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pies-writes-and-more · 4 years

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PIES’ FIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR JUNE 2020

Click HERE for the amazing fics I read in May 2020!

NOTE: If you’ve got an incredible fic that you are super proud of or if you think that I should read something you’ve read, PLEASE SEND IT TO ME! I’m really big on StevexFem!Reader, BuckyxFem!Reader, WandaxFem!Reader, CarolxFem!Reader, and Stucky fics!!! (And of course any fics with gender neutral readers is ALWAYS welcome :) )

If you do end up reading these fics, please tag me if you reblog them or comment on them!! I’d love to see your guys’ reactions :)

PS. if these links dont work for some reason, please let me know so I can update this list because I was very distracted halfway through making this so it might not be perfect!

SPECIAL MENTION FIC/POEM RECOMMENDATION

Okay so I’m not doing this because I’m trying to give myself a shoutout however, @wxstedhexrt and I have been collaborating in a poetry inspired fanfic collection called Falling! Tis a BuckyxFem!Reader series and if I do say so myself, it’s fucking adorable.

The real reason I’m mentioning it is because @wxstedhexrt‘s poems are some of the most real and gorgeously written things I’ve ever met so please give them a look!

She has this series on Achilles and Patroclus, this collection about the word Silver, gorgeous poems from last year (involving Icarus, Apollo, and Helen of Troy), and so many more!!! Check out the tag #poetry or #mywriting on her blog!!! Send her some love :)

ANYWAYS BACK TO THE FANFICS!

1. Homecoming by @scentedsongrebel | Steve Rogers x Desi!Reader “You bring Steve to Mumbai to meet your family“ Yall want some wonderful representation in your fic reading!!??? READ THIS ONE! It’s so fucking wholesome and I love the whole story line of Steve learning more about his partner’s culture so that he can impress her family. Fucking adorable. 100% fluff with a wonderfully diverse reader and author!!!!

2. Iced Tea by @kaunis-sielu | Steve Rogers x Fem!Reader I don’t think there’s an official summary for this fic ( @kaunis-sielu pls correct me if I’m wrong) BUT LEMME TELL YALL. I AM A SUCKER FOR BIKER FICS. WE LOVE BIKER STEVE. This was 100% FLUFFY and we LOVE IT. Amazing job!!!!!!

3. let me show you by @moteldwelling | Bucky Barnes x Fem!Reader bucky gives reader a “redo” on her first time, and takes her virginity. Listen here people. This smut took my soul and dragged me to hell and back. I am a SUCKER for Bucky fics but this one like took my life away. We love a man who makes sure his lady is having a good time when being intimate with her!!!!! we stan a good boi. Anyways if I keep thinking about this fic, I’mma need to go shower so I’mma end this here. Go read for yourselves and then cry with me about why Bucky Barnes isn’t in our lives. 18+ readers only of course! 100% HOT. FUCKING. SMUT.

4. Under the Rainbow, Draga mea by @binkysteebnpewter | Wanda Maximoff x Fem!Reader Again, I don’t think there’s an official summary for this (pls correct me if I’m wrong @binkysteebnpewter) and YES, I KNOW i put this in my May recommendations but I finished reading the series in JUNE so it is HERE AGAIN and DESERVES to be HERE AGAIN BECAUSE WE LOVE FICS WITH 100% GAY SHIT AND LOVE <3 I am a fucking sucker for the love that Wanda and this Reader have together. If you’re not convinced, ask @wxstedhexrt how much I cried reading it lol. anyways an amazing series that I will continue to go back reading again and again because i LOVE wlw fics <3

5. Oh no, that’s bad by @andyl394 | Bucky Barnes x Fem!Reader You’re a college student, you’re mad angry, Bucky ruins your paper, that’s not good is it? I read through this 20-part series like there was NO TOMORROW and god DAMN. We love hilarious social media AUs but this one really killed me. I always love Bucky who is soft and shy in fics but the Bucky in this fic was a LITTLE SHIT and i had so much ANGST. Anyways, if you read this fic, you may want to slap the characters BUT I PROMISE THERES AN ADORABLE HAPPY ENDING!!!! 100% INCREDIBLE

6. Home by @evanstush | Steve Rogers x Fem!Reader It’s been 2 years since the last battle and it’s now Morgan’s 7th birthday, and well, Tony being Tony, he prepared a small party for her little girl, inviting everyone from the team, including you. So Kate decided to rip my heart out with this fic and have me on my knees sobbing so that’s cool. That’s it, that’s all I have to say. JK, this fic actually is like half and half FLUFF and ANGST but lord is it worth it. Kate, you know I adore you so much and your fics play a big part in why! God this girl deserves more love on these stories because holy shit I’m DEAD.

7. Baby Self by @honeyloverogers | Steve Rogers x Fem!Reader Alternative to Babies! Assemble, What if it was you that got turned into a baby instead? YALL WANT FUCKING FLUFF!?!?!?! 1000000000% FLUFFFFFFF AND CUTENESSSSSS (with like a little bit of a piece of shit lady who comes around but like its cool because a baby says fuck lol) THIS WAS A FIC WRITTEN LIKE NO OTHER. I LOVED IT SO MUCH. IT WAS SO PERFECT. Think of endgame and that moment when Scott turns into a baby??? Yeah now scratch that and think of Y/N if SHE turned into a baby and the avengers couldn’t figure out how to turn her back right away so now everyone has to take care of this baby HGOIDHFOISHFOISDHF the baby fever was so real in this fic ughhhhh <3

8. Insecurities by @evanstush | Steve Rogers x Fem!Reader You’re 7 months pregnant, and you can’t help be so insecure about some things. And here’s Kate again bringing me back to life with more wholesome fluff and a wholesome husband who loves his wife so fucking much and ugh i- i read this fic over and over sometimes and it just makes me realize how much i want this adhfoiasjdfoi <3 I aint pregnant but if I WAS i would want this steve to be comforting me ugh 103874203847% FLUFFFFFFF <3

9. Requested fic (idk if it has a name??? sorry) by @donutloverxo | Steve Rogers x Fem!Reader Request: Hey, as for the headcanon requests how about Steve giving a lift to a girl in need when it's raining heavily or smth? I don't know where this idea came from 😅 Did yall need some confirmation that Sarah Rogers raised her son the fucking right way?!?!? WELL HERE YOU GO. THIS MANS OUT HERE BEING AN ABSOLUTE SWEETHEART <3 ugh we love wholesome drabbles really <3 amazing workkkkk!!!!!

10. Leather and Lace by @queen-kass-the-writer | Steve Rogers x AFuckingKickAssFem!OC :) Steve Rogers hardly expects anything to come out of a sleepy night at his new favorite dive bar until a pristinely dressed little lady saunters into the bar with a delicate smile but a wicked uppercut. Biker!Steve x Helena Alright so this is a little different than the above fics because THIS IS AN OC FIC :D now if any of yall know me I don’t tend to read OC fics HOWEVER Kass is INCREDIBLE at churning out fics. I had gave her an idea of a Biker Steve fic and like BAM she made it :O (seriously i don’t know how that is... to have an idea... and actually produce it?!??!) It’s a hilarious story of Biker Steve being head over heels Helena which is adorable (and a character named after me being Bucky’s shithead date lol hilarious) YALL BETTER READ THIS SHIT BECAUSE IT’S 100% WONDERFUL

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Okay so I know that this list is FAR shorter than my last recommendations list. I suckkkkked at reading fics this month lol. I’m definitely going to try and read more in July so here’s to hoping! Love you all a ton :D

#Steve Rogers #steve rogers x reader #Bucky Barnes #bucky barnes x reader #wanda maximoff #wanda maximoff x reader #fic recommendations #pies recommendations list #pies june recommendations #steve rogers x y/n #bucky barnes x y/n #wanda maximoff x y/n

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skaterboyfriend · 3 years

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stardew villagers - my farmer hc thoughts on them !! :)

i just failed my final exam so lets depression-eat and post shitty headcanons. will be writing as if its my opinion because my farmer is the cooler version of me (smarter, prettier, stronger, and bolder. i am none of those things!!)

abigail: kinda like that feeling like... aw sweetie you made it to level 4 in the mines <3 congrats!! you’re so epic babe anyway where should i stash this 8lb of monster guts

alex: jock... with no brain... and thinks hes the shit until you discover all his inflated ego is a coverup for his insecurities and youre like aww himbo :)

caroline: i feel like she deserves something other than being a housewife with some businessman who seems to care a bit more about the competition than her. i see her more alike to abigail when she was young, and wonder if she ever will embrace her wild side again...

clint: oh. the goatee guy... personally i think hes ok until he talks about other women and then im like *knife emoji (im on pc)*

demetrius: ok listen... tomatoes are... veggies. like those are its vibes so please take it as such. i also don’t like how hes pressuring maru into being the best of the best and how he seems to disregard his OTHER kid sebastian... like bro. please stop looking at the mushrooms please tell your stepson he’s doing great

elliott: the theater kid? with the long hair and the crab in his shirt pocket? smells of the salty oceanic breeze and wears birks? and youre asking me what i think of him??

emily: she is so neat... like a ltitle bundle of joy in blue hair... she always says the nicest things and is super positive!!! i love her :)

evelyn: aww i always find cookies in her trash so thats a plus! she’s neat :)

george: i mean, hes cranky and old but once i got close to him, hes so caring and kind in his weird way of making sure youre bundled up during the winter and youre eating enough food and youre careful in the mines. cute!

gus: he is so sweet with giving linus free food and being on everyone’s good side and sells me recipes and beer which i buy with a smile :)

haley: ok i know im ugly and smell, thanks for telling me like the millionth time. are ugly and smelly farmers your type by any chance?

harvey: ok harvey youre so timid and awkward and bashful and sweet in person but when i pass out and need an emergency surgery, then its all “you shouldnt push yourself” “you have to be careful young lady” “the bill comes out to 1000000000 gold”

jas: the sweetest... i LOVED when she started seeing me as a friend and giving me smiles and telling me about her toys and favorite things <3

jodi: MILF

kent: DILF

linus: he’s the first person i befriended, he’s really sweet and doesn’t deserve all the bad things that happened to him

leah: shes a neat artist! and i love that she likes drift wood so i dont just have to throw it away!

lewis: lewis is scared of me. he is threatened by me. i can dismantle his whole town: take role as governor, make everything sway to my will, force the villagers to adore me. i make 70k a day, i have a self-functioning farm that churns out starfruit jelly out the hooha while i make plans to thwart his reputation. i can and will make the whole town in my overalls’ pocket. he is terrified of me.

marnie: marnie sweetie you deserve better than lewis xx i will set you up with someone else... marlon and gil, by any chance???

maru: she’s cool i guess, i don’t really see her unless im heading in the clinic to buy tonics

pam: i dont really like her solely because of how she scares penny. i know what its like to have parents that scare you because of how they never seem to put down the bottle so i feel real bad for penny. i know alcoholism is not just something they choose to have a habit of, but its still :/

penny: like ^^ above, i really do feel bad for her and wish i can help her but her problems are way out of anyone’s hands

pierre: i dont like this guy. i don’t like how he sells people my things i sell to him, but claims its from him? anyone else get that message from the villagers??

robin: she’s super neat and i wish she’d dump demetrius for me

sam: KING!!!!!!!! <3 FAVORITE SKATER BOYFRIEND

sandy: she is sooo gorgeous and sweet and why cant i romance her?

sebastian: um. ok. he’s there i guess. like ya, i wish people respected him more via his work as a programmer and that he does deserve affection from his parents but like. im actually not a fan of him

shane: grrr i love him and i want whats best for him and he has the saddest heart events and deserves the world and is only mean because it reflects his own self hatred and </3

vincent: so valid... idk if its my expanded dialogue mod or in general but when he calls me auntie and calls me his favorite adult (don’t tell mom!) i literally... go crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!

wizard: how about you stop looking thru that crystal ball and look at me <3

#delilah #headcanons

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jimlingss · 4 years

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pt.2 of yesterday

I don’t want to flood people’s dashes, so hopefully answering your messages here will suffice!

anonymous asked: Hi! I wanted to tell you how much I love your work and how you make me enjoy every Monday thanks to your regular updates ! I saw a previous anon telling you how your writings lacks of emotion and I totally disagree with them... obviously everybody won’t like it but your stories just DON’T lack of love or emotion this is madness I want to thank you for publishing your amazing stories freely here for everyone to read. (Sorry if my English is weird I’m french ejfjekfjd)

“this is madness” LOL

You’re hilarious, anon. And your english is perfectly fine!!!

anonymous asked: Hello! Im the culinary student anon who sent you an ask a while ago and i saw you received an ask about the lack of emotion from your stories. I read kitchen romance and i actually really really like it and don’t quite understand how it lacks in emotions as I interpreted the stories more like the beginning of the oc and jin’s love story and they are only starting to open up to each other so i guess thats why anon might feel like it lacks romantic vibe from both of the characters. (1)

Anonymous said: Just want to tell you that you’re one of the best writer and ive been following you for 2/3 years now, you never failed to amaze me with your writings!! All your stories are so well written that i sometimes wonder how do you come up with such an amazing plot every single time and your stories are always nice to re-read and the effort you pour into creating your stories is also admirable (2)

while i was reading kitchen romance and ive only started s&c (currently on chapter 4) i can say that its pretty similar with how it is irl (and the part where we find out jk is an iu fans reminded me of my ex-crush whose also a culinary student, i would like to tell you a story about it but ill just waste your time lol) , just want to send you a few encouragement and love for you and your writings *sending virtual hugs* (3) -👩🏻‍🍳anon

You’re too kind, thank you (and also, welcome back!). I’ll be frank, there was a hot second I was considering taking down Kitchen Romance but I didn’t cause I don’t want my efforts of editing it to go to waste asdfghjkl. I can’t believe you’ve been sticking around me for so long :’) it’s always nice to know some folks stay. Anyway, I’m glad that Sugar and Coffee is pretty similar to how it works irl since I tried my best to do research. I definitely love a good storytime as well so don’t worry about wasting my time :>

Anonymous said: a good majority of your fics display an unfathomable amount of DEPTH. regarding character development. plot. even the shortest lines of dialogue reveal so much more to the character and unveil their true emotions. i personally think the more REALISTIC side of love may be perceived as 'bland.' ‘emotionless.’ whatever you want to call it. nothing’s wrong with portraying a relationship that isn’t overboard with a whole lot of tooth aching fluff or lowkey annoying pda. +1

Anonymous said: there’s nothing wrong with taking out a bit of emotion to fit the PERSONALITIES of the characters. some people out there don’t necessarily feel a lot of emotions. so it’s honestly not really a mistake if a story lacks it (unless it was unintentional). subtlety is an art that is hard to master, but you’ve done it! and to respond to the anon, sometimes, if you skim through a fic without reading every word the author intended for you to read, +2

Anonymous said: then it’s quite common to not feel the full extent of the emotions you were supposed to feel. just a thought but no hate. we’re all entitled to our opinions. but besides that, kina, you write on a vast scale ranging from hardcore angst to diabetes-inducing fluff. and you do it beautifully. sure there are some stories that are better than others, but i believe a LOT of it comes down to personal preference and taste. +3

Anonymous said: even if you are feeling creatively limited, you work hard to continue writing for your readers, and your determination and diligence wILL NOT GO UNNOTICED. i just want you to know that you write amazingly. your syntax is practically immaculate, your characters feel real… the endings of your stories always wrap something up and the strings are tied—even if it isn’t necessarily a happy ending. you can convey hundreds of different characters through WORDS. +4

Anonymous said: i’ll have you know that it’s hard to write. it’s even harder to write about people who aren’t YOU. so as someone who looks up to you a lot, i want to commend you for your writing. some of your fics that i read on a monthly basis: tears of a villain, a piece of the moonlight, head over heels to hell, ghost in the machine, a mark of betrayal, a kiss of poison, until yesterday, the truth between us and arcadia. +5

Anonymous said: to be fair, there were way more fics but i didn’t want to make this message any longer than it already is LOL. i find these pieces wonderful. heart wrenching. and SO DAMN EMOTIONAL IT PLAGUES MY MIND FOR DAYS. also you’re literally one of the few fucking people who can use the em dash correctly. thank you so much for sharing your talent with us! +6

Oh my goodness. I don’t even know what to say, anon. This is a whole damn thesis and it’s about my fics :’> You know, it’s easy to brush off fanfiction as a ‘whatever’ thing and indeed, it isn’t that big of a deal compared to some things in the world. But I really do take all my stories seriously and put forth a lot of effort - so to see it recognized and appreciated it makes me beyond happy. It’s good to know that my efforts haven’t gone to waste at all and that there are people out there who will support me no matter the endeavours I take. Thank you so much. You don’t know how much this means to me.

((Also, honestly I picked up the em dash usage after I wrote The Truth Between Us with gukyi who used it. I’m pretty sure I’m not using it right but to hear that I am, god damn that’s a breath of relief right there))

backtobleuside submitted: Are you kidding me!? Your stories don’t lack love at all. They’re the kind of fics that you read, soak it all in and then come back for more. I’ve cried so much when I read Beyond reach, Boo-lieve in me, A piece of the moonlight, His name, Tell me lies etc. etc, and also laughed and felt the emotions of not just the OC, but also the other characters. Kitchen Romance was also so fluffy and sweet and personally, I don’t think that anything needs to be added to it. Anyway, your fics do not lack emotion—you’re probably the first author I send a message to because your stories impacted me a lot and left a strong impression on me. I even imagine your characters as real people who have real lives that continue on even after the story is done.

asdfghjkl thank you :’) I see you every week and sometimes several times at that. I really appreciate your consistent feedback and following. You never fail to send me a message too which I appreciate a lot. I’m glad you’re enjoying everything I’m producing!!

youngfleurever said: Would just like to say that your fics do in fact make me violently sob to the boy where my eyes are so swollen I have trouble opening them the next day and I wake up feeling like there’s sawdust in my mouth because I’m dehydrated.

oh my god. please keep yourself hydrated hahahahhaha more importantly, how do you know what sawdust in your mouth is like. WHAT have you been doing LOL

Anonymous said: I’ve felt emotions that I’ve never felt before when I read your fics.... so as a person that has read your entire masterlist, I DO NOT think that your fics lack emotion.... I hope you don’t feel disheartened because you’re one of my favourite writers, not just on tumblr but like, evER 💓💓💓💓💓💓

Please, even if I was disheartened, the overwhelming amount of feedback and praise has completely overridden it :’)

joonie-mono said: when tumblr deletes the first part of your ask 🙄😌✌️

LOOOOOOOL

haylo4ever said: Sorry had to add my 10 cents. You're such a talented writer,,, I WISH I could write a smol smol 1/1000000000 that you write,,, like I remember when I followed you bc I was in awe of your writing.... I mean?? Sure maybe not every fic hits it with someone but it's just ridic to name drop (a friend nonetheless) when you're all extremely talented writers.

Trust me, writing comes with practice!! I should honestly just tattoo that on me. God knows my first fanfic was absolutely GARBAGE. I didn’t know pacing, didn’t know that I should separate chunks of paragraphs, how to write dialogue or describe scenes properly. I went in blind. Even my second, third and fourth fanfic was garbage. You could definitely get to “my level” or even far surpass it with enough dedication and practice. I mean I’ve been writing for four years, so thank GOD there’s been improvement. I wouldn’t be natural if there wasn’t. But clearly the more you practice, the better you improve! That applies to anything.

The me in ten years will certainly be better now.

Anonymous said: Hi kina! I’m here in support of kitchen romance! I actually didn’t feel like it was missing a ton of fluffy moments (and I say that as a huGE LOVER OF FLUFF) but the story was just as entertaining in the whole chase of them getting closer to each other! It’s honestly one of my favorite one shots I’ve read lately and I’m not saying that lightly! Also, that anon that said your work lacks emotion has probably not read like half of your masterlist bc oO MAN QUEEN OF MAKING ME CRY- black heart anon🖤

Thank you :’]

Anonymous said: Ok I’m very offended wow the audacity!Specially coming for my baby kitchen romance like that story made me feel so much and it’s only one of the many fics you have written kina like I’m literally baffled like dynasty has made me cry scream happy and hot all at the same time and I was literally just thinking about it that whole weekend and this anon has the nerve to say your stories lack emotions?When you are literally the queen of show casing all types of emotions in your stories!You did it all

Anonymous said: Also 😭😭😭😂😂😩hoooooooow and whereeee did they see any lack of love and emotions like have you read jungle park???? Inside my mind??? FREAKING SUGAR AND COFFEE (like this fic is made with love and I- ) Actually you know what , just read the whole masterlist😩😩💗💗💗

LOL tbh I didn’t expect Dynasty to receive the love it has. I was actually kind of wary when posting it cause it’s kind of Wild.

bangtans-peaceful-piegon said: just gotta say u handled that whole anon thing so well which not only makes me admire u as a writer but even more as a person :] (i mean i knew u were gr8 before the whole deal but yeah love ya 💛)

tbh, I’m not sure how well I handled it cause I was flooded with over 30 messages afterwards (evidently) ;_; which I love and appreciate but I’m not really as hurt as some people think hahaha criticism should be received well but it’s still hard not to take personally tbh. It’s gonna have to be something I work on or perhaps it’ll be one of those things that I’ll take better with age.

#anonymous #👩🏻‍🍳anon #backtobleuside #youngfleurever #joonie-mono #haylo4ever #black heart anon🖤

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lettersofwrittencollective · 5 years

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Binti Ra's al Ghul (1/?)

Pairing: Ivar x OC

Word Count: 2339

A/N: Ok so I TOTALLY 1000000000% blame both @dreamwritesimagines and @stiles-o-dylan24 for this. I had a small idea and they were excited for it when I shared it and I can pretty much guarantee you that I will write these two anything they want. Like I literally told one of them I would write Aliens into a story if they wanted it though there would be a lot of eye twitching involved. I have no posting schedule planned because as I write this I should be working on anatomy and physiology but this is obviously not that?

Also - the way that I have this envisioned in my head, it may be a re-write of Vikings for a bit but I promise that that’s not what I am going for. I do have plot ideas that throw out Viking's cannon completely so there is that...

BIG NOTE: There is a reference to Luke 10 at the end of the story. It is not completely accurate! The basic idea is there but the story was embellished in a way I thought the reader may have heard from their father.

Anyways (wow this is a large A/N i swear they aren’t usually this big) let me know what you think! Comments, questions, concerns all the things! I live for the interaction

“Again!” he yells after knocking you down.

Groaning, you push yourself back up to your feet. You can’t remember the last time that your muscles hadn’t protested your movements but that was to be expected with who your father was.

After you picked up your knives you found your center and waited for the attack to come your way. One of your father's men ran towards you and you were able to maneuver around him, then the second. But it was when the third came that you worried. You had been training and training, working at this for months but you always seemed to lose when a third opponent was added to the mix.

While fighting against the two in front of you, dodging the blows or moving with them, you tried to keep an eye for the third man that would be jumping into the fray. Seeing the glint of metal from the corner of your eye, you move to block when suddenly there’s an arm around your throat and your feet are knocked from under you.

You hit the floor and this time an audible groan escapes you with the impact.

“Again!” your father yells.

Your father had instilled many things in you before he’d allowed you into the world of man. He had trained you until you could stand in line with his fiercest men and stand against them.

You had studied the fighting styles of Persians, Romans, Greeks, Scandanavian and then he’d started on the political training. You’d never had any real interest in it, more interested in war tactics than in court evenings. Such was the way of children. But, your father had reminded you countless times that the two are different sides of the same coin. Though arguably, a battle on the battlefield was actually easier as you usually knew who your enemies were but a battle in court required a step finer than any warrior. Many times, it was carried it in sly words from the lips of those who proclaimed to be your friends or on the toes of assassins.

Moving to the bow of the ship, you had turned and watched your fathers men navigate by the stars. It had been at least a moons cycle since leaving your homeland and you had begun to get anxious. You remember you had turned to the sea scanning the waters, trying to find some kind of light against the pitch black.

“When will we get there?”

“Patient Binti, we will arrive in Kattegat soon enough,” your father had said. His tone was soft against your ear. You’re not sure if time has warped the memory but you could swear that you remembered being able to feel the smile tugging at the corner of his lips.

“You know,” you had said as you crossed back to your cabins, your father following not far behind. “While no one will say it outright, they do say that the Queen, Aslaug is detached from her sons and that after some affair years ago, she has become somewhat of a recluse. The brothers are a confusing story though it sounds that they do not get along.”

“So you have been paying attention to the traveling merchants and the reports my men bring back,” your father's voice was laced with pride and there was that sparkle in his eye that was usually there when you’d passed one of your tests.

It had been a worry of his the last couple of years before this journey. Though he knew, that even at such a young age, you would be able to stand your own in an actual battle and had seen you destroy unjust rulers, he always worried that you did not pay attention to the unsaid words or the underlying meanings. So, it was good to see that you had paid attention to the things that he and your mother had taught you.

“What are we actually doing in Kattegat, Abba?” You’d asked as you’d sat on the small bed, making yourself comfortable.

Your father had made himself comfortable in one of the chairs, sitting not far from your bed, “One of our men has advised that one of the brothers, Bjorn, was interested in setting up a set of trades and, perhaps, interested in traveling towards the Mediterranean.”

Bjorn… you had had to think about what you had heard of the brothers and when you did you’d asked your father if Bjorn had indeed been the one Ragnarsson who wasn’t born of the current queen.

Your father had gladly told you the story of Bjorn's mother. They said his mother is a fierce Shield-maiden and that when King Ragnar went to ask for her hand in marriage before he had become King, he had to fight a bear and a wolf before he was able to win her hand.

You had thought it was romantic but you remember telling your father, “Baba, one cannot fight a bear and a wolf at the same time. One or the other sure, but with both? There’s no way!”

Laughing, your father had stood up, “Perhaps you are right, my Binti.” He’d then crossed and placed a kiss on your forehead. “Rest young one, we will be in Kattegat before nightfall tomorrow and you must be rested as I am told that they have grand receptions. We would not want to insult our hosts, now would we?”

You can remember being much too excited that night to get much sleep and the next day, you had watched as Kattegat came into view. You can remember the awe that had filled you as your father's ships had come to dock in the harbor and you saw the different people trading amongst themselves. There were men whose hair was longer than even some of the women you knew. Women here, it seemed, were allowed to be warriors as there were many that wore something you thought was armor.

Queen Aslaug had met you, your father and his men at the docks and welcomed you. With her stood 5 boys. She’d introduced them as Bjorn and her sons, Ubbe, Hvitserk, Sigurd and Ivar.

That had been almost five summers ago and since then your father had established trade with Kattegat. Many others have as well and Now Kattegat is a major trading city. While you did travel home and to other lands with your father, after that first trip, you had been allowed to return pretty consistently Your father seemed to have developed a fondness for the Ragnarssons that surprised you. It was rare for your father to care for many outside of yourself, your mother, or his men. He would even be sending some of his men with Bjorn when they went to explore the Mediterranean and you wondered if they would set up more trade or if they planned on simply raiding the towns they came across.

Queen Aslaug had seemed pleased with you returning but truthfully, you couldn’t be sure if she was as you usually saw her somewhat intoxicated and it had been worse since King Ragnar had returned. You understood it, she had been left to raise four boys on her own while dealing with their brother at the same time.

Though you only ever saw Bjorn treat Queen Aslaug with respect, you could tell that she was wary of him. You’d paid attention in the courts in England and throughout the Middle East. To you, it seemed that Queen Aslaug had the same idea that many others had. Her rivals child would come for her children's seat.

Ivar had been in constant pain as a child and, even when your family had first come, she doted on him at the cost of her own children. Those unsaid things had been true.

You had just gotten to your rooms within the Great Hall after a long day of training with Ubbe, and an even longer time in the bath, when there was a knock at the door.

You hadn’t seen the brothers since this afternoon. You had spent much of the morning training with them but then Ragnar had wanted to speak to them.

Ivar and Ubbe both invited you to join them but you’d sent them on their way, telling them that it was important that they spend time with their father, after the years he had been gone, it was important that they spend time with him alone. After they had gone, you had spent the rest of the afternoon wandering through Kattegat.

Most of the locals recognized you and they always treated you with respect. The women, both young and old, seemed to like to talk to you and you could sometimes spend hours talking to them about your home and telling them stories of the places you had seen and the people you had met.

The men, however, were a different story. You suspect that has more to do with the Ragnarssons than anything else though. Most of the older men treated you as a niece or a daughter, they were kind to you and would help you when you needed something but the younger men avoided you like the plague.

Once the door opened, you were surprised to see who it was at the door. Smiling, you stepped aside and motioned for the youngest of the brothers to come in, “I thought you may have retired for the night.”

“And why is that?” the brunette asked as he moved into your room.

“Well, it may have to do with not having heard from you or any of your thralls all day, can you truly blame me?”

Leaving the door open, you crossed back into the room and sat in the chair across from him as he pulled himself into the chair. Once situated, he scoffed, “Don’t be stupid, of course, I would come to see you! When have I ever missed a day when you are here?”

Laughing, you tucked your legs beneath your chin while sitting on the chair. “Who is to say that you have not grown bored of me?” you tease him, the jest in your voice obvious and still he tenses.

In typical Ivar fashion, he ignores the comment. Instead, he says “He wants to sail to back to England.”

You had known well enough that Ragnar would want something with his sons. Is that not what all fathers want? For their children to continue their legacy? Sighing you avoid looking at Ivar and turn your gaze into the fire in the hearth, “Will you go with him?”

“What kind of question is that? Of course, I will go!”

“And what of your brothers? Will any of them go?”

Ivars scoff gives you all the answers that you need. He will be the only one to go.

“You’ll have to be careful Ivar. The people there are not, they’re not like you or anyone in Kattegat. They are not even like my people.”

‘What do you mean?”

“They have taken their God and corrupted him. If you read their book, the one they call the bible, you would see that their God is a loving God, one that no longer demands a sacrifice for forgiveness. There was a story that stood out to me, it was one of a man who was traveling through an area and had been robbed and beaten, left for dead on the side of the road- “

“Well then he wasn’t a very good man,” Ivar interrupts you, “What kind of man-”

“Oh shush!” you swat at him, “That’s not the point of the story. Let me tell it,” you tell him and wait for his response. Ivar doesn’t like to be interrupted and it’s not much different with you but you’ve never been afraid to fight back with him so he motions for you to continue, “Thank you. Anyways, so the story goes that this man apparently was attacked on one of their holy days, and so there were thousands upon thousands of people from his own home town that went right by him because it was a holy day and somehow that meant that they couldn’t help him. They left him to die Ivar. But that this one man did stop. The man helped get him care and paid an innkeeper to look after the man as he got better.”

“What does it matter, so one of them decided to help a beaten man during a holy day. They should have let him die.”

It takes you a moment to realize that you had missed a part of the story, “Ivar, the man that saved the broken man? That was his enemy. Someone that should have killed him or let him die.”

“Then he is an idiot.”

“No, he was compassionate. Have we not talked about how compassion can help a person. Or are you saying you would have picked up the man and taken him to a healer?”

Ivar shrugs his shoulders and you can’t help but shake your head, “My point is, father always said that the English are more like the ones that left him for dead. They will pretend that they care about their God or even other people but they do not. So, please, just be careful?”

“You worry too much, you almost sound like mother.”

“It’s only because we care Ivar. Don’t make it a bad thing. Now, will you be careful?”

You can feel him scrutinizing you. It’s one of his favorite past times that you still do not understand, but he has always done it. This time, he gets off the chair and begins to drag himself out of your chambers without a word.

“Ivar?’ you call after him, your voice hard and demanding.

“I will be careful but only because I choose to be. Not because you have asked me to or because my mother chooses to worry,” he says before nodding his head towards you and making his way out of the room.

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