𓏭 no grave can hold my body down, i'll crawl home to you. /⠀/ feyd x
ᝰ @draconikia ⨟ accepting .ᐟ
feyd - rautha is a loyal beast, that he knows better than anyone. some part of him is hyperaware of the fact feyd is down, that blood seeps into rock and soil; he begins in his endeavour to reach him beneath the din of battle, shadow and dust sequestering his movements. his knees scuff when he slides toward him, cradles his head briefly to look at him, smiles at such a foolish decree. paul doesn't have enough gauze on him to stop the bleeding fully but he tears at his cloak, strips being used to stanch the way vitality weeps from wounds.
" good thing I'm not losing you today, then, " he finally utters, shifting to help the warrior rise to his feet. around them the world is black, white, scarlet –– he is vaguely aware of the fact it had been several shots that had downed his blade. no knife could touch feyd - rautha . . . he was a ferocious thing first and foremost; he expects the shots had ricocheted. they move through halls, debris clattering about their feet and dust rains down upon them, making paul blink it from his lashes. he need only find a corner to rest the man in, to hide him away a moment until this battle is finished. deeper and deeper they go through the palace until he finds a level that does not waver or sway beneath the scream of artillery. " you stay here, alright? " I love you, he desires saying and yet, fights the urge. there is no time for the softness of confession; fate had brought them together long ago and their history was laid askew about them. this union was not what was intended by the bene gesserit and yet, in paul's mind, it was all he would need.
may these bloodlines die with them, he supposed –– so they may live in the sanctity of their strange love. a knife is slid into feyd's hands, a small smile being offered as a way to quiet him from the roaring inferno of his warrior's heart; he can see his open dislike of being set aside, told not to fight but paul cannot lose him. not now, when they're so close.
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oh no you don’t! ― @draconikia, maria.
she teeters precariously as maria grasps the back of her suit to yank her back, not because of her strength ( which is, frankly, impressive ) but to not accidentally overtake her due to her own; carol tips forward then flounders to catch her balance, spluttering, ❝ i -- wha -- but, ❞ she glances frantically between her friend and the escaping perpetrator, power at her fists crackling in and out.
but the look on maria's face keeps her feet planted firmly where they are, as helplessly as she shifts and huffs, expression twisting with a deep frown. the mom look. it's too effective. ❝ they're getting away! just -- one punch, ❞ she all but pleads, raising an index for emphasis. ❝ that's all it'll take. ❞
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ruhn brushes a kiss to his mamas forehead. // @draconikia
__________✨ SHE SMILES SOFTLY AS HER SON KISSES HER FOREHEAD. he's taller than her now, a feat that constricts her chest in a mix of pride && nostalgia ( no matter where life takes him, she will always remember the baby she held, his hand wrapped around her pinky so tightly she knew he'd have the strength of stars in his veins ) ❛ dinner is almost ready. why don't you sit && tell me how your week has been ?? ❜
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@draconikia : kisses rhys cheek and pats him. pretty highlord.
fingers tousle through cassian's hair, messing up onyx strands as he leans into his touch. he plays off the comment with a mere shrug, lips turning into a small smirk. " it appears the lord of bloodshed has gone soft, hm? "
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✧ ֺ ˖ ⎎ @draconikia said ❛ honestly, i don't know what's going on anymore ... ❜ // lucien for azriel
there is a silent breeze that blows by as azriel steps out of his shadows. then there is no hesitation in the shadowsinger's steps as he shifts to take a seat on the high cliff beside the former emissary. umber gaze is fixed on the scar on lucien's face, distantly reminiscing on how he got it, and the bitterness that had once existed between them for so many years afterward. when they had reunited, when lucien had come to their side, there were no words in any language he knew that could clearly state the depth with which he was sorry; so much time was wasted between them. they stood on the edge of their very tightly established circles of friends and family, no longer feeling as if they fully belonged. azriel understood more than he'd ever be able to tell him but some part of him hoped that lucien knew.
〝 maybe I can help? ” it was a question that is asked more gently than he intends, his voice falling to a near whisper. his shadows snake about them before they settle into the denseness behind azriel as the sun finally begins to grace the horizon. faintly, he wonders if anyone truly saw how much of a treasure lucien truly is; his loyalty, his endearment, his clear and concise thoughts –– there is nothing that he would take for granted now that he knows him. some part of him wants to be reverent, while there are others that hiss to remind him that would be shameful and foolish. he knows, though, that the long dormant dragon resting behind the fiery man's sternum, waits to cast his enemies into his flames –– or otherwise be unleashed by some compassionate act. if only the idea of that inferno, any really, did not make the scars on azriel's hands ache.
〝 I know things have been strange lately, especially between us all but you, lucien . . . have great value to me. in spite of everything and everyone. ” he just hopes this sentiment exists for both of them; something ceaseless as the sea, deep as the roots of the mighty redwoods, sturdy as a mountain. that, perhaps, makes azriel a hopeless fool but lucien was deserving of this, at the very least. one day, they'll look back on the fact there was a great many years when they had been more foes than friends and laugh about it over drinks, over dinner, over some semblance of a celebration when peace has settled for so long that war is a distant trickle of sand lost to time.
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[ NIGHT-INGALE ]: // from nesta?
THE STARS JUST BEGIN TO SPARKLE when he hears a gasp and feels a -- shock. he couldn't explain the feeling - the essence there. it was sharp and jolting. it tasted of iron in his throat. the shadows pulsed , whispering to him, and he instantly ran to the door, flinging it open. the hinges cried. there, he found a bleeding nesta. azriel, without a seconds hesitation, pulls her into his arms and cradles her against his chest. he takes her inside, rushing to the bathroom. azriel wipes her wounds, taking care of the deeper ones. she will heal soon enough, but the bruises were stark against her skin. anger floods his veins. someone did this to her. the way they blossomed over her ribcage - it was personal.
when she was bandaged and taken care of, dressed in one of his shirts, he looks over her again. why did she look so small all of a sudden? quiet rage simmered. " can you tell me what happened? " azriel asks quietly, walking over with a tonic and a cup of water. he leans down to her level in the chair. a shadow gently curled around the side of her neck, gently caressing her hair. on his knees before her, he awaits her response. when it doesn't come quickly, he tries to catch her eyes again, " we can wait.. but please know you can trust me not to act on emotions. you're safe here, nes. " she has to know he'll find out. he always finds out.
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“ we’re not just friends. you know that. “ // cassian x
the room that feyre and rhysand led them to smelled of cassian. nesta gathered this was where he stayed when he wasn’t at the house of wind or illyria. since rhysand ordered him to be grounded the next few days, he was to stay here. she was offered to stay here as well, but she declined, preferring the house of wind. azriel was to come later and take her back to the house, but for now she stayed in the room with cassian, lest she deal with the awkwardness of being around feyre and her mate. and maybe it was to also keep an eye on him for the time being, yes madja had healed the fracture on his head and his broken arm, but she said it was still delicate and he’d be in pain for a few days.
there was also all those bandages on him…seeing him like this felt like there was a knife piercing her heart. she chose to ignore what that feeling meant. what it all meant when she couldn’t leave him to fight lanthys alone…to potentially die alone. or how it felt seeing him covered in blood and injured and when lanthys threw him and she heard his wings make an awful crunching sound. she swore her heart had stopped when he collapsed on the grass in front of feyre’s house after she transported them here. it all kept playing over and over in her mind as she took in the state cassian was in.
it was all another reminder of how even being fae didn’t make them indestructible. that their lives could be over within a matter of seconds depending who they were up against. it was why she ignored what those feelings meant, what she had felt for him since first meeting him. gods, she needed azriel to hurry up with what he was doing to come get her. being in a room alone with cassian was so dangerous for different reasons. the tension in the room was palpable. nesta couldn’t stand it or the silence, so she opened her mouth. “you’re lucky i consider you a friend or i wouldn’t have gone back for you.” he had told her to leave, to get out of there. and when she came back for him and he had that look on his face; she could see the anger and fear. she didn’t let herself think too hard about that. apparently it was the wrong thing to say by his response. “we’re not just friends, you know that.”
why did he do this to her? she wasn’t good at talking about her feelings, she wasn’t even good at acknowledging them. yet, cassian was the opposite and she envied him for it. envied him that he was able to wear his heart on his sleeve. the look in his eyes said everything when they were in the prison and he had told her he had always been her friend. she didn’t deserve that look. then he kissed her on her temple and she was about to tell him how she felt when lanthys attacked them. nesta was so close to telling cassian she loves him and maybe lanthys appearing right then was a sign. a sign that she didn’t deserve him, that she never did.
not being able to look at him she left his bedside to walk over toward the window which overlooked the sidra. her back remains towards him and she forces herself to keep her voice steady, emotionless. “we’re just friends, cassian. we can’t be more than that, i already told you.” he deserves someone so much better than her, someone just as kind and loving as he is. even though the thought of him with anyone else made her want to destroy the world. she was so awful, she even agreed to dance with eris just to spite cassian for not wanting her to. “is being my friend not enough?”
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“ just tell me something real. tell me something i can remember no matter what happens to us. ” // jon at marg
tell me something real.
the words were a spear through her chest, threatening to split her in two. this wasn’t heartbreak. no, that word was too gentle, too pretty, for what she felt. this was a violent, bloody thing. the organ in her chest being shredded and ripped apart by wolves teeth. she wanted to fight back, to bare her thorns for any who dared to get between them. but she couldn’t, and that was the worst feeling of all.
they couldn’t be together. maybe in another life, another universe, but not this one. she wouldn’t insult his intelligence by trying to claim otherwise.
leaning her forehead against him, eyes flutter closed as hands grip his so tightly she’s afraid he might vanish before her. the only sound their mingled breath. ❛ I love you, jon. more than I’ve ever loved anyone. trust that my feelings for you are real. ❜
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issa boop 🐈⬛🐾
STOP this is so sweet lmao i boops you back friend <3 🐾🐾
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@draconikia (azriel) liked for a short ttpd inspired starter (elide) !!
__________☾ ANNEITH HAS GUIDED HER HER WHOLE LIFE, BUT NOW WHISPERS GIVE WAY TO SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY. she does not know what it means for the coming war, for her gifts to shift like this. she bites back a mixture of fear && uncertainty, turning to bile in her throat as she shakes her head. ❛ i'm seeing visions. am i bad or mad or wise ?? ❜ perhaps it is better not to know the answer, easier. battle is not for the faint of heart ( so she tilts her chin skyward, proudly, to bear the burden the gods have given her. yet another in a long list )
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⁽ ᴿᴼᴳᴱᴿ ⁾ . . . ‘ requested by @draconikia ( nine ) : still accepting ! ⁽ ᴼᵁᵀ ⁾
" god , i'm gaspin' for a cuppa . put the kettle on , then ! " one adventure almost always led to another effective immediately , but today ? today she was adamant for a break . a gentle retrieve from the panicked adrenaline that seemed to forever be running through her brains . just this once , they deserved a nice cup of tea . " no pushing buttons , no going anywhere . just tea . "
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night terrors . hold my muse after they wake up from a nightmare . // @draconikia (tamlin)
__________🏹 THE SENTRIES OUTSIDE THEIR DOOR CANNOT PROTECT HER FROM THE HORRORS THAT GRIP HER MIND. there is no enemy to drive away, no mad queen to be torn down. only the sweat beading along her forehead && her hands gripping the sheets as a multitude of terrors flash under her lids. she lurches && with it comes the shuddering consciousness, her gasp for air as if surfacing from a deluge. her whole body shakes && she grips at her chest, trying to ease the uncomfortable knot forming there. feyre. she hears her name as if from another room. feyre. closer now, pulling her out of the panic as her hands reach for a tether in the storm. feyre. whispered against the crown of her head as she's pulled into waiting arms. the world burns around her, blood stains her hands, && yet ?? he promises the sanctuary her own mind cannot provide. ❛ i'm sorry, i'm sorry, i just ... – please don't leave me. ❜ she clutches his shirt && buries her head into his chest. tears stain the fabric below, yet through it all, he holds on. a refuge in the onslaught.
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✧ ֺ ˖ ⎎ @draconikia said ❛ apologies, madam, i didn't see you there. ❜ // trevor belmont to alucard ( he thinks he’s funny. )
a pale appendage raises to sweep platinum tresses over his shoulder, ever aware of the other's presence behind him. trevor, he thinks, is a glutton for embarrassment or otherwise, just an idiot. but he is precious to him –– all the banter and threats and insults. he wonders if trevor is aware of the adoration the dhampir holds for him; it will never meet an end. in fact, alucard fears he will live his entire, immortal life missing trevor belmont when he finally leaves him. there's a soft smile that tugs at his tiers at the thought, at the tone that stirs him from it. then his nose is wrinkling –– oh, trevor belmont is a jokester, that's for sure. and he may not mind the way he is bumped or the bewilderment they both play off so well. he throws him a glare; the lilt of his voice, the accent, the coolness . . . he has to fight the way his smile nearly broadens. the book he had been reading while pacing is subsequently placed on the tabletop, brows furrowed.
〝 if I didn't know any better, I'd think you're trying to get my attention, belmont. ” he leans toward him, lashes almost touching as he narrows his gaze, half-lidded and simmering. their bond has always been something tragic and strange, like this, since the moment he woke up. 〝 and the next time you call me madam, I'll bat my lashes at you. then you'll regret everything, hm? ”
no. surely not. trevor belmont is not a being of regrets. his heart is too wide for regrets. a step is taken closer, so willowy digits might sweep up a broad shoulder, curl against the side of his throat right where his pulse thuds away. 〝 so, back to the subject at hand –– did you need something? or just me? ” he can feel the way the other's heart thunders, can nearly hear it. distantly, he wonders if this world, in another time, would've been kind enough to have granted them a life together; one where they weren't hunted and beaten and bloodied, one where they were both mortal and life wasn't fleeting –– a childhood spent best friends, their teen years holding hands, adulthood by each other's sides. alucard knows he would never be worthy of such a thing, though. 〝 please say just me so I needn't let you go. ”
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"Don't let it get to your head, but you look good, Dorian. Not as good as me, of course." she makes a show of flipping her long, golden hair behind her back as she shrugs. Aelin is in a good mood tonight and she looks the part too.
"Seriously though. Thanks for being my date to this thing tonight. " @draconikia
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@draconikia
perhaps nesta didn’t take the threat on her life as seriously as she should have because she had snuck out of her own apartment some time after midnight. or maybe she did it out of spite, angry that not only did she have a hulking man following her around at all times every single day, but he now lived with her and she had feelings for him. the break in had happened last week, she had unlocked her door and was met with the horrific state her apartment was in. her belongings were thrown about as well as some items being completely broken. nesta didn’t dare set foot inside the apartment, she had called her building’s security then immediately called cassian. how this man even got into the building, let alone inside her apartment was a mystery to everyone. she lives in a luxury penthouse for fuck’s sake, how was this possible?
her building’s security sent over the camera footage to the police only for them to find the footage from that night had been tampered with. her team then insisted on allowing cassian to live with her for now, until this threat is dealt with. although she argued with them, she allowed it only because she was in fact scared but didn’t want to admit it. the second she was able to go back inside her apartment she had thrown nearly everything out, not wanting a single thing her stalked had touched. she felt violated and unsafe in her own home, she felt utterly weak. even worse, she hated herself for feeling safe and comforted by cassian’s presence in her home. nesta knew her feelings for him were growing stronger and that terrified her almost as much as the break in had. the incident had left her traumatized and nesta had never been able to talk about it fully, pushing it aside and acting as if it never happened.
so yes, it very well was spite and anger that had her sneaking out when she believed cassian to be asleep in the guest bedroom. the entirety of the night had been spent with her best friend at their favorite club, dancing and drinking until she couldn’t remember how her life had turned upside down. all she wanted was to drink and dance so she could momentarily forget the world. it was almost four in the morning when she returned home, the fact she was able to even make it back home was impressive with how drunk she was. when entering the living room, nesta noticed a big, shadowy figure and screamed. without thinking twice she took off one of her heels and chucked it at the figure, barely missing him. suddenly a light was on and nesta squinted. “what the fuck, cassian?!” she was too drunk for this. “you should be sleeping, you almost made my heart fall right out of my ass.” the room was spinning, the entire world was spinning. nesta practically fell onto the couch and sprawled out like a house cat while she looked at her bodyguard. “god, you missed a fun night cassie.”
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