#modern eadith

[finanmoghra]

Bedspell

pairing modern!Eadith x reader

summary You never saw a woman with another eyes until you go to uni and meet Eadith and the woman she is. And now, a year since you've been living together, you found yourself in this 'friends with benefits' relationship with her.

warnings +18 smut

word count 2.2k

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a/n this was quite interesting to write as it came out from nowhere, i was just writing some backstory for my series and then this happened. i didn't plan to write a smut or anything, i was just writing what my mind was saying for me to write and it led to a smut, so i hope you enjoy it! also, right after writing about the bedspell i remembered that zolita has a song named that and got a bit inspired by it, so feel free to listen while reading!

— Hello, beautiful. — you hear the flirty voice that belongs to a woman you know very well.

— Hello, Eadith. Thought you weren't come tonight. You said you have assignments to do, don't you? — you turned yourself to her, leaning on the bar counter, taking a sip from your drink.

— Oh, I said and I should be doing it, but then I wouldn't have come across such a beautiful face. — she gaves you a smirk, that woman know how to get you weak.

— You would, just had to wait 'til I go home. — you felt goosebumps when you felt her fingers touching your waist, tugging you closer to her.

— I needed to make sure you will go home to me and not leaving with some man who you would have regular, boring sex. — she leans on you, her mouth nearly touching your earlobe — You know the only one who knows how to make you tremble on a bed, is me.

You felt shivers down your spine, knowing that she was telling the truth. No one could ever do like her. No one could make you lose control of your voice, making you moan all night long. No one could burn your whole skin just with the touch of their lips, or make your legs shakes so hard. You know that by the end of the night you'll be under her.

— I know you already want me, love. But now you will have to wait until we go home. — she leaves a light kiss on your neck and then goes away.

This woman will be the death of yours.

===

You share a flat with Eadith and Gisela since the second year of uni. You three have met in the dorms and decided to move in together after their first year. You used to be a bit prude when first met them but, this changed completely after some time, you have not only became more comfortable with your intimacies, you have also find out to be bisexual. Of course Eadith was your awakening.

It all started as harmless flirts, nothing that made you uncomfortable, it actually  intrigued you. You started to see Eadith with another eyes, her pale skin so delicate, as her ginger hair, the desire to trace all her curves only growing day by day. Suddenly, you found yourself wanting to know every inche of Eadith's body.

It didn't go unnoticed by her. She has saw the long stares, deep breaths, principally when she walked around only on her underwears, something she was used to. She could see the desire and lust on your eyes. And she didn't lose time to start teasing you around. She took advantage that Gisela were spending more time in her boyfriend's than at their flat, and started to wear less clothes at home as the days passed by. She would touch you in every oportunity, even if it was just brushing her fingers on your forearm, she knew that it'd do something to you.

Until one day, you throw everything away, you couldn't stand anymore seeing her and not touching her. You were needing.

It was the last straw when you saw her on a tiny white laced matching, she was actually getting ready to go out but you couldn't care less.

You reached her on her bedroom doorway, she jumped when she felt your hands on her hips, holding her, but quickly she put a smirk on her face.

— I knew it wouldn't take longer, you'd come for me. — her hands placed over yours on her hips, guiding them to her lower belly.

— I don't know what you did to me, woman. I'm certainly under your bedspell. — your mouth was almost touching her neck, so you could see her shiver.

— Yeah? And what you're gonna do about it? Break the spell? — she dropped your hands and placed hers on your neck, leaning her body on yours.

— Definitely not, but I'm pretty sure we can break the bed. — you nipped the skin of her neck and heard her sighing. Anything that she planned to do tonight were left behind, her only appointment now was you.

On that night you went to heaven and back to hell. You touched every inche of Eadith's body, traced every curve of her. You felt the fire of hell everytime her touch found you, and the lights of heaven when her mouth discovered you body. And when her tongue met your folds, you could see nothing more, the only thing you could feel was Eadith. Her breath, her hands, her hair and that damn tongue of hers.

You knew by that night you could never break the bedspell. But, did you break the bed after all? Well, almost.

===

Eadith really made you wait. You had to see her go around the pub, talking with people you know from uni, and flirting with some. She know what she was doing.

It's not like you two are dating, you just like to enjoy yourselves, but seeing her flirting with another person while you're needing her so much, it makes your blood boil.

You couldn't listen to anything your friends were saying, the only thing you were capable was being hypnotized by the way her hips swing while she walks back to the table.

— You better close your mouth before a fly gets in. — you hear Osferth say and roll your eyes to him.

— Screw you, baby monk. — you said playfully, hearing the others laughing.

— What's up, hm? — Eadith says as she takes her seat at your side.

— Just Y/N adoring you, nothing new. — Gisela answers and you flip off her while smirking.

— Don't blame her! It'd be strange if someone wasn't adoring me, like, I deserve it. — you could her Eadith playfull tone right before pecking you on your cheek.

— Ye're right, lady. — Finan leans on the table as he talks and Eadith gives him a wink.

Quickly they engage on another topic that you weren't sure what it was again, because this time Eadith's hands was running through your undressed thighs, going dangerously close to your inner thigh.

— You need to stop or I won't last when we come home. — your voice was high enough only to Eadith hear.

— Let's see then.

Right after, you clenched when her fingers found their way to your - already - wet panties. You held your breath when you felt her pushing it aside to make her way through your folds. You know that if you let her continue with it, things would get a bit embarassed, so you guided your hand to stop hers and got up from your seat.

— We're leaving now, guys. See you tomorrow. — you blew a kiss to them and pulled Eadith with you. Everyone said goodbye to the two of you, not even stranging the way you suddenly left.

Eadith was laughing behind you as you lead the way, your flat being only 2 blocks away from the pub.

— Stop it! — you said to her.

— You couldn't stand a little foreplay, hm?

— Oh, I could, yes. But no in front of our friends. — you take her hand again and pulls her to you, stopping in the middle of the street to give her a soft kiss, breaking only to say, — If you could be faster, I'll let you have fun with foreplays at the moment we arrive home.

The rest of the way, was calm, Eadith doing nothing more than stealing kisses from you until you arrive at home. It was just the time to enter and lock the door 'til Eadith was pinning you against the door, kissing you fiercely.

— So, I heard you were jealous of me, huh? — she broke the kiss to say, now leading her mouth to your neck.

— Me? Jealous? — you let out a laugh — Never, lady. 'Cause I know I'm the only one who can give you pleasure as you like it. None of them would get you satisfied.

You pulled Eadith by her thighs and lead you both to your bedroom, throwing her on your bed. You stopped a moment to see how beautiful she looks, her red hair spread on your pillow, the contrast of her pale skin to your dark sheets, you felt something heavy on your belly, but you're sure is something you can think about later.

— What? — she asks, narrowing her eyebrows.

— Nothing, it's just that.. You're so beautiful. — a smile grow on your face as you see her cheeks getting red. You get on bed and lean on her, meeting her lips before she can say anything. You break the kiss when you two are both breathless and lead your mouth to her neck, nipping her skin while she start to undoing your dress zipper. You move just to take your dress off and starts to do the same with Eadith's.

After you both are undressed, Eadith flip you over so now she can be on your top. It is her thing, she likes to play before you can take her. She starts kissing your neck, and then lowering to your chest. You let out a loud moan as she starts to suck on your breast while her hand cups your other one, playing with your nipple. Your hands finds the way to her hair, pulling through your fingers, keeping her close to your chest. You gasp when you feel her thigh pressing on your core, her thigh now wet from your slick.

— Eadith! Please.. — you groaned when her teeth scraped on your nipple.

She raised her head, a smirk on his face. You took the chance to flip you over again, placing yourself between her legs. Your hands were running through every inche of her body, cupping her breasts, grasping her ass. She was agitated, so you pinned her on the bed by holding her hips, your face was on the height of her abs and you started kissing there and then was going up 'til you reached her lips, catching her breath.

Eadith moaned against your lips when your hands reached her core, your fingers slipping through her folds. You started to rub her clit with your thumb, you felt her clenching around your fingers as you slipped it all at once on her cunt. You curves your fingers, hitting her spot and that made Eadith moan. You smile as you see the pleasure on her face, her eyes shut, her cheeks almost red as her hair, her perfect lips parted to let out her moans.

— Open your eyes, Eadith. I want you to look at me. — as soon as she open her eyes, you start to go down on her body, your eyes locked, there was nothing else around you, only her.

You found yourself between her legs, her cunt right in front of your face. You licked your lips and stopped rubbing her clit before approaching to her folds, your tongue lapping through her folds, reaching her clit, pressing it with the tip of your tongue, you trembled when you heard Eadith screaming in pleasure.

Her hands find the way to you and you could feel her nails scrapping your nape before pulling your hair. You started to move your fingers faster, and she started to thrust her hips against it. Your mouth never stopping to work on her clit, rounding with your tongue and sucking it.

You lead your free hand to her breast again and starts to play with her nipple, and when Eadith starts to shiver under you, you know she is close, so you lick and suck on her folds hungrier than before, if it was possible, until she reach her peak, she come undone on your tongue and her taste is all over it. You give her a last lick, feeling her tremble, before you rise your head, smiling at the mess that you made of her. She loosens her grip on your hair as she starts to open her eyes again, you get up and lean on her once again, kissing her passionately, but still full of lust, making her taste her own flavour.

Eadith tries to sneak her hand to your core but you stop her.

— It's okay, honey. Giving you pleasure was enough. — you kissed her, on her lips, her cheeks, her neck, until she was laughing under you.

You move away just to clean yourselves and then you lay down next to her. You pull her closer, so she lay her head on your chest and you starts to play with her hair.

— Eadith? — you ask after some time in silence, but then you cursed yourself and hoped that she was already asleep, so you don't have to say it.

— Mmh, yeah? — she mumbles, her mouth pressed to your chest.

You stay silent, for a moment, but then says, — I think I'm in love with you.

#eadith x reader #modern eadith #the last kingdom #the last kingdom x reader #the last kingdom au #modern tlk #Eadith of mercia #eadith the last kingdom #wlw ns/fw

[sihtricfedaraaahvicius]

Flesh for Fantasy

Note: what can I say, it's a good song.

Warnings: smut 18+!!! mention of weed and smoking.

pairing: "modern"!Sihtric x you (f)

summary: Sihtric invited you over to play some games and listen to a record.

wordcount: 4,6k

Masterlist

1983.

There he was; Sihtric Kjartansson. You saw him across the record store as you browsed through the newly released vinyl section with your friend, Eadith. Sihtric looked so effortlessly stunning when he was just standing there, leaning back against the wall next to the checkout while he spoke to his friends; Uhtred, Osferth and Finan, the latter who owned the record store.

Sihtric's friends were also handsome, you couldn't deny that, but Sihtric was truly something else. He was always a little different and a little more extravagant looking than the other boys, like today. He was wearing untied black leather boots, fitted leather pants and a KISS shirt that was cut into a crop top. Sihtric often wore crop tops and you loved it, as it showed off his well trained body. Around his neck he wore a hammer pendant, which he wore religiously, and around his wrist he had a chunky silver chain bracelet. His hair was partly shaved off, his beautiful curls only gracing one side of his perfectly scarred face. Sihtric was into punk and rock music, and he often wore shirts of bands you liked and sometimes those you had never even heard of. You also knew he drove a black BMW M3, and he was always blasting music loudly in his car as he drove. And last but not least, the pretty boy had two different coloured eyes.

You simply had the biggest crush on him ever since the first time you saw him in that very same record store, and you sort of knew each other, but only vaguely. Eadith had a thing for Finan and they had hooked up more than once in the past. And since she was your best friend, you had hung out with the guys too on several occasions when you joined Eadith at a party. But you never spoke much with Sihtric as he made you a nervous wreck.

Sihtric had glanced at you from across the store a few times already while you searched for a specific single, but to no avail. You eventually gathered the courage to walk up to the guys so you could ask Finan if the vinyl was still in stock, leaving Eadith browsing on her own. Your heart was beating rapidly as you neared them, and you swallowed hard when Sihtric looked at you as you stood right next to him, waiting for Finan to ask you if he could help you, but he seemed rather busy as he argued with Uhtred about how great that new Men at Work single was, and Osferth got caught up in the discussion too. You flashed Sihtric a shy smile while you waited, and he returned a sly smile. He then used the fact that Finan was too busy to acknowledge you to his advantage.

'Hey, sugar,' Sihtric said smoothly, his sly smile still set on his face.

'H-hey,' you blushed heavily.

'Looking for something, doll?'

'Eh, yeah,' you chuckled nervously, 'but I can't find it, so…,' you shrugged.

'What are you looking for then?'

'That new Billy Idol single.'

'Flesh for Fantasy?'

'Yeah,' you smiled, 'it's really new.'

'Mhm, I know,' Sihtric pushed himself away from the wall, 'let me have a look with you then,' he said and wrapped his arm around your shoulder, walking you with him to the newly released records section.

Technically, Sihtric didn't work in the record store, nor did Uhtred and Osferth, but they all often helped Finan out since they loved records as much as the Irish man himself. So whenever someone needed help and they were around, none of them would hesitate to help out.

'I already checked here,' you said, feeling all giddy as you were closer than ever to your crush right now, 'but it's not here.'

'Really?' Sihtric frowned and let go of you, then quickly flipped through numerous vinyl to find your desired single, 'hm, looks like you're right, sweetheart. Guess we sold out already. I'm sorry, love.'

'Ah, man,' you pouted, 'I really wanted to listen to it.'

'I'm sure there will be a restock next weekend, so you'll have to hang in there a little longer,' he winked, 'also, MTV plays it like every hour, just switch on your tv, doll.'

'But then I have to sit through the rest of the shitty music they play too,' you argued.

Sihtric chuckled and looked you up and down while he leaned back, his elbows on the countless vinyl next to you, 'Well, if you really want to listen to it,' he said, 'I got a copy back home, darling. Why don't you stop by sometime?'

'What?' you asked wide-eyed, 'oh, n-no, I don't, eh, want to be a bother or anything.'

Sihtric smiled when you looked away, desperately trying to hide your flushed face, which he thought was adorable and he couldn't help but chuckle again.

'You're not a bother, angel,' he said and nudged your elbow, 'besides, it's more fun to listen to music together anyway, isn't it? We could also play some video games too. I saw you coming out of the game store a few days ago,' he confessed, 'so I figured you like to game too, correct me if I'm wrong. But we could play some games and listen to some records, you know, veg out. No pressure though.'

You looked with panic in your eyes towards Eadith, who was behind Sihtric, and she mouthed a 'do it!' to you.

'I, eh, I- I guess, yeah, s-sure.'

'Rad,' Sihtric smiled, 'hm, you got any plans tomorrow afternoon?'

You looked at Eadith again, who shook her head and mouthed 'no.'

'Not… not really, n-no,' you said to the pretty boy, who still smiled at you and leaned in a little too close for it to not be flirty.

'Well,' he said, 'then if you'd like to, we can meet up here at four? I'll give you a ride to my place.'

'Yeah, o-okay.'

'Rad,' Sihtric said again, 'I'll see you tomorrow then, sugar,' he winked.

You were so nervous to meet up with Sihtric the next day that you had called Eadith hours before four. You went on and on about how you didn't want to get your hopes up with him, that there's no way he would be into you and eventually you even decided you didn't want to go anymore.

'You're going!' Eadith hissed through the phone, 'he clearly likes something about you, so find out what he wants.'

'But… but what if he only wants to… you know, like, have sex?'

'Well, then you have sex with him! Christ, girl,' Eadith sighed, 'you've liked him for so long, you can't not meet up with him now that he finally made a move!'

'I don't know…'

'Come on,' your friend groaned, 'what are you afraid of?'

'God, I don't know,' you sighed as you laid on your bed, twirling the telephone wire around your finger, 'what if he just meant it friendly?'

'Did you not see the way he was eyeing you up? There was nothing friendly about that. Besides, it's not the first time I've seen him check you out. He always glances at you when you're in the store. And he even remembered seeing you a few days ago. This is not just friendly, I promise you. It will be fine. Sihtric is a nice guy, okay? He's not going to use you once and just dump your ass. He's not Uhtred. Sihtric is the loyal type of guy, everything will be fine, just go for it.'

With those words kept in mind, you got ready to leave for the record store. You put some light blush on your cheeks, some black mascara and eyeliner, and you put a popping pink lipstick on your lips, which matched your pink eyeshadow. You were dressed in a short black dress with fishnet tights and black sneakers underneath, and a pink denim jacket draped over your shoulders. You put on a necklace with a lightning pendant before you left out the door, and you walked to the store while butterflies taunted your stomach. You were so nervous for your date, as you weren't even sure if it was a date date, that you felt like throwing up. Regardless, you made it to the record store without getting sick, and you found Sihtric already waiting for you at the parking lot. He was wearing a white Vikings crop top with denim jeans underneath. His jeans were tucked into his black signature boots and held up by a black leather belt. You felt your heart skip a beat when you neared him while he sat on the hood of his car, smoking a cigarette. Unlike yesterday, he was wearing several rings on his tattooed fingers today, and he fidgeted with one while he stared towards the record store entrance.

He only averted his eyes from the store when he noticed a movement in the corner of his eye, and he smiled when he saw it was you approaching. He breathed out the smoke he had inhaled and flicked away his cigarette while he jumped up.

'Hey, sweetheart,' he said, so smoothly again as he embraced you.

'Hi,' was all you managed to say, and you inhaled his scent; a mixture of cigarettes and fruity bubblegum.

'You look bodacious,' he smiled, 'how are you doing today?' he asked and opened the car door for you.

You lied and said you were doing perfectly fine, while your nerves almost got the best of you, and you took a deep breath when Sihtric slammed the door shut and made his way over to the driver's seat. He smiled at you as he started his car, and soon the familiar sound to Black Sabbath's Crazy Train blasted through the car. 

'I like your necklace,' he said, 'lightning. Matches my pendant,' he winked, and you were glad that the music filled up the silence when Sihtric drove off the parking lot, because you forgot how to speak after his compliment.

'So,' Sihtric then said and lowered the volume of his radio, 'what game did you get the other day then?'

'Hm? Oh, eh, I, eh… Donkey Kong 3,' you mumbled.

'Really? You played it already? I heard it's wicked.'

'Oh,' you chuckled, relieved to find out Sihtric didn't think you were a loser, 'y-yeah, it's pretty wicked. You could, you know, maybe, like, borrow it sometime?'

'Really?' Sihtric smiled, 'yeah, that'd be nice. Hey, you can check out some of my games, and if you see anything you like you can borrow them too.'

'Really?' you fought a smile.

'Of course, why not? Sharing is caring, right?' Sihtric chuckled and smoothly placed his hand on your knee while he kept his eyes on the road.

You silently gasped at his sudden touch, but you didn't pull away. Instead, you felt yourself blush and completely melt when he began to slowly rub his thumb over your skin.

'I got the latest Mario Bros game,' he said, 'we could play that one today if you like.'

You agreed to his plan with a smile, and Sihtric kept his hand on your knee until he had to shift gears several times. Then, he kept his hand on his gear stick, while lightly tracing your knee with his fingertip as you sat close enough. Once he pulled up at his house, he was quick to get out of his car and open your door, and he walked you up to his apartment.

As soon as you stepped through the door you felt intimidated by how cool Sihtric was. Even cooler than you thought. His small but cosy place was decorated with flags of some of his favourite musicians; Aerosmith, Mötley Crüe, KISS, AC/DC, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blondie, The Clash, Iron Maiden, and last but not least; Billy Idol. He had a few cabinets that held several skulls as decoration, as well as a variety of headphones and game consoles. On one wall a sword was mounted, and underneath it you saw a reverted pentacle, which he had painted on the wall himself, simply because he thought it looked cool. He had a tv, a record player, a stereo with a huge speaker set, loads and loads of videotapes and hoards of vinyl and videogames. Here and there were some clothes scattered around, and his small place didn't have a couch, only a bed, one recliner chair and a table with two chairs next to the kitchen. Sihtric noticed you were a little taken aback by his home, and he smiled while kicking off his boots.

'Too messy?' he asked.

'N-no,' you chuckled and took off your sneakers, 'no, it's fine. I just… I- I like your… decor. It's pretty rad.'

'Yeah?' Sihtric smiled, a little cocky, 'thanks.'

He told you to get comfortable and offered you a drink. You awkwardly sat down on the side of his bed and waited until he returned to you with your drink.

'No need to be shy, darling,' Sihtric laughed softly and joined you on his bed, 'just act like you're at home.'

He laid down comfortably and beckoned you to sit closer. You scooted over and propped up a pillow to lean back against while Sihtric shuffled even closer to you. He turned to lay on his side and you caught him looking down at your legs, while he slowly licked his lips and bit down on his lower lip. A cheeky smile appeared as he brought his hand back to your knee again, and he lightly trailed his fingers up and down your thigh.

'So,' he said softly, 'you want to play a game first or listen to that single?'

'W-we could play a game first,' you said as cool as possible while his warm hands set you on fire.

'Mhm,' he hummed and looked up at you, 'you're really pretty you know?'

'I bet you say that to a lot of girls,' you blurted out.

Sihtric stared at you, surprised, and an amused smile appeared on his face.

'You're right,' he admitted, 'I do. But I only do that in the record store,' he shrugged, 'you know, fake flirting.'

'So you're fake flirting now?'

'No, I'm not. I only fake flirt at the store to boost the sales for Finan,' Sihtric revealed and continued to slowly caress your skin, 'I'm never serious when I flirt there. However,' he paused to look back into your eyes, 'I'm very serious right now.'

'Oh,' you mumbled and looked away. 

Sihtric enjoyed watching you being at a loss for words for a moment, and he then chuckled softly again before he sat up.

'Well, let's play some games then.'

After two hours of gaming, you finally felt more relaxed while Sihtric became more flirty. As the game was loading to the next level, he pulled you in his lap and sat back against the bed's headboard, and he snuck his arms under yours, around your waist, locking you in as he held his Nintendo controller with both hands. You sat back against his chest, feeling a mixture of nerves and comfort when he leaned his chin on your shoulder. You watched him play the next game and giggled when he lost, terribly, to which he gave you a teasing squeeze.

'Are you laughing at me, darling?' he asked playfully, 'this is a hard level, okay?'

'Sure,' you laughed, 'or maybe you're just not that good.'

'Oh, really?' Sihtric dropped the controller next to him on the bed, 'like you're so good, lady.'

'Better than you,' you grinned as you looked back at him, 'I won the most games here.'

'How dare you?' he squinted his eyes, 'insulting me in my own house?'

Sihtric gave you a mean glare but then broke out in smiles and started to poke your ribs. You yelped and tried to fight him, and soon you were playing pretend wrestling with the handsome Dane on his bed. It didn't take long before he had you flipped over on your back while you were both laughing, and out of nowhere he suddenly cupped your cheek and kissed you firmly. The sound of both your laughter was silenced instantly, and for a moment the only sound being heard was the nintendo menu soundtrack and the beating of your own heart in your ears. When the kiss was broken after a few long seconds, Sihtric looked at you with a half smile and he slowly traced his thumb over your lower lip. When he felt your hands move up his body and underneath his cropped shirt, he leaned back in to capture you in another firm, head spinning kiss. Soon, the sound of heavy breaths and soft gasps filled the room along with the cheerful Nintendo melody, and your hands moved through his hair while he squeezed your waist as you made out on his bed.

'Hold on,' Sihtric husked and pushed himself up from the bed, 'let me put on that record now, sweetheart.'

He quickly grabbed the vinyl you had been looking for at the store the day before, and he switched on his record player and pressed auto-repeat. When the song began to play, Sihtric took a small box out of a drawer and returned to you on the bed. You sat up and leaned in when he beckoned you closer. He opened the box and looked at you as he leaned his shoulder against yours.

'You want to share some devil's lettuce, baby?' he asked, sweetly.

'W-what?' you frowned, confused, 'I… hm, what is that?'

Sihtric smiled at you, but then realised you were truly confused and didn't know what he meant.

'Devil's lettuce,' he smiled and held up a half smoked blunt, 'is weed, sweetheart.'

'Oh,' your eyes grew big, 'oh, I, eh… I've never… you know…'

'Wanna try it with me, love?'

Your eyes darted between Sihtric and the blunt he held up, and you smiled nervously while you considered his offer. But Sihtric already knew your answer, and he didn't want you to do anything you didn't truly want only to impress him or whatever you thought you had to do. He already liked you for you and didn't want to change you.

'Hey, it's okay, doll,' he almost whispered and held your chin, 'you don't have to try it if you don't want to.'

'Yeah, I… I don't think I want to,' you admitted shyly.

'No worries,' he pecked your lips, 'mind if I smoke though?'

You told him it was fine, and you sat back watching him as he lit the blunt and took a few long drags. He closed his eyes and smiled, then threw his head back slowly and exhaled the strongly scented smoke through his lips.

I am experienced, oh yeah…Face to face… and back to back…

You watched him in awe, the way he sat next to you with his eyes closed, his head thrown back and his lips parted in a smile, his neck tattoo completely exposed and his Adam's apple bobbing as he swallowed; it was enough to turn you into the neediest lady. And then he slowly opened his eyes, put the blunt on an ashtray and turned to look into your eyes.

You see and feel… my sex attack…

You gazed at each other and he leaned in, cupped your cheek with one hand and pulled you in for a heated kiss.

Flesh… Flesh for Fantasy…

He pushed you down on the bed, his hands shoving underneath your skirt, pushing it up and easily pulling down your fishnet tights and panties at once. You were quick to remove his shirt and worked his belt while he kissed you, holding your face with his warm, slightly trembling hands, his tongue in your mouth allowing you to taste the Devil's lettuce he just smoked.

We want…

Flesh… Flesh for Fantasy…

Sihtric took off his jeans and boxers and then completely took off your dress, leaving you both completely exposed while the music blasted through his room. He quickly grabbed a condom out of his nightstand drawer and pulled the blankets over you both. He then climbed on top of you, slowly grinding and teasing you with his hard cock, rubbing it against your soaked folds to the rhythm while he kissed you hungrily. He brought one hand to your throat and moved his other slowly down your side, to your waist. Your breath hitched when he lightly squeezed your throat, and your eyes widened as that was not something you were used to. Your previous lovers had been rather boring, so to say, and you looked up at Sihtric with uncertainty in your eyes while you placed your hands on his wrist.

'Relax, darling,' he murmured against your lips, 'you're safe with me, I promise,' he pecked your lips and then flicked his tongue teasingly, 'and if you don't like it then you'll have have to say it, and I'll stop, okay?'

You hummed in agreement and slowly released your grip on his wrist, then brought your hands up into his hair again, adding pressure to keep his lips locked with yours while you kissed. He then teased your clit with his fingers, earning soft moans and gasps from you even before he slid his fingers inside you. And when he did, you tensed for a moment at the stretching sensation, but you relaxed just quickly when you felt his lips drag down from your chin to your neck. You smiled and squirmed while he slowly thrusted two digits in and out of you, completely dissolving into the pleasure he gave you. Sihtric watched you with hazy eyes, admiring the pure bliss on your face and the sounds you made just for him and because of him.

'You're making such a mess for me, sweetheart,' he purred and continued to pleasure you with just his hands, to which you smiled and bit down on your lip.

Sihtric watched you closely with an intense gaze, desperately wanting to see your eyes roll back in pleasure, just for him, so he picked up his pace to get you to the edge as fast as possible. But he also wanted this moment to last; he wanted to torture you in the most pleasant of ways as long as he could. He wanted to break you, lovingly though, and he wanted to make you beg. He worshipped you and adored you, and he didn't want to hurt you, ever. But the thought of making you cry was one that wouldn't leave his mind while he watched you gasp and moan so sweetly for him. He wanted to see your eyeliner and mascara run down your face, and see your pink lipstick smudged and have his own lips and neck covered with the popping colour. He wanted to see your eyeshadow stains on his pillowcase when he was done with you, as well as feeling the burning sensation of the scratches that your nails would leave on his skin. Sihtric wanted to fuck you. Fuck you to the point you're all marked up and claimed by him. He wanted to own you, but not in a psychotic kind of way, no, only in a loving way.

And as he felt your walls clench around his fingers, knowing your climax was approaching, he pulled away from you. You gasped at the sudden loss, a surprised look painted your face as you looked up at Sihtric, who smiled slyly as he watched you being all needy and desperate for him.

'S-Sihtric,' you breathed, 'please…'

'I know, sugar,' he cooed and repeatedly kissed your lips gently, 'I know you want more.'

'Please,' you begged.

You heard his soft chuckle in your ear and then he swiftly moved to lay behind you. He placed his big, warm hand on your hip, pulling you flush against his body underneath the sheets and he wrapped his other arm around you. He peppered your neck with soft kisses while he smoothly slid his hard, twitching cock inside you. A sharp gasp escaped you, smiling, and the music in the background suddenly became quiet as the record player prepared itself to repeat the single. Seconds later you heard the familiar beat again, and you threw your head back at the feeling of Sihtric's slow, deep thrusts inside you. He kept his pace steady, rhythmically, and he cupped your breast only to massage it before he squeezed your soft flesh.

'Fuck, ahh,' he breathed, then chuckled and grazed your ear with his lips, 'I've never had a pussy this good.'

He brought his hand back to your throat, lightly squeezing it, and he growled when he felt your walls clenched tightly around him while a needy cry left your mouth.

'Hm,' he hummed, 'you like it, don't you?'

'Y-yes,' you whined, and moaned when you felt his grasp on your hip becoming firmer.

Sihtric trailed his fingers over your neck, up your chin, and he traced your lips lightly.

'Suck my fingers for me, doll?' he whispered brokenly while he began to thrust harder into you.

You did as he asked, sloppily sucking the fingers he had fucked you with before, and the sound of his heavy breathing only made you suck his fingers more eagerly.

'That's good, darling,' Sihtric rasped, 'just like that. Keep going for me.'

Your moans were muffled as your mouth was full, and only a faint cry of pleasure snuck out when he suddenly slapped your sensitive spot. You squirmed in his embrace, desperately wanting to reach your climax, but he continued to tease and edge you while he fucked you slow and steady. 

You cry…

Flesh… Flesh for Fantasy…

You brought your hand up to the back of his neck, clawing at his skin, turning your face to the side so you felt his hot breath on your lips and in your mouth as he pulled out his fingers. His pace became rougher, and each time you neared your climax he slapped your pussy hard and sunk his teeth in your neck, marking you, until you begged him to let you finish as tears ran down your face.

'P-please,' you cried, 'I n-need to… c-cum.'

And then he finally flipped you over, face down and pressed into his pillow, and he grabbed your waist to fuck you relentlessly. The fire in your lower abdomen rose quickly, and your muscles tightened up as the heat finally exploded inside you and spread through your entire body. You grabbed onto Sihtric's arm he had around you, digging your nails into his flesh while you came with loud moans, and inaudible curse words left your lips while he fucked you through your climax, chasing his own. And when his pace became sloppy, he dug his fingers in your your waist and you felt him pulsate when he stilled inside you. You were both breathing hard and heavy, gasping for air while you collapsed into each other's arm, and you were only brought back from your highs when you suddenly heard the record player preparing itself to repeat the record again. 

You looked into Sihtric's eyes as he held you, slowly caressing your cheek with his thumb while he gazed back into your eyes. You both had flushed cheeks and yours were covered with your smudged make-up, which Sihtric thought was the most beautiful sight he had ever seen. And you loved seeing your lipstick stains on his lips, cheeks, and smudged all over his chin, neck and shoulders. He leaned in and sweetly pecked your lips, then smiled at you.

'So… you heard that record enough now?'

'I think so, for today at least,' you chuckled and buried your face in his neck.

'Hm,' Sihtric hummed, smiling, 'well, we could always listen to it again tomorrow.'

'Only tomorrow?'

'Tomorrow,' Sihtric whispered and kissed your forehead, 'and every other day after.'

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[volklana]

I Really feel That I'm Losing My Best Friend.

Modern!Sihtric x Reader

Title Comes From This Song:

Request: Hi lana!! Can I get a best friend modern sithric x fem reader smut? They're just friends until everyone in their friend group brings up that reader and sithric would be a cute couple and it changes the dynamic of the relationship and they begin to have sexual tension until it just blows up

Thank youuu

A/N: I am awful a writing smut so I did my best. I'm really sorry if this wasn't what you wanted. But you know me by now there has to be angst dripping through the plot

Also this is not proof read because I have a fever, but I will correct any mistakes I come across xx

“You always fucking cheat,” you pouted attempting to swipe the cards from Sihtric’s hands and his eyes glistened with mischeviousness.

“Do not,” he laughed incredulously, pulling them away from your hands, to which you physically attempted to wrestle them out of his grasp, his laughter bouncing off the walls.

Uhtred had bored of the game ten minutes ago and was lying sprawled out on the sofa, his head resting on Gisela’s lap, bottle of beer resting on his stomach, and rolled his eyes at the exchange between you and sighed.

“Are you seriously telling me you two are not fucking?” he swiped and Gisela gave him a warning look over the hand of cards she was still holding.

Sihtric completely stilled in your arms and you immediately retreated.

“Oh come on!” Uhtred urged looking to Finan to back him up “I can’t be the only one who thinks this right?”

“We’re just friends,” Sihtric stuttered and Finan and Uhtred laughed.

“I’m your friend and you don’t look at me like you want to take all my clothes off,” Finan teased and Uhtred smirked his way.

“Leave them alone,” Osferth chimed in and you were grateful for a second, “I’m sure they’ll tell us when they are ready,” he smirked.

“It’s not like that-really, we’re just friends,” Sihtric tried to persuade, absolutely refusing to meet your eye.

“I’d like Eadith to be my friend,” Finan winked to Uhtred’s raucous laughter.

“In that case me and Gisela are just friends,” Uhtred chimed along too and you couldn’t help but shrink at being the cause of everyone’s laughter in the room.

“Uhtred!” Gisela warned with a stern look, to which he shrugged in surrender.

“C’mon, you’d be such a cute couple,” Finan added and Sihtric was rising from his spot on the floor, cheeks tinged pink with embarrassment and made his way outside to light a cigarette.

Gisela booted Uhtred off her and tutted “Now look what you’ve done.” 

Your stomach was uneasy as you made your way into the kitchen to get another drink, you could hear Gisela and Uhtred arguing. She was scolding him for being such an arseling and you were grateful to her. 

“You know how shy he is!” she chided.

You watched Sihtric outside, pacing up and down as he smoked. He ran his fingers through his hair and your heart skipped a beat, when he suddenly looked in through the glass and into your eyes.

You made your way outside and he offered you a cigarette which you gladly accepted, and ducked down to meet the flame of his lighter.

“Are you alright?” you tried after a few minutes of uneasy silence.

“I just wish they would cut that shit,” Sihtric sighed “I don’t want things to be awkward between us.”

“They don’t have to be,” you said softly “Sihtric we know what we are, nothing they say matters, okay?”

He nodded, taking a long drag from his cigarette.

“Are we good?” you asked, bumping his arm and he laughed a shaky laugh.

“Always,” he replied.

Uhtred appeared sheepish after a few minutes, scratching the back of his neck, and Sihtric laughed.

“Did Gisela send you out here?” 

“No-Yes. Kinda.” he sighed “The bottom line is I was joking. You’re my friends and I love you both and I’m sorry if I made you uncomfortable.” 

“Forget it,” you smiled kindly, squeezing Sihtric’s hand in yours. 

Sihtric tossed and turned on Uhtred’s sofa, you were sleeping soundly on the pull out bed on the floor beside him but Sihtric was sick with anxiety.

He cursed himself for being so weak. It was getting hard to deny to his friends that there was nothing between you both when he couldn’t even deny it to himself any more. He was ashamed at the tears pooling in his eyes, threatening to spill but he swallowed the lump down and willed them away, just as his father had taught him to.

Be a fucking man, it was drilled into his head from as soon as he was old enough to comprehend and he turned his back to face away from you.

Despite his father’s beatings, despite how much he tried to stomp it out of him, Sihtric was soft and he was so painfully in love with you that sometimes his chest physically hurt with longing.

It was pathetic- he was pathetic.

Sihtric drove you back to your apartment the next morning and he was unusually quiet the whole ride back. Usually he would come up for a coffee, but when he didn’t unbuckle his belt and left the car running, you uneasily retrieved your overnight bag from the trunk of his car.

“Thanks for the ride,” you smiled, testing the waters and he gave a tight lipped smile in response.

“Of course, it’s what friends are for,” was all he offered but he didn’t get out to hug you the way he usually did and you climbed the stairs to your apartment with a feeling you couldn’t quite place brewing in your stomach.

You and Sihtric did everything together. You had a weekly cinema date without fail once a week, every week, since you met. Sihtric was a film fanatic, he consumed movies both in the theater and on his own in his apartment. You suspected it was because he was never allowed to watch films as a kid and now he was making up for lost time. You knew just enough about his childhood to know that it was not a happy one. His mum had died, leaving him to be raised by an abusive father and an older half brother who relished in torturing him. Sihtric never went into specifics but you knew that he had gone hungry and dirty for periods of time and the thought of it broke your heart. Because Sihtric was an absolute light in your life, whenever you were with him you were carefree, his joy for the little things in life was absolutely contagious, like the first time you had made him try cotton candy and you watched his eyes widen and a huge grin broke out over his face as he devoured it. But your absolute favourite thing you did together was the spontaneous late night drives in Sihtric’s car with the windows rolled down, singing along to whatever playlist was on, and on so many of those rides you wondered what it would be like if Sihtric were to put his hand on your thigh, or throw his free arm over your shoulder while you snuggled into his side, but you had to quickly dismiss these thoughts, because he had made it abundantly clear time and time again that you were his best friend and you would never risk losing him because of your little fantasies.

Except it felt like you were losing him already since the night of the party...

You collapsed onto your bed and checked your phone for the thousandth time, to find nothing, no memes, no song recommendations, no silly pictures, Sihtric had sent you absolutely nothing in the last four days and you were trying not to let it upset you, but you couldn’t help but feel hurt. This was the longest you had ever gone without hearing from him, he always texted you multiple times a day, and now you were getting radio silence.

You picked up the stuffed bear that Sihtric had won you at the fair a few months back and gave it a squish sadly, it still smelled vaguely of Sihtric's cologne after you had begged him to spray some on him.

You quickly snapped a pic of you kissing its cheek and sent it to Sihtric.

‘We miss you x’

Sihtric opened the message and sighed, how was it possible to be jealous of a damn stuffed toy.

You bit the inside of your cheek, you could see he had opened the message but no little dots popped up to indicate that he was typing back.

You let thirty minutes pass, feeling sick with anxiety the whole time, and when he still hadn’t replied you climbed under your sheets and switched out the lights.

Sihtric felt bad opening your message and not replying, but he sipped his drink as Osferth returned from the bathroom, face briefly lighting up when Osferth announced this round was on him.

While you lay in bed trying to figure out why you were crying.

‘Wish it was me there with you x’ 

He typed after a few hours, and deleted and typed again, before he accidentally pressed send in it his drunken stupidity. He fumbled to quickly unsend it, but the blue tick lit up indicating that you had read it. 

Your heart hammered in your chest, as you considered what you wanted to say, once you crossed this line, you weren’t exactly sure you would be able to put the genie back inside the bottle. 

‘I wish so too x’ 

After what seemed like an eternity he replied,

“Goodnight, y/n, Sweet dreams xx”

Sihtric was avoiding your messages and dodging all your calls. Your heart broke even more when you saw an insta story that Osferth shared of him, Finan and Sihtric at the movies, your stomach sank down to your toes because you had always thought that was yours and Sihtric’s thing.

You messaged him for the umpteenth time that week, ‘Have I done something wrong?’ But just like the previous messages you had sent, he opened but never replied.

Your heart was breaking, you were getting up going to work, and coming straight home and getting into bed. Your anxiety was the worst it had been in years and you kept a hold of your phone, willing a notification to come through anything at all that would show you Sihtric was still your friend. You were going insane at night trying to figure out what you had done wrong, had you offended him somehow? Or worse, had he sensed your feelings for him that night at Uhtred’s and just didn’t want to have the awkward conversation, or let you down gently. 

But the final nail in the coffin came when Gisela texted you late on the Saturday exactly two weeks after the night Uhtred had decided to stir the shit. 

‘I’m so sorry you couldn’t come tonight. It’s not the same without you!’

Your head was whirling, and you felt like you were going to be sick, until our phone lit up again.

‘Sihtric did invite you didn’t he?’

You could have landed Sihtric in the shit by telling her that he hadn't, but you knew Gisela would gut him from the inside out if she knew he was treating you like this, so to protect him you replied.

‘Of course! I’ll catch you next time xx’

Sihtric sat on his reading chair, the lamp in his living room the only thing lighting his apartment. His stomach was twisted up in knots and it wasn’t from the alcohol, it was because of you. He’d been avoiding you for weeks now. Dodging your calls and making excuses to not meet up and when that wasn’t enough he just stopped replying to you altogether. Radio silence.

He knew you didn’t deserve to be treated this way, and if it had been any other man treating you like this he would have offered to kick the shit out of them, but he couldn’t risk you seeing him this way. He had tried for so long to pretend that he had no feelings for you, to act as if you could just be friends, but ever since the night Uhtred had spoken his feelings out loud it was like a damn had burst and trying to bury his feelings now felt like trying to stop the tides with his bare hands.

 The crippling fear of losing you sent him into an avoidant survival state, he had never been shown a healthy way to navigate conflict or loss and so he did what that scared little boy had always done. He hid.

He sipped his brandy,enjoying the way it burned. The ‘what ifs’ swimming around in his mind. What if I were just honest with her? What if she turned her face away in disgust? What if she cast me aside? What if she couldn’t overlook his confession and ever be his friend again. Or, and his heart picked up speed, what if she felt the same?

He was pulled from his thoughts by a gentle knocking on his door, he was tempted to ignore it until the knocking progressively became more insistent.

Finally relenting he opened the door to see you before him, face a mixture of hurt and anger, and red eyes a dead give away that you had been crying.

“We need to talk,” you shook and Sihtric mindlessly stepped aside and allowed you to come in, but he remained frozen to his spot by the door when you reeled on him.

“I don’t understand Sihtric, you’ve been avoiding me for weeks now. You are my best friend and I feel like..I feel like I’m losing you, and I don’t know what I’ve done!” 

“Nothing!” Sihtric choked, shaking his head furiously “You’ve done nothing wrong. It’s me. I’m going through some shit and I just- I needed to deal with it alone.”

The anger softened from your face but the hurt remained, “You know you can talk to me Siht, so you don’t have to go through anything alone. You can tell me anything. Including- if you don’t want to be my friend anymore.”

He didn’t.

He didn’t want to be your friend anymore, he wanted to be so much more, but the fear of rejection kept him rooted to the spot. 

“I’m sorry,” he choked, voice wobbling. “I’m still learning how to communicate, I will try to do better for you I promise.” 

“Sihtric,” you cried crossing the floor and pulling him into a hug, “You don’t have to try. You just have to be you,” you muttered as your arms locked around his shaking form.

“I just really missed you,” you whispered into his hair, the smell of his apple scented shampoo that you loved filling your senses. 

“Gods, I missed you too,” he replied, shaking, but grasping on to you. 

And so things went back to some form of normality but the weight of two unspoken confessions were hanging over the friendship. 

You were officially invited to group outings again and you and Sihtric slipped back into a somewhat familiarity with each other. 

Except Sihtric felt like he was trapped in a snare. Every time you spoke, his eyes lingered on your lips imagining what they would feel like to kiss, what they would look like wrapped around his- he shook his head before his mind could even wander down that path. He was consumed with longing for you, day and night it was all he could think about, but fear of losing you always knocked whatever bravery he had within him to tell you the truth. 

Until the night he saw you across the dancefloor, dancing with another man, head thrown back in joy as he moved his body in time with yours to the beat and before he could even think straight he was marching across the floor and grasping your arm.

“Sihtric?” you questioned face full of worry.

“Please, I need to talk to you?” he begged and you followed him in an instant outside, completely ignoring the call of the man you had been dancing with moments ago.

Sihtric paced back and forward in front of you and you tried to reach out a hand to steady him but he swatted it away. 

“I have to tell you the truth,” he finally rushed “I can’t hold this in any longer. I’ve tried, believe me I’ve tried so hard to- but I can’t do it anymore.”

“Sihtric?”

"-I’m in love with you y/n. Painfully. I’ve been in love with you for as long as I can remember, and I’ve been avoiding you because I know you don’t feel the same and you just want us to be friends, but I can’t pretend anymore.”

You were silent for a moment, considering him, “Who said I just wanted to be friends?” you asked bewildered.

“What?” Sihtic reeled, mismatched eyes boring into yours in surprise.

“Sihtric Kjartansson," you sighed "It is you who wanted us to stay friends. I have always wanted to be more.”

“What? He repeated face scowling trying to understand.

“At Finan’s birthday last year, you took the forfeit over the dare to kiss me, because you said you didn’t want to kiss a friend. From that night on I tried to put my feelings to bed.”

Sihtric pinched the bridge of his nose in disbelief “I didn’t kiss you that night because once I kissed you I would never have been able to stop.”

“Then I really wish you had kissed me that night,” you smiled and took his hand “In fact I think you should kiss me now.”

He didn’t need to be told twice , he surged forward, cupping your face in his hands and kissed you.

You looked up at Sihtric through hooded eyes, his naked torso glistening with a sheen of sweat. His slender body and muscled arms looked like a god carved from marble in Ancient Greece and you were willing to get down on your knees and worship.

He placed his thumb on your bottom lip, sliding your lips open as he inspected your waiting form below him.

“So beautiful,” he mused, dark eyes raking over your body “So beautiful and mine.” 

You hmmd against his thumb, and he moved to hook his finger under your chin forcing you to look up into his eyes “Say it,” he commanded “Say that you’re mine.”

Your eyes fluttered with adoration and the hazy smile that crossed your face had Sihtric’s pulse racing “I’m yours Sihtric,” you promised, “Only yours.”

“Let me show you,” you begged and you moved with him towards the bed, where he sat looking unsure for a moment, until you pressed a gentle hand to his chest, motioning for him to lay back. Others who did not know Sihtric like you did might have expected a dominant, possessive lover but you knew him better than anyone else in the whole world.

What he needed was to be taken care of, to be shown he was worthy of love and given it freely, and reassured that you were going nowhere and now that you’d had this taste of him you truly would never leave him again.

You were lovedrunk as you kissed down along his neck, collarbones, his chest and followed down the length of his abdomen, before finally taking him in your mouth.

He was a whimpering, moaning mess beneath you and he surprised even himself when he eventually found the strength to stop you, picking you up and flipping you over before slipping inside you with a gasp.

He picked up a pace that had you gasping and grabbing at his strong back for something to hold on to. Something to stop you falling off the edge. When you could finally not hold on any longer, urged by Sihtric’s whispers for you to let go, you did, seeing stars as you gripped him through his own release. 

If there was one thing you had learned about Sihtric it was that he truly meant what he said when he told you that he would never have been able to stop with one kiss, the man was insatiable. His lips or hands were always on yours and you did not know where he found his stamina for in the bedroom but one thing was for sure, he had never felt this kind of love in his entire life and he was never letting it out of his grasp again. 

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[aadmelioraa]

It's almost 2023, so I figured I'd share my updated The Last Kingdom fic recs since I have been meaning to do that all year. Below the cut you will find some shippy stuff, some introspective pieces, and a variety of characters featured (several of whom rarely get fanfic). I hope if this post crosses your path you may find a new favorite! I did limit my selection to complete fics, but you can find more recommendations, both works in progress and complete, under my ao3 tlk bookmarks. Happy New Year, and happy reading!

the leap by @irisdouglasiana

Season 5 cottagecore nuns fixit for Aalys and Aelflaed. Fixit fics are not usually my vibe tbh but this one is perfectly complex and bittersweet.

A Hard Story to Know by @wildwren

Post Season 5 fic. Aelfwynn processes her grief at the loss of her mother with the help of Aldhelm and Eadith. This fic broke my heart and mended it several times over.

no escape by @volvaaslaug

Wonderful Eadith character study and I adore the prose style as well.

come go with me by @wendy-daahling

Aethelflaed x Aldhelm political marriage (for MERCIA of course), slow burn with lots of delicious pining.

the drowned and the damned by @irisdouglasiana

Canon divergent AU centered around Osbert, Uhtred's youngest son. Addresses family trauma, cycles of violence, and legacy within the world of the show and does it in such a thought provoking way.

and, lord, she found me just in time by @jeynepoole

Hild x Iseult hurt/comfort bathing fic...so tender and so lovely.

a rope in hand for your other man by @jeynepoole

This fic is definitely for a niche audience, but if the idea of an Aethelflaed/Aldhelm/Aethelred threesome intrigues you, check it out...and there's more where that came from.

Meanwhile in Mercia by @skatingthinandice

This series is an absolute staple of Aethelflaed x Aldhelm fanfic and I am very grateful for it. Essential reading!

Daughter of Darkness by @ulfrsmal

Gen fic focused around Brida and Thyra's relationship and trauma that I, for one, desperately needed. *this fic is locked, you will need to be logged into your ao3 account to access...I still have a few invitations to send, if you need one feel free to DM me!

I go you go, my dear by alittlebitalexis

Two Osferth x Eadith fics for the Eadsferth truthers among us (no for real they were cute). Fluff and smut.

When the Party's Over by @wildwren

Aethelflaed x Erik College AU. Part of a series, read Part 1 first, I am just particularly attached to this part for...reasons.

The Maiden by @wildwren

Pirate/Witch AU for Aethelflaed x Skade. This fic is HOT and creative and HOT and gorgeously written and HOT.

To Curse a King by @pokeasleepingsmaug

Skade x Sihtric smut fic featuring magic and knife play. Very fun and sexy.

Saint of Shitty Reasons by @volvaaslaug

Edward Modern AU character study that hits 95% of my kinks.

Most CURSED among God's kin are aethelings by @wildwren

Aethelwold character study. A masterpiece though and through.

Lay Down Your Arms by @skatingthinandice

Aethelflaed x Aldhelm post Tettenhall smut, and a most worthy entry for the #GET IT AETHELFLAED tag.

clever-tongued by @tsukkinami

Aethelflaed x Aldhelm smut with wonderful tension and intimacy, it's just top tier! A classic.

in my dreams we survived by @irisdouglasiana

Hild character study, really lovely angst that makes me tear up every time.

poison by @irisdouglasiana

Brida x Skade enemies to lovers...need I say more?

fortune cookie by @jeynepoole

Competent stepdad Aldhelm, Modern AU Aldhelm & Aelfwynn bonding. A warm blanket of a fic.

#the last kingdom fic #the last kingdom #tlk fic rec #aethelflaed #aldhelm #aalys #aelflaed #osferth #eadith #hild #iseult #brida #skade #aelfwynn #osbert #aethelwold #erik #aalys x aelflaed #brida x skade #hild x iseult #aethelflaed x aldhelm #aethelflaed x skade #edward x eardwulf #edward #eardwulf #aethelflaed x erik #eadith x osferth #aethelflaed x aethelred x aldhelm #skade x sihtric #wow i don't think i've ever hit the tag limit before

[ivarthebadbitch]

seven kings must...

spoilers, duh:

- overall takeaway: the movie format does not work well. it was a two hour speed run of a season’s worth of material, and it sacrificed tlk’s strengths--the character moments, relationship building--and exposed tlk’s weaknesses. the plot is crammed and incoherent, important things happen entirely offscreen, the same tired shit gets rehashed. there’s an evil advisor. there’s a generic evil barbarian dane. there are tedious conferences of random guys. there’s a shield wall. aethelstan must beg for uhtred’s forgiveness and apologize for being a meanie. there’s the usual nationalist rah rah about United England and Honor and I Am A Man Of My Word. none of this is new or terribly interesting.

- the gay element is really the only new thing that gets introduced, and it’s fun but like...iffy...in context. literally aethelstan is led astray by an evil gay advisor traitor and only by listening to uhtred is he saved. oh and by killing the evil gay advisor traitor. so much for that.

- as other people have noted, the movie is really dude-heavy. tlk had its problems, but it gave far more space to its female characters than what we get here. the absence of women is really a shame--eadith, stiorra, aelswith, and aelfwynn aren’t even mentioned, and the very few female characters that do show up don’t have a whole lot to do. ingrith dies offscreen, eadgifu hangs out with uhtred. it’s not great.

- the ending was a nifty concept, so points for that. the shot of uhtred standing between the two worlds looked neat, the camera zooming out to show modern bebbanburgh/bamburgh was cool and by far the most creative choice in the whole movie.

- I did not care for aldhelm’s death in the cheap throwaway “ohhh, I see aethelstan truly has fallen under the sway of his Evil Gay Advisor” sense. so I am choosing instead to read it in a wolf hall thomas cromwell “ultimately getting consumed and discarded by the political machine you spent your entire career to build” sense. just for my own sake.

#the last kingdom #seven kings must die #seven kings must die spoilers

[persephones-journey]

Angry Confessions Prompts

@bhxrdy requested prompts #2, 8, & 12 and told me it was my choice which one to do and which couple... and of course I did all three. lol

First two are Aisling/Finan and the last one, #12 is Tate/Finan. And all are Modern AUs. Enjoy.

#2 & 8: “You make me so angry I want to scream, and I love you so much, it tears me apart.” & “You make me so angry sometimes. And you make me love you all the same.”

Aisling slammed the car door as she climbed out of the vehicle. She heard Finan do the same. She marched towards her little English cottage. She heard Finan's footsteps following her.

“We are not done!” he yelled as she reached the door.

She whirled around and shoved him. “Oh, we are done,” she spat. She shoved him again as he stepped closer to her. “You have somewhere to be, don't you?” she added. “Someone else to be with.”

“Don't,” he spat, “don't ya do that,” he added.

Tears burned her eyes. “I have every right to do that,” she dug in her purse for her keys. “You are out seeing other woman-.”

“Eadith is a client,” Finan said anger lacing his words. “She is nothing more and will never be anything more.”

Aisling shook her head. “Did you tell her that? Cause she was looking at you like you were hers and like I did not even exist so-.”

“I didn't notice the way she looked at ya because my eyes only see ya,” he told her.

She snorted. She grabbed her keys and put the right one in the lock. Her hands shook remembering seeing the other redhead make doe eyes at Finan, right in front of it. How Eadith had practically beamed as she laughed telling a joke that Aisling did not understand; “It's an inside joke, you had to be there.” She unlocked her door and shoved it open. She walked in and went to slam the door in Finan's face.

He grabbed it and held it open. He looked at her. His dark eyes, his perfect beard and hair. He was supposed to be hers.

At least she thought he was hers.

“Sweet Jesus Christ, Aisling,” he said, “ya make me so angry I want to scream,” he said. She watched as he smiled at her softly and shook his head. “And I love you so much, it tears me apart,” he finished smirking at her.

Aisling looked at him. Words left her for the moment. As did her anger.

He loved her.

They had been dating for three months. Aisling had tried telling herself over and over it was nothing more than just sex.

Looking at Finan right there at that moment, she now knew it was different.

It was love.

Tears burned her eyes. She blinked and they rolled down her cheeks. Finan stepped closer to her and wrapped his arms around her waist.

“Did ya hear me?” he asked. “You make me so angry sometimes. And ya make me love ya all the same,” he said again.

She nodded. “I heard you,” she whispered as his hands pressed into her back.

“And?” he asked.

She placed her hands on his sides and looked at him. “And,” she looked into his dark eyes, “I think you need to tell Eadith that you are mine now,” she answered.

He smirked. “Oh really? Why should I tell her that?”

“Because I love you, you sexy Irish bastard,” she answered.

He laughed and hauled her body against his. He kissed her and she wrapped her arms around his neck. He picked her up and slammed the door closed and pressed her against it. She kissed him back over and over holding him close.

She loved him, even if he did make her so angry and jealous she wanted to shake him.

#12 “I love you! Is that what you wanted to hear? Are you happy now?”

Finan sat on the beach and watched Tate. She was standing on the beach, staring out at the ocean. She was only about two feet away from him but she felt an ocean apart from him.

They had been fighting all weekend. He had thought getting out of the city and away from their friends would help them grow together as a couple.

Maybe, hopefully, get Tate to admit that after six months, she loved him.

But instead everything he had done had been wrong, it seemed. And she was just angry at the world.

He sighed and got up. He brushed the sand from his beach shorts and walked over to her. He wrapped his arms around her waist but she didn't lean into him. She stayed tense. He sighed and kissed her temple.

“I'm sorry,” he said, not sure what he was apologizing for.

She snorted. “I very much doubt that.”

He pulled away from her and walked around her. He stood in front of her blocking her view of the ocean. She glared at him and he lifted his arms up.

“What do ya want from me?” he asked her.

She stepped back. “What?” she demanded. “You dare ask me that?!” she yelled.

“Yes!” he yelled. “I am just trying to be with ya!”

She crossed her arms on her chest. “You brought me here to try and pry my feelings from me!” she yelled at him.

“Aye, well, ya aren't exactly forthcoming with how ya feel, Tate!” he yelled back. “I tell ya everything, every emotion, every hurt, every joy. And ya, ya tell me nothing!”

“I LOVE YOU!” Tate yelled. “IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR?! ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?!”

Finan looked at her. He saw the tears rolling down her cheeks. “I love ya, Tate,” he said softly. “I love ya and I have told ya that over and over. I will only be happy when ya are happy.”

She looked at him. Her moss green eyes filling with tears. She threw herself in his arms. He held her tight and swung her around as she wrapped her arms around his neck. He held her tight and felt her tears fall on his skin. She pulled away and he looked into her eyes.

“I love you,” she whispered.

He smiled. “Aye, I know,” he whispered. He kissed her on the lips softly. “Are ya happy?” he asked.

“Yes,” she said. “I am happy.”

“Good,” Finan smirked. He threw her into the water. She yelled and glared at him. He pointed at her. “That is for making this weekend hell.”

She shook her head. “You are going to pay for that,” she said.

Finan took off as she chased him. He laughed as she did. He loved her and she loved him. Being with her would never be easy but he knew it would be worth it in the end.

#the last kingdom #the last kingdom fic #aisling/finan #tate/finan #writing prompts

[terr-arium]

Initial thoughts on The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die

- Uhtred looks great for supposedly being 79 years old

- LMAOOOO EDWARD GETTING AN OFFSCREEN DEATH 🤣🤣🤣 the perfect ending for the worst character of all time

- Aethelstan, while he turned back to the good side, was really following in his father’s footsteps of being an absolute little shit for a moment there. (Most is forgiven, but I’m not forgetting Aldhelm. That really rivaled Sigtryggr’s death for most tears shed)

- The villain being a gay fake religious heretic was a really interesting (and funny) choice

- Where the hell were Stiorra, Hilde, Eadith, Aelswith, and Sigdeflaed. The girl power was LACKING my friends.

- INGRITH I AM IN TEARS 😭

- I do really wish we saw more of Osbert! He was so lovely!

- I would have loved to see more of our fallen friends in Valhalla, but those we did see were a wonderful surprise

- The final shot of Uhtred standing between this world and the next with the chandelier hanging over him almost like a crown that was always there if he wanted it as the camera pans out to modern day Bebbanburg was PERFECT.

- Yes the plot felt rushed, but I honestly feel like they did a lot with what they were given. It’s obvious Netflix wanted this show wrapped up, so, while season 5 was a wonderful ending, this was a nice bonus adventure.

#the last kingdom #tlk #seven kings must die #uhtred #the last kingdom spoilers

[timetravelingpenguin1066]

The Coccham Company

Imagine: The Last Kingdom in a modern AU, in which the characters (not all of them) form a theatre company.

Introducing to you, wonderful people of tumblr:

And now, presenting, the members:

Each member has a something that they are known for:

Finan plays the playboys. Otherwise, everyone else keeps trying to set him up with Eadith. (It hasn't worked yet)

Sigtryggr and Stiorra are almost always cast as the lovers. It used to be Uhtred and Gisela who were the lovers, but Gisela sadly died. She is still kept on the official Coccham Company material, and everything Uhtred is in, he dedicates to her.

Beocca tends to be the old, wise man.

Ragnar is always composing/dealing with the music. He often directs their musicals

Aelflaed designs the costumes, while Haesten does the sets

Rognvaldr is usually the fool or the drunkard, sometimes joined by Finan and/or Sihtric

Hild is the Stage Manager, making sure everyone is where they need to be at the right time. She is joined by Osferth, and sometimes Young Uhtred.

There's more, but I haven't thought of them yet

There. The company has been introduced. On behalf of the Coccham company, I welcome you to their performance of Romeo & Juliet.

If you want to see another play from the Coccham Company, drop an ask. The more detail you add, the easier this is.

#the last kingdom #sigtryggr #stiorra #uhtred #king edward #young uhtred #hild tlk #haesten #aelflaed #brida #cnut #young ragnar #sihtric #finan #erik thurgilson #alfred tlk #aelswith #aethelflaed #father beocca #aelfweard #aelfwynn #aethelstan #aethelwold #aldhelm #cynlaef #father pyrlig #rognvaldr #sigfried #bloodhair #coccham company

[emilyhufflepufftlk]

Roommates | Finan x Ingrith

Modern AU

After Finan’s break up with Eadith, he is forced to look for a new flatmate. When his friend Ealhswith suggests her old college friend, Ingrith, his life takes an unexpected turn.

This is for the amazing @mrsalwayswrite ‘s 1k challenge! Prompt: Roommates AU

I’m sorry it’s a bit late 💜

My Masterlist

Word Count: 2299

Warnings: fluff, the odd swear word, references to sex, alcohol.

AO3 if you prefer

‘Right, that’s it!’ Ealhswith groaned from where she stood in the doorway to the living room, her hands folded across her chest.

Sihtric and Finan looked up at her innocently from the sofa, a variety of snack wrappers and beer bottles strewn out on the coffee table in front of them.

‘Finan, I love you, but you can’t stay here any longer,’ she sighed, snatching the TV remote away from her fiancé and switching it off.

‘Eal, come on,’ Sihtric said, turning to face her and giving Finan a sympathetic look.

‘No, Sihtric. It’s been a month and it’s about time he moves on and frankly gets a grip!’ She turned to Finan, realising she had come across a little harsh. ‘Sorry, Finan. You’ll always be welcome to visit, and it’s not that I don’t like having you around but-‘

‘I get it,’ Finan cut across her, giving her half a smile. ‘I’m getting in ya’ way. I’ll start looking for a flat.’

‘Don’t rush into anything, we’re not going to throw you out onto the street,’ Sihtric told him hurriedly, glaring at Ealswith as he spoke. ‘Right Eal?’

‘Of course,’ she nodded. ‘But I have an old friend from college that has just moved into the area and is looking for a flatmate. She’s found a really nice two bed flat and the rent isn’t too bad.’

‘She?’ Finan asked dubiously, raising on eyebrow.

Ealhswith rolled her eyes. ‘Yes, Finan, a she. I’m sure she’ll be able to put up with even your shocking levels of personal hygiene.’

Finan scoffed, Sihtric snickered next to him.

‘If ya’ trying to set me up-‘

‘Believe it or not, Finan, it is possible to live in the same house as a woman and not fuck them.’

‘Try telling Uhtred that,’ Sihtric muttered, making them all laugh.

‘Fine, why not?’ Finan sighed. ‘Give me her number and I’ll meet her and look around this flat. Then we’ll see.’

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Ealhswith’s friend, Ingrith, turned out to be really nice and the flat was surprisingly large, close enough to the city centre to make life easier but not so central that it was noisy and busy. Finan hadn’t taken much convincing to agree to move in – it wasn’t like he had any real alternatives anyway.

Ingrith helped him move in, which he had insisted she did not need to do but she had refused to listen and helped carry his numerous boxes up the two flights of stairs. She was one of those women that did not sit still for a moment, always finding things to do or offering to help people, never seeming to stop and take a break. She was a hairdresser like Ealhswith, and he discovered as they chatted whilst going up and down the stairs that she had an interest in nature and, to Finan’s surprise, they shared a passion for football (although he realised it was rather sexist of him to be so surprised).

Ingrith had moved in a few days before him and he could already tell she was a lot more organised than he was, not a single thing out of place. He already knew his room would be a tip in comparison. He began taking things out of the cardboard boxes, hanging his clothes in the wardrobe and putting the few books he owned on the shelves.

He paused when he came to a small, unassuming box which he had left on the desk. He opened it slowly and let out a sigh as he looked over all the photographs of him and Eadith, along with a whole load of tickets and junk he had kept from their dates from the past two years. He picked up a framed photo of the two of them on the beach, both smiling and looking happy, the wind whipping Eadith’s hair across her face. It seemed like a lifetime ago.

He didn’t begrudge Eadith for breaking things off. She had been offered a job with a charity providing medical care across the world to those who struggled to access it – it was what she had wanted to do ever since she had finished medical school. Even if she hadn’t wanted to travel across the world, in hindsight Finan realised that they had wanted fundamentally different things and figured it was never going to work out, however much he might have wished it to.

A light cough broke him from his thoughts. He turned and saw Ingrith standing in the doorway. He quickly put the photo down and shoved the box in the bottom of his wardrobe.

She said nothing about the box or his odd behaviour, instead she gave him a smile. ‘I’m thinking of ordering a takeaway tonight, want anything?’

‘Sure, I’d like that,’ he answered, closing the door to the wardrobe and following her out into the kitchen.

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‘Come on, it’s going to be fun!’ Ingrith smiled, giving him a light shove in the arm.

They sat in front of the tv, squished together on their small sofa. They had been sharing a flat for three months now and had grown incredibly comfortable in each other’s company. It was almost like they had always known each other. Finan had soon found that Ingrith was incredibly easy to be around, although she also took absolutely no bullshit, and had a wonderfully sharp sense of humour. It was hard to stay sad and caught up over Eadith when he was around her, the box of memories staying forgotten in the bottom of his wardrobe.

‘It’s not that I think the party will be bad,’ he sighed.

They had just received invites to Sihtric and Ealhswith’s wedding and he had not been all that excited. It wasn’t so much that he didn’t want to go, Sihtric was one of his oldest and closest friends, a brother really, and Ealhswith had become a dear friend, he wouldn’t miss their big day for anything. It was more the text below his name that he dreaded – ‘plus one’. He had no one to ask. Since Eadith he hadn’t dated, or even talked to anyone, and all his friends were in relationships. He guessed going alone wouldn’t be that bad.

‘If you are worried about going on your own, maybe we could go together?’ Ingrith suggested with a shrug.

‘What?’

‘As friends,’ she clarified. ‘I have no one to ask either!’

He smiled broadly. ‘That’s a great idea! We can be single together!’ he laughed.

‘I will toast to that,’ she grinned, picking up her cider and nodding it in his direction.

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‘Come on Ingrith,’ Finan groaned as he paced up and down the hall, repeatedly looking at his watch as he waited for her to be ready. ‘The taxi will be here any minute!’

‘Just a second!’ she snapped from the other side of the door. She emerged from her room a moment later, pushing her long hair over her shoulder and looking at Finan expectantly. ‘What do you think? I’m not sure about the dress.’

Finan stared. ‘You look beautiful,’ he answered, and it wasn’t a lie – she really did look beautiful, with a short red dress that clung to her curves. His eyes ran down her body, taking her in, and then back to her face – did I just check Ingrith out?

She grinned mischievously at him. ‘Good, I’m hoping to hook up with someone tonight. What’s the point of being single if you can’t have fun at a wedding, right?’

‘Well with those legs I’m sure the guys will be queuing up to buy ya’ a drink,’ he said with a wink. Now I’m flirting with her? That’s new.

‘Oh, shut up,’ she laughed, hitting him in the arm. ‘Maybe you’ll meet someone tonight?’ She rolled her eyes when he scoffed. ‘What? You’re a good-looking man and you can’t stay hung up over Eadith forever.’

‘So you think I’m good looking do ya’?’ he smirked, leaning towards her slightly. He swore he saw her cheeks darken.

She glanced at her phone. ‘Taxi’s here,’ she stated, pushing past him towards the door.

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Sihtric and Ealhswith’s wedding was a small affair, neither having much family to speak of, however what they lacked in blood relatives they made up for in friends. It was a beautiful ceremony, performed by their friend Beocca, and Sihtric had cried throughout most of it. Finan had been so proud to see his best friend get married and so happy for the both of them.

The reception was held in a local hotel, Finan immediately being dragged to the bar by Uhtred for the first of many rounds of the night. It was safe to say that by the time the meal was over and the dancing was underway, Finan was pretty pissed, but if you can’t be drunk at a wedding when can you?

He had noticed Ingrith flirting with several men throughout the night. He kept a close eye on her, making sure none of the men overstepped, especially as Ingrith began to drink more and more. He told himself it was because she was his friend and he wanted to look out for her, like any friend would do – yeah, that’s it.

‘So, Ingrith?’ Ealhswith asked with a wiggle of her eyebrows as she leant against the bar next to him. She had gotten changed from her long wedding dress into something shorter and had spent the whole evening dancing and drinking, partying harder than anyone else there.

‘What about her?’ he answered, tearing his eyes away from the woman in question who was dancing with Gisela and Osferth.

Ealhswith groaned. ‘Oh, come on Finan! You haven’t taken your eyes off her the whole night! You can’t really expect me to believe there’s nothing going on between the two of you?’

He pulled at his shirt collar uncomfortably. ‘I don’t know what ya’ mean,’ he muttered. ‘Nothing’s happened.’

‘Hmmmhmmm?’ she smirked. ‘But you wish something had, right?’

‘Eal leave it,’ he sighed, rubbing his hand over his face tiredly, slightly wishing he hadn’t let Uhtred talk him into that last pint.

‘Hey,’ she said softer, placing a hand on his arm, ‘I’m just teasing. But if you like her then tell her, there’s nothing stopping you. Eadith’s gone, she’s happy travelling the world, you are free to find your own happiness too.’

He smiled at her. ‘Yeah, I know.’

‘Hey, Finan! Stop trying to steal my wife,’ Sihtric shouted at him, coming to wrap his arms around Ealhswith’s waist.

‘What if I want both of you?’ she teased.

Sihtric shook his head and laughed, pulling her against him and kissing her deeply.

‘Finan,’ Ingrith called to him. He turned and smiled at her. ‘Come dance with me,’ she giggled, grabbing his hand and pulling him onto the crowded dance floor.

They danced for what seemed like forever, the two of them in their own world, everyone else inconsequential as they laughed together. Finan wouldn’t even be able to tell you what songs were played, he was too focused on how her eyes lit up when she smiled. He wasn’t sure why he hadn’t noticed how beautiful she was before then, or perhaps he had and refused to admit it to himself.

As the latest song came to an end, she grabbed his hand and led them through the throngs of people and into the crisp night hair. She sat down on the stone steps outside the hotel, looking up at the night sky above them.

‘That was fun.’

‘Yeah,’ he agreed, sitting down beside her – close enough to touch her, he thought before quickly pushing that thought aside. ‘Found anyone to hook up with yet?’ he asked, trying to sound teasing and not like he cared too much.

‘I might have,’ she smiled coyly, glancing up at him.

He felt his stomach drop, suddenly jealous of whoever had caught her eye even though he had no right to be.

‘Good,’ was all he managed to say, not meeting her eye.

‘And you?’ she asked. ‘Have you met anyone?’

He shrugged. ‘Not really, although…’ he stopped himself before he could say anything stupid.

‘Although what?’ she insisted, leaning closer to him.

He turned to look at her, his breath catching as he realised her face was now only inches from hers.

‘Well…’ he began, his eyes darting to her lips. ‘There might have been someone-‘

He didn’t get to finish his sentence. Ingrith closed the small distance between them and kissed him hard on the lips, Finan reciprocating immediately. Her hand came to cup the back of his head, her fingers running through his hair, whilst his hand rested on her lower back. He kissed her passionately, chasing her lips as she tried to break for breath.

‘Finan-‘ she said but he kissed her again. He kissed her over and over, it feeling like the most natural thing in the world. ‘Can I admit something?’ she asked softly when they finally broke apart. ‘I have wanted to do that for ages.’

‘Really?’

‘Yes!’ she laughed nervously. ‘You are gorgeous!’

‘How much have ya’ had to drink?’ he smiled.

‘Only a few!’ she said, hitting him lightly on the chest, making him chuckle. She reached and cupped his face in her hands, her thumb running along his jaw. ‘Ealhswith warned me you were hot,’ she smiled.

‘She did, did she?’ he smirked.

‘Yeah, but don’t tell Sihtric that.’

He smiled, looking deeply in her eyes. God, her eyes are beautiful – how have I not noticed them before?

‘You are so beautiful,’ he murmured.

She kissed him again, humming against his mouth. ‘How about we go home?’

‘And do what?’ he smirked.

She pulled away, eyeing him mischievously. ‘I’m sure you can use your imagination.’

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@morosemagick @lauwrite1225 @solinarimoon @magravenwrites @illjustgositinthecorner @blah-blah-blah-bla @93xdiagonxalley @trenko-heart @persephones-journey @amuddleofnervouswords @anotherwinchesterfangirl @medievalfangirl @saint-helga

#the last kingdom #mzAUparty #finan x ingrith #finan #finan fanfic #ingrith #tlk fanfic #the last kingdom fanfic #fingrith #modern au #roommates au

[finanmoghra]

Cruel Summer

damn seasons part 1

pairing modern!Eadith x ofc

summary This could be a sweet friends to lovers story, if only the summer wasn't so cruel.

warnings angst/fluff, slight mention of aggression, implied smut/suggestive

word count 5.4k

a/n i used some stefanie's pics on the moodboard where she is blonde, but eadith still being a redhair right. this story takes place in no specific country or city. also, there's no blood feud between families in this, kjartan is tove and sihtric's father but he does not take place in the story, they actually live with their mom and stepdad, its not important at all, just the backstory i had created.

Eadith is her best friend. Tove have met her when she was 15, Eadith has just moved into her town and she started to study with her brother, Sihtric, and his band of friends, who are also Tove's friends despite being 2 years older than her. It was naturally, the boys —that includes Aethelflaed, 'there is nothing ladylike in the way she throws a punch' as Uhtred says — brought her to their circle of friends and as she was closer in age with Tove, their friendship just happened.

Since the first day it has been them, Sihtric, her big brother, is friend with Uhtred and Finan since they were babies, and when Tove was born, the boys were enchanted with their little princess — as Sihtric said, and later swore they will always protect her at all costs. The years went by and nothing changed, it was Sihtric, Finan, Uhtred and Tove, the princess in danger who they, the fearless warriors, need to rescue, as they always play. Until new faces were showing up, Aethelflaed, and her half-brother, Osferth joined the band when they were about 11, 10 years old. They were inseparable, and their families being close contributed to it.

When she first met Eadith, Tove felt something different about her, but she couldn't know what, so she let it go, she kept to herself this unfamiliar feeling everytime she was on Eadith's presence, in order to forget about it. Until her second year at uni.

Tove was studying ASNC - anglo-saxon, norse and celtic -, a subject she was always interested as her family has a big norse inheritance, and because of that she planned to do her master program in Denmark. In some way Tove could handle the studying life with their nights out, at a pub, a club or a party.

It was at one of those parties that everything happened. Tove was way too drunk, trying to find her way to a bathroom and she found one at upstairs of the house. What she didn't know was that Eadith was following her, trying to look after her, so when she opened to go out and found Eadith leaning on the doorway, waiting for her, Tove couldn't contain her surprise.

— Eadith! Hey, what you're doing here? — Tove asked leaning on the doorway as well.

— Tonight is my turn to keep an eye on you. — Eadith said, with a playfull tone, but she was serious. They all have this kind of agreement that at least one of them won't get too drunk for emergencies, it's their way to look after each other.

— I'm not even that drunk! — Tove's voice was disagreeing with her. — You can go and have some fun.

— I am not on the mood for party at all, I'm good here.

With a courage coming from nowhere - all the alcohol she consumed - she came closer to Eadith. — Well, then let's have some fun the two of us.

Before Eadith could say anything, Tove's lips were crashing hers. At first she didn't stop, because she's been wanting this for so long and Tove's soft lips against hers was definitely the kind of fun she was needing. But then she remembered Tove was drunk and broke the kiss.

— Okay, lady, I think it is time for you to go home, come. — Eadith said, still close to her, fixing her hair.

Tove didn't protested and Eadith took her to Sihtric, and they both agree to go home and left the party.

When the next day came up, it was like nothing had happened. Eadith didn't touch the topic and Tove didn't remember, yet. It took her a day or two to realise that it wasn't a dream, - c'mon, she had dreamt of this too many times to realise it had truly happened - she had kissed Eadith. And she wanted to do again.

However, she couldn't. Eadith is her best friend, she couldn't risk ending up their friendship for something silly like this. So she let it go, again.

The realization came several months later. Tove was one month away from finishing her degree and started to organize her life to her Master program. She and Eadith still being friends and very closer, Eadith thinking that she forgot about what happened that night, and Tove pretending she actually forgot.

One day Tove was walking on campus towards the library when she saw Eadith talking with a guy, he was obviously flirting with her and she was smiling to him. Tove got angry, she rushed to the library, and let the tears fall silenty. She didn't like this feeling, she didn't like what this feeling means. So she masked it as stress coming from the exams.

Tove was miserable for days, and everyone noticed, including Eadith, but she got nothing from her.

Sihtric started to get worried about his little sister, he knew something was hurting her. It was a normal thursday, Sihtric was at home, so he found it strange when Tove showed up at noon when she was supposed to be in her lecture.

As soon as she arrived home, Tove rushed to her bedroom and lock herself there. Of course Sihtric followed her.

— Tove, open the door, talk to me. — he asked at the door, for the third time.

— I don't want to talk, Sihtric, leave. — she said and he could notice by her voice that she was crying.

— C'mon, at least let me be with you, you don't need to say anything now.

No answer came immediately, but after some time he could hear that she unlocked the door. When he enters in her bedroom, she's already back at her bed and he lays down besides her, giving her a tight hug and she cried more.

— You say you're fine, but I know it isn't true. Don't tell me it's the exams, I know there's something more. You don't need to tell me anything, just don't lie. — Sihtric gives her a kiss on her temple — But if someone did anything to you, that you need to tell me. — he said on his protective brother tone.

Tove let out a little laugh. She has the best brother in the world.

— It's Eadith. — she says after she calmed down — She's going out with that guy.

— And what's the problem?

— The problem is that I love her! — she exclaimed — Not like you do, I love her.

Sihtric didn't know what to say, he only knew that advising her to talk about it with Eadith wouldn't happen. Tove is a stubborn bastard, just like him.

He just said to her that if it's meant to be, it'll be. Sooner or later. And Tove cried at that, 'cause she know it won't.

Her final exams have passed, as Eadith's and Osferth's. —The three of them were the only ones that still at uni, as the others had graduated a year before.— And that was a reason to party, they said.

So there is Tove, at a friday night getting ready to go to some club they chose. She picked out a little black dress, one of the milions she has and was finishing her makeup when Sihtric knocked on her door.

— Are you ready to go?

— Yep — she answered after applying her lipstick. — You’re lucky I'm on the mood for party tonight, or I'd make it the worst night ever.

— You don't think I know? That's why I suggested we'd go tonight, I see you're in a good mood.

— So we should stop wasting time and go.

Well, she was on a good mood, really. But  not anymore.

Tove was all happy and excited, and suddenly her feelings got all blue after Eadith arrived with Bresal, the guy she is going out with. It made her blood boil seeing him holding Eadith's hand, it should be her instead.

Sihtric looked at her, worried, as Eadith started to introduce Bresal to the others, he saw Tove giving her best to look strong as she greeted them, and as soon as they turned their back, he saw how she ran away.

He waited a few minutes to go after Tove, trying to keep up appearances, he saw that some of them noticed Tove vanishing but no one said nothing. Sihtric soon found her at the bar, asking for another drink.

— Tove, we can go home if you want, you don't need to stay. — he tried, approaching her.

— And you don't need to leave just because I'm in this pathetic situation. — she finally says after a moment in silence.

— I won't leave you alone, you're my little sister, I'll ne-

— I'm leaving! — she cuts him.

— What? When? To where?

Before saying anything else, Tove led Sihtric to a more quiet place, so they could talk.

— I wasn't planning to tell you this now, but I was accepted into a master program in Denmark, and I don't know yet when I'm leaving. — she cuts Sihtric again as he tried to say something — Please, don't tell anyone yet.

— It's okay, it isn't my place to tell 'em. And I'll support you in anything you choose. — Sihtric hugs tightly — I'm gonna miss you, you know it, right?

— Of course you will, — she laughs as he pinched her side. — I'm gonna miss you too, but now let's go back before they noticed and before I start to cry.

They came back and acted like nothing had happened, just like the ones who noticed something was wrong. Tove tried not to think so much about anything at all, they went out to club and have a great time, so she will try to do so.

She gave her best trying to keep in the partying mood, but at the moment she left the bar and entered the cab to go home, Tove couldn't hold her tears anymore.

The next weeks was a complete mess, Tove's time was consumed by things related to her master program, she had to plan her moving, check her documents and so many more. Fortunately she had her family to help her, as they're the only ones who knows she is moving. She had planned leaving in the middle of summer, but she had to change her plans due to her friends announcement after her graduation ceremony, that they're travelling this summer to the beach. And this isn't the kind of event she can refuse to go.

So she got her things packed, both for their trip and for her moving, and just as she finished, Tove heard the bell ring. She wasn't expecting no one to show up, so she was really surprised to see Eadith at the other side of the door, and even more to see the tears in her eyes.

— Oh! Eadith, what happened? — Tove asked worried, and before she could get some answer Eadith throw herself in Tove's arms. And Tove could never deny a safe place to her.

She could feel Eadith grabing her shirt to keep her closer, and the absence of an answer made her even more worried, if it was possible.

— Hey, love, it's alright, — Tove whispered while caressing her hair, trying to make her calm. — Please, come in so you can tell me what happened.

Eadith noded and stepped back to follow Tove into her house. She led her to the couch and brought her to sit close to her. Eadith didn't say nothing on the first moment, but after a time playing with Tove's wristband, she started,

— I, I had an argument with Bresal, — Tove could feel her blood boil by only hearing his name — He got too hostile over me, and.. and he bruised me.

She motions to her wrist and Tove could see the bruise there, she had to control herself to not scare Eadith with the anger she's feeling now.

— I didn't know what do or where to go, I could only think of you so I came here.

— Eadith, you're ok now, right? I'm glad you came to me, you will always find a safe place with me, you know it? — Tove only felt Eadith noded while hugging her. — I swear if I see that turd he'll regret everything he has done in his life. No one dares to raise a finger to my pumpkin.

Eadith laughed at the silly nickname Tove had gave her years ago, when they met. —Your hair reminds me of pumpkin pies, so it's fair for you to be my pumpkin. — she said.

Tove felt relieved to achieve her goal, Eadith now is more calm and hearing that laugh made her heart warm. She could spend a lifetime hearing that laugh, seeing her girl happy makes her the happiest person. Her girl. Stop it, you fool, she's not your girl. Tove thought and regretted at the same moment.

Eadith got way more calm after spending some time with Tove, so she insisted to her to stay for the night. Eadith couldn't say no.

And when Sihtric went to talk with his sister after arriving at home and found the two cuddling while Eadith was already asleep, he didn't say anything, just smiled at Tove.

On the next day, they were all meeting to head to the airport, Tove and Osferth checking everyones documents and necessary items, as they always do before their trips, when they saw that turd, Bresal, passing by with a black eye and Eadith could only see a glimpse of a smirk on Tove's face while she continues to do her things, pretending she didn't see it.

The flight wasn't so long, and soon they arrived at their destination. The house they're staying was beautiful, close to the beach, it was perfect, except for having only a few rooms so they will all share. It wasn't a problem at all, Uhtred and Sihtric with their girlfriends got a room each, Finan and Osferth was sharing another, Tove and Eadith would also share the room and Aethelflaed was the only one to get a room only for herself. — I rented the house, so I get the room for myself. — she said.

It was okay for Tove to share a room with Eadith, nothing that they haven't done before. The real problem was that the room have just one bed. So Tove will have to share a bed with Eadith for three weeks, and she doesn't know how strong she can be, having to sleep so close to the woman she aches for. It will be a cruel summer with her.

The first nights were a bit awkward, but no one said nothing until they got used to it. A couple days have passed since they arrived, they had spent most of their days at the beach, and wandering around the small city they're staying at. Now it's evening and her friends are getting ready to go out for dinner, Tove have already decided she wasn't going with them tonight, and someone have asked her to check if Eadith is going with them.

So that's what Tove was going to do when she entered their room at the same time Eadith was leaving the bathroom, wrapped in a towel, looking for her clothes. Tove's mind was getting far from what she was supposed to do it, she could only think how she wanted to touch her pale skin, and trace her fingers the same path as water drops. She was so lost in her own mind that she didn't noticed Eadith calling her.

— Tove, everything's alright?

— Oh, yeah yeah, — she could feel her cheeks getting warm after being caught — I just came to ask if you're going out for dinner or if you're gonna stay?

— I'm gonna skip it today, I need to get a rest, 'm still too tired from the beach.

If I could do everything that I want, the last thing you would get is a rest. Tove thought. Gods, I need to stop thinking about this.

She only nodded and left, heading downstairs to tell her friends they're staying. After getting herself a quick snack, Tove went back to her room and found Eadith brushing her hair.

— Oh god, you scared the shit out of me! What are you doing here? — she asked exasperated, making Tove let out a laugh.

— I'm sorry, bae. — Tove got closer and left a kiss on the top of her head, — I didn't want to go out neither. — she said while looking for some comfortable clothes to sleep.

After a while, they were both lying in bed, Tove was trying to read but couldn't focus on other thing than Eadith turning from side to side. She left her book at the bedside table before turning to Eadith.

— Can't sleep?

— No. — she pouted her lips and Tove couldn't think of anything cuter than this.

— Come here, then. — Tove opened her arms and Eadith accepted her embrace. She felt her body tensed but as she started caressing her hair, she could felt Eadith's body relaxing.

The silence remained for a while, Tove thinking that Eadith had already slept but suddenly felt her body tensing again.

— Tove? — she asked with a low, muffled voice, as her face was pressed against Tove's neck, which made her feel shivers.

— Hmm, yeah?

— Do you remember that last party at Erik's? — now it's time for Tove's body tenses.

— I, I.. Yes, I remember.. Wh-what about?

— When you.. when you kissed me, — she moved to look at Tove's eyes. — Did you really meant to do that, or.. you were just drunk acting?

— Eadith...

— No, tell me, I need to know Tove, please.

Tove hesitated a bit before answering, — I did mean to do it.

— Then why did you pretend you didn't remember? — Eadith frowned her eyebrows.

— 'Cause.. I wanted to do it again! It was easier to pretend I didn't remember and didn't want to do it again. It was easier to try to forget than bring this up and ruin our friend-

Her words were cut off by Eadith's lips crashing against hers. Tove was too surprised to react at first, but she didn't miss a second after realizing what was happening. She had Eadith's lips against her owns again. And this time was better than the first.

Tove didn't waste more time, guiding her hands through Eadith's body until it reaches her waist, pulling her even closer. She let out a soft moan when Eadith pulled her hair, making her smile against Tove's lips, happy to cause that reaction on her.

Tove's hands found the way under Eadith's shirt, the contrast between her cold fingers and the warm skin made the ginger gasp, which opened the way for her tongue between Eadith's lips, deepening the kiss even more. Tove could die on her lips and she wouldn't care, she desire this for so long.

She grasps all flesh she can reach, not wanting to let it go, she wants to live this forever, nothing seems to be enough. She can't get enough of Eadith. It was all so new, the shape of her body. Making out with a woman it was definitely better than she imagined. She needs to have her at least once in her lifetime, before she goes.

— Love, you don't need to rush, we have the whole summer, hmm. — Eadith says after breaking the kiss, her fingers now caressing Tove's face.

And Tove didn't have the courage to tell Eadith they didn't. She didn't have the courage to end what had started now.

So she just muttered in agree, letting go.

The next day, Tove is awakened by the sunlight hitting her face, making her grumble. She misses the feeling of Eadith's body pressed against hers so she quickly get up, which cause Eadith to laugh from the other side of the room.

— Calm down, love, I didn't go anywhere, — she says climbing one the bed coming closer to Tove, giving her a soft kiss. — Good morning. — she whisper to her, putting her hair behind her ear.

Tove turns her face to kiss Eadith's hand, — Morning.. — she muttered against her palm. — I missed you next to me, it was sooo comfortable. — Tove's voice was a bit hoarse from the sleep, and that made Eadith feel something, definitely.

— I wish we could stay like this but you need to get up, Finan came to say we're going to another beach today, which is far so we need to leave earlier.

— Just more five minutes, please.. — she asks, snuggling in Eadith.

— It's tempting, you know, but we really need to get ready. — she says and leaves the bed again. — And if you don't get up, you won't be sleeping with me tonight.

It was comical the way Tove got up so quickly.

They didn't tell anyone what was happening between them. They use to be this close since always, so it wasn't awkward to see Tove and Eadith holding hands, cuddling, living in their own world. But Sihtric noticed it was something more, and he was sure something was happening when he saw the love bites. And Sihtric knows his sister well enough to know she didn't said anything about leaving.

One night they were all at the house deck, chatting, drinking, playing some card games until it was very late and one by one started to retire to their rooms, only lefting Eadith, Tove and Sihtric. The ginger one whispered to Tove she'll be waiting her and said good night to Sihtric before leaving. Tove blew a kiss to her and was smiling at the direction she went, until she heard Sihtric calling her.

— So, what's up between you two?

— Hm, what d'you mean?

— C'mon, I'm not blind, are you two finally together? How did that happened?

Tove sighed, knowing she couldn't hide anything from her brother even if she tried.

— It just happened. We didn't talk about what we are, we just enjoying each other, it's summer after all.

— So, you did tell her you're leaving, right?

— I didn't..

— Tove, you- — Sihtric started but Tove cut him off.

— Don't say it, I know I'm being stupid, but I can't tell her, I cannot not have this with her, at least for now. — Sihtric was trying to say something, and Tove didn't let him. — I'm a coward, I know and I don't need you saying this and how wrong I am. — Tove didn't noticed the tears coming to her eyes and starting to fall. — I just.. I have longed this so much, I need to have this with her even if it's going to end soon, but I can't leave without it.

Sihtric came closer and held her, wiping her tears. He waited until she calm down to say something.

— I won't say what you want to hear, because I care for you and I want you to do the right thing. And I also care for Eadith, so I can't let you carry on with this and not tell you to talk with her. I know you won't gave up moving, it's your dream after all, and she would never ask you to do so. So please, tell her, I know she will understand. Tell her before it's too late and you hurt both of you.

Tove didn't tell her.

She couldn't tell her when she entered the room and saw Eadith in a tiny purple matching underwear, waiting for her in their bed.

The only things to leave Tove's lips that night was praisings and soft moans.

She was longing for Eadith, but she wasn't rough on her. Tove loved her on the most pure and passionate way, lustful though. She needed to let Eadith know how much she loves her through her acts.

Every single touch, kiss, bite, was full of Tove's passion for her. Tove could only hope Eadith would get it everytime Tove looks up grinning like a devil after bringing her to the edge, she hoped Eadith would get how much she worshiped her.

Time just flew by and the last week came. They're a few days away from going home so Tove decided to spend more time with Eadith alone. The redhead was almost sleeping after returning from the beach when Tove called her, telling to get ready.

Half an hour later, they're finally arriving at their destination.

— It's a date then, uh? — Eadith said after many times trying to know where they're going.

— Oh, shut up! — Tove said playfully, intertwining their hands again to lead her on the rocky way.

— It's so cliche of you taking me to a date on a secret place, you know that, right?

Tove stopped and turned back to her, her hands now cupping Eadith cheeks, which turned red after Tove looks at her with such intensity, she leaned on her, their lips now brushing against each other. — I know.. — she whispered and gave in, kissing Eadith deep. Tove will miss that so much.

They only broke the kiss when breathing was needed, the two girls panting heavily after an intense kiss. If Eadith's cheeks were already red, now they're even more.

It was only then that Eadith noticed where Tove had take her. They were at a viewpoint at the rocks of the beach, the sun was now setting and they had a privilege view of it, which made the place even prettier. But still, for Tove, the most beautiful thing to see there is Eadith. Her hair and skin were glowing against the sunlight, her eyes shining, completly enchanted by the view, and Tove completely enchanted by her.

— I found it earlier this morning when I went out, I thought you'd like to see. — Tove said only loud enough for Eadith to hear, not wanting to break the atmosphere.

— Oh, I loved it, It's so pretty. — Eadith answered, still focused on the view.

— Yes, so pretty... — Tove let out a little laugh, taking Eadith's hand in hers again, bringing it to her lips and leaving soft kisses all over it.

Tove led her to a bench there, bringing Eadith to sat on her lap, rounding her waist and resting on the crook of her neck. They just sat there for a moment, the quietness only being broke by the sound of the waves and the gasps and soft moans as they kiss. After breaking the kiss, they just stayed there in silence, their foreheads resting against each other, their breaths becoming just one.

— Tove, I think I- — The brunette shut her up by kissing her. She knew what Eadith was about to say, and she couldn't let her do it.

— There's no need of words, babe. — she whispered and Eadith just nodded and kissed her again.

Tove wish she could say it, and hear Eadith saying it, but she just couldn't. Not when she's about to leave.

When the day came, Tove gave her best to hold the tears when she look at their room and the beach for the last time. She was too quiet on the way to the airport and Eadith noticed it, and tried to cheer her up, — The summer is not over yet. — she said. But it is over to Tove, the moment she gets off that plane it is over.

While in the flight back to home, Tove decided to enjoy these last hours with Eadith, with too many kisses and sweet words, which made Finan change seats with Osferth, saying he couldn't stand one more minute with 'these two love birds', making them laugh.

And too soon, the time has come. As soon as they landed, they took their baggages and headed to the arrival gate to meet Ragnar and Brida, who were to be their ride to home, but they were all surprised when they met not only Ragnar and Brida, but also Tove and Sihtric's parents.

They all greeted each other and was talking about how the flight was, until Aethelflaed noticed the amount of baggage next to Tove's parents.

— Wait, are you going to travel again? — she asked looking between Tove and Sihtric.

— No, not them. I am, actually. — Tove answered starting to feeling nervous.

— What? To where? — Finan asked confused.

Tove could feel her hands shaking before she answer. — A University in Denmark accepted me in a master program, so.. I'm moving.

— Why you didn't tell us such good news? — It was time for Osferth to ask and he came to give her a hug, congratulating her.

— Yeah, and why didn't you tell us you were going today? — Uhtred questioned.

— I didn't want to ruin the trip mood making it a farewell trip. I know you will miss me, but don't worry, I'll be back and you won't even notice I was gone. — Everyone laughed at her coment and they all started to say goodbye, wishing her good luck on this new journey.

The only one who didn't make a move was Eadith, she was still shocked at the news, not even knowing how to act. She waited everyone talk with Tove before approaching her.

— Tove, hmm, can we talk? In private? — she asked with a low voice, uncertain of what to say.

— Oh.. Sure, yeah, let's.. Let's get a coffee. — Tove felt like she was freaking out. She was regretting so much not telling her she was leaving.

When they left, Tove could feel the gaze of all her friends, the atmosphere was now heavy and they sensed it.

They went to one of the millions cafeterias at the airport, Tove got a black coffee for her and Eadith's favourite tea before they went to a table.

Tove was about to say something when Eadith started, — So that's it, you're leaving?

— I have to.

— After all these weeks, you didn't think about telling me that it would be over as soon as we came back?

— Look, Eadith- — Tove's words were cut off by Eadith.

— No, after all these nights we spent together and now you're just leaving? Did I mean nothing to you? Did that night mean nothing to you? I gave myself to you and now what?

— Babe, please, hear me. — Tove took Eadith's hands in hers but she pulled it back.

— Don't call me that.. — Tove's heart broke even more after hearing that, she could feel how Eadith was broken because of her.

— I'm sorry, I know I should have told you, look, I tried to but I couldn't. You mean everything to me, every night we spent together mean everything to me. But I just couldn't leave without knowing what it is to be with you. I know I'm stupid and a coward, I swear I know, — Tove had to stop to breath and she noticed the tears were falling down her face, — Believe me, I hate myself for hurting you, but after having a glimpse of what it is to be with you, I couldn't stop, 'cause I'm so fucking in love with you that I wouldn't stand leave without have even kissed you again.

— I was afraid of telling you because I was afraid of loosing you. I need to go but I also need you, and this isn't the kind of thing I can choose between. Now I see I chose the worst way to go and not only lose you, I hurt you, so I'm sorry.

— I would never ask you to leave your dreams behind, Tove, you know that. I wouldn't want to choose me over your dream, you didn't need to choose between one or another, you could have it all. — She got up from her seat and approached Tove. — But I'm afraid you can't have it anymore. Farewell, love, enjoy your time there, I know you'll do your best. — Eadith left a last kiss on her forehead before she walked away.

And Tove? She stayed there for a while, tears still falling, too many eyes on her, before she decided it was time to go. So she left, she said goodbye to her friends and family one more time and boarded to Denmark.

#ems500 #eadith x oc #eadith x reader #modern eadith #modern tlk #the last kingdom #the last kingdom x oc #tove kjartandottir

[sihtricfedaraaahvicius]

The Dating Game

Note: surprise. I said I wasn't going to post or even write a fic at all today, but this came to me after a nap and I wrote it within a few hours. soooo... this is just a silly little fic that I hope will entertain you.

Warnings: fluff/lightly suggestive.

pairing: Modern!Sihtric x you (f) (slight hint of reader x Modern!Osferth)

summary: Sihtric and Osferth both wanted to win you over by the end of the night.

wordcount: 3k

Masterlist

You friends Gisela and Eadith couldn't stand the sight of you being miserable anymore. It had been over six months since your last relationship ended, and they felt it was time for you to go out and have fun again. You had been hesitant at first, but soon realised they were right and you agreed to tag along. They made movie reservations and promised there would be cute guys, but you didn't really care about any of that right now, you just wanted a fun night. You only knew Uhtred, as he was Gisela's boyfriend, and you had only heard of the other guys by their names; Finan, Sihtric and Osferth. The plan was to meet up at a pub, play some pool and then go and see the latest horror movie all together. 

You were the last to arrive at the agreed spot, and your friends quickly introduced you to the guys you didn't know yet. Osferth, a cute blond guy, shyly smiled and shook hands with you and you noticed he kept staring at you the whole time after. Finan was dark haired and muscular, he spoke with an Irish accent and gave you a bear hug. He was handsome and friendly, but you could tell he was more interested in Eadith and you couldn't blame him for that. Then there was Sihtric, who had duo-coloured eyes and a haircut that was half shaved off. You weren't sure if you thought he was attractive or incredibly intimidating, but he gave you a tight hug and let his hand linger on your waist when you both pulled back. You felt yourself blush and were happy that Uhtred soon drew everyone's attention when he announced he'd pay for the first round of drinks.

'Did you bring your own wallet?' Gisela asked.

'Of course!' Uhtred smiled, but he later found out that he had in fact not brought his wallet, and Gisela had to pay for it.

The pub was rather quiet and there were several pool tables free to play at. While you enjoyed a drink with Sihtric, Osferth had been trying to gather the courage to ask you to compete against him for the past twenty minutes, but he found it hard to get your attention as Sihtric had never left your side since you were introduced. You didn't mind Sihtric's company, because he turned out to be soft spoken, sweet and funny. Osferth took a step towards you and then back again, and he kept that going for at least five more minutes. Then, when he finally walked up to you and opened his mouth to speak, Sihtric beat him to the question.

'Want to play some pool?' the Dane asked you.

You happily agreed and Sihtric took your hand, walking you to the pool table, much to Osferth's disappointment and he was left with no partner to play with. While Sihtric prepared the table, Osferth saw another chance, and he came up to you as you stood at the side.

'Can I maybe join you guys?' he asked.

Sihtric gave Osferth a hard stare, meaning no, but you felt bad for the shy boy and told him that it was okay. Before the game could begin, you were pulled to the bathroom by your girlfriends to ask you if you were enjoying yourself and if you enjoyed the company.

'I think Sihtric and Osferth like you,' Gisela said as you all checked your hair and make-up in the mirror.

'Really?' you frowned, 'I'm not sure…'

'They totally do,' Eadith grinned, 'Sihtric can't keep his eyes off you, and I haven't seen him smile like that since forever.'

'And Osferth has been gathering all his courage to talk to you,' Gisela chuckled.

While your friends tried to peak your interest in the guys in front of the bathroom mirror, Sihtric walked over to Osferth while holding a cue stick.

'What are you doing?' Sihtric asked and leaned on the stick, towering over Osferth.

'What do you mean?' Osferth asked innocently.

'Dude, you're being a cockblock.'

'What? I'm not-'

'Yes, you are,' Sihtric clicked his tongue, 'why can't you play pool with the others?'

'Because Uhtred gets annoyed when he loses and Finan cheats.'

Sihtric knew Osferth had a valid point, but he still wasn't happy about him joining.

'Fine,' Sihtric eventually said, and he looked at Osferth for a moment, 'do you like her?'

'Who?'

'The new girl,' Sihtric rolled his eyes.

'Oh,' Osferth's cheeks turned bright red, 'I… I don't know, m-maybe, I- I guess- why?'

'Just asking,' Sihtric said, and he cursed under his breath as he walked back to the other side of the table.

And Osferth smiled, because he was very aware of what he was doing, and he wasn't planning on letting Sihtric win this easily.

Not much later you returned with your friends, and while Eadith and Gisela went back to their own pool partners, the game officially began for Sihtric and Osferth. But their goal was not to win pool, it was to win your heart by the end of the night. And poor Osferth didn't know it yet, but he didn't stand a chance. You thought he was cute, but he wasn't your type, and you just wanted to include him because he was adorable and you wanted everyone to have a fun night. Sihtric was pretty decent at pool, while you and Osferth sucked at it. Sihtric saw the opportunity to teach you some tricks, and so he gladly did while Osferth couldn't do anything other than watch how the Dane got close to you. It was a classic trick in the flirting book; Sihtric stood behind you and helped you to take on a better position, and then he showed you how to hold the cue stick properly while your hands and bodies touched. Osferth gritted his teeth as he watched the scene unfold and he crossed his arms, annoyed. While Sihtric helped you out, he looked up at Osferth and grinned proudly. When it was Osferth's turn again, Sihtric walked past him and slapped his shoulder, hard, 'One-nil,' he said and winked.

You were oblivious to their rivalry, but then you really only had eyes for Sihtric anyway. After a few rounds of playing pool you went to get yourself a drink at the bar. Sihtric was quick to follow you, after he had shoved Osferth back who wanted to attempt that same thing, and he snuck up behind you. He wrapped his arms around your waist and lifted you up, making you squeal lightly in his arms while Osferth could only stand back and watch, again. You giggled when Sihtric put you back down on your feet, and he kept one arm around you as he stood next to you. He leaned on the bar and looked at you, completely smitten, and you knew you had the exact same look on your face. You had never met a guy as breathtaking as him before and you were going to take your chances with him, even if maybe he was only looking for a fling; you were single and looking for a good time.

Sihtric bought you a drink and you both walked back to the pool tables, but you stopped just before the short stairs that led down to the table's floor, and you both decided to have your drinks at a high table that looked out over your friends and the games they played. At first you and Sihtric stood on opposite sides of the table as you had some small talk, but he smoothly moved closer and circled his arm around your waist again after a little while. He pulled you in and it felt almost natural to place one hand on his waist while you nervously played with the straw in your drink that was on the table with your free hand.

'Hey,' Sihtric said and leaned in closer, his warm voice made you melt instantly, 'you okay?'

'Yeah,' you mumbled and smiled shyly.

'Yeah?' he murmured and pulled you flush against him, 'you okay with me?'

'Mhm,' you hummed with reddened cheeks.

Your hand snuck around his waist and under his zipped hoodie, while Sihtric swayed you lightly and he chuckled.

'Yeah?' he asked again, 'you don't mind me? Don't mind this?' he asked, his lips grazing your temple as he spoke.

'I don't mind it,' you smiled, clearly even more shy.

You tried to look away from Sihtric, but he followed you with his eyes and he smiled.

'Oh, don't be shy with me,' he purred and bit down on his lip, then circled his other arm around you as well and almost leaned his forehead against yours.

'Yeah, well,' you mumbled and laughed softly while butterflies rushed through your stomach.

You felt safe and comfortable in his strong arms, and he smelled nice too. Sihtric was more affectionate than anyone you'd ever been with before, but you enjoyed his harmless clingy nature.

He trailed his hands slowly up and down your sides, his mismatched eyes still fixated on you while you looked up at him. The tension grew, and you both slowly leaned in closer until you almost kissed. But just before your lips touched you were both pulled out of your little love bubble when Osferth suddenly cleared his throat next to you. Sihtric looked at his friend, annoyed, and Osferth smiled sheepishly.

'If you guys could finish your drinks,' Osferth said, 'then we can go to the movie theatre.'

'Oh,' you said, a little disappointed by the buzz kill, 'eh, yeah, sure.'

Sihtric only glared at Osferth without saying a word, and you both finished your drinks soon after. Sihtric took out his phone after he had put on his jacket and he suddenly felt nervous when he wanted to ask for your number. He noticed you looked over at him while you grabbed your own coat, and he pretended to be very busy on his phone as he tried to calm his heartbeat. You couldn't help but smile, and your friends hadn't been blind to the chemistry between you and the pretty Danish boy.

'Do you like him?' Gisela asked.

'You don't mind him being all over you?' Eadith asked, 'because that's just how he is.'

'If he's too much you can just tell him,' Gisela added.

'Girls, calm down,' you rolled your eyes, 'everything is fine.'

'More than fine it seems,' Eadith grinned and nudged your elbow.

'Stop it,' you hissed, but your smile betrayed your feelings to your friends.

'He's sweet, just not the brightest,' Eadith then snorted.

'What?' you laughed, 'what do you mean?'

'Well,' Eadith began, but she was hushed by your other friend.

Gisela saw Sihtric walk over and she quickly pulled Eadith with her, away from you, but staying close enough to eavesdrop.

'So,' Sihtric began and cleared his throat, 'eh, would you… I mean, is it okay if like… I… can I have your number?'

You smiled and told him it was okay, and he began to search for his phone. You waited for him to get his phone and watched him search his pockets, but then you noticed he held his phone in his hand already.

'Hold on,' Sihtric chuckled, 'I misplaced my phone,' he mumbled as he searched the inside pockets of his jacket.

'Eh,' you laughed, 'I… think you're holding it?'

'What?'

'You're holding it.'

'Where?' Sihtric frowned, then looked down at his hand, 'oh,' he said, then laughed and shook his head, 'sorry.'

So he was not the brightest indeed, but he was still cute. You gave him your number and your friends gave you a proud smile when you looked at them as you all headed out of the pub. Osferth sulked behind you and Sihtric, and he sighed when he saw the Dane smoothly intertwine his fingers with yours as you crossed the street, and he looked back over his shoulder to mouth 'Two-nil,' to Osferth. You looked up at Sihtric and smiled, after which he let go of your hand and wrapped his arm around your shoulders. You strolled through the city, to the movie theatre, while you and Sihtric continued to chat and got to know a little more about each other.

'Are you excited for the movie?' Sihtric asked as you approached the theatre.

'Not really,' you confessed, to which he laughed.

'You don't like horror?'

'I'm okay with it, just not on the big screen.'

'Scared easily?'

'Yep,' you chuckled.

'Well,' Sihtric shrugged, 'I heard they reserved tickets for the lounge chairs.'

'Lounge chairs?'

'Yeah, you know, I think they're actually called loveseats. It's basically a small couch. So,' he smiled, 'if you get scared you can always hide in my arms,' he winked.

'I might just do that,' you smiled shyly again, and Sihtric was being a gentleman by holding the entrance door open for you.

Osferth was still behind you, and Sihtric was fast to let go of the door so it almost hit Osferth in the face. And Sihtric looked back over his shoulder as he held your hand again, and he mouthed 'Three-nil,' to Osferth with a grin, who huffed in reply.

Osferth finally saw his chance with you. Sihtric and Uhtred were talking while you and the girls got into a conversation too, and you all walked up to your seats. Gisela was going to sit with Uhtred, everyone knew that, and Eadith sat down next to Finan. As Uhtred excused himself to move past you and the others, to Gisela, you sat down on an empty loveseat and Osferth was quick to sit next to you while you tucked your coat under the seat.

'Oh,' you said, softly, surprised to see that it was not Sihtric who had sat down next to you.

You looked up at Sihtric, who had his jaw clenched and glared at Osferth, Osferth was smirking next to you and held up one finger to him, 'Three-one,' he mouthed. You and Sihtric exchanged eye contact and you shrugged lightly, not knowing how to politely ask Osferth to move without making him feel bad. Sihtric sighed and moved past you, to the last empty seat and he sat down. He looked at Osferth again, who sat on his side, and if looks could kill then Osferth would've been smited right there. You awkwardly sat next to Osferth and you texted Sihtric.

You: sorry, he just sat down :( 

You looked at Sihtric as he read your text, then he looked up at you and shrugged with a smile.

Sihtric: not your fault darling, it's okay…

You: but what if the movie is scary????

Sihtric: oh, I heard it's very scary ;)

Sihtric: I'm afraid you'll have to cuddle up with Osferth

Sihtric watched you read his message, and laughed when he saw you make a face. You grimaced and looked at Sihtric, who laughed and shrugged again. You tried to come up with a way to make Osferth swap seats with Sihtric, but Osferth was only interested in making conversation with you.

'So,' Osferth said, 'do you like horror movies?'

'Not really,' you said.

'Oh, me neither,' Osferth smiled, 'I get scared easily.'

'Oh,' you chuckled awkwardly and swallowed hard.

You looked over at Sihtric, who was laughing as he pulled the neck of his zipped hoodie half over his face to cover up his amusement. He then looked at you and cocked his head, gesturing you to come over and sit with him. You contemplated your options, and then had an idea to make it less painful for Osferth. You scrolled through social media, and when you saw a random meme you held your phone up towards Sihtric.

'Have you seen this one already?' you asked.

Sihtric leaned in and squinted his eyes, knowing what you were trying to do, and he fought a smile.

'I can't see what it says from here,' he said.

'Oh, hold on,' you said and got up, 'I just gotta show him this one photo,' you told Osferth, who said it was okay and didn't think much of it.

But then he saw you sit down next to Sihtric, who immediately wrapped his arm around you and pulled you against his side as he looked at your phone.

'Smooth,' Sihtric chuckled in your ear.

And while you locked your phone and cuddled up even closer, Sihtric looked over to Osferth, who looked bamboozled and slightly annoyed.

'Four-one,' Sihtric mouthed.

Osferth sighed, annoyed once again, and he mouthed, 'Fuck y-', but then the lights went out as the movie was about to start, and he watched the entire movie with a straight face and his arms crossed.

You and Sihtric got cosy, and it didn't take long before the suspense of the movie became too much, and you buried your face in his chest. Sihtric smiled and wrapped both arms around you. Your friends were all captivated by the movie as it went on, except for Osferth, but he refused to watch you and Sihtric all cuddled up. Sihtric lightly stroked your side with his thumb, and when you looked away from the big screen again as the movie showed too much gore for your liking, he smoothly lifted your chin with his fingers and softly nuzzled your nose. You both smiled while the blood splashed on screen, and then he cupped your cheek. Sihtric pecked your lips lightly at first, carefully seeking out how far you wanted to take it, but his light pecks slowly turned into firmer kisses, and you soon french kissed until you both ran out of breath. 

Your friends had all been oblivious to the fact that you and Sihtric were busy sticking your tongues down each other's throats and feeling each other up through your clothes, and he settled his hands on your buttocks after you had pulled your legs up to the couch.

'Cheeky lady,' Sihtric whispered, smiling, when you teasingly rubbed your hand over his bulge and he squeezed your ass, 'maybe we should finish this back at my place?' he said, 'or yours?'

'You want to wait that long?' you teased.

'Well, no,' he chuckled, 'what do you have in mind then?'

'The toilets are quite big here,' you whispered in his ear, and you looked at him to see him bite down a sly smile.

'Lead the way,' he winked.

You held Sihtric's hand as you got up and walked past Osferth, quietly leaving the theatre room to have some fun together in a locked toilet stall, and Osferth gave up when he realised why you two were sneaking out of the movie. He huffed and rolled his eyes at Sihtric, who smiled and mouthed, 'Game over.'

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[morosemagick]

Snap for Help | A Finan x Eadith, Sci-fi Modern AU

Set in the far future, S.N.A.P is a new line of specialty wear used for communication that's starting to replace the basics cellphones. A bracelet or band is worn that you can snap against your wrist, and you will be linked to a case worker assigned only to you for help. Dr. Eadith Blackley is an astronaut who is currently home on bereavement while her team makes course for a planet currently named Valhalla. She is set to join them on their trip in the next cycle, once they have made it planet side. While visiting the home of one of her crewmates, "Father" Beocca Hart's, wife Thyra suddenly falls into a coma. Thyra was her husband's S.N.A.P. buddy, and was on a call with him when something happened to him which may or may not have caused by her S.N.A.P. hardware. Scared for her team, and equipped with her own S.N.A.P. Buddy, Finan Rowley, Eadith must find out what happened to the Crew of The Bebbanburg, and fast.

#the last kingdom #tlk #finan #eadith #finan the agile #tlk finan #tlk eadith #modern au #fanfic #finan x eadith #mcloveproductions

[nanahachikyuu]

Fics

just tell me if it's love and I'm going // Hvitserk x Reader

Summary: exchanging your warm country for the freezing Kattegat winter was worth it if it meant lazy mornings with Hvitserk for the rest of your life.

On AO3

green tea & honey // Modern!Hvitserk x Reader

Summary: Sunday was your favourite day of the week, especially because it was reserved for you and Hvitserk only, even when he was set on a mission to provoke you.

On AO3

van gogh's sunflowers // Modern!Hvitserk x Reader

Summary: your long-time friend, Freydis, calls you to vent about her relationship with her boyfriend Ivar, and your brother-in-law, no less. Not wanting to intrude, but still wishing to help your dearest friend, you talk about your relationship with Hvitserk, and all the moments that make you certain he is the only one for you.

On AO3

good morning // Modern!Hvitserk x Reader

Summary: Hvitserk had a hell of a week, but unfortunately not in a good way. He just thanked the gods for gifting him with his own harbour of peace.

On AO3

five-star hotel // Modern!Ivar x Reader (part one, part two)

Summary: sometimes, love results in heartbreak. That’s just life, and there was nothing she could do about it. But what if the reason for her anguish was also the very same one that brought her so much bliss?

On AO3

Playlist

Edits

Ivar The Boneless

Let those who do not understand me fear me. Let those who understand me fear themselves.

Stone Cold - Modern!Ivar x Reader

I was your amber, but now she's your shade of gold.

Hvitserk

You will accomplish what others before you have failed to accomplish, but the cost will be too high.

Modern!Hvitserk x Reader

you have spent enough nights with his manhood curled inside your legs to forget what loneliness feels like.

The Ragnarssons x Brazilian Carnival

And for the space of an instance. After all, there's nothing but the blue sky.

The Ragnarssons x Game of Thrones

If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.

Hvitserk x Thora

When you come back we should get married. We will have lots of children.

Hvitserk - Colors

I hope you make it to the day you are 28 years old.

Playlists

Loving my comfort character - Ivar the Boneless

Can't get past the taste of your lips, don't wanna let you ot of my head.

Fics

love me at my worst // Finan x Reader

Summary: when Finan wakes up from a nightmare you’re there to bring him back.

On AO3

the one where finan can't flirt // Finan x Reader

Summary: your shifts at the local pub are never boring when the Rumcofa squad is around.

On AO3

Edits

Neptune - Finan x Eadith

I wanna love you but I don't know how.

Lullabye - Dad!Finan

You'll always be a part of me.

Where we start - Modern!Stiorra x Sigtryggr

And is it hard to see me go?

Maybe, I'm afraid - Modern!Edward x Reader

And maybe that's just fine as long as you're here in my arms.

Moment in the sun - Modern!Edward x Reader

Everything I've dreamed about is coming on. Trade it for a moment in the sun with you.

Hild

I would like you to teach me how to fight, sword-craft.

Playlists

Falling for my comfort character - Finan

And I need you to know that we're falling so fast, falling like the stars.

Edits

Slytherins aren't evil

She glared around at them all, tear tracks still etched on her beautiful face, silently daring any of them to contradict her. Nobody did.

Fred Weasley x Slytherin!Reader

Your eyes hold everything my soul thirsts for.

Dad!Fred Weasley x Reader

Sometimes home can be another person.

Edits

Grace x Logan

I think I might be falling in love with her.

Taylor x Conor

You’re ridiculously attractive, Taylor. Don’t spend any more time believing otherwise.

Updated on September 10th, 2023.

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[lauwrite1225]

Masterlist

Ao3 account

FINAN

Finan x Reader Masterlist

Someone to stay serie - Finan x OC

Body and Soul (32/32)

To Build a Home (8/?)

5 times Finan tried to do something by himself and failed + 1 time he suceeded (OS)

Broken Crown - Finan x OC (30/?)

Somebody to die for - Finan x OC (16/20)

FINAN X INGRITH

Little Devils (Drabble)

Distracting sight (Drabble)

can I be close to you?

Love isn't random, we are chosen

Love bites (Drabble)

SIHTRIC

Sleepless Night || Dad!Sihtric x Reader

OSFERTH

Late Night Idea || Modern!Osferth x Reader

OTHERS

Fide [Loyalty] - Finan x Aldhelm

Splendide mendax - Aldhelm x Eadith

Oh, your love is sunlight - Finan x Book!Lover

#the last kingdom #masterlist #yeah i did a new one WAY simpler #i might update it soon if i forgot something

[solinarimoon]

A Sweet Treat

A modern AU Finan/Eadith one shot - for the lovely @lauwrite1225 - Happy Secret Santa dear! I hope you enjoy this piece.  It’s only loosely related to the holidays and more related to birthdays and sweet Finan.

Word Count: 2,534

Warnings: Mentions of sibling rifts/family strife, a few curse words

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Tagging: @lauwrite1225 @emilyhufflepufftlk @morosemagick @93xdiagonxalley

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“Gah, damn piece of shite,” Finan shouted, dropping the fryer basket and stepping away from the counter.  He raised his hand up to his face and looked at it before sticking the back of a knuckle into his mouth, attempting to cool the burn from the oil.

Stifled laughter caused him to glance across the kitchen.  The rest of the guys sat at the table, beers in hand and failing to avoid each other's glances while trying not to laugh.

“You shut it over there, the lot of ya.”  Finan retorted as he turned back to figure out where to best pick up in his process.

Seeing their friend’s frustration rise only fueled the laughter from the table more.  Uhtred clapped his hand down on the table while letting out a loud guffaw, joined in by Sihtric.  Once the laughter settled down some, Osferth leaned forward peeling the label off the bottle of beer he was nursing.  

“Tell us again why you’re making donuts, Finan,” he asked, good-naturedly.

“Because, Osferth,” Finan replied with a huff, “I need to do something special for Eadith.  It’s her birthday.” The youngest of the group nodded his head in understanding, folding his arms and leaning back in his chair.  Though he was still finding humor in his friend’s distress, Osferth’s demeanour as usual was more subdued.  A contrast to the raucous and boisterous nature of Uhtred and Sihtric. Both men still chuckling at Finan and the state of his kitchen.

Sihtric rose from his seat and tossed the empty bottle of beer into the recycling bin before walking over to his friend, clapping him on the back.  Specks of flour and sugar littered the counters in the small kitchen of the flat Finan shared with Eadith.  Sihtric’s eyes roamed the mess, taking it all in.  Egg shells on the floor, clearly having just missed the trash can.  Dirty mixing bowls next to the sink and piping bags scattered around the place.  The thermometer dropped on the counter next to the saucepan of frying oil on the stovetop.

“Eadith loves donuts just as much as you do, Finan.  But why not just buy some of her favorites from the shop around the corner?”  Finan cast a sidelong glance at his friend before turning around to rest his back against the counter, crossing his arms in a huff.  “I’m sure home-made donuts are a lovely gesture, but,” Sihtric glanced around, “Eadith will likely not appreciate the state of her kitchen.”

“Aye, you’re right on that count,” Finan agreed dejectedly.  He signed, running his hand through his hair and resting it along the nape of his neck before he continued.  “Just having your birthday around the holidays means she sometimes gets glossed over.  And you know her, she doesn’t complain about it, but I wanted to do something special.  Something just for her.”

“Where is Eadith, anyhow?” Uhtred interjected, leaning back in his chair and kicking a leg out comfortably.  “I thought the shop was closed for a few days for the holidays.”

Finan sighed again and nodded before tilting his head back to stare at the ceiling.  A look of frustration and annoyance crossed his face. “I forgot to mention it.  You won’t believe who popped back into our lives last week.”

Uhtred slid his attention over to Sihtric, a questioning look on his face.  Sihtric raised his shoulders in an equally bewildered fashion.  Looking back to Finan, Uhtred stared for a few more seconds, meeting Finan’s eye.

“Her brother,” Finan revealed, the words falling from his mouth, stale and tired.

Uhtred’s eyebrows shot up while Sihtric’s mouth dropped open.  

Osferth squeaked, choking on his beer,” Her broth,” he cut himself off clearing his throat, “you mean Eardwulf?  That brother?”

“Her only one,” Finan answered, his voice full of frustration.  

There was a pregnant silence in the room for a heartbeat, before Uhtred broke the tension by clearing his throat and shuffling his feet underneath the table.

“I thought they weren’t on speaking terms?”

Finan’s eyebrows rose and he sucked his teeth, turning to give Sihtric a glance at the question.

“Aye they weren’t.  Was a surprise to her when his text popped up on her phone,” Finan shrugged his shoulders and rubbed a hand across his tired face.  

It only took a few bits of back and forth responses before Eadith and Finan got down to the true nature of Eardwulf reaching out after so long with no contact.  He needed money to pay off debts.  Debts he’d accrued through his scheming and cloyering attempts to ingratiate himself with wrong people.  The man was always looking to garner power or influence, but was never able to find a way to reach it without major downfalls, either for himself or for those who loved him.

“So what did the worm want?” Sihtric asked, reaching into the fridge for another beer.

“Money.  He needs money.  Typical.” Finan replied, holding out his hand with a gesture for Sihtric to pass him a beer too.

“Yeah, no real surprise there,” Uhtred murmured.  Sihtric took the few steps back to Finan’s side from the fridge holding out the beer for his friend, casting a glance towards the table while Uhtred continued, “But tell me Eadith isn’t giving him any.  She’s smart.  I thought she was done with his shit.”

“Oh she is most definitely not giving him anything.  We both agreed it needs to stop.  She’s basically going to see him to tell him to cut his shit and leave her alone.  For good this time.”

Uhtred grinned, “Ah, good.  Good for her.  And for you and her, both.”  But Finan’s face remained tight with annoyance.  

“But,” Osferth piped up, soft and caring, “that still must be difficult for her. To cut off a relationship with family.”

Sighing, Finan sipped his beer. Then he tilted the bottle towards Osferth with a sluggish grin coming to his face, “aye, Os, aye it is. She’s been down in the dumps over it. Which is exactly why I want to make my girlfriend some damn donuts,” Finan turned to Sihtric pointing his beer at him, “from scratch.  I want to bring a smile back to her face.  And so help me God, I will do it.”

Finan turned his attention back to the table, addressing all three of his friends, with a good natured if not tired smile, “so are you going to help me now or just drink all of our beer?”

A chorus of support sounded from the table. Sihtric clapped Finan on the back again, a comfortable and brotherly gesture well known to the pair. “Of course we will help,” he replied kindly, “but we’re also going to keep drinking your beer!”

This earned a robust laughy from all the men, Finan included. At once, they were back to figuring out the proper technique for homemade donuts. Battering, frying, and decorating. While making a monstrous mess of Eadith’s kitchen. 

~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 hours later ~~~~~~~~~~~

Eadith let a long slow breath escape her lips as she reached her front door. Slipping the key into the lock, she stopped, letting her forehead fall against the wooden frame.  Quietly, she stood a few moments collecting herself.  Her sullen mood had clouded the past few days in their home.  And the holidays were meant to be joyous.  It added to her frustration with Eardwulf that he had chosen this time of year, of all the other times.  It had to be the holidays.  And her birthday.  She was moving on with her life.  She had begun living for herself and finding her own happiness and life with Finan.  Working in the small boutique, earning her own money and settling into her own independence had done nothing but lift Eadith up as a person.  But Eardwulf, the man-child who was her brother, chose now to waltz back into her life.  Eadith knew she had done the right thing.  That she was choosing herself for once.  Her own well-being and happiness.  But that didn’t mean that it hurt less.  

The look on her brother’s face when she told him he wasn’t getting anything from her.  When she told him she wanted him out of her life, for good.  Perhaps it would have hurt more if he had reacted differently.  If he had seemed…. Hurt or remorseful.  Sad to lose his only family.

But that was not his way.  It never had been.  He was always full of anger.  Rage.  Even as a child, his first reaction to anything he disliked was always one of anger.  So it was not surprising when, instead of tears and apologies and regret over hurting his only family left alive, he spat words of contempt in her face.  Words meant to wound and break her.  

It was his eyes that had been the breaking point.  Eadith had tried to see beyond the anger to find an ounce of pain.  But he was only anger and heat.  It was when she had noticed that lack of remorse, that she had stood to leave the cafe.  

They had sat at a small table outside, away from the door.  Steam from their coffees rose through the chill evening air mixing with the puffs of cloud from their breath.  She had said her piece.  Made her wishes known.  And she had watched as he boiled over.  And his eyes remained full of contempt.  

He had continued to rain anger at her even after she stood to leave.  Silent and strong.  Eadith hadn’t let the tears fall until she had rounded the corner and was on her way home.  And in a bittersweet way, she felt relief.  Everything with her brother was always so complicated.  But this came now as simple.  And she couldn’t help the feeling of contentment with her decision.

A sudden and boisterous noise from inside broke Eadith away from her thoughts.  Startled, she stepped back from the door.  A moment later, the smile on her face broke out as she shook her head and turned the key in the lock.

Stepping into the hallway, the sounds of her boyfriend and their friends became clearer and Eadith’s smile grew wider.

“Sprinkles,” she heard Osferth’s voice pleading over the others, “you have to add sprinkles.”  Eadith chuckled knowing that the young man was likely a bit drunk.  He never tried to speak over the others unless he had been drinking.  

She took the few strides down the hallway to step into the kitchen doorway and her mouth dropped wide with a gasp before she began laughing.

A startled Finan stood up straight from the table, a piping bag in his hand while Osferth was holding the jar of sprinkles.  Sihtric was standing over the sink, Eadith’s pink dishwashing gloves awkwardly shoved onto his too big hands, a wash cloth in one and a mixing bowl in the other.  Uhtred stopped sweeping the floor.  And they all stared at her.  

Eadith stared at them all in turn, her keys still dangling in her hand.  And then she doubled over, laughing at their startled expressions and the various states of disarray they all seemed to be in.  “What,” she wheezed, “has happened,” she gasped for another breath between laughter, “to all of you?”

All of the men cast one another a glance before joining Eadith in laughing.  They all laughed uncontrollably.  Osferth wiping tears from his eyes and Finan stepping over to Eadith giving her a large kiss on the cheek, still holding the piping bag.  Eadith wrapped her arms around his torso and leaned into him.  The flood of joy filled her heart and brought more tears to her eyes at the sight of these men making or rather attempting to clean the mess they had made.

Everyone began to settle down after another minute.  “I needed that laugh gentlemen, thank you,” Eadith smiled looking at them all in turn before finally meeting Finan’s gaze from under his arm wrapped around her.  “But seriously, what are you all doing?”

“Ah my girl, we have been making you a birthday treat,” Finan mused while kissing her temple.

“Birthday? But my birthday isn’t for another couple of days,” Eadith began, her voice full of mirth.

“Ah,” Finan murmured, his lips still pressed to her hairline, “well I wanted to give you a pick-me-up, my love.  How’d it go?”  He pulled back as she turned her eyes up to meet his.

“I’m not sure really,” she replied quietly.  All the others had picked back up with their tasks and were still chuckling and pointing out how ridiculous they all looked, not listening in on the quiet moment between the pair. “I guess it went as well as it could have.  He was angry.  Irate really.  But I said my piece and left.  So it’s done,” she signed, closing her eyes for a moment, before she finished, “so I feel good about that.  Closure and the like. You know?”  Her voice sounded both strained and content in equal measure.  She looked into Finan’s eyes, searching for understanding and support.

Finan pulled her into a tighter squeeze and kissed her forehead, “Aye, love.  I know what you mean.” The two held onto their comforting embrace for just a movement longer, enjoying the comfort and familiarity. 

Finan broke the embrace slightly, pulling back, “Look what we’ve made for ya, love.”

Eadith allowed herself to be escorted over to the table where Osferth was putting the finishing touches on a donut by adding stripes of white icing drizzled across the surface.  Eadith’s tired smile grew into a large grin as she took in the chaotic mess of confections scattered across the table.  A low rumble of laughter from Sihtric and Uhtred to her left brought another fit of contagious giggles from everyone.  The donuts’ sizes ranged from absolutely massive to quite tiny.  And it was clear that the icing on some had been added when they were still hot from the fryer.  All in all, they were a mess.

Eadith turned her face to look at all of her friends and Finan, covering her mouth to try and stifle the laughter.  “Thank you all so much, they’re perfect,” she said between chuckles.

“Och, no need to flatter us, love. I know they’re shite.  But I tried,” his words were cut off as Eadith gave his lips a quick peck.  “None of that, Finan,” she admonished, still smirking, “they’re perfect.  A chaotic mess of perfect donuts.”  Eadith met Finan’s eye and saw her own love and adoration mirrored there.  It was a glorious mess of a gesture.  But Eadith’s heart was full of more love and joy than she had felt possible.

“But about the state of my kitchen,” she said with a laugh.  

Another raucous round of laughter escaped everyone as the guys continued to clean up their mess and Finan pulled out a chair for Eadith.  He grabbed a small place, placed a donut on it, and gave her another firm kiss at her temple before turning around to deal with cleaning the fryer.  Eadith watched them all for another moment, a smile still plastered across her lips.

The donuts tasted delicious.  The best she’d ever had.

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#secret Santa #the last kingdom #finan #finan x eadith fic #Sihtric #Osferth #Uhtred

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First Line Tag Meme

Rules: List the first line of the last ten (10) stories you published. Look to see any patterns you notice yourself, and see if anyone else notices any. Then tag some friends.

tagged by my beloved @wildwren <3

1. A Certain Likeness The Last Kingdom, Aethelflaed x Aldhelm, Aldhelm & Aelfwynn, s5 Canon Compliant (BEWARE SPOILERS)

When Aethelflaed wakes she’s in Aylesbury.

2. Survivors Vikings: Valhalla, Emma x Godwin, Canon Divergent

The metal cuffs which secure Godwin’s wrists bite into his flesh where they’ve corroded over years of use.

3. The Confidant The Last Kingdom, Aethelflaed x Aldhelm, Aldhelm x Erik, Aethelflaed x Aldhelm x Erik, Aldhelm & Aelfwynn, Modern Boarding School AU, Teacher!Aldhelm

“When does your new job start?” Blythe asks, pulling her dark hair into a knot at the top of her head.

4. Peace-Weaver - The Last Kingdom, Erik x OFC, Canon Divergent, Arranged Marriage

She had not been at the baptism but had heard rumors from the women who were.

5. Common Ground - Vienna Blood, Amelia Lydgate x Clara Weiss, Canon Divergent

The majority of Amelia’s day had been remarkably unproductive.

6. The Other Woman - The Last Kingdom, Aethelflaed x Eadith, 1950s AU

The glossy mahogany of the bar reflects the austere light of the chandeliers, transforming it into something softer.

7. Darkest Night of the Year - The Last Kingdom, Iseult x Skade, Modern AU

Iseult massages a spot in the center of her forehead and closes her eyes.

8. Leave Me Here With All the Feelings - Succession, Roy Siblings Gen Fic, Coda to s3 Finale

The noise fades away behind a wool curtain of confusion as Roman sinks to the floor, though his brain fills in the gaps—Gerri’s clipped tones as she replies to Karl, Tom murmuring to Shiv, thick and honeyed words which won’t come close to cloaking the blow he’s finally landed.

9. Like a Secret, Like a Sin - Midnight Mass, John Pruitt x Mildred Gunning, Childhood Friends AU, Character Study

The terrors start when he’s eleven.

10. Eden - The Last Kingdom, Aethelflaed x Aldhelm, Modern AU, Priest!Aldhelm, Character Study

The husband, as the priest privately calls him, arrives late to his counseling session for the third time that month.

I think I used to start fics with dialogue more often, I was expecting more of that here. I definitely like beginning with something short and fairly active most of the time, so even if I'm doing some scene setting I tend to move along pretty quickly. Love that I just blatantly started with an oc (her first appearance no less) in The Confidant...Blythe is very real to me lol. Anyway, this was fun! Tagging @volvaaslaug @weavemeamyrtlecrown and @skatingthinandice if you want!

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