#kenna x raydan

[endlessflame]

Butchart Gardens at night reminds me of Kenna and Raydan in Aurelia.

[a-cloud-for-dreams]

Raydan Lykel Flirting With Queen Kenna Rys

I feel like he’s gonna betray us but he’s so charismatic idc 🤷‍♀️

[lorirwritesfanfic]

I'm genuinely curious about why porn bots like my Kenna x Raydan fic so much. It's not my most popular post (in general), it doesn't any sexual content. Is it the gif? 🤔

[firelordgrantham]

So, here is my personnal headcannons of pairings of former LIs:

TRR/TRH/TRF:

My MC married Liam.

I would have loved to see Maxwell and Hana end up together, they are both so sweet, and she's responsible to balance his goofiness while he knows when to have fun to balance her seriousness.

Drake and Olivia spent the whole series teasing each other, mainly with whiskey and daggers in silver plates. I think they are both rough diamonds with a softer heart, and it would have been nice to see them date.

If my MC had married Drake (which I wanted to do on my second walkthrough but I also decided she would not be a romantic but a roughless ambitious and she ended up marrying royalty because that's where the power is) I could have seen Olivia and Liam together. They don't strike me as a perfect pair, but they've known each other for long and were each other's only friend for a while (except for Drake in Liam's case).

Endless Summer

Idk what needs to be said but... Jake x Estella, and Sean x Quinn.

Renegade soldier boy and aventurer assassin girl? Perfect pairing.

Sweet boy scout and nice shy girl? Perfect pairing.

Desire and Decorum

Luke Harper was paired with one of Miss Parsons' little sisters and that was great.

I think Prince Hamid would have been a great husband for the other sister.

As for Miss Parson I think, had she been interested in men, she could have been married to Ernest Sinclaire. They are both headstrong and difficultely giving their trust. Since she is not interested in men, she could have married Mr Chambers to stop her family from pestering her into marriage.

Distant Shores

I've got to admit I could have imagined Edward and Charlie together. They had chemistry.

Red Carpet Diaries

Seth and Teja together for work and for life!

Victoria Fontaine, I don't see her married to anyone. And I don't see Matt Rodriguez marrying anyone except MC?? Idk. Maybe with Addison?

Hunter? Single for life. If he can't get with MC, no one can get with him or something.

The Crown and the Flame

My Kenna married Raydan.

Dom? Oh come on with Rose! I was so sad she didn't come back in book 2 and 3!

Tevan would go well with Annelise I think. They have common interests (fashion, beauty, but also culture)

I could see Val ending with Diavolo. They are both ruthless. But there's something off with their vibes idk, it's not a soulmates pairing.

The Elementalists

Shreya and Griffin would go together. They're both extroverts, popular, and enterprising. They would be the kind of couple where he is out of the house half of the year, trekking and doing charity work on the other side of the world, when she's at home running her business/also on the other side of the world but not the same, to run her business.

I could picture Beckett and Aster together. They both have this shyness/precaution to them...

Wake the Dead

Like in Endless Summer we've got the tough LIs and the nice LIs, but here they are 5 so it complicates pairings. Also here I don't think pairing the tough together would work, smae with the nice.

Mine ended with Shanon but I could see her with Eli. He needs her knowledge and strategy, she needs his strength and bravery.

Angel would end up alone I think. Not everyone is cpaable of following her pace.

I don't see the girl from the gritty people who kill zombies and change their names, whose name I forgot, settling, much less when it would mean show her men a soft side of her and maybe make her lose her grip on them.

Troy? idk tbh. He seemed kinda bland to me.

[missameliep]

I'm replaying The Crown and the Flame and Raydan is just *chef's kiss*, isn't he?

In my first playthroughs I didn't focus on the romance paths, so I think I was totally sleeping on him and had no idea how good his lines and scenes were.

[lilyoffandoms]

TC&TF Drabble - Kenna x Raydan

Warnings & A/N: First time writing these two. Teasing and implied nsft. For day one of the @choicesaprilchallenge (Kenna Rys).

"Ha!" Raydan grinned in triumph as he flipped her over onto her back and pinned her beneath him. "Looks like maybe I've learned a thing or two from you after all."

Kenna grinned and shifted her hips up into his and earned a groan. Her hands slipping up his chest slowly, teasingly. “Now that you have me here just what do you expect to do with me?"

He smirked and leaned down to capture his lips with his own, his arms wrapping around her and drawing her up closer to him as they deepened the kiss. Her own arms wrapping around him as their kisses grew more heated.

"We will draw unwanted attention to ourselves if we keep this up," he whispered into their kisses, groaning again as she tugged on his lower lip.

"Maybe," she moaned before she slipped his blade from its sheath and flipped him over onto the dry ground they had been sparing on. The slender blade pressed delicately against his throat which bobbed sharply as he drank her in. Legs straddling him, breath uneven, pupils as wide as the grin on her face.

"You were saying, spy?" she smiled down at him.

"I was saying, my queen, that you seem to forget that I only allow things to happen that I want to happen. And I do have a suggestion."

"I'm listening."

"Let’s take this somewhere more private."

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Choices Tag: @storyofmychoices @peonierose

[endless-vall]

Kenna & Raydan 🥰

[endlessflame]

Kenna and Raydan AU

[a-cloud-for-dreams]

Positivity Chain!

Please recommend 3 favorite fanfics by other creators and 1 of your own.

Then tag 5 other creators to do the same.

AWW ANON THIS IS SO FUN!! Soo disclaimer, I'm really bad at coming up with "favorites" of anything and I need to catch up on a lot of fics in the fandom, so some of these are gonna be old I'm sorry! With that out of the way, both of these lists are in no particular order:

Choices

Of Cloudless Climes and Starry Skies by @thosehallowedhalls (Obsessed with this in a not normal way it's not just the Bas stan in me I live for the way you gave him more depth)

My Love Mine all Mine by @moominofthevalley (I know it's a drabble but I really really like it it's so comforting)

A meeting in Wyoming by @ladylamrian (reading this heals my soul)

All of the Aerin x MC fics @malthemagnifisent writes (they're AMAZING I love the way you write their dynamic)

Mariposa, A Dance With the Devil, Valentine, and Burgandy are four of my favorites by @jamespotterthefirst (your fics were some of the first Choices fanfic I read I remember spending an entire afternoon scouring your blog for Ethan x Lilac content lol)

Hide and Seek on Ao3 fueled my Kenna and Raydan obsession

I swear I can count these are just the first ones that came to mind since I think about them a lot 😭

(One of My Own) Personal Favorite Fics: Here For You

Romance Club

Crave/Ours by @agattthaa makes me feel every range of human emotion and Remy didn't even make Radha an LI (real intellectuals know that she is an LI at heart)

Snaring the Spymaster by @reneedenoailles (no explanation necessary reading this had me like 😶 it's *chef's kiss*)

Between The Dusk And The Dawn on Ao3 (I read it because Arina herself actually commented on Reddit saying she liked the fic and I'm inclined to agree!)

Personal Favorite Fic: Nobody who knows me should be surprised by this but fire on fire! It's one of the two RC fics I've written and I plan to write more! Next up is W:TC and SOTCN <3

Tagging: Anyone who wants to do this! I already tagged a lot of people here so if y'all would like to, feel free to, no pressure ofc

[ethoeramsey]

Replaying TC&TF and MAN Raydan is so hot I will die right here right now 🤩🥰🤪😗🤰🏻

[lorirwritesfanfic]

More Than Queen And Mother

Author's note: This fic wasn't on my schedule, but I kinda like its outcome. [All characters are owned by Pixelberry Studios] Book: The Crown & The Flame Pairing: Raydan Lykel x Kenna Rys Rating: M Word count: 1473 Summary: Kenna is having a hard time to adjust to her new role Based on the prompt: CFWC Female Characters Week: Day 4 - Motherhood

Warning: This piece contains adult material (mentions of anxiety,  pregnancy complications, blood) that may be disturbing/offensive for some people. Reader discretion is advised.

As the sun set on the horizon, the light blended in the blue sky, creating a perfect hue of yellow, orange, pink, and purple. From the balcony of the royal chambers, Queen Kenna watched nature's spectacle unamused as her fingers idly ran on the rim of her goblet. From a very young age, Kenna learned one of her many life missions and accomplishments as queen would be to provide heirs to the throne. According to her mother and all her tutors, a royal baby would bring as much stability to the Kingdom and to her family's dynasty as winning wars.

However, her current condition felt nothing like any wars she has been in before. Ever since the royal physician advised her to abstain from all activities that could cause her any distress, Raydan began to handle all royal duties on his own. She had no doubts her husband would do a great job. But her initial relief to step away from her duties to bear her first child became a succession of boring days.

"Oh, Your Majesty!"

A gasp interrupted the queen's thought. Kenna heaved a sigh and straightened up her posture. "Yes, Clover?"

"By the gods, your Majesty!" Azura's former handmaiden rushed to the balcony. "Don't bend yourself like this! Or lean against the railing!"

"I'm fine, Clover," Kenna replied.

"But what if you felt dizzy and fell off? We can't have that! Allow me to help you get back to bed." The young girl took the queen's hand and guided her towards the royal bedchambers.

Knowing the handmaiden would cause a bigger fuss than the situation was, the queen simply followed the woman and returned to bed once again.

In a few minutes, servants walked in and out the queen's chambers, offering her food, wine, gifts from nobles, and entertainment. She forced a smile and politely thanked everyone, but she wanted to be alone with her thoughts.

Kenna stood up and looked at herself in the mirror. Her body visibly changed. Her belly was growing faster than she expected, her rings no longer fit her fingers, she was hungry and get tired too easily. Even her face looked different. If this is the natural course of life, why didn't she feel ready? Would her mind ever adapt and follow?

A soft knock on the door pulled her out of her reverie.

"I don't wish any more entertainment, Clover! Thank you!" Kenna shouted.

"So I've heard…" Annelyse answered, poking her head through the partly open door.

"Annelyse!" Kenna beamed and turned around, meeting her loyal friend halfway as the other walked into the room and rushed to the queen. "It's so good to see you!"

The two queens hugged.

"It's good to see you too," Annelyse pulled away to look at her friend. "You're already showing…You look stunning."

"Thank you…" Kenna smiled, but it didn't reach her eyes.

"Oh no. Is something wrong?" Annelyse held her friend's hand in worry.

"Yes…" Kenna's brows knitted together. "Or not… I'm not sure."

"We should talk about while having these delicious treats brought to you then." Annelyse gestured for Kenna to sit back in the bed while she pulled up a chair closer to the warrior queen and reached for the tray with sweets.

"How are you feeling?" Annelyse asked as she poured wine for both of them.

"Bloated, bored, uneasy…" Kenna twisted her lips in a scowl.

"It happens to the best of us, Kenna. I understand if this situation is underwhelming for you. You got used to practicing sword fighting for hours every day. Now you're only allowed to take walks for a few minutes."

"Did I mention my walks are supervised?"

"The last time I heard, you were training recruits with Val when you began to lose blood."

The warrior queen frowned, averting her gaze. "I didn't mean for it to happen…"

"We all know that, Kenna," Annelyse replied then took a sip of her wine.

After eating a few loukoumades¹ and talking about different subjects, Kenna decided to talk about an important matter. "Annelyse, can I ask you a question?"

"Sure."

"How was your childhood like?"

Annelyse looked at the tray filled with sweets covered in honey and reached for one. "It was just the childhood of any other heiresses. Many tutors, nannies, handmaidens, classes to learn dancing, entertaining guests, the art of negotiations, politics…"

"And very little proximity to your parents…"

"I loved my parents dearly and my mother tried to stay as close as she could, but yes." Annelyse nodded.

"How so?"

"Sometimes, she'd take some time to teach me a few things herself. I learned everything I know about taking care of my beauty and etiquette with her. Besides, I was a really polite young girl, so she always took me to tea parties and meetings with her." The Aurelian queen smiled fondly.

"I never really cared for those things when I was a child. I always wanted to run across meadows, play with the other kids and learn how to fight." Kenna looked down at her belly and placed a hand on it. "Maybe I should have paid more attention to those moments with my mother. They were rare..."

"Don't dwell on this, my friend." Annelyse placed her hand atop Kenna's. "You were just a child. And it's a good thing that you knew your true calling since then."

"But do you think a queen can be a loving mother without becoming just a consort?"

"Perhaps… I don't have proof it happened before, but I know how much our mothers tried. It wouldn't hurt to follow their footsteps sometimes."

And just then, hope bloomed inside Kenna's mind.

Kenna was still half asleep when strong arms encircled her waist and soft lips brushed on her shoulder. Her lips curled upwards in a soft smile before her eyes fluttered open. Even if she felt tired, she couldn't help it. He always knew how to make her smile. "My love…" she whispered.

"Good evening, my queen," Raydan murmured, nuzzling her neck. "Forgive me for disturbing your sleep, but I couldn't wait to see you tomorrow. I miss you."

"It's alright…" She replied. "If you didn't wake me up, I'd go to your bedchambers in the middle of the night anyway."

His low chuckle rumbled in her ear, sending tingles down her spine.

"How are you feeling tonight?"

Kenna shifted on her side to look at him. "Bored…"

"I can imagine. You only forget your royal duties when I do this..." Lifting her chin up, Raydan pressed his lips on hers, his tongue running along her bottom lip before invading her mouth to deepen the kiss. After minutes of long heated kisses, the king finally pulled away.

"You're right. I hardly remember where I am when you kiss me."

"That's the idea."

They smiled at each other, but then her face grew serious.

"Raydan, I need to tell you something."

"I'm listening."

"After our child is born, I'll return to my duties as queen regnant."

"Yes. I only agreed to rule the Five Kingdoms on my own because you need to rest. I never wanted to rule without you," he said brushing a few locks of hair away from her face. “You’re not less of a queen because you’re not in the throne room every day. We still talk about politics and your ideas help the kingdom more than you know.”

“Don’t you think I won’t be a mediocre mother if I dedicate my time to serve the kingdoms?”

“No. I am sure our children will be happy and proud to have you as a mother. But I need you to remember you’re more than just a queen and a mother. The woman I fell in love with is a fierce warrior, smart woman, and natural leader. You can be all of those things at once. Your current delicate condition doesn’t erase the fact that you are legendary Kenna Rys. Don’t ever forget that.”

Kenna bit down her lip to stop it from quivering and nodded. “Thank you.”

“Of course,” he smiled then kissed the tip of her nose.

Just then, Kenna shifted on the bed again, facing away from him to brush away a few tears.

“My queen?”

“Yes?”

“Are you alright?”

“I’m fine…”

Craning his neck to see her face, his brows furrowed. “Are you crying?”

“No…” She sniffed.

His arms wrapped around her tightly.

“I don’t know why…” She sobbed, placing a hand over his arm. “You know me. I don’t cry so easily.”

“I heard it’s common for pregnant women to get emotional.”

“I heard about it too. But I’m fine.”

“Okay…”

A brief moment of blissful silence passed by when Kenna spoke again. “You’re not leaving me because I said I’m fine, are you?”

“Absolutely not,” he answered, kissing her shoulder again.

¹ Sweet fried dough popular in the  regions nowadays knows as Greece and Turkey since the sixteenth century.

[the-unconquered-queen]

King of Stormholt and my heart 💛

[for-king-and-cordonia]

I just need to talk about this….

“Perhaps, but then what need would you have of me?”

It sounds like a flippant remark, but oh my goodness it is not. This man has such deep feelings for Kenna, and also struggling with low self worth from years of hardship and abandonment by literally his entire family. Now that he’s found someone to love, aka Kenna, he is desperate to prove himself irreplaceable.

Now I’m thinking of when he went undercover with Azura… The wavering of his confidence when Val confronts him. I think that wavering of confidence wasn’t just a spur of the moment thing related to Val only, or having to shoot her, but so much deeper - he has found a group of people that he belongs with, who accept him, and he’s about to put himself into a position that will likely cause him to lose all of them, or at least their trust, which is basically the same thing. How hard that must have been for him! My heart breaks for him just thinking about it.

His reaction to being proposed to. Omg. Especially compared to Diavolos and Tevan. His face is polite, his speech is polite, he has his masks back in place. I think he was in fact prepared to be offered a position of sorts in the court, and I’m guessing he has tried to come to peace with it and watch Kenna marry someone else, but definitely failed, otherwise his walls would not have been up. And they were up 100%. When Kenna tells him she wants him to be her king, he loses his cool like few times before, and it was HOT. Because we got to see completely under the mask, and it was THE BEST.

Now his wedding vows…. he jokes that Kenna is the noble heroic one and he’s the one everyone in this room has called a traitor. Adorable, and oh-so-telling of his low self worth. Because he’s just as noble and heroic, if not more so, because he risked literally *everything*.

Anyway yes I love Raydan and I don’t know what to do with myself now that I’ve finished book 3. T_T

[thefirstcourtesan]

Advent Challenge Day 14: Restless (Kenna x Raydan)

After being ahead the first half of this challenge, I am day-ofing it now and probably won’t have a chance to get ahead until Monday or Tuesday. But at least I haven’t gotten behind (yet) 

Today’s fic is for lovely @endlessflame. One of my first friends in the fandom and one of the sweetest people I have had a chance to get to know. I am so glad for your friendship and I know how much you love and adore Raydan, so I couldn’t imagine writing anyone else for you.

I am also shouting out @endless-vall @gennesaret and @frugalchoicer who also all love Raydan and who again, are lovely people that I am very blessed to have interacted with. 

Restless By Misha

Disclaimer- Not mine. Author’s Note- This is day fourteen of the advent challenge “not a creature was stirring” and is set between Books 2 and 3 of TC&TF. Unless specifically mentioned, all my fics fit together, at least loosely, and this is no exception, fitting in with most of my other Kenna and Raydan fics.  Pairing- Kenna x Raydan Rating- PG-13 Summary- After the invitation from the Iron Empire arrives, Kenna finds herself restless.

Kenna was restless..

A week had passed since Luther’s surrender. A week that had left Kenna with more questions than answers. From Luther’s disturbing new about his retreat, to the mystery of Dom’s whereabouts and now finally, the letter that had arrived that very morning.

An invitation to visit the Iron Empire.

Kenna paced the borrowed chambers, she would never consider this her castle even if it had been claimed as such from spoils of war. She had expected defeating Luther to be the end. She had avenged her mother and freed the kingdoms from tyranny but now she had to consider that there might be another enemy out there, one who possibly posed an even bigger threat and she had no idea what she was supposed to do next.

She had to accept the invitation, she knew that. But she didn’t know what the result would be or what she hoped it would be. Kenna gave a frustrated sigh and moved towards the door, needing fresh air.

The castle was eerily quiet. There were guards on duty, of course, but they were out of sight and everyone else appeared to be asleep, which was unsurprising given the late hour. Kenna knew that several people would object to her going outside the castle on her own, but she didn’t care.

She needed the fresh air.

She found her way down to the beach. It seemed so much more peaceful now, no evidence of the brutal battle that had taken place only days earlier. But wasn’t that always the way? The blood was quickly wiped away, but the damage was already done.

“You seem very pensive.”

Kenna jumped slightly, then turned to see Raydan watching her.

“How did you know I was down here?” She asked him, “I thought everyone else was asleep.”

“Sleep does not come easily to me,” he admitted, “and I heard a noise in the hall and went to investigate. I didn’t want to startle you, but it appears I failed.”

“You need to start making more noise,” Kenna chided teasingly.

“A noisy spymaster is not a particularly effective one,” he reminded her and then quirked an eyebrow, “do you care to share the thoughts that led you here? Or would you like privacy?”

“Just thinking about the invitation from the Iron Empire and what it might mean,” Kenna admitted, “and feeling foolish because I never thought past defeating Luther, despite the fact that it was the Iron Empire that started all of this.”

“Not foolish, just focused on your goal,” Raydan told her, “and you have achieved if. Luther is defeated, the Five Kingdoms are free. Now you must consider next. But you have time to do so and you have resources and council available to you.”

“Including a very capable spymaster,” Kenna agreed with a smile, “you’re right. I don’t have to decide this alone, not when I have so many people at my side. I am very lucky.” Her eyes searched Raydan’s, wondering what message he would get from her words and what message she wanted him to get.

“No luck involved, you have earned our loyalty and devotion,” he told her, his tone warm and intimate. He offered her a hand. “May I escort you back into the castle or do you wish to stay here longer?”

Kenna took his hand. “I am not sure I could sleep yet.” She told him, her lips curving into a secretive smile, “I am still very wound up. I need to release some tension, any suggestions?”

Raydan met her smile with one of his own, “one or two,” he murmured in a low, seductive voice, “but I think they are better discussed inside.”

“Then lead the way,” Kenna told him, falling in easy step with him, enjoying the silent world around him and the comfortable ease of his company, some of her burden slipping from her shoulders as she let herself enjoy this moment.

End

[carreraleigh]

I'm screaming