#chesryn fanfiction

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This is a fic I wrote after a lovely anon sent me a request for a fanfic about Chesryn as parents. This is what has happened. 

Tagging: @jennifer2430

Please read my notes which can be found here. These are some things I wrote about my characters because it will give you a better understanding of what I’ve written here. I highly suggest you read them and they will be worth looking at. 

If you can’t click on the ‘keep reading’ link because you’re on mobile or something, just click on my url and I’m pretty sure it’ll take you to my story. 

To help you with the pronouns:

ae/aer/aers/aerself

he/him/his/himself

Without further ado:

Chaol hadn't exactly been happy when his son had announced that he had met someone. When the couple had heard, they had instantly peppered him with questions, pausing in their daily routines they sat Darius down and peppered him with questions. Darius had only laughed and had told them to sit down with him so that he could explain everything. Slowly, Chaol's worry seemed to intensify and yet he calmed down as he saw his son talk about someone named Sylvan. He watched as his son's features softened and his eyes shone, his voice conveying all his emotions.

Now, neither Chaol or Nesryn had been too affected by their son's sexuality. Sure it had come as a shock when Darius had told them with nervous eyes that were on the brink of tears but by the end of the night their son was practically radiating happiness. Everybody else had seemed pretty accepting when he announced it at a family dinner. The proud smiles on the couple's faces had left them aching by the end of the night. They'd even watched as Darius got into a couple of relationships and had comforted him after they had ended. So when Darius started talking about this Sylvan, Chaol hadn't been too shocked to hear about another man entering Darius' life.

Then, things got a little confusing for him and Nesryn. Thankfully, their son had endless patience as he tried to explain how Sylvan wasn't a man. Sylvan had been born as a male but was not a man or a woman didn't like being seen or regarded as either and apparently used pronouns like ae and aer. Chaol and Nesryn had tried to ask him how Sylvan couldn't be a man or a woman and how anyone could possibly know this. Darius had only shrugged and had asked if they could respect Sylvan and accept aers pronouns. Him and Nesryn had exchanged a glance which resulted in them sighing before looking back to their son and finally nodding. The giddy grin on Darius' face had caused a smile on their own faces and the parents had to beg Darius to let go when the hug he gave them was a little too tight.

Later that night, in bed with the blanket of the dark tucked around them both and with each other tucked safely into each other's arms, they discussed about Darius and Sylvan. It seemed that their son was happy with Sylvan and the only real problem appeared to be getting adjusted to the pronouns. Later, the bigger problem (to Chaol at least) had been their age difference.  After Darius' counter point of Chaol and Nesryn's own age difference also being two years apart, Chaol's argument had turned into incoherent grumbles under his breath.

Nesryn had tried to reason with Chaol too, telling him that he was worrying for nothing and that their son was fine. After all, he was the son of two Captains. Chaol had grinned, kissing Nesryn softly before agreeing to tone down the over-protectiveness. After that, the couple had asked when they would get to meet this Sylvan. Darius had admitted that Sylvan had only really talked to him a few times before and the two hadn't really done anything. To which the couple just told Darius to introduce Sylvan to them whenever the time felt right.

Then, three months later, Darius came bursting into the room, shocking both him and Nesryn and almost causing Chaol to drop the dish in his hand. His son was grinning from ear to ear as he told them how Sylvan had asked him to go to the theatre with aer in a week's time. From Aelin's influence, Darius had a large interest in the theatre but had still chosen to follow his parents' paths of becoming a guard. The couple had congratulated Darius with wide smiles and they watched a week later as Darius fretted around the house, changing his attire several times until he finally left when Nesryn pushed him out the door.

Chaol and Nesryn watched with small smiles as Darius came back from dates and small chats in the following two months and then finally asked if Sylvan was ready to meet the two. The next day, Darius had agreed to let the couple meet Sylvan when ae came to pick Darius up for their date tomorrow. Chaol and Nesryn had stared at each other and then at Darius, asking him to go over the pronouns again. The rest of the day was spent in going about their work while lecturing and correcting each other since they didn't want Sylvan to be uncomfortable.

Chaol was surprised the next day when the door rang and he saw Darius' face break into the largest grin. He watched his son run all the way to the front door and followed him with Nesryn's soft laughter trailing behind.  He raised an eyebrow as he turned around the corner to see his son greeting his datemate with a long kiss. Chaol cleared his throat and the couple broke apart immediately. His son was grinning brightly and had his arms happily around Sylvan's middle who was fidgeting and had a light blush on aers freckled cheeks. His eyes zeroed in on the arm that was around Darius and he could see that Sylvan had noticed but held in a slight smile when Sylvan still didn't withdraw the arm.

Chaol's eyes scanned the thin and taller figure, noticing the white hair and opal blue eyes first. The clothing seemed a little ragged but appropriate and Chaol wondered about aers social status. From all the rambling that Darius had done, Chaol had a rough idea of what Sylvan was like.

" Dad, this is my datemate, Sylvan," his son said with a large smile but with a warning in his eyes. Darius then turned to look up at Sylvan with his smile changing slightly as he said, " Sylvan, this is my dad, Chaol Westfall." Chaol softened when he noticed the puff in Darius' chest and then an amused smile appeared on his face when Sylvan looked down at Darius with a soft smile and then back at Chaol with a tinge of fear in aers eyes.

" It's nice to meet you, sir. Dar talks a lot about you," Sylvan said with a polite smile and an extended arm. Chaol grunted at the nickname, an expression of mock severity on his face as he stared at aer for a moment before nodding and took a few steps forward to shake his hand. He made sure to add a little extra strength as he grabbed aers hand and squeezed it one last time while staring aer right in the eyes. Aers smile died slowly and Chaol internally grinned. Good. At least ae was intimidated.

He knew that Darius was rolling his eyes at him as Chaol turned around to walk back to the living room. Darius was used to Chaol's ice at the start of the relationships and knew that he often made his opinion on Darius' partners' visits on the first meeting. Nesryn was a little more lenient and demanded at least one dinner with them until she could form an opinion on anything. But of course, the couple valued Darius' opinion much more and tried to respect his thoughts.

Chaol sat down on a couch and then looked up at couple expectantly and gestured for Sylvan to do the same. Darius looked up at aer with a ridiculous smile as he wrapped his two arms around aers waist and tugged aer closer. Sylvan stumbled slightly closer and the blush on aers face grew as ae bent aers head down to whisper with embarrassment, " Dar, your father is right there."

Darius only grinned and lightly kissed Sylvan on the lips and said, " Sit with my dad. I'll just change my shirt and do my hair."

Chaol looked at Darius and asked teasingly, " Again?"

He grinned slightly when his son blushed as he walked out of the room. " Not in front of aer, dad!"

Chaol held back a chuckle and he turned back to face Sylvan and his smile faded away at the sight of aers beaming grin. " Yes?" He asked, his face once more turning into it's fearsome mask.

He watched aers smile drop as ae began to fidget after taking a seat opposite Chaol and then nervously said, " I just didn't know that Dar...ius uses my pronouns at his home too. I wasn't even sure if you knew about me."

Chaol raised an eyebrow and glared slightly at aer as he asked, " Are you suggesting that my son is disrespectful of people's wishes?"

Ae began to fluster, opening and closing aers mouth several times before Nesryn entered the room with a tray of her new batch of cinnamon and ginger cookies. She placed the tray down on the coffee table in the middle and took a seat while gesturing for Sylvan to take one.

" You know that's not what Sylvan meant to say," Nesryn said with a stern tone but with amusement dancing in her eyes. Chaol suppressed a grin as he loosely wrapped an arm around her waist.

Nesryn turned back to face Sylvan and watched aer pick up a cookie and bite half of it off in one go. " These are amazing, ma'am," Sylvan groaned happily with aers eyes closed in bliss and finished the other half immediately. Ae went to grab another one but then paused and then looked at Nesryn nervously with those big wide eyes, the cheerfulness in aers voice disappearing. " May I have another one?" ae asked after a moment, his hand slowly withdrawing.

Chaol knew the woman was on aers side the moment she said, " Please don't call me ‘ma'am’ and of course. Take the whole tray if you want, Sylvan." Sylvan flashed both of them a wide smile before literally picking up the whole tray and placed it on his lap.

Chaol tried not grumble when he saw aer devours the cookies at an alarming rate and instead tightened his grip on Nesryn's waist. Compliments poured out aers lips as half the cookies disappeared almost instantly. Nesryn looked up at Chaol with a small smile and then quietly said, " Don't worry. There's another batch in the kitchen." He sighed slightly and nodded before focusing on Sylvan. He studied aers clothes and then studied the way ae ate. Chaol opened his mouth to comment on it but in that moment Darius had decided to enter the room.

Darius had entered, buttoning the last button of the shirt he had finally chosen to wear as he stepped into the room and Chaol noticed how his son's focus instantly went to Sylvan before going to them. He held back a grin and watched as Darius walked over to sit beside aer and then stared curiously. " Why do you have mom's tray of cookies?" He asked as he wrapped an arm around Sylvan the same way Chaol did with Nesryn.

" Mrs. Westfall said it'd be okay. You want some?" Ae asked after swallowing another cookie. Ae looked over at Nesryn and grinned again. " Thank you so much, Mrs. Westfall. The last time I ate something like this was when Dar brought the cake on his birthday last month," ae said with a cheery grin before passing a couple of cookies over to Darius as ae spoke. Darius was kind enough to give one of his to Chaol and he grinned at his son in thanks.

" I remember that," Darius said with a wide smile. " I gave you the first slice."

Chaol could see the guilt in Sylvan's eyes when ae realised that ae hadn't given out the cookies aerself. Before ae could say anything, Nesryn broke the silence by asking, " What do you mean? You haven't had anything like this to eat in the past month?"

Aers smile died slightly and he took a small bite of a cookie as ae thought about aers answer. " I live alone, Mrs.Westfall. I work two small jobs to keep my small apartment and to manage everything else. Cookies don't really come up in the shopping list," ae said with small sad smile.

" Why?" Chaol asked, raising an eyebrow, softening a little but didn't let it show on his face. His question earned him an elbow in the gut from Nesryn while Darius threw him a glare before turning to his datemate.

Darius instantly looked up at Sylvan while placing a hand on his arm and said, " You don't have to say anything if you don't want to, Sylv."

Ae shook aers head, finishing off a cookie and then said with a small smile, " It's fine, Dar. It isn't anything to be embarrassed about." Ae then looked over to the couple and when ae spoke, aers voice had dropped lower. " My mother kicked me out of the house. I came out to her last year and she didn't take it well. She refused to use my pronouns and we fought a lot about all of it. It got to a point where she just packed up my bags and left them outside the house."  

When the family noticed how the mood had dropped and aers eyes had gotten distant, Darius slowly removed the tray from Sylvan's lap but still handed aer a cookie to pull him back to the present. Sylvan seemed to snap out of whatever trance ae had been pulled into and gave the couple a small smile before leaning slightly into Darius, who instantly pulled aer closer by the waist.

Chaol's heart gave a slight twist as Sylvan looked at the both of them and said, " Sorry. I didn't mean to say so much on the first meeting."

" No, Sylvan. I was the one who asked the question. You were simply giving an honest answer," Chaol said, letting some sincerity enter his voice and expression. Ae seemed to understand the apology and smiled in acknowledgement.

There was a pause until, " What about your father?" Nesryn asked tentatively with worried eyes.

Sylvan smiled with more energy as ae sat up properly and said, " During all the arguments, my father stayed silent. A few months after being kicked out, he'd found an apartment and bought for me. Told me to move in the day after and I could fend for myself after that."

" And after that?" Chaol asked, pulled into Sylvan's story and world.

" I haven't seen him much since. And now I live in my home with two jobs and hopefully a bright career ahead," he said with a small smile.

" Career?" Nesryn asked. The couple already knew about aers ambitions from all the rambling Darius had done but they still wanted to hear it from Sylvan aerself.

The sudden smile that appeared on aers face eased the ache in Chaol's heart slightly. " Oh, I'm a dancer. I'm attending the academy in the city."

" The academy?" Nesryn asked with slight awe in her voice. They both had known that ae was a dancer but to know that ae was that skilled..." Florine's Academy?" She asked again.

Sylvan grinned and nodded with excitement. " Yes, I've been there from a very young age. It's might as well be a second home. The headmistress even let me stay in the building before I got the apartment."

" And you'll be performing on stage?" Nesryn asked with a small smile.

Sylvan again nodded with a wider grin and eyes that shone with something Chaol couldn't pinpoint. " I'll be doing it soon enough. It hasn't been determined but I have been told that I have a chance to be in the next tour. " Darius looked up at Sylvan with excitement even in his eyes and pulled ae even closer by the middle. Sylvan blushed a red that covered his whole face but didn't move away from Darius.

Chaol held back from grinning even more and then said, " How long would you be gone for?"

Sylvan shrugged and said with a tilted head, " It depends. Usually just a few months but sometimes it lasts longer." Darius didn't seem to care that he would be away from Sylvan if their relationship lasted that long and this time Chaol couldn’t hold back a grin.

Chaol stood up, pulling Nesryn up with him and signalling the end of their conversation. Darius and Sylvan followed and Chaol led them all back to the front door. Him and Nesryn looked at each other, not caring if their son and datemate were there. A hundred thoughts and emotions seemed to flow between them before both of them smiled. Chaol looked back at the couple to see nervous expressions on the both of them and noticed how tightly they were gripping each other's hand. Chaol walked up to Sylvan and watched as aers expression turned more and more fearful.

" I think you're good for my son, Sylvan," he started off and Sylvan's face grew with hope. " You seem like a good kid and I can tell that you have a bright future in front of you. I trust you enough to be happy that you’re with my son. Above all, you make Darius happy and that's what matters the most."

" So you approve of Sylv?" Darius asked with wide eyes and giddy smile. Chaol nodded and then grunted when both of them pulled him into a tight hug. They gave him a grateful expression when they pulled back with a step.

Nesryn laughed then, a sound that Chaol still found beautiful to this day. She took a step forward and stood in front of Sylvan. She slowly took aers hand and held it gently with both of her own and looked up and into aers eyes. " Sylvan, I agree with my husband and I'm more than happy for you to be with my son," she said with a smile. " I also understand that the Academy is your second home. But I would like you to consider this house to be your third home as well." Chaol could have sworn there were tears in aers eyes as ae nodded and squeezed Nesryn's hand.

" Of course, Mrs.Westfall," ae said. " Thank you. I’ve never experienced so much kindness in one day before."

Darius came to wrap an arm around Sylvan's waist and pulled aer closer as Nesryn stepped back to Chaol's side. " Well, you'll be getting a lot more of it with my family. Dad is just a ray of sunshine once you get to know him," Darius said with a mischievous smile and looked at him.

Chaol rolled his eyes with a smile playing on his lips. "Don’t you two need to get going?" He asked.

The two of them nodded and Chaol watched with a pleased expression as Darius and Sylvan exited the house and down the street. He turned to face Nesryn once his son and his datemate had turned the corner and tugged her closer by wrapping his arms around her waist. She took a step forward and sighed slightly as Chaol bent down to touch her forehead with his own.

" That went well, don't you think?" She murmured as her arms went around Chaol, eyes closing. Chaol hummed in agreement. " They seem happy with each other."

" Let's hope they stay happy," he murmured, his own eyes closing.

Nesryn's eyes flew open and she looked at him with a teasing grin. " I've never heard you say that before about any of the others," she said, a hand now cupping his face.

Chaol leaned into the hand with a peaceful sigh and murmured, " There's a first time for everything, Nes."

" You really like this one, don't you?" She asked with a grin that was slowly growing on her face. When Chaol didn't respond she laughed and said, " You really do like Sylvan!"

He opened his eyes and sighed again. " With all that Darius has been saying about aer in the past few months, I wanted to see if our son was correct. And he was. Ae sounds like what Dar has been talking about. So yes, as much as I don't want to say it, I do like Sylvan." Nesryn grinned up at him with the bright eyes that Chaol had fallen in love with all those years ago. She pulled him down by his collar and kissed him, trying to convey all that she could.

"I never thought I’d see the day when Chaol would actually approve of someone that Darius brought in," she teased him when they pulled apart. Chaol rolled his eyes and placed a light kiss on her collarbone. Nesryn laughed lightly again and started pulling him back towards the couch, ready to spend the rest of the day with him and to await the return of Darius and to fill the house with the feeling of home that the two of them loved to cherish.

And that marks the end of my first ever fanfic. I hope you liked it and feedback is always appreciated! Also, please let me know of any mistakes I’ve made in the pronouns department.

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