#🥀 * answered. ‣ the end of the fairytale.

[cinderellatype]

“Do you really want to put yourself through this? Is loving me really enough to endure everything you have to just to be with me?"

painted lips press into a firm line, and her scarlet gaze raises upwards, staring into calyx's- even if she had to crane her neck to do so. "y-yes." andromeda speaks the word with no fanfare, no elegance. it is blunt and enunciated with a force behind it that few ever truly got to see or even comprehend. a strong will that had almost been stomped out befoer. "it is w-worth it, a-always."

FANTASY. @hemeroses

#🥀 * in. ‣ stained glass cinderella. #hemeroses #🥀 * answered. ‣ the end of the fairytale. #💖 * ship. ` calyx hemeros. / hemeroses.

[stilettobite]

🥀 romance headcanons.

tagged: @magicxecustos tagging: @radiantretort, @sporefound, @lieriel @dxnse-macabre oh how i hate the tag limit, u do it pls tag me !!

name: lady secret ranne. nickname: cece. gender: trans woman. romantic orientation: pansexual. preferred pet names: baby, darling, sugar (secret answer: all of them)relationship status: verse reliant.

opinion on true love: she believes it exists, but not in the way everyone else seems to apply the term. true love isn't some fairytale ideal (wouldn't that be nice?), true love is dirty and hard work and requires self reflection that makes secret incredibly uneasy to consider for herself. good for you if you have true love, but you're probably lying, either to your partner or yourself, about something.  opinion on love at first sight: it's lust at first sight, which can be as telling. how ‘romantic’ are they?: incredibly so, and she wishes and yearns for it for herself, and is good at romance. all romance is being able to read people's needs and wants and giving it to them, that isn't that hard to do, and she does lean to the dramatic. she can do grand gestures, she can do the attention to detail, but she struggles with the aspect of wanting all that from someone else: she doesn't have a great track record with others offering her her wants, which are grand. ideal physical traits: a pretty smile, good hair and a care for fashion and style. ideal personality traits: ruthless, sharp, strong in their own convictions, whatever they may be and almost regardless of what they may be.  unattractive physical traits: anything that implies a lack of pride in their appearance, rather than anything specific. unattractive personality traits: dishonesty, self-righteousness (particularly in opposition to her)  ideal date: either some reason to get dressed up, she and her partner dressed up to the nines, especially if the event devolves and the two of them split off and start shedding the formality and end up doing something considerably less graceful and poised, or something exhilarating, adrenaline inducing. it would not do to call combat situations a date, but if the boot fits, y'know?  do they have a type?: either the best good person in the room or someone she sees herself in (this can be /derogatory or /affectionate equally)average relationship length: typically, secret leans to flings, situationships that didn't last more than 4 months or one night stands, with the exception of one longer term relationship that lasted 5 years (but was incredibly toxic on both sides), and a friends with benefits situation that lasted 3 years.  preferred non-sexual intimacy: patching up wounds. dancing. any and all kinds of dancing. opinion of public affection: she's got to learn about it for herself, to be honest, but everything she does has a flair of the dramatic, and she is not opposed to the concept, so i imagine she'd enjoy it, especially in the name of possessiveness, on either side. past relationships?: astra wolffe, 5 years, toxic. ollyviah leverage, 3 years, friends with benefits, many others.

#🥀❛ — about. #thank u for tagging me she is a mess of contradictions #love is neat and she wants it desperately but doesn't believe its for /her/!!!!!!

[lmklotusmaidenau]

When the Poppy Blooms

🥀Chapter 5

Red Son sighed as he walked down the dark street, staring at the slip of paper in his grasp. It was Y/N’s number, scribbled on the back of a receipt in blue ink. Something the flame demon hadn’t been expecting to receive tonight, let alone anything, from the young woman. He hadn’t even expected the girl to take his own phone number down for her own contact list!

He released another sigh as he pocketed the number, wondering if Y/N was actually going to hold her end of her promise about wanting to be friends. Like he’d admit to the human that he rather liked the idea. Red Son would rather tell his father and mother that he failed yet again. 

A buzz in his pocket broke the flame demon from his thoughts, causing him to fish the phone out of his pocket. Red Son stared at the screen with a scowl, staring at his mother’s image as it flashed on the small screen. She probably caught on that he wasn’t in bed at the palace where she had left him. The demon sighed before answering the call, bringing the phone to his ear. 

“Hello, mother.” Red Son answered, hearing the rather despondent sigh on the other end. 

“I simply wanted to be a nice mother and make sure you were sleeping peacefully, considering your father decided to throw a tantrum about your incident at the park last week.” Princess Iron Fan began, the tap of her nails strumming through the phone. “I wanted to make sure he didn’t wake you, you could only imagine what my reaction was when I didn’t find you in your room…”

“I’m sorry, mother, I had a personal project that needed to be finished up.”

“Does this project involve the human that was named The Lotus Maiden?” Red Son didn’t answer, causing his mother to sigh again. “As much as a prize this human is, you are not the only member of a demon clan, let alone a demon, who is seeking her out. I hope you understand what you are getting yourself into.”

“I am aware, mother. I’ve read the stories countless times.” Red Son sighed back, hearing his mother scoff. 

“Oh please, are you referring to that fairytale I told you as a child? There hasn’t been any record of a Lotus Maiden being married into a demon family willingly, I highly doubt she’ll start the trend now.” Princess Iron Fan softly grumbled before yawning. “Besides, once she is discovered any demon would try to get their hands on her. The Lotus Maiden would end up being a nuisance rather than an asset in the end…”

“But what if that power she has could be harnessed, maybe even engineered to last longer than is intended?” 

“If you believe you can do it I won’t stop you, but you’re father and I have already decided to not put our resources into keeping the human for ourselves. We’ve made too much progress with the power found beneath the factory.” Princess Iron Fan sighed again, the tapping on the other end stopping. “However you pursue this, be careful. You are still the only heir to this family, and chasing a relic like The Lotus Maiden could lead to encounters with even more dangerous things than rival demon clans. Do you understand?”

“I understand, mother.”

“Good. Now get back home before your father finds out and goes looking for you himself…”

With that his mother hung up, leaving Red Son to ponder. Flames wrapped around his body before his form disappeared from the street. 

——

The corridors of the Demon Bull family palace was quiet, the only sound being the footsteps of Red Son’s shoes as he walked. He ran a hand through his red locks, pulling off the hair tie that held his hair up. His crimson strands collapsed down his back, a wave of ease filling his head as the tightness of the ponytail was finally free. 

“I see you’ve decided to return.” Red Son froze when he heard the voice, turning towards the dining chamber he was about to walk past to see his father sitting at the head of the table. 

The Demon Bull King bore a harsh gaze down towards his son, a normal glance the flame demon was now used to. Red Son was silent as he entered the dining room, standing before the other end of the table and avoiding his father’s fierce eyes. 

“You’re crest, where is it?” Red Son clenched his hands into fists, kicking himself for not realizing his pendant would be noticed missing. It bore the energy of his father and mother, they would’ve noticed that energy no longer surrounding their son’s presence. “You gave it to that human, didn’t you?”

“I was afraid… the brand would be too harmful.” Red Son spoke evenly, keeping his gaze down. “The brand has never been used on human flesh before…”

“I see.” The demon lord grumbled, standing from his seat at the table. “A wise choice.”

“W…What?!” Red Son looked up, finally meeting his father’s gaze with wide eyes. 

“The last thing you want to do is char her skin, or possibly disintegrate her. It was a wise choice, but also foolish.” The Demon Bull King approached his son, staring down at the flame demon with a scowl. “Your mother detests the idea, but if you are my son then I know you will follow through with whatever plan you have for claiming The Lotus Maiden for the Demon Bull family. Just don’t forget which family you are a part of and where your loyalty is to lie.”

“I…” Red Son lowered his head again, frowning but overjoyed within. “I understand, father.”

“Good.”

Red Son felt his phone vibrate in his pocket, catching him off guard. He had assumed it was an update from the bull clones at the factory, so he was a little shocked when the notification on the screen was a number he didn’t know. It was a simple message, and the flame demon already knew who it was probably from. 

‘I hope you got home safe.’

“Um…” Red Son looked up at his father, who raised his brow at his flustered child. “G…Goodnight, father!”

The flame demon ran off to his room, leaving his father in the dining room alone. A million ways to respond to the message raced through his head, and Red Son couldn’t decide on which one to choose.

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Thank you for reading! Please let me know what you think in the comments and be sure to keep you smiled bright! :)

[cinderellatype]

POST - IT NOTE

dame sasume, if you're going to use the bottles my medicine toolkit, please let me know as soon as you can. i don't have a problem with that, but please allow me to educate you on their proper dosages.

post it! @futurefind

#🥀 * in. ‣ stained glass cinderella. #🥀 * answered. ‣ the end of the fairytale. #futurefind #📚 * chasing daybreak. ‣ tome / three houses‚ war phase.

[cinderellatype]

hey andi hold this *puts a very weird and sloppy looking cat in their hands*

decima... what the hell.

#🥀 * in. ‣ stained glass cinderella. #🥀 * answered. ‣ the end of the fairytale. #denphelia

[cinderellatype]

also mayhaps some plots with virion? 🥺

THE LAST ROSE OF ROSEANNE. andromeda and virion talk about the doomed future, the fate of the dukedom, and their relationship in those doomed days.

IF THERE WERE A PLACE LOWER THAN THIS, IT WOULD SURELY BE HELL. set during the doomed timeline, virion gets a horrifying front row seat to the internal downfall of the dukedom, the deaths of the heads of house glaes, and andromeda stepping up to protect him as their duty as a retainer until virion’s death.

plots pls! @gottgenug​

#🥀 out . ›› SCOUTLIGHT‚ SCOUTKEEP‚ SCOUTBOSS . #🥀 answered . ›› THE END OF THE FAIRYTALE .

[cinderellatype]

“Don’t open this until I leave, okay!” Yanfei couldn’t even pinpoint why she was so nervous about dropping off the package. It was just a present for the pretty worker at Bubu Pharmacy… no big deal right? Inside the box they would find a dark blue sweater with gold embellishments along the sleeves. “The weather is getting colder and I happened to have extra cotton from my last projects so I thought that maybe you’d– ah, I’ve said too much! Don’t want to ruin it!” With that, she was leaving just as suddenly as she appeared.

“ um, th-thank you ! ” andromeda calls out- after watching the retreating pink blur that had just deposited a box into their hands- only to get a reminder to get back to work by gui.

she ended up opening it on her lunch break, tucked away in a corner in heyu tea house, in between sips of her tea and bites of her takeout. her fingers run over the beautiful and tasteful embellishments against the deep blue cotton fabric, before carefully putting it on- afraid of ruining such a wonderful and thoughtful gift.

in inazuma, it never snowed- it stayed warm and humid all year round, and very few places in fontaine that ever showed frost, in andromeda’s memory.

when she returned to the pharmacy after her meal, she penned and scrapped several thank you letters- not able to find the right words.

eventually. andromeda settles on a simple thank you note, neatly rolled and sealed with wax, tucked into the box she had been given, alongside which andromeda had put some of the chocolates she had been sent by her aunt, and homemade sakura shrimp crackers, alongside a pair of new hairpins she had bought on a whim.

she asks around, and is eventually directed to an older lady in yujing terrace, who promised to give the box to yanfei, after andromeda’s tounge-tied and flustered request, and subsequent sudden retreat at the sight of pink hair.

next time, they’ll say thank you in person.

@wise-innocence.

#the reason this took so long is that andromeda simply short circited everytime i tried to answer this. #🥀 in . ›› STAINED GLASS CINDERELLA . #🥀 answered . ›› THE END OF THE FAIRYTALE . #🔖 STORY : genshin impact . ›› GLASS ROSE OF RITOU . #wise-innocence

[cinderellatype]

Plots Please!

MONASTERY ASSIGNED KEEPER. when the blue lions receive a new face in the soft voiced darkflyer, nikolette is asked by the leader of the class and the professor to help andromeda acclimate to the unique . . . personalities of the blue lions, and keep the unsettling secret of andromeda bearing two crests, especially the fact that they bare the major crest of the holy kingdom’s royal family.

BRAVADO AND FOOLISHNESS ARE SYNONYMS. in nikolette’s travels, she comes across the familiar face, the heir to a minor fontainian noble house- who had withdrawn from the public nearly 4 years ago under rather interesting and suspicious circumstances.

IRON THORNS OF THE GLASS ROSE. a spinoff of above- as an attempt to win her way into her father’s good graces, nikolette is sent to inazuma after the sakoku decree is removed, to meet with the largest improter/exporter company of the land of eternity, and face to face with the young lady of the family, who has also returned to her mother’s homeland to facilitate the meetings on behalf of their maternal aunt and uncle.

plots please! @nobleburn

#oh! you ask scoutie for plots! kisses! kisses for ten thousands yrs! #🥀 out . ›› SCOUTLIGHT‚ SCOUTKEEP‚ SCOUTBOSS . #🥀 answered . ›› THE END OF THE FAIRYTALE . #nobleburn #also so sorry this sat for so long brain juice empty

[cinderellatype]

76 mordred andi but he's only snooping in her sweets stash

∗ 76﹕ sender  is  caught  snooping  in  receiver’s  things .

it’s been a long day. between training, rayshifting fumbles, and dealing with whatever the hell their fellow masters were doing at any given point- it’s been a long few days for andromeda, and really, right now, all she can think about is . . . just taking a few days off to sit in bed and do nothing.

walking through the halls of chaldea- she feels . . . drained. she wants to cuddle with cetus. ( maybe bedi or sitri would be willing to bring my meal to my room for me. . . )

she presses the button to let herself into her room. ( white. sterile. clean. impersonal. it reminded her of the hospital rooms her mother had been in. maybe the director would let her put something on the wall to make it less . . . miserable to look at. )

the first thing she notices is that the lights are on. the second thing she notices is that cetus is hopped atop the shoulder of a certain traitorous knight ; who also is currently rummaging through one of the drawers in her room. panic bubbles up in her chest- but that twisted bubble pops almost as quickly as it formed, replaced by irritation at the heroic spirit who had pledged himself to her service.

“ M-MORRRDREEDDDDDDDD !!!!! ” andromeda yells, startling both her cat, ( who dashes off of his shouder, and under the bed ) and the knight, who was caught red handed with andromeda’s gifted chocolate box in his hand. her voice drops back down to its normal volume. “ w-what are y-you doing ?!?! g-get out of there !!  ” attempts to push him away from her secret stach of sweets- artfully hidden from the prying eyes of any masters ( or doctors ) who would snoop through her things. the fifteen minutes is her half lecturing mordred, red in the cheeks from embarrassment, and the rest of the hour is spent coaxing poor cetus out from the bed.

admittedly, she’s not even that mad at mordred. she just wishes he would learn to ask first.

nonverbal prompts. @nefezh​

#🥀 in . ›› STAINED GLASS CINDERELLA . #🔖 STORY : fate series . ›› CHALDEA MEMBER ﹟13 . #🥀 answered . ›› THE END OF THE FAIRYTALE . #nefezh #2 catboys in andi's room what will they do ( look for treats )

[cinderellatype]

❝ our mother’s efforts to domesticate her foiled yet again. ❞ / from dawn ABOUT CELESTE

“ that's never going t-to work. ” you bite your cheek to keep from laughing. “ though, i am very amused b-by the very idea that your m-mother thinks that celeste can b-be tied down to anything. even a throne. even . . . ” even . . . nope ! not going there tonight. “ st-still. update me on the next attempt to domesticate celeste, ‘c-cause i’d love to see th-that in person. ”

the chaos of stars. @zhonde

#🥀 in . ›› STAINED GLASS CINDERELLA . #🥀 answered . ›› THE END OF THE FAIRYTALE . #zhonde

[cinderellatype]

you won’t listen to reason at all, will you? (but its about something really stupid and petty)

"i-it's called, being objectively c-correct." arms cross, and andromeda sighs in irritation. "f-fool. you c-can't trick me into e-eating your b-bad and terrible american ch-chocolate, even if it is tantalizingly s-sandwiched between r-roasted marshmallow and graham crackers..."

@ofpathos // an orestia.

#🥀 * in. ‣ stained glass cinderella. #ofpathos #🥀 * answered. ‣ the end of the fairytale. #andi's french is showing.

[cinderellatype]

”…Some people should simply be assassinated., you know.” Though the older Dark Flier meant Andromeda’s stepmother/siblings, t was unclear if Helen were joking or not. ((Offering to kill people who hurt her friends/family is part of her love language @vicious-vestra))

"d-dolores and my s-stepsisters seem to routinely elicit s-such feelings from others e-especially when they o-open their mouths." a dry laugh escapes andromeda, and a smile curls the corners of her mouth into a weak grin. "they'll g-get what's coming to them, eventually, i h-have to hope so."

#🥀 * in. ‣ stained glass cinderella. #vicious-vestra #🥀 * answered. ‣ the end of the fairytale. #i support helen and her love language

[cinderellatype]

ANDI WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (curls up in a lil ball at their legs) ok you can go back to sleep now

"i w-was awake!" she lies, she's a liar, she is lying! the drool clinging to the corner of her lips and the lipstick she wears smudged at the edges is damning evidence to the contrary of her being awake. "... i c-can't tell wh-who is more needier: you, or m-my actual, l-literal cat. th-that i literally raised."

#ruinvessel #🥀 * in. ‣ stained glass cinderella. #🥀 * answered. ‣ the end of the fairytale.

[cinderellatype]

donnie hands andi a small stuffed hedgehog with a computer chip around it's neck. "here. "

"m-merci beaucoup." andromeda tosses stuffed animal in the air upon recievint it, before catching it swiftly. "i-is this the new prototype chip y-you've been tinkering with?"

@mutherless

#mutherless #🥀 * in. ‣ stained glass cinderella. #🥀 * answered. ‣ the end of the fairytale.

[cinderellatype]

“ i knew you’d feel guilty; you do understand that i’d take a thousand wounds if it meant keeping you safe, don’t you? ” ( from inigo, to andromeda )

"w-why!?" hands push on inigo's chest, weakly pushing him away from her. there is no true malice in her actions. her eyes are locked to the ground, tears rolling off her cheeks and dropping into the dirt.

there is the voice in her head that never leaves, that berates her for living. (it wears her voice, but speaks to her the way dolores did.) "i d-didn't ask you to do th-that! i d-didn't want you to do that!" her shaking hands grip fistfuls of his tunic, and she leans forwards. "i ... i d-don't understand wh-why you w-would do that... e-especially for s-someone like m-me."

lost meme. @prosebrne.

#prosebrne #🥀 * in. ‣ stained glass cinderella. #🥀 * answered. ‣ the end of the fairytale. #📚 * a chance at a happy end. ‣ tome / awakening. #suicidal ideation / #this is late oopsies ^.^"

[cinderellatype]

xypherine stands outside andi's window with a boombox blasting [ i did this all for you by xana ]

andromeda was looking forwards to one of her rare good night sleeps.... the window was open to let cetus sniff outside. unfortunately- it seems like fate has other plans.

andromeda manifests in her ratty sleep tanktop and shorts, and stares at xyphereine, slowly closing the window to the complaint of a certain maine coon.

@dhampiricbastard

#🥀 * in. ‣ stained glass cinderella. #dhampiricbastard #🥀 * answered. ‣ the end of the fairytale.