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{fic} Sun-Kissed Snow (part 1)

Word Count:  1.1k Characters:  Kallias, Viviane Relationship:  Lucien/Kallias Warnings:  None

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Summary:    A romance between two lordlings who just want to be free to do the things they love - including each other. Semi-epistolary.

A/N:   Barely edited. Completely OOC. I don’t even care. Hope you enjoy ridiculous fluff and Rapunzel-inspired angst (eventually) as much as I do.

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My dearest Lucien,

How long it has been since last I saw you. My blood is as ice in my veins for lack of your love, your company. The stablehands must think me a fool – I tell the bears, the foxes, the geese, of you – and perhaps I am. A fool in love.

Viviane teases me relentlessly, I will have you know. She tells me that it is lucky I am not in the line of direct succession to the throne of Winter. It is one thing as it is, she says, with two lordlings on the edges of the coldest Courts, but it would be another if we were both princelings – heirs! I believe, fire of my heart, that should my uncle die, she would be the one to succeed the throne, indirectly connected to the royal family as she is. When I am around her, I can feel power humming under her skin. I look forward to the day when I swear allegiance to her as High Lady.

She caught me yesterday in the stables, telling the foxes of your beauty, your grace, how your hair catches the Autumn light through the leaves, how – I make a fool of myself even now, relating this to you. She laughed so hard it scared Caspian. He scratched my hand, and I blushed so much that I looked like I did when we stayed out all day and I got terribly sunburnt. I cannot help it. I fear you have set my heart aflame, sunbeam, and even the coldest lake of Winter cannot put it out.

I cannot sleep for thinking of you. I am nightly haunted by the knowledge of the distance betwixt us. Do you think of me as I do of you? Will you give Caspian a scratch on the ears for his delivery, or will you shoo him back over the border? Will you read this so many times it falls apart in your hands (those hands that also haunt my dreams), or will you burn it to ash? Did you think our time spent together was a silly dalliance, or did you hope – like I do – that it could be the start of something more?

I confess:  even as I write this, I fear of what you might think. But I must say the words. Lucien Vanserra, son of Autumn, prince of the forest and holder of my heart, I love you, truly and deeply.

Please send me a word of your response as soon as you can. I ache for your answer.

Your love (I hope – Cauldron, I hope),

Kallias

 Kallias set down his quill and studied the letter in front of him. His heart was pounding as it never had. But he had to do it.

Carefully, he folded the letter, picked Caspian up, and tucked it into the fox’s vest. Then he drew off the silver ring he wore on his left hand, kissed it, and placed it in the other pocket of the vest.

“You know what to do,” Kallias whispered to Caspian. “Find him. Find Lucien.” He set the little fox down, and it trotted out of the room.

Kallias watched him until he disappeared down the corridor, then let out a shaky sigh. He couldn’t go back on it now.

They’d met two months before, when Kallias had visited the Autumn Court. He’d been trapped with the other Vanserra sons for the first few days. He’d nearly gone out of his mind. Each of Lucien’s brothers had looked at him like he was something to eat. And then, on the fourth day, when Kallias had taken refuge in a suite of rooms deep in the Autumn Court’s massive manor (it had quickly become his favorite place in the Court – softer, somehow, than the rest, lined with sheltering maple trees and hung with tapestries)…

“Oh. I’m sorry. I didn’t know anyone was here.”

Kallias would never forget the first time he saw the other male:  He was standing in his doorway, long hair down and messy with sleep, and he was wearing loose clothes. He had obviously just woken up.

“I – I didn’t either,” Kallias had stammered. “I’m Kallias Kosetsu.”

“Lucien,” the male had said. “Vanserra,” he added, grudgingly.

“Oh.” Then, “Oh. These must be your rooms.”

Lucien had smiled, and it was like the sun rising. Kallias had felt his heart stumble in his chest. “Yes, but I don’t spend much time in them. What’s a Winter Fae doing in the Autumn Court?”

“Visiting,” Kallias had said weakly.

Lucien had given a sharp laugh. “You have friends here?”

“No – quite the contrary. I was hoping I’d make some.” Kallias had sighed in misery. There was not one person he had met that he could trust even to pronoun him correctly. He’d never been in a place like that, and he was tired.

“You’ve met my brothers, then.” It hadn’t been a question. “You look like you could use a touch of sun. Would you like to come with me to the woods today?”

Kallias had. He’d spent that day, and the next, with Lucien. The evening of the fifth day, Kallias had kissed Lucien, a quick, fluttering thing, and Lucien had pulled him closer and kissed him more thoroughly.

The evening of the eleventh, Lucien had taken him to his campsite – the stone and earth of the cave made soft by Lucien’s touches of fabric and pottery and wood and a fire banked for the night – and they’d made love, and then slept together under the stars.

Kallias had left for the Winter Court again on his fourteenth day.

“Write to me.” He’d whispered the plea in Lucien’s ear. Since then, they’d been exchanging letters on a regular basis, but it wasn’t enough. Kallias missed Lucien like he’d left a piece of his heart in the Autumn Court, and loved him with an unrelenting ache, like the ache that builds behind his eyes if he looks out over the frozen landscape for too long.

Thus, the letter he just sent.

“Did you do it?”

Kallias turned to see Viviane in the doorway to his room, leaning against the wall. “Do what?”

“Declare your love to the Autumn prince.”

Kallias reddened almost as much as he had when she had caught him spouting poetry to Caspian. “I – no – that is – how –?”

Viviane smiled, eyes permanently crinkled at the corners from staring at snow all day. “You’ve been anxious for hours, and I just saw Caspian heading out the door. Simple.” She walked in and sat on his bed. “I’m right, aren’t I?”

“What if he rejects me, Viv?” Kallias said, voice low, as he fiddled with the silver buttons of his tunic. “What if he thinks me a fool for thinking there was anything between us? For all I know, he plays with the heart of a different lordling every month of the year.”

“Do you truly believe that?” Viviane asked softly.

“…No.”

“Trust him, Kall,” she said.

He looked up at her, eyes open and vulnerable as a child’s. “I’ll try.”

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Ratings and Recs:  Lucien Ships

Lucien/Cassian (Lussian):  Adorable af. Lucien being sad and Cassian helping him sort out his feelings and cooking him food. Bonus points if they’re mates (ehehehe be on the lookout for this fic from me). Domestic fluff prime material. 15/10. Fic:  @squaddreamcourt​‘s  While We Spoke of Many Things and  A Court of Stars and Fire, @hazelestelle​‘s Infatuation, my drabbles Never Alone and A Spoonful of Sugar, and my Bright-Eyed and Bushy-Tailed.

Lucien/Rhysand (Rhycien):  The Young Lucien Angst ship - which means this only works when both boys are young and dramatic (versus old and dramatic). Extra points for Rhys shamelessly seducing a Lucien who is trying his best to resist and 100% fails. 13/10. Fic: @pterodactylichexameter drabble here, @valamerys​‘s Insufferable and Not That Straight, and my In Passing.

Lucien/Elain (Elucien):  Could be soft and fluffy or could be pretty hardcore kinky (looking at @valamerys​ and @squaddreamcourt​). Flowers + sunlight. Good ship for a fem!Lucien, as well as High Lord! either of them. Honestly, so many different directions this ship could go. 9/10 for variety and possible canon results. Fic:  pretty much all of @valamerys‘s stuff... there’s so many for this ship I can’t link them all. There’s also some good ones by @illyrianazriel, @pterodactylichexameter, and @sarahviehmann. Also, @cass-ian has one of the only fem!Lucien fics I’ve seen here plus a fantastic flowershop!AU, Bright as a Flame, Soft as a Rose.

Lucien/Feyre (Feycien):  Can only ship pre-ACOMAF, but a very good ship all the same. Lends itself towards angst and smut. Bonus points for pissing off Tamlin. 7.5/10. Fic:  @valamerys‘s Sequistrialis, @squaddreamcourt‘s  Mirrors Do Not Have Mercy (She Least of All), @abookandacoffee‘s We Become Our Needs, @illyrianazriel‘s In the Shelter of Your Arms and Under a Darkening Sky.

Lucien/Azriel (Luzriel):  The angstiest possible Lucien ship. Very serious, can be very kinky, definite possibility of casual relationship. Two Sad Abused Boys trying to drown their own trauma and darkness in each other’s. 10/10 for extreme angst. Fic:  @illyrianazriel‘s Shadow Fire, my In the Eye of the Beholder, @valamerys‘s Doves and Ravens Fly the Same.

Lucien/Tamlin (doesn’t have a ship name and shouldn’t):  Terrible, abusive, one-sided, and pretty much canon compliant. Points for that as well as for Lucien being really sad, because, you know, he is. 5/10. Fic:  @squaddreamcourt‘s  The Wax Between His Feathers and my A Fox in a Trap.

Lucien/Ianthe:  As bad as the previous one is, this one’s about a hundred times worse than that. 0/10. Fic:  @squaddreamcourt‘s Whilst The High Lady Was Away.

Lucien/Kallias (Kallucien):  The fluffy Young Lucien ship. Good chemistry character-wise, foxes, both Lucien and Kallias being happy and away from their families. 7/10 for adorableness. Fic:  I don’t think there’s any written yet, but I’m working on one. Also there’s @escapingtheconstrictingboxes‘s moodboard here.

Lucien/Tarquin (Luquin or Tarcien, idk which):  Two very dutiful courtiers getting each other to loosen up. Tarquin’s optimism versus Lucien’s experience. I always imagine long days at the beach (my poor ginger baby gets very sunburned, “golden-brown” skin ain’t got nothing on the Summer Court’s sun), tickle fights, and both of them working on getting lesser faeries the rights they deserve. 8/10. Fic:  as far as I know all the fic that exists so far is my drabble Salt and Steam. (Technically a brotp. We all know it isn’t really.)

Lucien/Andras (Landras):  Both adorable and hella sad. Mostly involves Lucien not admitting his feelings and being devastated after Andras dies. Headcanons galore, but most fic is looking back at their relationship. 8/10. Fic:  @sarahviehmann‘s Foxeye, @squaddreamcourt‘s  The Wax Between His Feathers.

Lucien/Andras/Elain (Elandras):  Since all this takes place in an AU where Andras doesn’t die, it’s about a hundred times more adorable than the previous one. Some shippers (myself included) have come to the consensus that Andras is absolutely gay, and it totally works for this ship (check this page with @pterodactylichexameter and @illyrianazriel). A fabulous ship for kidfic and domestic fluff. 12/10 for everything being happy. Fic:  @squaddreamcourt‘s Old Lovers Born Anew, @illyrianazriel‘s drabble here, my  A Bloody Love.

Lucien/Cassian/Azriel (Caluzriel or something):  Bat boys teaching pumpkin prince how to be a warrior. Cassian taking care of his Sad Boyfriends. Lends itself equally to fluff and smut. 7/10. Fic:  @squaddreamcourt‘s Initiation.

Lucien/Elain/Azriel (Eluciel):  The obvious solution to all shipping wars. Elain helps her boyfriends get their heads on straight because yeah, they’re all in love with each other, this works out. Both majorly fluffy and majorly kinky. Bonus points for mutual pining with Lucien and Az. 10/10. Fic:  @pterodactylichexameter‘s drabble here, @squaddreamcourt‘s The Sandwoman, and @cass-ian has a fantastic WIP in the works for this ship, so keep a lookout!

Lucien/Kallias/Viviane (Kalluciane):  Because Kallias and Viviane’s story is really sweet but I want to ship Kallias with Lucien. I think it would work. 7/10 for who knows how this would be, really. Fic:  I don’t think anyone’s even considered this before, so there’s absolutely nothing.

Lucien/Elain/Tarquin (Eluquin):  Summertime and the living is easy... basically the most relaxed, easy-going Lucien ship. Lots of happiness and softness, fluff and smut galore. 11/10 for the aesthetic of at least 5 of the 7 Courts in one ship. Fic:  no actual fic, but there’s a fantastic headcanon post here by @cataclysmic-star!

Lucien/Feyre/Rhysand (Feyrhycien):  Plays on how loyal Lucien is in a really good way. Bonus points for neither of them being an absolute dick to him like they were for most of ACOWAR. 9/10. Fic:  @squaddreamcourt‘s  To Kneel Before The Night.

Lucien/Rhysand/Tamlin (Lusandin):  I have no words for this. It’s all Harry’s fault, honestly. As most of these ships are. But this one more than most. ???/10. Fic:  @squaddreamcourt‘s  When In Rome.

#lucien #acomaf #acowar #fic recs #I am not tagging all those ships no sir #mine #I was going to wait to post this #but then I remembered I have no patience #so if you would still like me to rec one of your fics #message me and I will add it in afterwards! #okay enjoy