#bjornskeladd

[myreygn]

captain, how much longer 'til your luck runs out // how much longer 'til the show goes south // how much longer 'til we all fall down // you rely on wit and people die on it (Epic: The Ocean Saga, Luck Runs Out)

[giggly-squiggily]

*sneaks into your room while you're asleep after coincidentally rediscovering a conversation we had and puts a little sticky note saying "bjornskeladd + be my valentine (pretty please ♡)" on your forehead, waters your plants and disappears into the night*

*wakes up with sticky note stuck to face* Oh? Oh :3 *looks around*...when did I buy all these plants?

RJEJREJRJ REY! I'm gonna be real with you- I literally forgot what we talked about, read this- thought "I think Bjorn could get away with tickling if Ladds was drunk" and that's what happened akjrjkarjkaej Then I DID find our conversation and said: "...I need to write this more often" so here we are :D I hope I was able to bring you some good bjornskeladd this evening :3

CW: drinking

Be My Valentine: "I know all your weaknesses!"

Bjorn never thought the day would come, but here they were.

“What are you looking at?” A disgruntled Askeladd stared him down, his expression stern but not dismissive. They’ve been drinking, and while the older man held his liquor well, even he had his limits. His cheeks were the barest of pink- the only indication he was tipsy. “Out with it, Bjorn!”

“You’ve had a bit to drink, eh boss? Sure you shouldn’t slow down?” The comment got him a glare and a scuff, disappearing behind a wooden mug as he took the last swig of his wine.

“I’m fine. I’m no weakling when it comes to..to..” He blinked a few times, glaring down at his mug. “What is this again?”

“You’re done.” Bjorn stood, wrestling the mug out of his hand despite the other man’s grasp with surprisingly little difficulty. “Come on- time for bed.”

“What are you, my nan? I don’t need to be tucked in.” Askeladd batted his hands away, standing up for maximum intimidation factor. This immediately plummeted when he nearly fell over- saved only by Bjorn’s quick reflexes. “Let me go, I can walk by myself!”

“Boss, with all due respect- you can’t.” Bjorn resisted the urge to sigh. It was a level of trust only he earned with Askeladd to witness him in such a state. He felt both honored and mildly exhausted. “Let me help you to bed.”

“I told you already, I’m no weakling when it comes to my drinks!” Prideful as ever, Askeladd began a wobbly stumble towards the rooms. Only it was in the other direction and he nearly walked through a window instead. Bjorn once again grabbed him to steady him. “Why are you here so fast? You holding out on me?”

“Face it, ‘Ladd. You’re drunk. Don’t lie to me- I know all your weaknesses.” Desperate times called for desperate measures. With an arm around the blonde, he pressed his fingers into his ribs sharply. “Time to sober up!”

“Gah! S-Shit, dohohon’t!” Gritting his teeth, Askeladd immediately went to shove him away, but either Bjorn was too strong or he was too drunk; he had no strength in his arms. “Bjohorn, you soohhn of a-”

“Yes, yes. Heard it all, ‘Ladd.” Bjorn chuckled as he made his way towards their shared bed, clawing into his side the entire time. Another rare privilege, getting to tickle the older man. If he were being honest, it was the only way to get him listening in this state. “Come on, bed time.”

“Iihihi tohohold you- I’m nohoohoho brahahhat! Geahha, gehheehhet yooohohur hand-AH!” With a light shove, he was pushed into the cot, slightly dazed at impact. Askeladd opened his mouth to snarl, but the second his face touched the pillow his drunken eyes grew heavy. “I…hm..what was I saying?”

“Don’t worry about it.” Bjorn barely held down a laugh as he watched the older man doze off, low snores rumbling from his throat. He wouldn’t remember any of this by morning. Nor would he likely remember the gentle kiss Bjorn pressed into his whiskery face. “Night, boss.”

I snore was the only response he got in return.

Send me a candy heart and I'll write a dabble for it!

[myreygn]

Going Nowhere

spoiler for the end of vinland saga season 1!!

summary: The path to the afterlife is a mysterious one. No one knows where it leads to, everyone likes to think it leads to eternity. No one likes to think that eternity might not be that exciting after all.

an: this is just me self indulgently pushing out something with askeladd because honestly i would've dropped dead if i didn't. this has very slight bjornskeladd and you can read into that whatever you want. also i'll get to the stuff in my inbox i promise!

wordcount: 1355

taglist: @atruewarrior

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Where do I go after I die?

Askeladd had never been one to ask himself that question. It seemed redundant, especially in the heat of battle when ‘after I die’ wasn’t a future one should consider for even a second if one didn’t want it to become reality. And in most other situations, if not all, it was simply too dark of a question to ask.

Of course the topic would come up every now and then and the men would start swooning about the halls of Valhalla, but no one ever asked themselves that question seriously. Genuinely. Asking yourself, or anyone for that matter, a genuine question usually led to genuine answers and those could be horrifying. Because if you genuinely asked Where do I go after I die?, a question very closely related to that would be Will I go to Valhalla? and no one wanted an actual serious answer to that. Yes, of course you’ll go to Valhalla if you die in battle, but you could die at any moment in any dishonorable way and you’ll never even know what hit you until they shut the door in your face. Great talk, have another drink. No way.

That answer, while terrifying to most people he had sailed with over the years, meant nothing to Askeladd. Never had. Honor was a great buzzword to die from but a foolish one to live by. And without honor, one would never go to Valhalla. Or so they always said. And Askeladd had listened but never agreed, nor had he disagreed. He wasn’t stupid, why would he run his mouth off over a subject he knew nothing about?

Where do I go after I die?

That was the thing, wasn’t it, no one knew. They believed, which was very different and far more dangerous. Believing that dying with honor was the greatest achievement in the world, that was a nice thing to do until you ran into someone who favored dishonorable survival. And Askeladd had always been that man to favor dishonorable survival, to favor survival over anything else, because it really didn’t matter how you did it as long as you stayed alive. And stay alive, escape, or as some might even say, cheat death he had done time and time again, and again, and again.

Until today.

The darkness around him was… it wasn’t even darkness anymore, it was just blackness. Blackness and something else, pictures of things Askeladd couldn’t tell whether they were memories or visions. Any time he took a closer look, he ended up seeing nothing, but then he looked down and could see himself clearly, as if he was a lantern in the dark, yet no light broke through the blackness. Any time he took a breath, his lungs remained empty and yet he wasn’t suffocating. His body was numb, but looking down he saw the wounds he had acquired in his life and they were bleeding, drenching his clothes in blood for a moment before they were gone again in the blink of an eye.

It was a strange mix of too little and too much, of nothing at all and everything at once and he had yet to wrap his head around it, but it sure as shit wasn’t Valhalla. Askeladd didn’t know whether he wanted to laugh or cry and when he opened his mouth to let out something in between, the sound was swallowed by the darkness so quickly he doubted for a moment that it had ever been there.

Where do I go after I die?

He had never been afraid of not going to Valhalla, that much was true. But to say that there were no possible answers to that question that would scare him would be a lie. There was one answer that frightened him more than anything else and he had never dared to say it out loud during his lifetime, but now, here, it didn’t matter anymore and when he uttered it into the abyss, the abyss sucked the words right up and said nothing back.

What if I don’t go anywhere?

He took pride in not getting too attached to people, but if he was being completely honest with himself, he had thought about Bjorn a lot. During his attempt at recovery, after the duel and even when he was bleeding out on the floor while Thorfinn screamed at him. Such an unpleasant brat, all around, not like Bjorn. Bjorn had always been very different from any other northman Askeladd had ever met. Not a genius by any means, not a moron either though. Empathetic, sensible, and way more in control than most people realized. In control of himself and his actions, of everything surrounding him. Sometimes Askeladd had thought that Bjorn even had a certain grasp on him, but it had never gotten to the point where he would’ve been ready to admit that Bjorn had seen through him. Because he just never had. And Askeladd had felt sorry about that many times - if there was one person who deserved to see through him just a little bit, it would have been Bjorn.

A small part of him had always hoped that there would be time for this in another life. Somewhere there wouldn’t be any wars to fight and secrets to keep and Askeladd couldn’t have cared less about what that other life would’ve looked like, but he would’ve followed Bjorn to Valhalla. He would’ve followed Bjorn anywhere, but apparently death didn’t care about that. Because Askeladd was nowhere and Bjorn was somewhere else where they wouldn’t open the gates for his kind. Bjorn had gone to Valhalla. Askeladd had just gone away.

“Son of a bitch went on without me,” he muttered to himself and it sounded like the voice of a stranger.

What if I don’t go anywhere?

What then? What now? He had sacrificed himself for the reign of a king he wouldn’t live to follow and the safety of a country that had never loved him back enough to justify the things he had done to protect it. And it had all been for nothing, or nothingness at least, because apparently he wouldn’t get anything else in return for his efforts. Maybe this was some kind of twisted reward; feeling nothing in exchange for all those years of pointless suffering. Askeladd banned that thought to the deepest depths of his brain before it could take roots. What, was he supposed to be grateful to be left alone in absolute silence? Eternal hellfire would be preferable to this.

So very perfidious. Outside noises had never bothered Askeladd as much as the noise inside his own head and to take away that layer of protection, to leave him in absolute silence with nothing to drown out his own thoughts, that was cruel. Nothing but cruel. Askeladd had always known that the gods were coldhearted and he had never expected them to give him peace. That was not a problem, he didn’t need peace. But that they’d push him out of all their realms, that they’d make him disappear… he almost had to salute that they had caught him off guard like that, but then again, who was he to ever arrogate the ability to outsmart the gods.

What if I don’t go anywhere?

The first step was always the hardest to take, even more so when you had no feeling in your body. But as soon as he had done it, an ever so slight ease overcame him and he took a deep breath of nothing as he took another step, and then the next one, and the next one. If he was afraid to get stuck, maybe he should start moving.

Where do I go after I die?

Askeladd highly doubted that he would ever reach an edge of the abyss, but you never knew. And if he couldn’t go anywhere, maybe wandering would be enough for now. Roaming the afterlife, seeing if there was an actual life for him to find. He had always been nothing if not an explorer.

I don’t know.

[myreygn]

Ooo, fun! For the character ask game, how about…(drumroll of anticipation) Askeladd! :3

AHHHH SQUIGGILY thank you for this, kiss on the forehead for you!! 🖤🖤

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First impression

when i watched the show for the first time i recall laying eyes on askeladd and saying "rat" out loud to myself

Impression now

on the one hand i am in absolute awe of this brilliantly written little guy who is definitely one of the most fascinating and intriguing characters i've met in a while and he's just a joy to think about and analyze and has everything i could ask for but also on the other hand i'm frothing at the mouth screaming crying throwing up clawing my eyes out and every other unhinged reaction you can think of because hngn. (this is the sound i make trying not to yell every time i think about him)

Favorite moment

you... make rey choose?? you make her choose like the game demands?? oh jail for squiggily! jail for squiggily for 1000 years! (it's. it's him killing bjorn. that's just. urgh it gives me so many emotions.)

Idea for a story

this modern au shitpost i whipped up when i was sick but also i might write a fic to the song Leave Everything Behind by Amaranthe, i was thinking pov thorfinn and have him look at askeladd from the outside and try to understand his moral code and his view on freedom

Unpopular opinion

okay so due to me not being up to date on both the show and the manga i'm not very involved in the fandom and i'm not sure what are popular and what are unpopular opinions. an opinion i have is that if bjorn had still been alive by the end of s1 askeladd wouldn't have sacrificed himself right then and there but again no idea how popular that is

Favorite relationship

squiggily. squiggily you know me right. you know i love bjornskeladd right. you know how much it pains me to not say bjornskeladd but askeladd and thorfinn instead right. because no matter how perfect a ship is, at the end of the day found family is my religion and fucked up found family is my god. i live and breathe messed up parent-child-ish relationships and it's gotta be these two i'm sorry bjorn

Favorite headcanon

see i'm not the kind of person for extensive hcs. mostly when i say "this is my headcanon" what i actually mean is "this is how i see the version of the character in my head who is slightly different from the canon version in the sense that i'm projecting my thoughts onto them" BUT. i do believe askeladd loved bjorn. i don't know in what way he loved him and i couldn't tell you if he knew but he did. i'm not debating on this.

[myreygn]

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rey's fandoms

characters/ships i especially love to write for are those written in green, characters i will not write for are those in red

NO NSFW | NO X READER | NO Y/N

♡ Haikyuu!! (anime finished)

Kuroo Tetsurou | Matsukawa Issei | Bokuto Koutarou | Yaku Morisuke | Kageyama Tobio | Nishinoya Yuu | Yachi Hitoka | Tanaka Ryunosuke

Tsukishima Kei (as the lee) | Tendou Satori (as the lee) | Haiba Lev (as the lee)

bokuroo | kenhina | matsukuro | matsuiwa | yamayachi | kageyachi | sunaosa | kuroyaku

kurotsukki | ushioi | oikage | bokuaka | kuroken | kagetsukki | tsukkihina

♡ My Hero Academia (anime s1-s4)

Uraraka Ochaco | Ashido Mina | Sero Hanta | Kaminari Denki | Kirishima Eijiro | Ms. Joke

Iida Tenya (as the lee) | Bakugo Katsuki (as the lee) | Mineta Minoru

awamomo | eraserjoke | serotodo | kodajirou | shigadabi | dustbunny | dekuyama

bakudeku | todobaku

♡ Free! (anime finished, haven't seen the movies)

Rin Matsuoka | Natsuya Kirishima | Makoto Tachibana | Gou Matsuoka | Seijuro Mikoshiba | Ikuya Kirishima

Hiyori Tono | Rei Ryugazaki

natsurin | makorin | sourin | seirin | seigou | makoharu | asakisu | ikuharu

rinharu

♡ Yuri!!! on Ice (finished)

Yuri Plisetski | Phichit Chulanont | Mila Babicheva | Sara Crispino | JJ Leroy

Chris Giacometti

milasara | victuuri

victuri

♡ Attack on Titan (manga finished)

Connie Springer | Jean Kirstein | Sasha Braus | Levi Ackermann | Hange Zoe | Gabi Braun

Eren Jaeger | Zeke Jaeger | Erwin Smith

levihan | jeankasa | jeancon

eremika | ereri

♡ Black Butler (Book of Circus) (anime finished)

Joker | Dagger | Beast | Doll | Meyrin | Finnian

Ciel Phantomhive | William T. Spears

maorin | joker x sebastian

sebaciel | sebagrell | grelliam

♡ Sk8 the Infinity (finished)

Kaoru Sakurayashiki | Kojiro Nanjo | Miya Chinen | Reki Kyan | Langa Hasegawa

Ainosuke Shindo

matchablossom | renga

loveblossom (for angst and past unrequieted love exclusively)

tadaai

♡ Demon Slayer (manga finished)

Sanemi Shinazugawa | Sabito | Tengen Uzui | Inosuke Hashibira | Genya Shinazugawa | Akaza | Kumeno Masachika | Kanao Tsuyuri | Aoi Kanzaki

Muzan Kibutsuji | Gyokko

sanegiyuu | tanosuke | uzuiwives | sanekana | sabigiyuu | uzusane | masasane

renkaza (modern au exclusively)

♡ Tokyo Revengers (anime s1)

Baji | Chifuyu | Mitsuya | Smiley

Kazutora | Kisaki | Hanma

bajifuyu

♡ Kuroko no Basket (anime finished)

Takao Kazunari | Imayoshi Shoichi | Izuki Shun | Kise Ryota | Fukui Kensuke

Akashi Seijuro | Murasakibara Atsushi | Hanamiya Makoto | Haizaki Shogo

midotaka | imazuki | takakise | aokise | kurotaka

♡ Blue Lock (anime finished)

Chigiri Hyoma | Niko Ikki | Nagi Seishiro | Bachira Meguru | Barou Shoei

Mikage Reo | Ego Jinpachi

kunigiri | isaniko | nagiri

reonagi

♡ Vinland Saga (anime s1)

Askeladd | Knut | Ragnar | Asgeir | Bjorn

Sven

bjornskeladd

♡ Bungou Stray Dogs (anime finished)

Chuuya Nakahara | Jun'ichirou Tanizaki | Ichiyo Higuchi | Akiko Yosano | Saigiku Jouno | Sigma | Edogawa Ranpo

Mori Ogai | F. Scott Fitzgerald | Nathaniel Hawthorne

atsutani | atsulucy | ranpoe | suegiko

soukoku (as a duo: any time, specifically as a ship: only angst)

tanizaki siblings | Fyodor x anyone