Tumgik
#marvel fairytale au
lunarbuck · 1 year
Text
Dance With the Devil - Masterlist
Tumblr media
Beauty and The Beast retelling | Mafia AU
Pairing: mafia!Loki x f!reader (any race)
Status: complete / also posted to my ao3
WC: 31.7k
Summary: Once upon a time, a young woman made a deal with a monstrous man to save her father. The man, a vicious and deadly leader of his family’s mafia, agrees to take her as his prisoner to pay off her father’s debt to him. What she doesn’t know is that Loki, head of the Laufeyson Mafia, has more to him than meets the eye. A secret agreement with his late father that he get married, have a family. Fall in love. But as the years pass, he's fallen into despair and lost all hope, for who could ever learn to love a beast?
Warnings: dark fic/dark themes, descriptions of violence, blood, injuries, swearing, mentions of chronic illness (Multiple Sclerosis), violence, organized crime, masturbation, smut (p in v), angst, fluff
DISCLAIMER: There are portions of dialogue in here that are straight from the Beauty and the Beast (1991) movie. I will put something in the chapter’s a/n so that there isn’t any confusion, but yeah!! This is the version of the script that I used.
my masterlist | ao3 | fic playlist | movie script
Tumblr media Tumblr media
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Author's Note
Extras:
Loki takes care of you oneshot
Tumblr media
Please let me know if you would like to be added to my taglist! You can either be tagged in just this series or all my future works; just let me know. you must have your age in your bio and be 18+ to be added
General tags - lmk if you do not want to be tagged in this serires
@peaches1958 @pono-pura-vida @emi11ie @paulasocean @prettylittlepluviophile @writerwrites @w0nderw0mansw0rld @hawsx3 @meetmeatyourworst @harrysthiccthighss @goldylions @late-to-the-party-81 @luxeavenger @cloudyfeel @searchf0rtheskyline
Series tags
message me to be added <3
473 notes · View notes
Text
Writingpastmybedtime's Masterlist
Hello all, and welcome to my masterlist!
My requests are always open, unless stated otherwise.
I mainly write for Bucky Barnes & Loki ✿
Tumblr media
BUCKY BARNES
Time to Confess - Bucky Barnes
Mine - Bucky Barnes
You’ve Never Done This Before? - Bucky Barnes
Happy Accident - mob!Bucky Barnes
Thunder Clatter - Bucky Barnes
Happily Ever After - Bucky Barnes
Tumblr media
SEBASTIAN STAN
Cinderella AU - Sebastian Stan
21 notes · View notes
artstar1997 · 2 months
Text
Tumblr media
Here’s Marvel and Cerise as Sleeping Beauty and her prince. These two are my Rageon OCs that I paired together, the niece of the ruler of Mount Rageous, Zircon and heir is in love with the older brother of Velvet and Veneer. Their costumes are medieval themed to match the historical era of the Disney version of the movie but with some tweaks.
7 notes · View notes
mistress-of-words · 7 months
Link
Chapters: 14/? Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Loki/Sigyn (Marvel), Loki/Sigyn, Loki & Thor (Marvel) Characters: Sigyn (Marvel), Loki (Marvel), Thor (Marvel), Frigga | Freyja (Marvel), Freya (Marvel), Odin (Marvel), Amora (Marvel), Idunn (Marvel), Ratatoskr (Marvel) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fairy Tale, fairytale AU, Inspired by The Little Mermaid (Disney Movies), Happy Ending, Fluff, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Hurt/Comfort, mermaid Sigyn, Pink Haired Sigyn, Sigyn is a pink mermaid, Family Drama, Magic, Spells & Enchantments, Muteness Summary:
Sigyn, the seventh daughter of Queen Freya, dreams of the surface world and walking with the humans that live there. And when she falls for the human Prince Loki after saving him she'll find just how far she is willing to achieve her dream. But will the price be too high, and is her mother correct that humans are not to be trusted?
Based off Disney's The Little Mermaid
7 notes · View notes
dnfao3tags · 2 years
Note
hi there! <3 I recently read a spiderman dnf fic and I'm just wondering if u might have any more that are kinda based off of movies/tv shows/series, things like that? like more Spiderman, Harry Potter based, Disney Princess based, stuff of that variety? thanks!! xx
here are some fusion aus u might like !
fusion
— operation mistletoe by meridies (teen | comp. | 3k)
Mistletoe, magical shenanigans, and two boys behind a tapestry together. What could go wrong?
— catalyst by angelbeachcat (teen | comp. | 53k)
Predestined to spend his life preserving the purity of magic from muggles according to everyone around him, it seems right that Dream has found his place beside Tom Riddle at Hogwarts. When he crosses paths with George, Ravenclaw’s muggleborn seeker who’s taken a liking to him, he’s forced to reconsider everything he knows about the world.
— swing my heart by enonymous (teen | comp. | 5k)
In which George is Spiderman, Dream is Deadpool, and there are villains, coffeeshops, and a lot of pizza.
— Leaps and Bounds by Turtle_ier (teen | comp. | 3k)
Dream, ever the reckless one in their trio, gets lost in a thunderstorm, and while Sapnap can't find him, he finds a cute little frog instead. And, yeah, even George has to admit that the frog is pretty cute.
— no mercy by glitterfox19 (teen | comp. | 21k)
Statistically, it made sense that it was his name on the paper that had been pulled. He was eighteen, after all, so that was already seven entries. Add on the tesserae for himself, his mother, his father, and his two younger brothers, and that added an extra twenty-eight entries. Thirty-five slips of paper with George Davidson written on them. It was simple math. George hated statistics.
— Attachment Issues by Maaiams (teen | comp. | 18k)
tldr: George is very bad at being a Jedi. Dream doesn’t help.
23 notes · View notes
themculibrary · 1 month
Text
Fairytale AUs Masterlist
Bruises (ao3) - lopingloup loki/tony T, 3k
Summary: Tony goes out to seek a witch he doesn't entirely believe exists in hope of finding a cure for his sister. He ends up making an ill-advised deal with a powerful witch.
I don't know what's happening (but I know you) (ao3) - BrilliantlyHorrid phil/skye T, 14k
Summary: As weird as it was, if Daisy was going to be stuck in a bizarro universe, married to anyone, there were way worse options than Phil Coulson.
If the Glove Fits (ao3) - six_demon_bag bucky/zemo T, 5k
Summary: Bucky is an orphan trapped under the steel fist of his horrible uncle Pierce. When the realm’s Prince Zemo holds a ball to find a husband, Bucky decides he has to find a way to attend, if only to get out of the house.
Just a little misunderstanding (ao3) - LittleMrsCookie, scarletnerd05 darcy/brock M, 2k
Summary: “Jack,” Brock begged, eyes taking in the two forms in front of him, “Please tell me you didn’t kidnap a princess.”
Little Red Riding Hood: The Taking of Tony (ao3) - Beware_The_Tristero loki/tony E, 8k
Summary: The standard tale but with my twisted, little brain behind the steering-wheel; I have, however, spared grandma from being eaten... I’m nice like that : )
red and the wolf (ao3) - Merideath darcy/steve T, 2k
Summary: There are wolves in the woods, Stephen knows, with sharp teeth and golden eyes. With a mournful song to call down the moon. But still he slips among the trees, lets his feet stray from the well worn path. The wind carries the bite of winter as it tears autumn leaves from the trees; the shadows of trees hide patches of frost from the sun's warmth.
“The wolf is carnivore incarnate and he's as cunning as he is ferocious; once he's had a taste of flesh then nothing else will do.” ― Angela Carter
  A retelling of the fairytale 'Red Riding Hood'
Sleeping Bunny (ao3) - CeliaEquus phil/steve, pepper/tony G, 2k
Summary: '"Once upon a time, there lived a man named Phillip, of the House of Coulson. He had the outward appearance of a man of business; yet inside of him beat the heart of a warrior, and he was much admired by all who knew him, especially—" "Shut up, Tony," Rhodey said, hitting his friend upside the head.'
Phil has been cursed to look like a rabbit, and only true love's kiss will break the spell. But he isn't in love with anyone. Will he ever be the same again?
Strange Magic (ao3) - i_am_a_hog steve/bucky T, 1k
Summary: Sarah Rogers is a magic creature from Ireland. This is the story of her son who has powers he does not know about.
The Girl Who Was Happy And The Giant Who Was Not (ao3) - Lunik darcy/loki G, 2k
Summary: Once upon a time there was a girl who was happy and thought she knew how to remain so. And there was a giant who was miserable and thought he knew the way to happiness. They were both wrong.
The Path Beneath Your Feet (ao3) - StrivingArtist steve/bucky, bucky/steve/tony T, 44k
Summary: A Star fell, and in its wake, Soulmarks appeared. Smaller than a person’s palm, centered over their sternum, and a greater risk than when the Stars gave mankind Guilt, the Marks were to be Humanity’s eternal guides. The gift gave the Stars a way to direct their children. The Stars would watch, and wait to see what a person needed in their life. They waited to see what would bring them the greatest joy, then they could give them a token to find that path and keep them true. *** All three share a Mark.
But Steve and Bucky have each other.
And Tony has Iron Man.
the Witch and the Wolf (ao3) - Neutralchaos steve/bucky M, 151k
Summary: Once upon a time, there was a boy named Bucky.
This boy was like others you might know. He liked to fight wolves, pretend he was a knight, and wage magnificent wars against the most villainous of villains. He played knights and vanquished all the villains he and his friends could imagine. But then he grew up, and the villains vanquished him.
And there was another boy; Steve. He was not much like other boys you’d know, or maybe he is, depending on the sort of boys you know. Wars were not his ideal session of make-believe. He liked to befriend wolves rather than fight them. He was a boy, but he grew up long before he should have.
Adventures always start with kids like that. Bucky was the boy who took too long to start the process of growing up and then grew up all in one night. Steve was the boy who grew up much too quickly to have been a boy in the first place. This story might sound like it’s about just one of these boys, but that’s not really true. It’s not really about either of them, because to say that it’s about one of them would be disingenuous. Candidly, this story is about what they grew up to be.
The wolf and the witch that befriended him.
Will you be my Kriskindle? (ao3) - sirona steve/bucky, clint/phil, pepper/tony E, 21k
Summary: Just because he was a unicorn did not mean he had to fall in love and mate for life, and those assholes could suck it because Bucky Barnes was not going to let himself be paraded before the screaming public just to raise some cash for the forest, no matter how good the cause.
1 note · View note
five-miles-over · 5 months
Text
Tom Hiddleston Characters Masterlist
updated January 26, 2024
Tumblr media
Multiple Character Headcanons/Listicles
• Tom Hiddleston Characters as Desserts
• How Tom Hiddleston Characters Would Spend the Winter Holidays 
• Tom Hiddleston Characters: How They Act When They Have a Crush (on You)
• Tom Hiddleston Characters on Their Wedding Day (to You)
• Tom Hiddleston Characters: How They Would Propose (to You)
• Tom Hiddleston Characters Celebrating the New Year (With You)
Bill Hazeldine from Suburban Shootout
Tumblr media
• She’s a Lady and I am Just a Boy: On the first day of taking ‘Fundamentals of Shakespeare’ at university, Bill Hazeldine finds himself developing a serious crush on you, his drama professor.
• Champagne for My Real Friends, Real Pain for My Sham Friends: A first-year medical student at the University of Surrey, you move into a uni house and meet your new flatmates Bill Hazeldine and Rory Slippery (College AU, crossover with Rory Slippery from Fortysomething)
Caius Marcius Coriolanus from Coriolanus
Tumblr media
I’ve Decided, I Will Not Let Your Shadow Separate From Me: After being elected the consul, Coriolanus receives many things - sleepless nights, pointless riots from the lower-class citizens, and you, his new personal slave. While the sleep deprivation and the noise from the plebeians annoy him to no end, he finds himself obsessed with you. (Yandere)
The One That I Desire: A general must always be in control, according to General Caius Marcius Coriolanus . But there often comes a time when even the most powerful general falls to temptation. And for Coriolanus, that temptation is you.
Henry V/Prince Hal from The Hollow Crown
Tumblr media
• Fairytale:�� While riding upon your horse in the woods, you come across a stranger with a silver tongue and golden curls. And he calls himself “Hal”. (Basically a meet-cute with fluff.)
• You Will Be Mine : The prince of England quickly becomes obsessed with you, a servant brought to his chambers to serve him breakfast. And there is nothing that will stop him from claiming you as his. (Yandere)
• First Time In London: Three days into your new life in London, you find yourself in a café after one of the dreariest mornings ever. Standing behind you in line is none other than Henry Plantagenet, a handsome gentleman with a zest for life and a romantic outlook that feels too good to be real. (Modern AU)
Jonathan Pine from The Night Manager
Tumblr media
•So Much More: While holidaying in Switzerland at the Hotel Meister, you find yourself constantly being stood up by each and everyone you meet. And each time, the night manager Jonathan Pine is there to comfort you after delivering the bad news. But it’s really just part of the job…right?
• The Forbidden Room: Part One, Part Two : During a late night alone in the lobby of the Hotel Meister, you - a student at the University of Zurich - meet the charming night manager Mr.Jonathan Pine. And what starts out as simply two strangers getting to know each other turns into something more when Pine shows you a secret part of the hotel.
• My Dearest Diamond : After nearly two years of working for MI-6, Jonathan tried to get in touch with you, the girl who stole his heart when he worked at Hotel Meister. For three weeks, the two of you rekindled your love via handwritten letters, until you booked a five-day trip to London to see him.
As he prepares to make this holiday special for you, Jonathan reflects on his relationship with you…and carries out one last errand before you land.
Robert Laing from High-Rise
Tumblr media
• Being Married to Robert Laing would Include...
Loki of Asgard from the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Tumblr media
• Heaven Help the Fool Who Falls in Love: You, a lady-in-waiting of Asgard’s Queen Frigga, and Prince Loki have been inseparable for years. What started with a mere look becomes something more precious. (Fluff)
• A Better King: While shopping with Thor in Mumbai (to kill time while Tony Stark is busy with a meeting), Loki learns about the “king” of Bollywood…and decides that he himself could be a better king.
• Take All of Me: Loki takes great delight in “ruining” his innocent, shy girlfriend for the first time (corruption kink, smut)
• Dandelions: Having heard stories about the Norse god of mischief, you find yourself falling in love with Loki despite having never met him. Out of devotion, you prepare offerings that you think he would like, and find ways to express the way you feel. Little do you know that your feelings are not unrequited.
• Beauty is Where You Find It: A journalist for a New York magazine in September of 2012, you come across the opportunity to do an interview from an icon in the fashion industry. Your subject? A rising supermodel from Wimbledon with icy blue eyes and jet-black curls named Loki Laufeyson.
• They’ll Call Your Crimes a Work of Art: A journalist for a small magazine in New York, you’ve been assigned to write a piece about the recent attacks led by Loki. So, you have a look at Loki himself to get your own perspective.
• Little Darling: Living with the God of Mischief in London comes with finding many surprises, and one of those surprises happens to be a four-year-old named Tom Hiddleston.
THE PHANTOM OF ASGARD (THOR: THE DARK WORLD LOKI X READER)
Rumors say that a phantom haunts the darkest hall in the royal palace of Asgard, but is he truly as dangerous as the people of Asgard claim he is?
Part One
Part Two
FOR ALL TIME, IT WAS ALWAYS YOU (TVA LOKI X WIFE!READER)
Imagine waking up in an alternate reality where you and Loki are a newlywed couple living in the suburbs...and everything seems a little too good to be true. (inspired by Wandavision)
Part One
Part Two: Mrs. Laufeyson
Part Three: Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm
Part Four: Kitty Makes Three
THE AGE OF LOKI (LOKI X READER X PROFESSOR HIDDLESTON)
For his second year teaching at Oxford’s English department, Professor Hiddleston hires you to be his first-ever teaching assistant. One night while working late, he shows you the newest addition to his poetry class’s syllabus: the Lokasenna, a poem centered on the Norse god of mischief…and accidentally summons the trickster god himself.
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
IF YOU LET ME, I CAN MAKE ANOTHER WORLD FOR US (LOKI x POWERFUL!READER)
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Jaguar Villain Hiddleston from the Good to Be Bad Campaign
Tumblr media
• All I Worship and Adore: For a long time, Tom has admired you, an innocent woman, from afar...until one day, he makes his affections known to you. And this time, he won’t take no for an answer (Yandere)
• Your Remedy - He may be one of the most powerful and feared man in London, a terrifying villain to the outside world, but when you’re sick with a cold, your paramour Thomas spends the entire evening by your side taking care of you.
• SFW Alphabet - Jaguar Villain!Tom Hiddleston
YOU'RE NEVER LEAVING (JAGUAR!HIDDLESTON X READER)
You, a budding journalist, have the opportunity of a lifetime to interview the feared and revered Mr. Hiddleston, the CEO of Imperial Pharmaceuticals, Britain’s leading drug manufacturing company. What happens when a few mistakes lead you into the jaws of the wolf, working for the man himself?
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Miscellaneous Hiddleston AUs
• AU: Tom Hiddleston as the Prince of Scotland
• Lessons from the Viscount (Viscount!Hiddleston x Reader, Reader x William Buxton, Reader x John Plumptre): As a debutante in the Regency era, you attend your first etiquette class, along with the other boys and girls of London’s upper crust. Heading the class is the charismatic Viscount Hiddleston, rumored to be a former Shakespearean actor who returned to London to look after his familal estate. And it isn’t long before he takes a liking to you.
209 notes · View notes
callmemana · 10 months
Text
James Bucky Barnes: Fanfic 2
Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media
Key: smut -🍓/fluff -🌼/angst -🐂/personal fav -👓/
Tumblr media
A Touch of Ink Series @deamstellarus 🍓🌼🐂 (TattooArtist!au)
Aeipathy Series @all1e23 🌼🐂👓 (hades + persephone au)
Arranged Series @thefallennightmare 🍓🌼🐂 (mob!au)
Astrophile Series @all1e23 🍓🌼🐂👓 (firefighter!singledad!Bucky + teacher!R)
Back To Where We Started Series @hopelessromantic423 🌼🐂👓
Bribe the Super @real-jane 🌼🐂👓 (firefighter! Bucky|Fem Rogers Sister)
By Any Other Name Series @wkemeup 🍓🐂👓 (FBI Agent Bucky)
Come Away With Me @all1e23 🐂👓 (western au + stripper reader)
Delicate Edges Series @wkemeup 🍓🌼🐂👓 (MC)
Detectives In Love Series @real-jane 🍓🌼🐂👓 (modern!au|cop!au)
Drifting Series @real-jane 🍓🌼🐂👓 (cw! Bucky)
Eight Series @goldenjo 🍓🌼🐂 (pro!athlete!Bucky)
Fairytale of New York Series @draguta 🍓🐂👓 (professor!Bucky|Student!Reader|Age Gap)
Fuck up the Friendship Series @summerofsnowflakes 🍓🌼🐂👓 (college!athlete! Bucky)
Guiding Lights Series @wkemeup 🍓🌼🐂
Graveyard 2 @wkemeup 🌼🐂👓 (Healer!R)
Go On, Leave Me Breathless Series @summerofsnowflakes 🍓🌼🐂 (mafia au)
Heart & Soul Series @all1e23 🍓🌼🐂 (A/B/O dynamics)
Heal Me Baby @wkemeup 🌼👓 (1940s!nurse!r)
Heal Me with Your Love Series @dear-bunnyboo 🌼🐂 (avenger!R)
I Won’t Mind @imaginearyparties 🍓🌼🐂👓 (1940s!au)
I’m With You Series @wkemeup 🌼🐂👓 (modern!au)
In Every Lifetime @wkemeup 🌼🐂👓
It’s All In The Eyes @writing-for-marvel 🌼👓 (MC)
Just The away You Are Series @draguta 🍓🐂👓 (dbf!Bucky|Age Gap)
Keeping Score @all1e23 🌼🐂👓 (fake!dating au)
Little Lion Man @wkemeup 🌼🐂👓 (1940s time-travel)
Moment of Weakness Series @thefallennightmare 🍓🌼🐂 (mob!au)
My City, My Partner @real-jane 🍓🌼🐂👓 (ShieldAgentFem!R)
Nights Like This @writing-for-marvel 🍓🌼🐂👓 (fwb)
Nostalgia for the New Series @real-jane 🍓🌼🐂👓 (ShieldAgentFem!R)
Of Love and Ink Series @deamstellarus 🍓🌼🐂 (TattooArtist!Bucky|book 2|ongoing)
Play Pretend 2 @wkemeup 🍓🌼🐂 (sex pollen)
Secret Girlfriend @jenwritesstories 🌼🐂👓
Swallow Series @all1e23 🍓🌼🐂👓 (MC)
Sky Full of Songs Series @wkemeup 🍓🌼🐂👓 (Pirate!Bucky|Siren!R)
Soldiers Series @thefallennightmare 🍓🌼🐂
Stray Series @theeleggymeggy 🍓🌼🐂 (dark themes 18+)
Sugary Sweet Series @all1e23 🍓🌼🐂 (sugardaddy!au)
Suburbia @wkemeup 🍓🌼🐂👓 (fake!married!au)
Sunrise Series @wkemeup 🍓🌼🐂👓 (Vet!Bucky|librarian!R|modern au)
To Help Out a Friend @slut4buckysarm 🍓🌼👓
The Boxer Next Door Series @clints-lucky-arrow 🌼🐂
The Girl and Her Golden Boys Series @theeleggymeggy 🍓🌼🐂👓 (1940s!au)
The Witness Series @wkemeup 🍓🌼🐂👓(detective!bucky)
That Summer Series @tellmealovestory 🍓🌼🐂👓 (modern!au)
Time @thefallennightmare 🍓🌼🐂👓 (1940s!au)
You and Him @dear-bunnyboo 🌼👓 (1940s!au)
Your Own 2 @real-jane 🍓🌼🐂👓 (farmer!au)
Your Mine, Sunshine Series @theeleggymeggy 🍓🌼🐂 (mob!au|bodyguard!au)
322 notes · View notes
lunarbuck · 1 year
Text
Dance With The Devil (2)
Tumblr media
Pairing: mafia!Loki x f!reader (any race)
WC: 5k
Summary: You see a dark side to the men holding you captive, but you won't let them break you.
Warnings: death, violence, injury, angst
A/N: I hope you guys enjoy this chapter!! I've loved writing it :) beta'd by the lovely @purpleshallot
series masterlist | main masterlist | script | fic playlist
Tumblr media Tumblr media
Chapter 1 / Chapter 3
When you wake in the morning, you feel like you’ve been hit by a bus. Your body aches and your head spins. It takes you a moment to remember where you are, what happened last night, and as it all comes back to you, all you feel is anger. 
It consumes you; it lights a fire in your heart. 
You stare at yourself in the vanity mirror and try to ignore how puffy your eyes are from crying last night. Right then and there, you decide that you won’t be the weak little prisoner he expects you to be. You tell yourself that you won’t roll over and take it when he wants you to.
You’ll fight him. You’ll fight him every step of the way.
It only takes you a few minutes to clean yourself up, splashing water on your face to reduce the redness of your eyes. You dress in a pair of plain brown pants from the dresser and a shirt you find, noting that they fit pretty well. You’re not sure how the raven-haired man knew what sizes to get or if he always keeps spare clothes in this room.
Either way, you don’t want to know, and you tell yourself that you don’t care.
You place your hand on the doorknob and take a deep breath. As you turn it, the metal is cool beneath your fingertips, a loud click echoing through your brain.
When you emerge from the room, you run straight into someone’s back, though they don’t fall over. Instead, the person turns around and catches you easily, steadying you. It only takes a moment to recognize them as the man you’d seen last night in the hallway, who directed you to your father.
“Good morning,” he says, removing his hands from where they’d been on your shoulders. “How are you feeling?”
Now that you’re closer to him, you let your eyes roam over his face and figure. He’s handsome, brown hair perfectly coiffed atop his head. His green eyes are bright despite the low light in the hallway, and he wears a perfectly pressed black button-up tucked into black dress pants. 
“Hungry,” you end up saying quietly, letting your eyes connect with his. He gives you a gentle and knowing smile.
“Of course, come with me.” He extends his arm, offering it to you, and you surprise yourself by slipping your arm into the crook of his elbow.
The new man walks you through the halls, explaining the home’s architecture and art history. You find yourself hanging on to every word, soaking up all the information you can. 
A few moments later, you arrive in a large dining room, a huge wooden table in the center with chairs lining the perimeter. The man pulls out the chair at the head of the table, and you warily sit down.
“What’s your name?” you ask as he helps you push in the chair. The man sticks his head into the kitchen, calling to someone before returning to your side.
“I’m Levi, and this is Cade,” he replies, gesturing to the man coming in from the kitchen. Cade seems to have a permanent scowl etched into his features, which doesn’t shift as he gives you a once-over.
“She’s not supposed to be here,” Cade says to Levi, not seeming to find it necessary to introduce himself to you.
Levi sighs exasperatedly, leaning against the back of your chair. “I don’t really give a shit. She’s hungry, and I’m not gonna let her starve.” Your heart warms at the sentiment; at least someone in this house cares about your well-being, even if the raven-haired man doesn’t.
“We have orders–” Cade cuts himself off, staring down at you as if he’d just noticed you listening. He returns his gaze back to Levi before lowering his voice. “If he finds out that she’s here, that we brought her here… I’m not saving your ass this time.” You mull over his words. Why does the raven-haired man care where you go? Clearly, he doesn’t want to see you since he hasn’t come to check on you yet.
“I won’t say anything,” you interject. Both men drop their gazes to you, Levi’s kind and caring, Cade’s frustrated and broody.
Levi reaches around the chair and squeezes your shoulder. “Perfect.” Two men venture back into the kitchen. They bicker the entire time, and you sit back in the chair, taking in the room around you.
It’s incredibly intricate, with so many details for your eyes to roam over that you don’t know where to start. You’re so distracted that you don’t notice another person entering the room. One look at the woman, and you know she’s probably the kindest person out there. Her hair is streaked with gray, eyes crinkled in the corners from years of smiling.
“Hello, my dear,” she says, placing a steaming mug in front of you. As the steam rises, you smell that it’s herbal tea. You wrap your hands around the ceramic, warming your skin. “It’s lovely to meet you. My name is Mrs. Peters, and if you ever need anything, no matter how small or insignificant you may feel it is, you just tell me.” Mrs. Peters sits next to you and watches you sip at the tea. Instantly, the liquid warms your whole body, ridding it of the chill from last night’s events.
“Thank you, Mrs. Peters,” you reply quietly, taking in her comforting demeanor. She gives you a bright smile, and a moment later, Levi carries out a spread of breakfast options for you. Mrs. Peters rises from her seat to help him lay out the food in front of you.
Cade leans against the wall a few feet away, clearly upset by the sight in front of him. 
“Stop sulking,” Mrs. Peters chides, clicking her tongue at the man. “I don’t care what he has to say about it. I’m not going to let the poor child go hungry.” Cade rolls his eyes but doesn’t say anything.
Mrs. Peters and Levi sit with you at the table while you eat, encouraging you to try different dishes they like. Cade stands to the side, watching with a disgusted look plastered on his face. It bothers you; why does he care so much? He had mentioned getting in trouble, but there’s no way that letting you eat could have that severe of consequences.
“Why were you not supposed to let me eat?” you ask, turning to Levi. He shifts a little in his seat but keeps his easy grin.
“You’re not supposed to leave your room without the permission of the big guy,” he explains. “Somethin’ about him not trusting you yet.” 
“You know it’s more than that, Levi,” Cade grunts. “And they’re not orders. If you go against orders, it’s not that bad. This was a threat. I don’t want to be on the receiving end of his wrath.” Mrs. Peters stands abruptly and strides over to Cade in just a few steps.
“Cade, I am shocked at you. She’s not our prisoner; she’s our guest. We must make her feel welcome here.” You shake your head at her words; you’re not a guest in this house. You’re the raven-haired man’s prisoner.
“I’m a prisoner,” you admit quietly, pushing away the plate in front of you. “I traded my life to save my father. I did it to myself.” The room goes silent, and you push away from the table and head to the hall. “Thank you for breakfast.” 
The walk back to your room is quick, and when you shut the door, you chide yourself for not looking for a way out or more information on who the raven-haired man is.
Sitting at the vanity, you wonder what you’d do if you found a way out. Would you run? What would happen to you? The raven-haired man knows who you and your father are. He knows where you live; would he just come and take you back?
The thought of him knocking down the door to your home and dragging you back here sends shivers down your spine.
Now isn’t the time to think about hypotheticals. You must keep your head straight and figure out a way out of this mess.
The rest of the week, you don’t leave your room. Food gets delivered to your room, but you never see who brings it. More clothes had also appeared outside your door a few days ago. Everything is your size, somehow also your style. 
You spend your day re-reading the one book you had brought with you. The prince saves the princess from the grips of the evil man every time. As much as you wish you had a knight in shining armor coming to save you, you know you don’t. 
At first, you’d thought Griffin would come looking for you, but if the raven-haired man really is part of the mafia or mob or whatever, you imagine he won’t be able to do much on his own. You haven’t been able to find your phone, so it’s not like you can even call or text Griffin to tell him what happened.
A knock on your door spooks you, but you relax when Levi calls you from the other side. You pad over to the door and open it to reveal his thousand-watt smile. 
“Hello, Levi,” you say, leaning against the door frame. 
“Hello, ma chéri, how are you today?” You shrug, you could certainly be better, but you suppose things could also be much worse. 
“I’m okay,” you end up saying. Levi nods, but you can tell he doesn’t believe you.
“Well, I wanted to apologize for not seeing you much this week. I couldn’t risk pissing off Cade more than I already had.” You nod your understanding, gesturing for Levi to come into your room. The two of you sit on your floor, facing each other.
“I understand,” you reply, digging your fingers into the plush carpet beneath you. Everything in this house screams luxury, old money. “I don’t want you to get in trouble.” Levi rolls his eyes but doesn’t fight you on what you’ve said,
“Cade just has a fuckin’ stick up his ass. I know who I work for; I know what I signed up for. Loki can take it up with me if he has a problem with me feeding you. I’m not going to let you sit here and wither away.”
Loki. 
That’s the first time you’ve heard his name spoken out loud. 
Loki.
“And what is it that you signed up for?” you ask, curious about what Levi’s job truly is. 
“I am the right-hand man to the head of the Laufeyson Family Mafia.” He says it like it’s the simplest thing in the world. As if he’d just told you he’s a cashier for the local grocery store.
“Excuse me?” You stare at the man dumbfounded. How could Levi, the seemingly sweet and kind man in front of you, be part of such a vicious profession? And to be the right hand of the leader…
“Loki and I grew up together, he was always going to be in this life, but I chose to be in it. I do all the shit he doesn’t want to do, but honestly, he’s not afraid to get his hands dirty. Most of the time, we do it all together.” He’s being too vague; it puts you on edge. You know he’s doing it on purpose, whether it’s to protect you or himself, you’re not sure.
“But why?” How could anyone willingly choose a life like this?
“I’m not a good man, ma chérie,” he says, cocking his head. “I like being in the thick of it; it’s what I’m good at. I tried to live in the ‘real world,’ and it sucks. It’s not for me. But this, it all makes sense to me.” You shake your head; this doesn’t make any sense. The image of Levi ending someone’s life and cleaning up the mess afterward doesn’t work. It doesn’t align with what you know of him.
But what do you really know?
Nothing.
You only know what he’s shown you, and you haven’t had the opportunity to see him in action. 
“And what kind of man is Loki?” His name tastes like poison on your tongue. Levi lets your words sink in, mulling them over.
“You can’t be a good man in our world.”
Silence settles between you, and you don’t press him for more. “I didn’t come here to scare you, ma chérie. I was wondering if you’d like a tour of the rest of the house; I know you haven’t seen the rest of it yet.”
Your eyes light up at his proposition. You’ve been itching to explore. “Yes, I’d love that!” you tell him excitedly.
“Wonderful.” Levi stands, taking your hands in his to help you up. “I have to go on a job for a little while, but when I get back, I can take you. The house looks so much better in the evening anyways.” You deflate slightly when he tells you that he won’t be taking you right now, but you try not to show your disappointment.
“I look forward to it,” you say as Levi steps out of your room.
“See you then, ma chérie.”
Tumblr media
The sun sinks below the horizon. It’s been hours, and Levi has yet to come back. You can’t help but think you won’t be getting your tour tonight.
But who says you need Levi to explore? You’ve never been too reliant on others; why start now?
You walk through the halls, expecting to get stopped, but no one is out right now, to your surprise. You make your way through the familiar areas of the house, but when you pass the large wooden doors to the west wing, you can’t help but reach out and brush your fingers along the ornate carvings.
You know the west wing is forbidden, but what’s in there? What could be so bad? Before you can convince yourself not to, you’re pushing the doors open. 
Another hallway comes into view, though this one isn’t carpeted like the rest of the house, instead having dark wood floors. You take a tentative step across the threshold. When you don’t instantly burst into flames or whatever you thought would happen, you continue down the hall.
Paintings line the walls, but most are covered with dust cloths. When you reach the end of the hall, you find a portrait ripped to shreds. You reach out, pushing the pieces back together, and find it’s a family portrait.
The family is all dressed in black, sitting in a traditional pose. The raven-haired man, Loki, sits between who you assume are his mother and father. They don’t look happy, but they also don’t look angry. They look pleasant as if they’d all been thinking of a kind memory.
Loki’s eyes pierce into you, captivating you. 
A loud shout steals your attention, and you notice a door you hadn’t seen a moment ago. A sliver of light peeks through the crack in the door, and you glance through it, unable to contain your curiosity.
Inside the room, Loki, Levi, and Cade all stand around a man tied to a chair. They take turns striking him with their fists, beating him without mercy.
Between each punch, Loki asks him the same question.
“Where is the shipment?”
The man never has an answer.
After another rotation of beatings, the man slumps over as much as he can in his bindings. Cade and Levi look at Loki for direction, and your stomach turns as you watch Loki pull a knife out of his pocket, flicking it open gracefully.
Loki grips the man’s hair, yanking his head upward. Blood oozes from his broken nose. It drips down his face, in his mouth, off his chin. Loki’s eyes are dark, but a smirk graces his lips. He’s enjoying this.
You hold your breath as Loki drags the tip of his blade down the bound man’s cheek, cutting it shallowly. 
The bound man stirs, eyes flashing open at the pain of being cut. 
“Please, please just stop,” he begs, trying to crane his face away from Loki’s knife. 
“Just tell me what I want to know then,” Loki spits bitterly. He moves the knife down the man’s neck, not hitting anything vital but scraping the skin.
“I swear I don’t know anything. I wasn’t there when the shipment got dropped off. I was s’posed to, but I fucked up and was late. By the time I got there, it was gone. That’s all I know.” 
Loki’s eyes connect with Levi’s, and they both shake their heads knowingly. 
It only takes a second for Loki to drive the knife into the bound man’s chest, ending his life instantly. 
A loud ringing fills your ears, and bile rises in your throat. 
You turn away from the door, stumbling down the corridor in the dark. You trip over your feet, landing against the wall.
A hand grips your arm, shoving your back to the wall. Loki stands in front of you, fuming.
“Why did you come here?” His hold on your arm is bruising, cutting off circulation to your hand.
“I– I’m sorry,” you stammer, still hearing the ringing in your ears. You feel like you’re about to faint.
“I warned you never to come here,” he shouts, eyes like fire.
“I didn’t– I don’t–” you don’t even know what you’re trying to say. All you want is for him to let you go. You somewhat get your wish as his hands move from your arms to grip your face. His fingers reach back around your head, tangling in your hair while cupping your cheeks. 
“Do you realize what you could have done?” He angles your head so you have no choice but to stare into his eyes. He looks hungry, like a man starved.
You feel like the bound man.
“Please stop,” you whisper, tears springing in your eyes. You will them not to fall; you just want him to let go.
A cold look washes over his face, his entire demeanor shifts, and he shoves himself away from you. Loki’s hands fall to his sides, fists clenched.
“Get out,” he growls, seething. You don’t think as you run out of the dark hallway and out into the central area of the house. Your feet carry you through the halls, down the stairs, and out the front door. 
No one stops you. No one chases you.
You don’t stop even as you run down the hill, out the iron-wrought gate, and through the neighborhood that had looked so far away from the house.
Your lungs scream at you, your legs ache, but you want to be as far away from that house as possible. As far away from Loki and his dark eyes, full of blood and lust. 
You reach the downtown area of the neighborhood and collapse onto a bench, sucking in heaving breaths. Your thoughts spin through your mind, replaying what you’d seen Loki and his men do in that room. 
The fall air is crisp and cool, quickly drying the sweat on your skin. You feel feverish, welcoming the breeze that blows through the trees. You bring your knees up into your chest and will your heartbeat to slow down. 
Even though it’s dark out, the moon glows brightly in the cloudless sky. A street lamp illuminates the stretch of pavement around you. You scold yourself for not grabbing anything before running away; you didn’t even bother looking for your phone.
Now, as you sit on the bench, you wish you had a way of contacting someone, anyone. Maybe Griffin, he’d come get you. But you don’t have his number memorized; you’d just have to call the police.
As you think over your options, your eyes flick to a man walking down the street toward you. He scrolls through his phone as he walks, laughing at something on the screen. He walks past you on the bench but stops a few feet away before turning around and approaching you.
“Are you okay?” he asks, tucking his phone into his pocket. His eyebrows are scrunched together, and he looks genuinely concerned. You wonder if you should tell him the truth, if you should ask him to call the police for you.
“Um, yeah,” you say, squeezing your knees tighter. You don’t want to seem too vulnerable to this stranger.
“Do you need help?” he asks, crouching down so he can make eye contact with you. His brown eyes connect with yours, and the look he gives you truly conveys kindness. “You could call someone on my phone if you need to, here.” He places his phone on the bench beside you. 
You pick it up with shaking fingers and stare at the keypad, unsure who to call. You should call your dad, but for some reason, you don’t want to. Maybe you don’t want to scare him; maybe you don’t want to put him in danger.
In the end, you decide the police are your best option. You look up the number for the police station Griffin works at, and as you dial it, you notice another man walking down the street. He’s not alone but instead flanked by three more figures.
They approach and stand behind the man who’d let you borrow his phone. 
The phone rings and rings and rings. 
“This one?” one of the new men asks aloud. Your heart sinks.
The line goes dead.
“Yeah,” the brown-eyed man says, grinning. “She’s the one.”
You’re surrounded, unarmed, and suddenly paralyzed with fear. “Who are you?” you ask, pushing yourself back into the bench as if that will save you from whatever they have planned.
“My name is Jack Rollins,” the brown-eyed man tells you. His hand reaches out, grabs his phone from your fingers, and puts it in his coat pocket. “You’re coming with us.” Two men behind the bench reach out and grip your arms, dragging you from your seat.
You kick and scream, twisting your body to get them to release you, but it’s no use. One of them slaps his hand over your mouth, silencing you.
“She’s fuckin’ testy,” one of the men grabbing you grunts, tightening his grip on you.
“Just how I like ‘em,” Jack sneers.
The men drag you down the street, and you notice a black van that must’ve been there the entire time; you just hadn’t seen it in your earlier panic.
You know you can’t let them get you in the van. If you get in the van, you’re as good as dead.
You let your body give out, becoming dead weight to the two men carrying you. Your body sinks to the ground, and you use their surprise to your advantage, getting one of your arms free. You kick and scratch, fighting tooth and nail to escape their grips.
Everyone freezes when two gunshots fire from behind you. The men draw their weapons, while one grabs you from the ground and holds you against his chest, a human shield. You realize it’s Jack, and you hold your breath.
Bodies fall all around you, gunshots ringing through the air.
You open your eyes, not realizing they’d been squeezed shut. When you’re finally able to focus on the people around you, you see Loki, gun drawn, taking out the men who’d tried to force you into the van.
His face is unreadable, but you can see fury flickering in his eyes. He turns his gaze to you, and his brow furrows.
“Let her go,” Loki commands, but Jack just grips you tighter.
“Stop shooting, and I will,” he responds, voice wavering slightly. “What’s so special about her anyway?”
Loki shakes his head, not deigning to reply. But honestly, you want an answer too. Why is Loki going through all this trouble to save you? Why does he care?
“Who do you work for?” Loki asks, cocking his head. His gun is still drawn, still pointed straight at you and Jack. He doesn’t answer. Instead, he starts walking the two of you back toward the van. Your legs drag beneath you, trying to slow him down, but it does nothing. Loki slowly walks forward, not letting Jack get too far away.
When Jack reaches the van’s passenger side, he uses one hand to open the door. You brace yourself for whatever comes next, but you don’t expect him to toss you to the ground like he does.
You land hard on your hands and knees as the van speeds away, tires squealing. 
Loki tucks his gun into his waistband, and you look around, realizing no one is left to fight him. Everyone is either dead or escaped in the van.
You try to stand, but your legs wobble beneath you, and you crumple back down, though you never hit the ground. Loki sweeps you into his arms, holding you against his chest.
His heartbeat thuds against his ribcage, a metronome for your shaking breaths.
Loki carries you the entire way back to the house in silence. You don’t even think about escaping his grasp. Part of you knows he’d find you and drag you right back. It’s terrifying.
You think back to earlier in the week when you’d promised yourself that you’d fight him at every turn. You promised you wouldn’t let this be easy for him. What happened to all that?
In all honesty, you know what happened. You’re exhausted, and you don’t know what to think anymore. The world is becoming increasingly unfamiliar to you with each passing day.
Loki carries you across the threshold of his home, and you think he’ll put you down in the entryway, but he doesn’t. He keeps you in his arms until he gets to the sitting room you’d entered through when looking for your father.
A fire roars in the fireplace, warming the room comfortably. Loki sets you down on an ottoman near the fire with a gentleness you hadn’t expected him to be capable of. He stands at full height, rolling his sleeves up to reveal toned arms.
You take in his form, how his black clothes fit him perfectly, hugging his chest and thighs. As your eyes track down his body, you notice he’s bleeding from a large gash on his leg. 
“You’re hurt,” you say, choking on the words. Loki’s head drops, investigating his wound.
He holds a hand against the cut on his leg, but you know he needs to do more than just keep pressure if he’s ever going to heal. He doesn’t question you when you step away and make your way to the en-suite powder room, digging through the cabinet under the sink.
You don’t miss the way he rolls his eyes when you return with a first-aid kit. It’s clearly been used plenty, but it’s restocked well enough.
It’ll have to do.
After you’ve gathered all the supplies you think you’ll need to take care of his wound, you return to the sitting room. Loki has taken a seat in a large wingback chair, though he sits on the edge, so he doesn’t bleed on the fabric.
You sink to your knees before him, face heating at the action. You place a hand gingerly on top of his, gently urging him to remove his hand from his leg.
“Here, let me,” you say quietly, moving his hand away. His pant leg is torn around the wound, and you can see that one of the men had probably slashed at him with a knife. You hadn’t even noticed him getting that close.
A small pair of scissors is all you need to cut the fabric of his pants away from his wound. Loki mumbles something under his breath about how expensive they were, but you need to be able to see what you’re doing. If he didn’t want to fuck up his fancy pants, he shouldn’t have gotten himself into this situation.
You carefully wipe the wound with a wet cloth. Loki growls at you deep in his throat, clenching his hands at his sides. “Just hold still.” 
“That hurts,” Loki grunts, watching you clean the wound.
“If you’d hold still, it wouldn’t hurt as much,” you snap, not caring about having an attitude right now. He can deal.
“Well, this wouldn’t have happened if you hadn’t run away.” You can’t help but roll your eyes at his words.
“Well, if you hadn’t scared the shit out of me, I wouldn’t have run away.”
Loki lets your words sink in; the only sound in the room is the crackling of the wood in the fire. 
“Well,” he says after a moment, “you shouldn’t have been in the West Wing.”
You huff out a laugh at his words. Of course he’s still caught up on that. You know you shouldn’t have seen what you did, but that’s not important right now.
“Well, you should learn to control your temper.”
You wait for Loki to come up with a snappy response, but instead, he lowers his head, seeming to let the argument fade.
You’re satisfied with how clean the wound is, so you ready a needle and thread, trying to gauge how many stitches you’ll have to put in. “Now, hold still. This may sting a little.”
Loki says nothing to acknowledge what you’ve said, but you catch the grunt he makes when you stick him with the needle.
You end up putting six stitches into the wound, tying it up nicely, considering you’ve never done this before. As you place the antibiotic ointment and bandage on his leg, you feel his eyes on you, watching your hands as they graze his skin. “By the way,” you begin quietly, “thank you for saving my life.”
You look up at Loki from where you’re kneeling and see how beautiful he is this way. He is made of power, born to control. His gaze is like fire, licking at your skin.
“You’re welcome, my flower.”
Tumblr media
Series Tags: @huntress-artemiss @buckysteveloki-me @raelorns21 @yukiartistz @apollonshootafar @apollonshootafar
General Tags: @peaches1958 @pono-pura-vida @emi11ie @paulasocean @silverfire475 @lovingchoices14 @searchf0rtheskyline @writerwrites @late-to-the-party-81 @jobean12-blog @prettylittlepluviophile @prettywhenicry4
153 notes · View notes
moonlit-midnight · 1 year
Text
A Dance Towards the Light
Tumblr media
Characters: Malleus Draconia.
Genre: AU, Romantic Fluff, Married life.
Summary: Wherein Malleus’s love for you was like dancing towards the light.
Warnings:
GN!Reader, is half fae half human but not mentioned.
Malleus is sunshine boy. Reader is the brooding/angsty partner, but no mention of angst.
Such a peculiar pair of lovers you were, you and Malleus Draconia, an ill-fated match made in heaven.
People mocked you that you wanted a tragedy, always taunting you that you will love him, and love him, and love him until it it kills you and destroys your heart beyond repair.
But they were entirely wrong.
With Malleus, you’ve fallen right into the love you’ve found.
His love was far from tragic. His love was beautiful beyond words, more beautiful than epic romance books and paperback fairytales.
When things ended for you, he was a fresh new start. He was the sun that rose in your life again.
He was everything you dreamed of.
He holds your hands during long walks until the sun sets.
He sits with you on a rooftop at one in the morning, and talks about how strange life is.
He dances with you when the sky is pouring rain.
He sends you lavender-scented love letters when he misses you during the days he can’t spend time with you.
He impresses you with his own composed songs, and serenades you with them late at night.
He writes stories about you, for you are his muse and writing is his favorite form of art.
He celebrates your happiness, respects your boundaries, and loves you greatly in the way you want to be loved.
People labeled your romance as straight out boring, utterly dull, and not worthy to gush about.
But what do they know? They only get a glimpse of the surface, but the depths of your bond was hidden from the prying eyes of repulsive onlookers.
A quiet, gentle, slow burn love was all you dreamed of, and those little moments were all you could ask for.
★ —
It was early Sunday morning when you woke up, sprawled on the wooden floorboards of the solarium.
The solarium was a dreamscape created by Malleus, a secret place where only the two of you had access to. It was a quiet place for you to rest in when the world gets too loud.
Slats of sunlight spilled dazzlingly through the cracks of the ceiling.
The room was drunk on the pleasant scent of lily of the valley, lilac and gardenia, pleasant enough to send a sense of tranquility through your body.
Blinking away the drowsiness, you rolled at your husband’s side, taking your time to marvel at his captivating beauty.
Malleus’s profile appeared so serene in the sunshine, his glorious black hair catching the bright rays, making him look like he was wearing a crown of daylight stars.
“The only thing I’ve been dreaming of is eternal happiness with you. It doesn’t have to be fancy or perfect.” Gazing at him, you hummed to the song that you sang to him on your wedding day. “The only thing I want is you. Don’t worry, l believe. Always, l believe. I won’t forget this moment. In my arms, l believe your smile will never lose its light.”
“Cause your love is so sweet, you are my everything. I’m not just saying this because I’m happy.” A soft sigh escaped your lips as you carried on. “I will never change, I won’t change. I’ll only have eyes for you.”
“You’re the light of my life, you’re the one in my life. Even if I lose everything, I will never regret it.” Malleus cut you off in a voice so entrancing. “And keep loving you with the everlasting love in my heart.”
“Why do you always interrupt me when it comes to that part?” you chortled, quirking a brow at your husband who just woke up.
Or maybe he was awake all along.
“Because that’s my favorite part.” Malleus replied delightfully, his smile caught in the sunlight, an alluring smile that puts you in a dreamy state.
You blushed in return with a bashful smile adorning your face.
“Did you stay up all night writing a book about me again?” you asked when your eyes landed on the pens and the crumpled papers scattered on the floor.
“You know that that’s one of my ways to get rid of the tiredness of my day, right darling?” Malleus raised his hand, blue ink-stained fingers tracing your face with utmost gentleness. “And who else am I going to write about? You’re my one and only muse.”
“What’s the story about this time?” Taking his hand in yours, you kissed the inked smudged spots.
“I wrote about how loving you is truly a magnificent and splendid adventure.”
A shy flutter touched your heart. Even after all those years, your husband still managed to steal your breath away like the first time you met him.
“My dearest king, am I truly worthy of the love you write about?”
You never doubted him, but a little reassurance wouldn’t hurt sometimes.
“Of course.” Malleus pressed a lingering kiss on your forehead, a kiss filled with a love so deep and sincere. “You’re my wonderfully chaotic partner. A beautiful perfectly put together mess. You’re always worth it to me.”
No doubt, even if you were a walking catastrophe, he would still choose you.
Even if the flowers wilt and the roses wither away, his love for you would keep on blooming.
Even if the stars burn out, he would be the light that never fades and he would still love you the same.
You’ve never heard a declaration of love so honest and so sweet, a love that has found a home within your heart and soul.
Tumblr media
197 notes · View notes
buckgasms · 1 year
Text
Rapunzel
Thank you sweet @potatothots for this request and apologies for how long it took me to write this! I hope it's ok and you enjoy it!
Comments, reblogs etc fill my heart with joy so if you wanna do that.... That'd be neato ❤️
Warnings: Dub con / possessive Bucky / innocent reader / fairytale au / sexy sex / female recieving / little bit of murder at the start
Tumblr media
🧚‍♂️
He could hear your mother shouting from the tower high above him. The faint sound of you pleading and crying reached his well trained ears, and he felt a twinge of something in his chest. He had been sent by the royal family to find you, seek out the long lost Princess and return her home to the Royal Palace.
What they didn't know was that he had found you a long time ago, he just kept it to himself. Kept you to himself and he had no intention of returning you.
He might have visited you once in a while, brought you little gifts, kissed your hand and marveled at your beautiful long hair that he had climbed up one afternoon. An afternoon that changed his life.
As he stood musing, you long hair was thrown from the window, The witch would descend soon and the first part of his task would be complete. He removed himself to the forest edge and waited for her, his knife sitting comfortably in his hand, almost with a mind of it's own, ready to strike. Suddenly she was level with him. A step, a gasp, a copper like smell in the air, then silence.
🧚‍♂️
Two nights later he returned to you. "Rapunzel....let down your hair" he called out softly. A quiet shuffle was followed by you hair descending once more. He wiped his hands before grasping the locks and climbing upward, You looked shocked at his arrival, a dark bruise had formed on your cheek and tears in your eyes.
"What are you doing here?" You asked him, clearly worried about the danger of your mother finding him here. The soldier walked over and wrapped you in his arms. "Sweet angel, I came to tell you... your mother...is dead."
You gasped and sank down onto the bed, he helped you to sit and sat with you quietly while you came to terms with the news. You glanced up at him, face full of concern. "What happened? When? Who did it?" He spun you a lie about gangs of theives and dangerous forests, which seemed to ring true with you. You had told him once of how your mother warned you of the dangers of the world and that's why you remained hidden away in your tower.
You suddenly gripped his arms. "Does this mean I can leave?" He had prepared for this too, and slowly he shook his head. "No my angel, it's not safe out there." Your shoulders slumped and tears filled your eyes. "Well who will take care of me then? What will happen to me up here all alone?" He then pressed his lips to your forehead. "Don't be silly little dove - I will take care of you from now on, your mother asked me to, long ago." Another lie, this one you seemed more skeptical of. Your eyebrow cocked in confusion but he maintained his steady, easy gaze and stroked your arm. "How? Mother didn't know you visited me here..."
He chuckled, "well how do you think I found you in the first place? She told me all about you, although, not how pretty and perfect you are..." he twirled a long strand of you hair around his finger and you smiled softly. "I suppose that makes sense" you said quietly and you leaned against him, "I can't believe she's gone."
🧚‍♂️
After a few hours Bucky had settled you down, made some dinner and you ate quietly at the table with him. He watched as you placed your fork down and sighed again. "Little Dove?"
You perked up at the pet name and looked up, he patted his thigh and you slowly walked over to him, you long hair draging behind you. You sat down and wrapped his arms around you, stroking your thighs gently. "I hope you know I'm not going to be anything like your mother. I would never, ever hurt you." He pressed a soft kiss to your cheek, just below your bruise. You nodded and let him press innocent kisses to the rest of your face, his hands now squeezing at your thighs. He felt himself slowly losing control, knowing he finally had you to himself. But he had to be patient, just a little bit longer.
"All I want is to make you happy little angel" he gave you more kisses, this time landing some on the corner of your mouth. You pulled away gently and looked at him with wide eyes. "I've never been kissed before." He chuckled and bounced you on his knee a little. "I'm sure there are lots of things you've never done before...but I'm here now. I'll teach you. Do you want me to kiss you? My sweet dove?"
He squeezed you gently again, his keen senses picking up a sweet scent of your arousal, only subtle but perfect all the same. You nodded and let him kiss you, his lips dominating yours, but very gently - not enough to scare you. If anything the gentleness seemed to spur you onward, your arms reaching around his neck to place your lips better on his. Your little whines were music to his ears, you're so easy and pliant in his arms. He couldn't have asked for more. But he wouldn't be asking. You would be begging.
🧚‍♂️
He told you he would stay the night in the tower. To make sure you were safe of course. Your eyes widened again but you said nothing, just nodding, your fingers drifting to your lips.
He sat and watched you tidy up and get ready for bed. You passed him the brush and he began brushing your hair as you undressed, your hair keeping you modest, much to his disappointment. But he made no fuss. The time would come and he'd take his time exploring every inch of you.
You'd changed by the time he finished brushing your hair. You seemed satisfied by his work and stood in front of him waiting for what to do next. But Bucky had ideas. "Help me undress little Dove, I'm tired" he said casually and you helped him out of his jacket and boots. You fumbled a little with his shirt, which he pulled over his head revealing his tanned, scarred chest, He watched your eyes flicker across his body and he smiled. Your hands lingered at his pants but he let you struggle until they were undone before he kicked them off and pulled you into bed.
You lay next to him, your warm breath fanning over his chest as you pressed yourself against him, your cotton dress creating a barrier between you. "You feel hot angel, why don't you take your dress off?" Your bright eyes met his in the dim light, he kissed you gently and you nodded. Sitting up slightly he watched as you pulled the clothing away, your beautiful body finally exposed to him.
"That's better" he said more to himself that you. Without waiting he grabbed you and ran his rough hands over your body, a growl building somewhere in his throat as your soft body gave in to him.
"You're mine now little Dove, it's going to be different. I'll take care of you and you can take care of me. Take care of me now sweet thing, and I'll take care of you." You whined again and let him kiss you, his body pressing you into the mattress, his thick cock rubbing precum over your stomach as he rutted against you, teeth scraping at your neck and hands gripping you tightly.
He kissed his way down your body, pushing your hands away as you chased him away. He leant back on his heels and looked at you. He grabbed your wrists and a thick strand of hair. He tied them to the bedpost with your own hair, making you whine his name again. "Little Dove, hush. I'm going to love you, make you feel beautiful. Be still now and let me." You stilled at the word love, you'd never heard it before and you wanted to know what it felt like to be loved by your soldier.
He pushed your thighs up and held them in place, exposing your perfect pussy to him, your arousal soaking and sweet smelling. Leaning down he takes a long lick along your folds, before sucking harshly at your clit. He lets you wriggle and whine, it barely slows him as he sucks and licks at you. His finger presses into you, slowly as you adjust but he keeps you whining with kisses and bites.
He pauses for a moment, his finger still pumping as he leans in to kiss you, your arousal over his face. "Tell me how it feels angel?" he growls and you gasp as he curls a finger deeper. "Tight.....good.....good" you breath as he drags you closer to your end. You are rewarded wiht more kisses before he dives back down and sucks your clit again which brings you squealing to an end.
His finger removed he rubs his throbbing cock over your sensitive folds. He spits on you, his dominance unfurling like a beast, but he can't stop it now. All he can do is take what's in front of him, and you are a more than willing prey.
He sinks in, kissing away the little tears that form from the sharp pain he causes. To him, your tightness is heaven. A vice that brings only joy to him. He can feel you flutter around him, your arousal drenches him. Your voice breaks as he kisses you, he can hear you chanting his name. "My girl, my sweet little dove" he growls in your ear and claims your mouth again.
He pumps into you, chasing his own relase which is coming closer and closer. His hands grasp your breasts, grip your throat, attach to your hips. He needs every part of you and you willingly give it. Finally he peaks, his come coating your walls and filling you to the brim. He releases your hands from their binds and pulls you closer. You cling to him and he wraps you in warm, strong arms. "You are perfect my little Dove."
🧚‍♂️
The next morning he wakes you with more kisses and a surprise. He wants to keep you safe from others, any other intruderss who might want to claim you for themselves. He worries you might be afraid, but you nod keenly when he suggests it. "If I cut it, then no one can climb up here except me" he says as he slides scissors through your long locks, leaving you with a much smaller haircut and a lighter head. He rewards you with kisses and dancing, twirling you around with laughter.
Later that day he leaves via a rope. cutting you off from the world again, but this time he knows... You'll be there waiting for him and him alone. His perfect Rapunzel.
407 notes · View notes
myfanficlibraries · 1 year
Text
Ari Levinson
Biker AU
1) Afterthought by @stargazingfangirl18       Featuring: Andy Barber       Cheating
2) Biker!Ari Drabble by @angrythingstarlight       Masturbation
College AU
1) Big Boy: Study Break by @onsunnyside      Smut
Fairytale AU
1) Beauty and the Beast by @mdpplgtz03       Smut
Fluff
1) Fitness by @our-marvel-universe       Trainer!Ari
Series
1) Bad Moon Rising by @biteofcherry       Alpha!Ari       Omega!Reader       Ongoing Series       Soft Dark       Smut
2) This Love is Good, This Love is Bad by @wildestdreamsblog       Complete Series       Smut in later parts       Soft Dark
Smut
1) Addicted to You by @rogerswifesblog       Sex Pollen
2) Beard Burn by @biteofcherry       Featuring: Bucky Barnes
3) Sweet Thrill by @biteofcherry       Mafia!Ari       Soft Dark?
4) Trucker Ari by @imyourbratzdoll
Tarzan AU
1) Smut drabble by @imaginedreamwrite
Werebear AU
1) Fluff Drabble by @imaginedreamwrite
2) Picnic by @imaginedreamwrite
3) Taste of Honey by @imaginedreamwrite       Complete Series
168 notes · View notes
mistress-of-words · 7 months
Link
Chapters: 13/? Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Loki/Sigyn (Marvel), Loki/Sigyn, Loki & Thor (Marvel) Characters: Sigyn (Marvel), Loki (Marvel), Thor (Marvel), Frigga | Freyja (Marvel), Freya (Marvel), Odin (Marvel), Amora (Marvel), Idunn (Marvel), Ratatoskr (Marvel) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fairy Tale, fairytale AU, Inspired by The Little Mermaid (Disney Movies), Happy Ending, Fluff, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Hurt/Comfort, mermaid Sigyn, Pink Haired Sigyn, Sigyn is a pink mermaid, Family Drama, Magic, Spells & Enchantments, Muteness Summary:
Sigyn, the seventh daughter of Queen Freya, dreams of the surface world and walking with the humans that live there. And when she falls for the human Prince Loki after saving him she'll find just how far she is willing to achieve her dream. But will the price be too high, and is her mother correct that humans are not to be trusted?
Based off Disney's The Little Mermaid
0 notes
ctitan98official · 3 months
Text
Graduate student Donna Beneviento x professor Y/N part 3
I had to come back and flesh out this au some more! Let’s get into it!
Your cheek tingles from the kiss Donna places on it. You try not to look flustered, but the knowing smile Donna gives you lets you know that you’ve failed in your attempt to stay cool.
The questioning from the cops takes a good while. You try to remember every minute detail, but your brain is a little foggy as the adrenaline wears off.
Angie refuses to let you put her down. She is perfectly content in your arms.
Donna can’t help but marvel at how comfortable Angie is with you. She hates to think about what could have happened if you weren’t there with them. You’re definitely a calming presence for them both.
Finally, the police report is written and you three are dismissed. You (Still carrying Angie) and Donna begin to walk back to campus.
“I’ll drive you home in your car, and then I’ll get a friend to pick me up so I can get mine.” You tell her.
“Oh, you don’t have to do that, Y/N.” Donna says half-heartedly. She actually would feel a lot better having you near.
“It’s no trouble. I want to make sure you’re both okay and get home safely.” You say with a grin.
Donna hates how excited she becomes at this proposition.
Angie begins falling asleep on your shoulder. The last hour or so has been exhausting for her.
Donna unlocks the car door when you get to the parking lot and you gently set a sleeping Angie in her carseat before buckling her up. “Someone’s out like a light.” You smile as you get into the driver’s seat.
Donna turns and looks at her precious daughter. “She feels safe with you, Y/N.” She says and looks back at you. “I do too.” She adds quietly.
You feel a strong satisfaction at Donna’s words. You’re happy you are able to bring them both some measure of security. “I’m glad.” You say, cheeks tinged pink in embarrassment.
The drive back to Donna’s house is peaceful. You two chat back and forth about anything and everything. She’s so easy to talk to.
Eventually, you pull up to a small but cozy little house. It suits Donna perfectly, you decide.
Angie is still dozing so you carefully pick her up and carry her into the house.
Donna kisses Angie’s head before showing you where her bedroom is.
Angie’s bedroom is an explosion of pink and fairytale furniture. You chuckle softly at the adorable little room and place Angie on her bed.
You and Donna take off her shoes before the young mother tucks her in. “Sleep well, tesoro.” She says, placing one more kiss on her head, and the two of you leave before Donna closes the door behind you both.
You follow Donna into the living room. “Well, I guess I’d better leave you to it. I’ll send that email to your professor, so no worries there.” You tell her, whipping out your phone to text your friend.
Donna suddenly grabs your arm. “Y/N, please stay?” She pleads. “Let me get you some tea and something to eat.” She says.
Your heart rate picks up at Donna’s action. “Oh, I don’t want to impose.” You tell her.
“No… I’d really like it if you stayed for a bit.” Donna says as she looks down and fidgets with her hands nervously. She’s hoping you’ll take her up on her offer. She wants to spend more time with you.
You laugh. “Well, if you insist.” You say with a grin.
Donna beams at your answer.
Her smile is radiant. You’ve never seen her look so happy. You’re breathless for a moment, lost in her beautiful face.
You two stare at each other for a moment before Donna blushes and breaks eye contact. “I’m going to… Go make the tea.” She says awkwardly.
You clear your throat and take your jacket off while Donna goes to put a kettle of water on the stove. You sigh as you notice something. “Damn it.” You say, looking at the blazer.
“What’s wrong, Y/N?” Donna comes back over.
“That idiot mugger made me rip a hole in my jacket. You know, the only nice one I have.” You say, jokingly bemused.
Donna clucks her tongue in disappointment. She reaches out for the jacket and you hand it over. “Oh, I can fix this.” She says, looking at the rip in the fabric.
Your eyes widen in surprise. “You can?” You ask in disbelief.
Donna giggles at your reaction. “Of course. I love to sew. It won’t take long.” She tells you.
You blush and wonder what other fun things you have yet to learn about Donna. “I’d really appreciate it. Thanks.” You tell her.
Donna can’t help herself and reaches out to cup your cheek. “I’m all too happy to do it, Y/N.” She says.
Holy shit. Why does it feel so good when she touches you? This can’t be normal.
Soon, the kettle whistles and Donna goes over to make your tea. “I was going to make bolognese for dinner, but that takes a bit of time…” She says, handing you a mug. “Do you have anything pressing, Y/N?” She asks you and puts on an apron.
Your mouth waters at the idea of Italian food… And because Donna looks hot in an apron. “N-no. Not today.” You tell her, trying to steady your breathing.
“Excellent.” Donna says with a smile. Little do you know how sneaky the little minx is. This is a good excuse to keep you here longer.
You go and sit down on the couch in the living room and spot a photo album on the coffee table. Donna is a bit preoccupied at the moment, so you begin to flip through it. You find cute pictures of Angie as a little baby. They make your heart melt. You also see photos of Donna and Angie together. Donna looks so happy as she holds her child.
Before you know it, Donna has finished all of the prep work and leaves the pot on the stovetop to simmer. She comes over to sit next to you. “These pictures always bring me joy.” She says. “Angie is my happy place.” She tells you, smiling softly.
Donna just got way more adorable in your eyes. If that’s even possible.
“You’re a really good mom, Donna… And a really good person.” You say shyly.
Donna feels her cheeks burn at your compliment. “T-thank you, Y/N.” She says.
You feel yourself slowly leaning in closer and see that Donna does the same. Finally, you do something that you’d thought about consistently for the past few weeks. You kiss her and… You feel complete. Everything about Donna is so soft and inviting. Her lips are no exception.
You deepen the kiss and the moan Donna lets out is so… Sexy.
You suddenly feel a spark of alarm, though. You can’t do this! She’s your student! You quickly pull back as your eyes widen at what you just did. “I’m s-so sorry, Donna.” You quickly say, beginning to panic.
Donna reaches out to hold your face with her hands. She softly rubs your cheeks and shushes you. “Y/N, it’s okay. I promise you.” She reassures. “I kissed you back. I… Enjoyed it.” She says, feeling her face get warm again.
“B-but, you’re my student. And I’m your project lead! If the University found out-”
“They won’t, Y/N. Besides, this was a consensual act between two adults. It’s not like you coerced me, okay? Everything will be just fine. I promise.” She soothes. “In fact… Technically, I kissed you first, remember?” She says with a smile.
That is true. But a kiss on the cheek and a kiss on the lips are two totally different-
Your train of thought is cut off as Donna presses her lips to yours once again. You feel your worries melting away as Donna wraps her arms around your neck.
This is right. It makes you feel good… Screw it. You had already fallen for her, anyway.
Notes: Donna is so cute T^T I hope you liked this!
Masterlist
28 notes · View notes
shiftingwithmars · 6 months
Text
About Me
Names:Mars, Jaden
Age:Secret(Age reveal at 1000 follows?)
Gender: Genderfluid(Maybe trans)
Sexuality: Aroace, unlabeled(in terms of romance), questioning?
Pronouns:He/They preferred although any are fine
Rules:Bigots and Anti-shifters Dni
(Non-shifters who are supportive and kind about it are always welcome😌)
Lore: Hopeless Romantic|Mentally married to Mattheo Riddle|I hate math|I’m a simp for dark-haired Slytherins.
Notable blogs to check out:
@slytherinslut0 @helpimhopelesslyinlove @finalgirllx @theeslutintheroom @shiftingwithhale @sam-shifting @annaisabookworm @florashifting @urimaginarygirlfriend @faeriemarie @doremimosasol @madsluvsshifting @tarasmithshifts @theshifterbear @writingsbychlo @zipperrants
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Masterlist (WIP)
Fanfics
Mattheo Riddle(My husband)
Favorite Fangirl-Mattheo Riddle(Band Au)
Mi Vida-Mattheo Riddle
Scars-Mattheo Riddle
Nightmares-Mattheo Riddle
Theodore Nott
Only you-Theodore Nott
Ebony-Theodore Nott
Barty Crouch Jr
Taking A Break-Barty Crouch Jr
Headcanons
Mattheo during your period
Theodore Nott Headcanons
✨|~Clingy~|✨Mattheo Riddle
After Class with Mattheo Riddle
Barty Crouch Jr Headcanons!
Tired!Mattheo Riddle
Soft!Barty Crouch Headcanons
Shifting
Incorrect Quotes-Teen Wolf Dr
incorrect quotes-Teen Wolf Dr Pt. 2
Semi-Book!Accurate PJO fancasts
OUAT Fairytales for DR
Who I plan on telling that I shifted
Me and Scott-Teen Wolf DR
Turtle
Marvel Dr incorrect quotes
Marauders DR Incorrect quotes
Daily Diary (WIP)
Daily Diary #1
Daily Diary #2
Me and My Girls<3
Us as incorrect quotes
Us as incorrect quotes pt 2
Feral and Unhinged
Twitter ≈ Tumblr
Crush vs fictional character
Starting shit with Zipper
Duolingo Song
Me and Zipper Core
32 notes · View notes
voylitscope · 1 year
Text
Stucky Recs: Fairytales, Fae, and Magical Realism
Tumblr media
I enjoy fairytale-style Stucky fics because they often involve Steve and Bucky's love for each other being able to do things like break curses and, as that's also the plot of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, it feels very fitting for them. (Curses, seventy years of Hydra mind control, whatever. It's the same principle.)
I wasn't going to do another rec post so soon, but then I thought aiming to get one out on the 10th made sense. So, some happily ever after recs, just for Bucky's birthday.
Note: As part of my personal campaign to combat the persistent idea that every great fic in this fandom was written in 2015, I'm now marking recs of fics written post-2016 and recs of fics written post-Endgame.
Fairytales
🏰Under One Small Star | notlucy | Teen | 50,923 words | *Post-2016 Rec*
In which the world tries to keep Steve and Bucky apart and fails miserably. Also, Steve gets a Cinderella moment. This fic is so, so lovely. There's magic and fairytale elements involved, but a lot of this is also just Steve and Bucky saving the day through their own determination, intelligence, goodness, and intense draw to each other. I'm very here for it.
Quote:
There is no such thing as love at first sight.
Before we continue, we must be perfectly clear on that matter. Love at first sight is balderdash—a silly, fanciful notion borne on children’s wishes and lies spun by unlucky dreamers.
However, love at hundredth sight? Thousandth? That, my darlings, is perfectly reasonable.
It was a lucky thing, then, that the young king and his pretend knight were more the latter than the former. Certainly, the king remembered none of those sights and the pretend knight only the most recent, but being as love ran truer than faded memories, what did it matter?
No, it was not first love that drew them together, neither was it mere infatuation that had them walking through the gardens, hand-in-hand, exchanging shy glances and secret smiles. It was old love, bone-deep and bound up in their very souls.
🏰A Marvelous Gift | biblionerd07 | Teen | 75,554 words
It's an Ella Enchanted AU! Well, it uses the magic, fairytale elements, and plot-defining curse itself from Ella Enchanted. The rest is primarily actual, reworked, canon plot points done in fairytale style. Steve and Bucky's relationship in this captures so many beats of canon, including the tragic ones, but there's an unbelievably well-deserved happy ending. Really beautifully done.
Quote:
"I’m going back to the Academy and I’m ripping the whole place down brick by brick.” Steve’s hand was warm against Bucky’s skin. It was strange, because all their lives Steve’s weak heart had meant his hands and feet were always cold. Now he was radiating heat even from a few inches away.
“Wasn’t the whole Academy’s fault,” Bucky told him, slightly hushed because his voice suddenly felt too loud for some reason.
“Anyone who knew what was happening and didn’t protect you helped hurt you.” Steve’s voice was soft, gentler than he usually was, and he was stroking his fingers up and down Bucky’s back. It made Bucky shiver a little, his stomach whirling the way it usually only did when he was disobeying an order. He couldn’t think what order he was forgetting about, though.
They stayed like that for a minute, looking at each other, and Bucky couldn’t figure out what this buzzing under his skin meant or why he was finding it hard to breathe. He finally swayed just a little and Steve frowned.
🏰 La Belle et la Bête  | maichan, moonbooning, sirsable | Explicit | 66,720 words | *Post-2016 Rec* 🧚
This is both a Beauty and the Beast retelling, so a fairytale, and a story that relies on Fae lore, because things start off with Steve and Sarah in Ireland. It's straddling categories, here. A crucial early event of this fic involves Steve arguing with the fae. This is, of course, a terrible life plan, but it's also such a very Steve thing to do. I love it a lot. This fic also features a veteran Bucky who is doing his best and who will also do anything to help Becca. There's a slow burn, some ID porn, a lot of healing, and love overcoming seemingly impossible obstacles.
Quote:
He’s in trouble and he knows it, because already when he sees Bucky’s face in the morning, he finds himself thinking of returning to the garden and making the one small cut that will seal his fate. But he has no way to know how Bucky feels. If he might be open to the idea of love at all. Steve talks himself out of it constantly now, and then he starts all over again when he sees Bucky’s slate-blue eyes and thinks, Love is a leap of faith.
He thought he’d gotten used to the burden of the curse; accepted it, even. But now that he knows Bucky in both forms, there’s part of him that fights it. He wants to stay in a single body. Wants to offer Bucky an explanation and an entreaty. He wants to feel whole again—a single person can hope to be worthy of a man like Bucky, instead of the patchwork parody he’s become.
Stubbornness is writ in his bones, in his very soul. It’s not in his nature to give up—that’s what has kept him sane for the unnatural life he’s led so far. So he fights all of it, from the twilight transformations to the compulsions that lock away certain words, details, confessions.
Fae
🧚Under the Hawthorne Tree | odetteandodile | Explicit | 57,123 words | *Post-2016 Rec*
There is something that hits so right about an AU Steve and Bucky who are drawn to each other for reasons they don't fully understand at first but who, by the end of a few days, can't stop thinking about each other. Even when one of them is a fae whose life force is tied to a tree, and who has no memory of their life before they were part of the forest. Another story about these two overcoming the impossible.
Quote:
“I was human, once,” he says. His voice is soft, but the words still ring through Steve with the shock of a gunshot in the hushed clearing. Now Bucky’s eyes do slit open, long, dark lashes fanned low over his cheeks. “Before this, I think…I was a person.”
He lifts his eyes to Steve’s, and his face does something complicated that almost, maybe could be mistaken for an attempt at a smile—if only his eyes weren’t so unspeakably sad. His cheek twitches and he drops his gaze again, to somewhere around the hollow of Steve’s throat. He tips forward, just slightly, but Steve’s breath catches anyway. Bucky’s still not close enough to touch, though he’s curled in toward Steve now. Steve can see Bucky’s pulse jumping against the thin skin under his jaw, and his hands almost ache with the urge to press against it, to pull Bucky against his chest.
Instead he licks his lips, mouth unaccountably dry, to form the only question that comes to him.
“How do you know?”
🧚You are Light | AidaRonan | Explicit | 4,028 words | *Post Endgame Rec*
Technically, Steve is tagged as being a "forest deity" in fic, but I feel like it fits here. If, by the end of this fic, Bucky is Winter Soldier Bucky and Steve is pre-serum skinnny Steve (who is a forest deity) does that count as a shrinkyclinks? I have no idea. But whatever it counts as, it's terribly romantic.
Quote:
“You said you could feel me. You weren’t just saying what I wanted to hear?”
Steve smiles warmly and traces the line of Bucky’s jaw. “Of course you care about that and still have the nerve to think you’re not a good man.”
Bucky swallows.
“You should sleep though,” Steve says. “I’ve met two of your needs. Let me meet the rest.”
Bucky frowns and looks out the window, trying to gauge where the moon is at in the sky. What he really should do is get back. Wake up and get back.
“Time does what I need it to here. I’ll make sure you’re awake before it’s too late.”
“If you are real and this ain’t a dream, you’ll let me kiss you goodbye?”
Magical Realism
🪄69 Beans And a Cup of Magic | crinklefries | Teen | 28,070 words | *Post-2016 Recs*
This one is also a coffee shop fic! A modern skinny Steve is studying literal magic, often at Bucky's coffee shop. A lot of this fic involves Steve talking about magic to Bucky, and Bucky being like, "I have no idea what that means, and it was sort of a weird thing to say. But, damn, you're so cute I can't stand it." This fic is heartwarming, sweet, and charming. Everything you want from a coffee shop AU, plus magic!
Quote:
“Work what out?” Bucky grumbles. “The rules of arson?”
“I totally promise that I very likely won’t set your coffee shop on fire, Bucky,” Steve says. He sighs and removes some of the post-it notes from his person.
“How does one person have this many post-it notes anyway?” Bucky mumbles and reaches forward to help Steve.
His fingers brush against Steve’s hair as he removes a piece stuck to the top of his head and his heart beats a little faster in his chest once he realizes how soft it is. He goes back for another post-it note, careful to touch the hair again.
So soft, he marvels, while simultaneously glaring at Steve.
“I’m trying something,” Steve says. “It’s not going well.”
Steve puts his elbows up on the counter and rests his face on his palms. He looks so despondent and it’s so unreasonably cute that Bucky has to refrain from smiling.
🪄Wishes and Words | wearing_tearing | Explicit | 48,425 words
This fic is an absolute delight. Grumpy Bucky is just fine being a recluse in his cottage, okay? He's a bad person, anyway, and people should stay away from him. It's for the best, really. So maybe he saved that one guy's life last night, whatever, no big deal. Oh, was that guy the prince? The weirdly persistent prince who keeps showing up at Bucky's door to try and express his gratitude, for the whole, saved-his-life, thing? The oddly sincere, blue-eyed, prince who keeps bringing presents because he really wants Bucky to know how grateful he is? Look, Prince Steve just wants to thank Bucky, okay? Seriously, this fic is so ridiculously cute.
Quote:
It looks like the easier way to deal with this is just to accept whatever he’s brought with him. Bucky could use new tools, that he knows, and the prospect of having the Prince leave him alone after he accepts them is just an added incentive. He can thank the man for this small kindness, and then never see him again.
Finally.
Bucky regards the Prince for a few more seconds, just for the pleasure of watching him squirm. Then, in his best dignified voice, the one learned when the King ruling him was nothing more than a tyrant and a murderer, he speaks.
“Thank you,” Bucky says, and then adds, with every ounce of respect he can muster, “Your Highness.”
It is worth it, although Bucky does his best to ignore it, for the grin that takes over Prince Steven’s face. It is bright and bold and happy, and a little bit blinding under the light of the sun.
🪄 Heirloom | 2bestfriends | Explicit | 21,734 words | **Post-Endgame Rec**
The thing about fairytale, fae, and magic AUs, is that Bucky does tend to go through terrible things in them. Which, of course, is canon, and does happen in a lot of other AUs too, but fairytale-style AUs are a perfect place for curses/magic to work as a stand-in plot point for Hydra-related Bucky things. And for Steve and Bucky's love to break those curses. At least in this fic, when Bucky is cursed, blackmailed, and forced into an arranged marriage with someone he sure is going to hate him and have no problem demonstrating it, that person turns out to be, well, Steve. So really, things are looking up from the start.
Quote
Steve’s heart sinks. Bucky has had to leave his home, to uproot his life and come to live in a completely unfamiliar country, with no support from his family, all of whom are dead or missing. How would Steve feel, if their positions were reversed?
"I hope that you will be comfortable here," Steve says quietly. He hesitates, then offers, "I know this can't be easy."
Some switch seems to flip, and that flirtatious personality returns, Bucky winking lasciviously at Steve. "But I definitely am,” he laughs, a slight edge to it, and then helps himself to a roll from the basket, the thin gold band around his wrist reflecting the candlelight and catching Steve’s attention again. "You've been exceptionally charming, Steve. I have no doubt I'll be very comfortable here with you."
Steve takes a deep breath and butters his own roll.
It's going to take some work to get to know the actual Bucky hidden beneath this mask, he thinks. "Tomorrow, the ceremony will likely take most of the morning, and then the celebrations will be expected to fill the rest of the day. In the evening, we'll leave together."
Bonus!
💮listen to your heart (don't say goodbye to me) | CinnamonCake | Explicit | 9,834 words
Greek mythology can't really be classed a fairytale, and magic doesn't feel like the right word for anything that happens, either. That said, I have no idea what other rec list I'd possibly put this fic on. So, I'm throwing it onto the end of this one — Stucky Hades and Persephone. Because, these two creating seasons so they can be together, seems fitting.
Quote:
"Don't," Bucky says, panic etching his words, and Steve looks up at him, confused frown on his face. "Don't touch the water. Don't eat the food. That's for them, not for us."
"What would happen if I did?" Steve asks, but he gets up and takes a step back and Bucky can’t help but curl his fingers protectively around his wrist .
"You'd be damned to this world."
Steve closes the gap between them and his lips graze Bucky's. "Would it be that bad? For me to be here forever?"
Bucky takes a deep breath, taking in the scent and warmth of Steve so close to him, so foreign in this place. He still wakes up in the middle of the night afraid he’ll turn to find Steve cold next to him, skin and eyelashes powdered with the ashes of funeral pyres. Only when he puts his lips to Steve’s wrist and feels the pulse there, the quiet beat of it against his skin, does he close his eyes again.
"Not like that," Bucky says and touches Steve's cheek until Steve looks at him. "Not because you were forced to."
(Additional bonus!
So, As I was creating this list, @raven-writes-fanfic posted this fic: The Tale of Prince Steven of Avalon. I haven't read this yet, but I am incredibly excited about it. It is inspired by this Irish Folktale, that I once posted about because it is so very perfect for Steve and Bucky.)
Fic Rec Series
80 notes · View notes