#love after loss

[mrfeenysmustache]

Hyacinth Hues

For @kagomes-hanakotobamatsuri week one.

Utilized prompts: loveliness, when she smiles

Pairing: KagSan

Word count: 500

CW: mentions of character death

Also read on: AO3

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They hadn’t spent a new moon alone in decades, not since the dark, moonless night that took their husbands and made them both widows, left behind to care for young children in a harsh world.

Even all these years later, grief cushioned by time and new love, the dawning of such dark night pushed them into hiding even from sleep.

Sango stared up at the ceiling of the hut, watching the candle light flicker weakly against the heavy shadow, Kagome’s fingers brushing through her grey locks slow and rhythmically as breathing.

“Do you image they’re waiting for us?” Kagome asked, and Sango tilted her head back enough to see her weathered face.

The wear and wrinkle of so many years had done nothing to dull her loveliness or her shine, and she could still see the strength of the soul that had loved them all through so much tragedy glowing brightly when she smiled.

“Miroku won’t be.” Sango answered confidently, and she felt Kagome’s hand pause momentarily in shock before continuing its soft ministration.

“Oh?”

“No. He would trust me to figure it out and be on his merry way to reincarnate as quickly as possible. Too many beautiful backsides to caress, you see?”

No matter how old they grew Kagome’s laugh stayed the same, a musical chime that filled up everyone who heard it with a warm light.

“You’re probably right.”

“Do you think Inuyasha is waiting?”

“I hope not.”

“Really?” Sango asked, taken aback.

“Really. I hope he’s moved on to a much easier life. I would expect you to wait for me though.” She said sternly, finally pulling her hand free of the hair she’d been caressing and linking her fingers with Sango’s.

With a quiet chuckle, Sango brought their joined hands up and pressed a kiss to Kagome’s knuckles.

“I’m afraid we’ll have to go together or not at all.

“Hmmmm…” Kagome hummed, eyes narrowing, a smile tilting up the corners of her mouth, crinkling the skin, making her look so young despite the decades she’d existed through. “Alright. You’ve got yourself a deal.”

Closing her eyes and sighing in contentment, Sango felt the heavy weight of sleep settle over her.

“Is it Dawn yet?” She asked, and Kagome answered by easing slowly out from under her head and slipping into the bed, curling up against her side.

“Yes, thank the heavens. Every month seems to get harder and harder. We’re getting old for this New Moon vigil.”

“Who are you calling old?” Sango quipped, and Kagome snorted, pressing her forehead against the space between Sango’s shoulders.

It was the very position they’d slept in nearly every night since their love for each other evolved from friend to lover as they’d carried each other through the mire of grief.

Sango knew she’d never sleep again if she couldn’t feel that pressure there.

“Us, that’s who. Now get some sleep. I want to walk to the lake tomorrow.”

“Alright alright. Goodnight Kagome.”

“No my dearest, good morning.”

#kagsan #kagome/Sango #kagome x Sango #KagSan fanfic #old ladies in love #love after loss

[dargeereads]

Moments For You by Carrie Ann Ryan

5 stars

I really liked these two! Both people have experienced loss which was compounded by what happened afterwards. Both people have had their own way to deal with their grief and pain, and are on their way to healing. Neither is exactly where they want to be, but willing to try and get there in their own way. They make each other stronger, they help each other accept themselves, and they understand there will be set backs. Much like them, before I knew it, I loved them, and was so happy for their HEA <3

#Carrie Ann Ryan #Moments For You #The Wilder Brothers series #Love After Loss #Learning to Love again #new release #available now #book review #book love #book blogger #book obsessed #book buzz #bookish #bookworm #bookaholic #bibliophile #read romance #romance reader #romance books #romance book lover #romance book addict #romance reads

[reesourire]

Double Cover Reveal: Bleeding Chaos by Nikki Ash

Bleeding Chaos #CoverReveal @AuthorNikkiAsh #LoveAndLyrics #series #ComingSoon on Feb 23! #preorder now! Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3kpgrci

Title: Bleeding Chaos Series: Love & Lyrics Author: Nikki Ash Release: March 23 2023 Genre: Friends to Lovers, Rock Star Romance Cover Designer: Jersey Girl Design Photographer: Wander Aguiar Photography Gage I lost my first love. This time, I’m going to win the second girl who owns my heart—no matter the stakes. Being the drummer for Raging Chaos is the only thing that’s kept me going for the…

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#Coming Soon #Cover reveal #damaged hero #friends to lovers #Love &amp; Lyrics #love after loss #Nikki Ash #Preorder Blitz #rockers #rockstar romance #secret baby #series

[roughwighting]

Green Hope

“‘Be Bop a Lula,’” he says. “What?” “That’s her name, ‘Be Bop a Lula.’” Jill inwardly rolls her eyes. Jason has been softly pushing her for more during the last year. More time together, more intimacy, more thoughts of moving in together. She’s a ‘less is more’ kind of woman. At least, that’s what she’s become. “Why is that the plant’s name?” Jill asks, pointing to the hanging plant in his…

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#creative writing #flash fiction #green #green love #hope #love #love after loss #plant love #plants #romance #some plant images thanks to Pixabay

[tawaifeddiediaz]

it’s just really interesting that you have ryan being so self-aware of the fact that buck and eddie are the worst at relationships with anyone except each other which means the writers definitely know it too, and they still chose to have buck talk about dating with chris.

in the single, first, most impressionable episode that’s supposed to introduce buck, eddie and chris to the abc audience, you have them deliberately choosing buck instead of say, bobby (in terms of people eddie goes to for advice), who has two successful relationships under his belt and constantly gives eddie relationship advice specifically.

you have them deliberately introducing them as a family unit and it’s…a choice…

#zee rambles #yes you could make an argument that bobby’s advice usually talks about finding love after loss or whatever #but to present buck and eddie as a coparenting unit #and to present buck as eddie’s confidant for all things is just so telling #like this has to be on purpose #eddie diaz #evan buckley #buddie #911 spoilers #buck x eddie #911 abc

[scuderiakarts]

thinking about pierre telling charles he has to win for anthoine and pierre using one of charles’ helmets for his tribute helmet in monza and pierre having a picture of himself and charles on his motivation board and pierre telling charles to give them something to celebrate in monaco and charles saying pierre winning in the monza is the only thing that could make him smile

#to be even more honest i am very often thinking about this #piarles #like not even being joking or fanficy this is the thesis of how you love people and how you get through grief and loss and hardship #with the people you love #found something in my notes yesterday that i meant to sent to some friends after we Went Through Stuff #and it said there are 12 special pieces of my heart reserved for you guys #forever #and yeah #reserving a place for someone in your heart because you have lived through the bad together #that’s what it’s about #anyway #pierre gasly #charles leclerc

[suntails]

fallen

#KICKS OPEN THE DOOR. HIIIIIII IM BAAAAAACK. TWIRLS MY HAIR AND STARES UNBLINKINGLY AT U #okay so long story short i need to speedrun if i wanna draw ANY lore art this time #bc i go to NY w no computer for 2 weeks on thurs and i wont have nrainrot anymore after. so i need to draw FAST things #so yea. she um. she. died. sniffles. ngl i thought she was already dead from the prev update so this STUNG #the fuckign GRIEF the way lilia collapses down in mourning her loss. she falls to the humans. i am SICK it HURTS #silver was so devastated in 7.5 without even seeing the death firsthand and being like 'how could i ever be loved' #lilia looking at malleus. the future of the kingdom. the treasure of his two closest friends (loves?) #and is like 'how can i ever love him enough' and proceeds to spend A FIFTH OF HIS LIFE SEARCHING FOR A SOLUTION #dealing w prejudice from humans. kicked out of the army Disgraced. all while mourning. he keeps going out of LOVE #twst #twisted wonderland #lilia vanrouge #malleus draconia #hes an egg he counts #ch 7 spoilers #so yea blah blah blah im not as eloquent as u geniuses i will just draw a silly little dramatic art to capture my misery and move forward #suntails

[cleverpaws]

man my horror shows look different than i remember

(rand art by cryingwyvern on youtube) (they might also be on here im. not sure)

#i wanted to post the rand one a while back but i ended up. forgetting. #but then i made the counterpart after seeing my lovely mutual littlegayassbitch's banner and being so super inspired. so #bitb #jrwi bitb #blood in the bayou #jrwi blood in the bayou #genloss #generation loss #genloss tse #gl ranboo #timothy rand

[witchinatree]

vaguely mentioned this in my recap but those things are long and just me live-blogging

celia is the ONLY tea drinker in the OIAR, everyone else drinks coffee

i think this goes on the list of evidence for why she's from the TMA universe

the magnus institute was tea centered, it was martin's whole thing and all of them drank tea

actually, elias drank coffee didn't he? sorry vaguely off topic but he had coffee when melanie poisoned him. i wonder if that's also symbolic of him not belonging either, he was out of place because his ass was not elias. that's DEFINITELY a reach but it's interesting

the OIAR is coffee centered, but celia drinks tea, because she does not belong there, she's from Somewhere Else

very interesting to use the drinks as symbolism, unless i'm reaching

#idk i could be wrong #i love symbolism though #and i think celia is really interesting #i mean even her being celia ripley is evidence of her being from the TMA verse #because her name is not celia ripley its lynne.. hammond? is that right? #so her counterpart should be named lynne hammond?? #idk it could also be celia picked her name after her memory loss because it was drawn to her from alternate universes #who knows #the magnus protocol #tmagp #magnus protocol #tmagp spoilers #the magnus pod #tma spoilers #celia ripley #lynne hammond

[not2menotifitsyou]

Dreams, memories, etc etc

Nayna minanda//lcd soundsystem//Kazuo Ishiguro//Richard Siken//Madeline Miller//Holly Warburton//Anne Carson//Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind//Octavio Paz//@ peopleiveloved on instagram//Richard Siken//Debra Lott//unknown source//Cigarettes After Sex

#web weaving #writing #mine #love #poetry #long post #memory #dreams #loss #anne carson #cigarettes after sex #richard siken #siken #200 #500 #1000

[artiststarme]

Well, @carlyv is loving the angst so here is some more!

~*~*~*~

What if Steve never made it out of the Upside Down after the attack on Vecna? He tells Nancy and Robin that he’s going back to check on Dustin and Eddie and takes off back to the trailer park. They leave through the gate closest to them and think that Steve got out through the one in Eddie’s trailer. Dustin tries to drag Eddie to the gate with him but isn’t strong enough and has to leave him behind in order to survive. By the time Steve gets to the trailer park, Dustin is missing and Eddie is surrounded by blood. 

He heard the clock chimes, he knows Max didn’t make it. If she died, something had to have happened to Lucas and Erica. As he stares at Eddie’s pale face and blue lips, he falls to his knees. He failed. Steve was supposed to protect everyone and now half of the Party is dead. They didn’t even get to kill Vecna/Henry/One. He didn’t have time to grieve over his failure or the loss of his friends. Instead, the sky erupted into flames and the fallen bats came back to life. They shook their necks, stretched their wings, and as soon as their eyes fell upon Steve, he knew it was over. 

All at once, the demobats descended. They tore through the leather jacket as if it were paper, their teeth gnawing quickly into the preexisting bites on his sides. He couldn’t even scream as tails wound against his neck and limbs. He struggled but alas, it was no match against the plenitude of bats. Just like that, he was stuck in the Upside Down. 

The rest of the Party would commence in the hospital surrounding a comatose Max. They would wait for Steve, check his house, and then check Robin’s. But he wasn’t around. He was still Upside Down lying right next to Eddie.

#it could end here #or perhaps the shock from the blood loss wears off for Steve and Eddie and they survive #they're still stuck in the Upside Down but El can find them when she goes to defeat Vecna once and for all #And after being alone together for so long- the boys fall in love #stranger things #steddie #ish #steve harrington #eddie munson #ficlet

[greenforestflowers]

I cannot image how difficult Brok’s death must have been for Sindri - losing his family, and knowing he inadvertently denied his brother an afterlife.

But making it worse, the missing soul piece also means that they will never see each other again. Sindri retrieved his brother from the Light because he couldn’t bear to part from him. Ironically - tragically - that decision has now separated both eternally. They could have reunited in the Light one day, if only he’d been able to resist and wait. Now, since Brok’s soul will never find its way there, they’ll be apart forever.

Sindri’s distress and rage is not just over Brok’s death in of itself, not just his guilt at accidentally costing him a life in the Light, but also an utterly unimaginable pain because he will certainly, unalterably, never see his brother again. hopefully he finds comfort in Brok forgiving him

#a Greek tragedy #Kratos would recognise it for that #in Sindris efforts to keep them both together he has flung them apart #their separation that first time had been temporary #through his love and desperation and loss sindri made it permanent #ah but it is like Orpheus and Eurydice #Orpheus looks back. and Eurydice forgives him in the instant #after all #‘what was there to complain of. but that she had been loved?’ #~ Ovid. metamorphoses #god of war ragnarok #god of war #sindri #brok #god of war sindri #god of war brok

[mewtwo24]

Something about Hua Cheng's expression here is killing me--I know this is supposed to be a delicate moment of reassurance but the pure hater energy radiating off of him is just immaculate

#tgcf #hua cheng #xie lian #hualian #words cannot express how much I love hua cheng being a hater #hua cheng in this pic is that energy when you keep spamming the A button when an npc you don't like won't stop talking #like his face when lang qianqiu keeps going on and on about his parents meeting an untimely unjust and grisly end #is so 'it was hundreds of years ago and it wasn't even gege's fault for fucks sake grow up' #'leave my goddamn wife alone he raised you with love and diligence' #'you had your bloody revenge what more do you want. figure it out far away from us.' #spoken like a true ghost king who slaps eming every single time it expresses a single inconvenient emotion he has #every day i have to resist the urge to gush about hc he's just hilarious and peak every single time i love him #no notes just banger after banger after banger #that's the face of a man who was orphaned as a child and clawed his way through life to survive and keep his loved one alive + well #a bastion of unmoving strength for 800 years #unmoved by the whining of a young man born with everything and mourning the loss of his innocence way past his expiration date #10/10 hua cheng you've done it again #hc said 'oh? a traumatic life event? we have several dozens of those git gud' #and honestly i mean that with no malice i just feel like lang qianqiu is old enough to start parsing the world in a more nuanced way ;;;;; #as much as xl thought lying to him was the best outcome hc was right--the truth d o e s matter--and not just to absolve xl #its also about giving lang qianqiu closure and moving on. about qi rong facing the consequences of his actions #so much of what is wrong with the heavenly court is the obsession with maintaining appearances over being sincere #and so much of what hc adores about xl is that xl was never really interested in those empty words and empty sentiments #he truly wanted people to prosper and live well no matter the cost to himself

[fastcardotmp3]

It’s 2002 and Jonathan Byers is back home again in Indiana. It’s 2002 and Steve Harrington hasn’t found a love worth fighting for since the one he lost to the Upside Down in 1986. It’s 2002 and they’ve almost found each other.  stonathan // rated T // 3 chapters // 15K total

read on ao3 // snippet under the cut:

“So you and Argyle, huh? Whatever happened there?” Steve questions bluntly around the lip of his bottle. “I would’ve thought he’d come with you if you were moving for the gig and all.” 

Jonathan makes a face, not sheepish or ashamed, but just a face, and then he breathes out a breath which is almost a laugh. 

Steve is coming to realize that Jonathan is a man of almosts. It’s like everything he does isn’t quite on the nose enough to be considered concise or black-and-white in its existence. He’s on the precipice of vulnerability with every breath he takes while just as much keeping one foot in his own little armored pocket of safety at all times. 

It’s kind of infuriating. 

It kind of feels nice just to recognize it at all. 

“Yeah, uh,” Jonathan clears his throat, leaning back on both elbows now and watching the roiling mass of people in the bar instead of Steve, “that didn’t quite work out.” 

Steve’s eyebrows hop high up towards his hairline. 

“For real?” he balks. “I figured you two were sorta locked in by this point.” 

“You figured, huh?” Jonathan looks at him, just out of the corner of his eye. Almost. 

“Oh, forgive me for being curious, man,” Steve deadpans, and earns a quirk of the lips from Jonathan in response. 

A roll of the eyes and a genuine snort of amusement. 

“We tried opening the relationship,” he shrugs, “he discovered he liked being open and I discovered I’m… not great at, uh, sharing.” 

Steve can’t help himself but laugh. Not maliciously, or at least not intending to be, but just because it will never fail to shock him just how well he gets Jonathan Byers sometimes. For all of their differences, every once in a while the guy will just say something that Steve has never been able to put into words but has felt his entire life to be true. 

“Better man than me for even trying,” he says through his laughter, leaning a forearm onto the bar and letting it hold his listing weight. He can hear the bubble of Robin’s laughter over the music from somewhere on the dance floor, an easing thing to the beat of his heart and making it so he doesn’t need to look to check on her. 

He can stay just like this, watching the deft and practiced way Jonathan holds his bottle by the neck between long fingers, and then getting called out within an inch of his life by the calm and deadpanned tone behind, “oh wow, you a little bit possessive? Never knew that about you, Harrington.” 

#dot fic #stonathan #steve harrington #jonathan byers #platonic stancy #dead eddie munson #just like as a forewarning but it's me what do you expect at this point tbh #love after loss and so on and so forth!! they're 35 and figuring shit out!