hits the brakes.”

“Sounds… frustrating,” Raven dared with a grimace.

“You have no idea. And since we share a room now, it’s not like we can… Let’s just say I’m not looking forward to our next water bill.”

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[talktomeinclexa]

The Marriage Pact

By: TalktomeinClexa

Rating: Mature

Warning: None

Status: WIP

Summary: Two childhood best friends swear to marry each other if they are still single by 34. As the years pass and no one else seems good enough, the deadline approaches. Will they go through with it? Can one marry their best friend and truly be happy?

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Chapter 4: Adults Face Decisions

The Earth’s journey around the sun waited for no busy woman. One minute, Lexa was a young graduate student at Columbia, poring over law textbooks to forget her broken heart. The next, she was headed to Clarke’s apartment to celebrate her best friend’s birthday. Her 34th birthday.

Neither of them had mentioned the pact since college. Not even when Lexa turned 34 over the summer. They were intelligent, witty, attractive women. It stood to reason to assume that one, if not both, would be married before they reached the arbitrary milestone. Yet as the years passed, girlfriends—and, in Clarke’s case, boyfriends—came and went, but none made it to the altar.

A few had been around long enough for Lexa to wonder. Clarke and Finn were steady for two years before he couldn’t handle Clarke’s busy schedule as an intern. And Niylah was a kind, chill woman, exactly whom Clarke needed after that. It was a shame they eventually decided they worked better as friends.

Between graduating with excellent grades that secured her an internship in a prestigious firm and passing the bar on her first try, Lexa had had a decent number of women between her sheets as well. But after what happened with Costia, she was careful with her heart and kept the most vulnerable part of her protected behind high walls. The part no one except her family and Clarke could reach. In the end, her girlfriends grew tired of trying and left.

Lexa might not have been consciously sabotaging her recent relationships per se, but she had stopped fighting the strange self-fulfilling prophecy. And always with good reasons.

Callie’s family was insane and hated Lexa. No sensible person wanted in-laws who constantly seemed to want to recruit you for their cult.

And Echo… Well, for starters, none of Lexa’s colleagues and acquaintances would take Lexa seriously if she married someone named after an acoustic phenomenon. Not to mention the woman, although gorgeous and smart, had come with her own set of challenges. And often disappeared without an explanation, leading Clarke to assume she was a spy. Or had a double life. Either way, she was hardly wife material.

But as she drove closer to Clarke’s new apartment back in Polis, Lexa couldn’t help but wonder. Would Clarke make a good wife?

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The Marriage Pact

By: TalktomeinClexa

Rating: Mature

Warning: None

Status: WIP

Summary: Two childhood best friends swear to marry each other if they are still single by 34. As the years pass and no one else seems good enough, the deadline approaches. Will they go through with it? Can one marry their best friend and truly be happy?

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Chapter 3: Students Need Comfort

Lexa brought the mug to her lips without removing her eyes from the textbook open in front of her. Focused as she was, her mind barely registered how the mint tea — her favorite flavor midst her extensive collection — had turned lukewarm as she sipped it reflexively.

She had spent her Saturday afternoon reviewing, stuck in her single room on the fourth floor of the university building. While other students got ready to go out and party, Lexa took in paragraph after paragraph of American Politics, her noise-canceling headphones muffing out most of the hubbub.

When her phone vibrated next to her, making the table tremble, her first instinct was to ignore it and focus on Edling’s theory. Her good resolution lasted until she noticed her best friend’s name blinking on the screen over a smiley picture of Clarke taken the summer before.

“Hi, Clarke.”

“Hey.”

Clarke’s tone lacked its usual chirpiness. Instead, a long sigh followed by a sniffle on the other side of the line had Lexa immediately sit straighter on her chair and frown.

“What’s wrong?”

“It’s Dad. He had a car accident.”

Images flashed before Lexa’s eyes, each more terrifying than the previous one. Jake driving and getting T-boned by another vehicle. His car rolling over endlessly and leaving fragments of metal and glass in its wake. Jake, trapped between the seat and the wheel, taking his last breath…

“Oh, God. How is he?”

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The Marriage Pact

By: TalktomeinClexa

Rating: Mature

Warning: None

Status: WIP

Summary: Two childhood best friends swear to marry each other if they are still single by 34. As the years pass and no one else seems good enough, the deadline approaches. Will they go through with it? Can one marry their best friend and truly be happy?

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Chapter 2: Teenagers Get Confused

The music projected by the subwoofers made the windows of Jasper’s house tremble, announcing the party within a two-hundred-yard radius.

“Jeez,” Lexa said with an amused smirk at the sight of the other teenagers singing and dancing in the front and backyard. “I hope Mr. and Mrs. Jordan are on good terms with their neighbors. It would be a shame if the police came to shut it all down before we get to party.”

Clarke shrugged, her hand already on the front door handle. “Jasp said it’s cool. They are mostly old and a bit hard of hearing. Plus, his parents invite them to barbecues and whatnot regularly, so we should be fine.”

“I can’t believe they let Jasp have a party. Don’t they know him at all?”

Everybody would agree Jasper was a sweetheart with his heart on his sleeve. One of those humans who had to have been a labrador in their past life. Unfortunately, he also retained some of their puppy overexcitement and mischief. A school year wasn’t a school year at Arkadia without him and Monty — his best friend and the other school’s official cinnamon roll — being sent to the principal’s office over a prank.

“I guess they would rather we all party here and stay over than hear about someone getting into an accident on the way back. And don’t forget he roped us all into cleaning tomorrow.”

“Still, I wish my mom were that lax.”

Clarke offered her best friend a sympathetic smile as they zigzagged through the people standing in the living room. Since the divorce seven years before and Drogo’s return to Europe, Dani had raised Lexa alone. And although she trusted Lexa and gave her a fair amount of freedom, as long as her grades didn’t slip, Dani would always be stricter than the Jordans. But then, most parents were, Clarke’s included.

“I know what you mean. I had to bargain with Mom for hours before she let me come. Remind me to buy Dad his favorite cake the next time we go to the mall, by the way. To be honest, I’m surprised Dani allowed you to go to a party knowing there aren’t any adults around.”

Lexa offered Clarke a red cup before grabbing one for herself from the kitchen counter. “Cheers. Honestly, she tried to see if Anya would tag along and keep an eye on us first. But I survived three weeks in Europe with Dad without getting in trouble. And she knows many people drink alcohol below 18 there.”

“Ugh, don’t remind me about those three weeks. It was the longest summer ever without you. Next time, I’ll hide in your suitcase.”

Clarke leaned against Lexa’s side, a pout firmly in place. She was glad her friend had a good relationship with her father. Despite the ocean separating them, Drogo made sure to keep in touch with his only child and often video called and texted. Of course, when he invited her to spend part of the summer with him, Lexa went. But selfishly, Clarke had wished time would move faster — a heresy during the holidays. Nothing was the same without her best friend by her side, and she carried a Lexa-shaped hole in her heart until her return.

“Hey, you know I missed you too.” Lexa wrapped one arm around Clarke’s shoulders and pulled her closer. Between Clarke’s heels and her flats, the size difference wasn’t in her favor, and instead of the kisses she loved to leave on Clarke’s forehead, she placed a peck on her cheek before nuzzling her hair. “I’ll bring you along next time; I promise. Dad won’t mind. He loves you too.”

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First Line Game

Tagged by @lexa-griffins

rules: don't reblog the first one, make a new post! look at the first lines of the last ten (10) stories you published. look to see any patterns you notice yourself, and see if anyone else notices any!

1) Famous AU (I remember posting it for clextober 2023, but I can't find it there or in my blog)

As per routine for the past several months, the group of musicians signed with arkadia Music's made their way into the hall of the hotel as they each finished their own interviews, every room on this floor was reserved for their pre-concert activities, and soon they would be leaving to the venue.

2) I'd like to be a bear this Halloween (clextober 2022)

She was almost falling asleep; her head dropping slightly every other minute before she could react and lift it back up. It had been a long while since she's dropped her book on the table, giving up on being able to understand the words she was reading.

3) Loved your Parting Gift (dead people are my favorite) (Clextober 2022)

The slightly salty scent of the only substance that could ever satiate her hunger filled her nostrils as she walked into her apartment, before she could manage a hold of her -un- natural instincts she was launching forward into her kitchen, following the smell and quickly sinking her fangs on the flesh on display of the body laying on her counter.

4) Thieve's Crew (Clexaweek 2022)

"You got her, Reyes?" The head of the team, Lexa Woods, self and socially proclaimed 'The Commander' asked as she leaned over her hacker's shoulder, with a hand in the van's wall over the screens and the other in the back of chair. She knew the latina had her, but she was wanting for her to show her where she could see.

5) BUILD Series NYU - Horizon Hukop Season One (Clexaweek 2022)

“Hey hey hey! Here we are at build NYC, everyone please welcome these are Lexa Woods and Clarke Griffin, who play Commander Alicia Clark and Queen Elyza Lexlands, two fabulous powerful women, out of many, I must add, on the sensational newly controversial show Horizon Hukop"

6) Guess we'll have to work it out (Clexaweek 2022)

It had been a very long week; with unhappy clients who had no idea what they were talking about, with her boss scolding her for those clients who complained about her incapacity to produce their unexplainable ideas they couldn't even picture themselves. Llexa was tired, and more than she would care to admit for sure.

7) Horizon Hukop - Sneak Peak II (Clexaweek 2022)

"And as I've been telling you for the past six years, I do not need a partner to rule by my side!" The Queen of Skykru exclaimed trying her hardest to keep her voice at the proper tone for this meeting with the clan's council, while also making sure there was no room for argument. She's been through this enough times to know that one small leak of her composure was all some of the eldest members needed to attack her.

8) Don't give up (Clexaweek 2022)

"Fuck!" Having met the other woman not more than a couple day ago shouldn't make the out burst surprising -at least considering that anyone as little prepared as they were would probably react the same- however the exasperated way in which the stoic, always calm biologist -who hasn't shown a glint of pother in her demeanor since the second they met- grunts angrily as she once again tries to climb the wall of ice they fell through about an hour ago, confuses her more than she would care to admit.

9) Horizon Hukop - Sneak Peak I (Clexaweek 2022)

"I told you; she's not a problem!" "She knows too much" the Commander declares as an explanation she didn't consider she needed to give, she turned away from the Queen and left her war paint on the war table "she disagrees with us" she continued "not to mention she's not even unhappy, she's angry at our decision"

10) LexaClarke (Clexaweek 2021)

Lexa has been struggling with telling her girlfriend about her powers ever since they started dating four years ago, she also would be lying is she said she never considered before, when she and Clarke were only friends. But it was complicated, it wasn't every day that you met someone with powers, and even if it was more common that one would think, it was definitely not common to meet someone who could quite literally control your mind.

Tagging: @eternalreignblog @ecfandom if you guys want, I think every other writer I follow has already been tagged, but feel free to do your own and say I tagged you (;

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Personal Foul

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by Lmc2913

Words: 4118, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English

Fandoms: The 100 (TV)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F

Characters: Raven Reyes (The 100), Anya (The 100), Bellamy Blake, Costia (The 100)

Relationships: Clarke Griffin/Lexa, Anya/Raven Reyes (The 100), Octavia Blake/Lincoln

Additional Tags: Basketball Player Lexa (The 100), Artist Clarke Griffin, Clexaweek 2023, day 2- secret relationship

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The Royal Guard

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by TalktomeinClexa

Princess Clarke of Arkadia is kidnapped by mercenaries while on a visit to one of the kingdom's cities. Her abductors treat her well enough, but everything becomes more complicated when their client orders them to execute her. Lexa thought this was just another job. High risk, high pay. But when push comes to shove, will she betray her orders or her heart?

For Clexa Week 2023 - Day 2 - Secret Relationship

Words: 3149, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 2 of Clexa Week 2023

Fandoms: The 100 (TV)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F

Characters: Clarke Griffin, Lexa (The 100), Abby Griffin, Jake Griffin, Anya (The 100), Gustus (The 100), Aden (The 100), Tris (The 100), Ryder (The 100), Lincoln (The 100), Indra (The 100), Marcus Kane, Madi (The 100)

Relationships: Clarke Griffin/Lexa

Additional Tags: Clexaweek23, Clexaweek 2023, day 2 - secret relationship, Secret Relationship, Eventual Smut, Enemies to Lovers, Princess Clarke, Mercenary Lexa

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The Marriage Pact

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/pV8Pcdy

by TalktomeinClexa

Two childhood best friends swear to marry each other if they are still single by 34. As the years pass and no one else seems good enough, the deadline approaches. Will they go through with it? Can one marry their best friend and truly be happy?

For Clexa Week 2023 - Day 1 - Childhood Friends

Words: 2117, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of Clexa Week 2023

Fandoms: The 100 (TV)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F

Characters: Clarke Griffin, Lexa (The 100), Lexa's Mother (The 100), Abby Griffin, Jake Griffin, the usual Delinquents and Grounders

Relationships: Clarke Griffin/Lexa

Additional Tags: Clexaweek23, Clexaweek 2023, Day 1 - Childhood friends, Childhood Friends, Friends to Lovers, Marriage

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