#v. acotar

[loneliestluvr]

Hi! I just had an idea about how Lucien and Reader would go out on their first date since their baby's birth, and like they hire a babysitter for the evening. And like Lucien and Reader (mostly Lucien tough) would be soooo anxious and missing their child. Like it would take everything in them to control themselves and just enjoy their date. I would love it if you could make a fic about that 🥲💕 If not, thanks anyway for just taking the time to read it. (Oh! And maybe their child could be a girl? I totally imagine Lucien as a girl dad.)

Hope you have a great day!

the hardest thing.

pairing: lucien vanserra x reader

synopsis: after letting feyre and rhys convince you to go out with them for the first time since your daughters birth, lucien is feeling a bit anxious about having to leave her.

warnings: birth-ish, breastfeeding(brief mention), leaving your newborn for the first time, anxiety, a bit of angst and fluff.

word count: 1.5k

taryn thinks: this request was honestly so cute to write and i so see lucien acting like this. sigh, girl dad lucien. and i know you said ‘go on a date’, so i’m leaving it if people want to see that. i would gladly figure out a part 2 of this with the actual date i just had this part of the idea in my head immediately and needed to write it out as soon as i got your request. that’s it. much love, t 🥹💕

“Do you think she’ll be scared?”

You and Lucien had not left your daughter in nearly three months. You didn’t want to. Didn’t have a need to. The little spitfire who’d inherited her fathers coppery tuft of hair claimed all of your attention at all hours of day and neither you nor Lucien minded one bit. It was you three against the world it felt like.

After having a baby, the bond had only grown between you and Lucien. You only really ever needed each other, and your daughter of course. Your Lucelia, named after her father as a token of love for your mate. He’d wanted you to pick the name since it was a female and he’d been convinced she would look exactly like you.

How wrong he was. You took one glance at that screaming babe, tears welled in your eyes, her eyes, and Lucien’s— you just knew. That curly red hair, her golden eyes like his with a ring of green around the iris like yours and the tanner skin— she was undeniably his. The indications only grew with time.

Lucien had said ‘Thank you’ and kissed your sweat slick forehead, stroking your hair while you both cried as they placed your daughter onto your bare chest. He’d said it what felt like over a thousand times that day, and continues to do so.

Looking at your mate, the love of your life, your eyes softened. He was standing in your daughter's nursery, holding her tiny body in his arms. Shirtless, pressing his skin to hers, tracing the side of her face with his nose, etching it into memory. His hair tied back and out of the way as if he hadn’t wanted it to tickle her. You could tell he was worried just by the soft clicking that filled the room as his eye whirred.

He must have heard you coming, having woken in the midst of the night to come feed Lucelia and realized your husband was not in his rightful place next to you in bed. The mattress cold.

“Love,” You say quietly, almost a whisper on the wind that flows through the cracked window of the room. “—what has you so worried?”

“Everything.” His word is simple, but it’s his tone that tells you everything you need to know about the meticulous list going in his head. And the continuous mechanical ticking your daughter had grown accustomed to, of course. You step into the room, careful not to creak the door too loudly even though you were here to wake her anyway.

“Tell me.” You say softly, reaching your hands out to take her from him. His reluctance to let her go is endearing as he looks to you pleadingly. You only smile, tire laced in your own face and you can see as his eye dilates in the soft light of the moon before handing her over and kissing your forehead.

Cradling your daughter in one arm, you tickle her belly softly with the other, slowly swaying about the room to rock her awake. You hear his deep sigh before you turn to look up at him, his arms crossed and mouth pressed against his closed fist. The muscles in his arm straining as he watches you and you know he doesn’t want to say anything just by that look he’s giving you.

“Lucien Vanserra,” You start, sternly. Or as stern as you can manage this late in the night and as tired as you were. “—we don’t keep secrets. Talk to me, my sun.” Your voice only grows softer as you speak. Sitting in the rocking chair, shrugging off the shoulder of your robe, your babe stirs in your arms. Lucien tenses, immediately moving to try and comfort her as she starts to cry but with a soft,

“It’s alright sweetheart, mommy’s with you.” You say soothingly, her cries die out and she latches, starting to feed. “Daddy’s here too, my flower.” Smiling down at her before flicking your eyes up to meet his. “I know you know that. He’s a worrier, huh?” You whisper, but the only answer is Lucien’s scoff.

“I’m worried she’ll hate us for leaving her.”

“Lucien, we are not leaving her.” You try not to laugh, really. Seeing him so torn up honestly makes you regret letting Feyre and Rhys convince you to go on a double date. A parent double date, as Feyre had said. She, who did most of the convincing, had said it could be good to get out of the house. That if you just push through the first time, everything after will come easier. To give yourself a break.

“She’s wrong.” He says, pulling out the foot stool in front of you to sit. “I don’t need a break, nor do I want one.” His brows are furrowed as you look at him and you only hold your hand out to him. He takes it immediately.

“I know, love.”

“She’s known only us for the past three months, Y/n.” He’s pulling your hand to his mouth, peppering your knuckles with kisses to soothe himself. “And I’m sorry to say it, truly, but leaving her with your sister does not give me much faith.”

“My sister is my best friend, Lucien. I promise I wouldn’t let just anyone take care of her.” You sigh before smiling humorously at yourself, your own thoughts. “Would you rather Eris?”

He glares up at you as he presses your palm to his cheek.

“My brother wouldn’t know what to do with a babe.” He mumbles.

“She will be okay,” You cup his cheek yourself and when his eyes move to the floor you force him to look at you. “—she will.”

You both are quiet for a long time, just sitting together as a little family. He eventually pulls one of your legs up and into his lap to slowly start working the muscles. You don’t mind, you know touch is one of the ways he comforts himself. The way he cares for others, too. And you certainly don’t hide the fact that you’re watching the way the muscles of his arms and chest move.

You were so going to be having another babe soon.

Lucien catches you mid thought, your scent dragging over to him and he looks up at you. Your raised brow, bottom lip tugged between your teeth as you watch him. Lucelia had finished feeding a few minutes ago, but you didn’t say anything when you fixed yourself and adjusted her over your shoulder to burp her.

No, he had been so lost in thought that he didn’t see or hear you moving. So worried about how his heart would feel when he was apart from your daughter. Anticipating the panic that would be coursing through him, how close he would need to be to you when the two of you went out, just so he could keep her scent—your scent—in every breath. Maybe he could psych himself out of it, trick his brain into thinking that because your scents were near identical, you were both there.

A small smile tugs at his lips and he rolls his eyes, gently releasing your leg back to the floor. A blush staining his cheeks as he stood and moved the stool silently, brushing a hand down his face before reaching out for your daughter.

You let him take her, his large hands immediately cradling her against his chest and something in his face calms as he murmurs ‘my beautiful flower’.

He was weak when it came to her, weaker than you’d ever thought he’d be. You thought that it was you who would be worse, giving into her every cry and sniffle. The one sneaking off to hold her and kiss her cheeks, staying up just watching her. Maybe it was the exhaustion your body had been in constantly, but it was him who did all those things. You wouldn’t have it any other way.

He still hadn’t let any male’s hold her until she was a month old, and it was Eris then. He had still watched like a hawk and you were certain that the reason his brother had only lasted a few minutes with her in his arms was because of the way Lucien was damn near growling.

But he had still let him, and you said that even that was a big step. Leaving her, even for a little bit, was monumental.

“It’s only one or two hours, right?” Lucien asks in the dead of quiet, his gaze sliding to you.

“Mhm.” You smile, finally standing as you walk over to him with a yawn and wrap your arms halfheartedly around him. Cradling her with one arm, he rests his free hand on the small of your back. “She’ll be okay.” You nod, his thumb stroking your skin through your robe as he kisses your temple. “We’ll all be okay.”

#lucien vandaddy #lucien vanserra #acotar #a court of thorns and roses #acotar x reader #lucien x reader #baby #newborn #family #date night #i love him #acotar men with babies makes my heart go into v-fib

[thefangirlofhp]

“Did you miss me?”

things that are simple but effective: hugs.

#elriel

#elriel #elriel fanart #elain archeron #azriel #actually v proud of myself for this one #I USED COLOURS WITHOUT FALLING APART 🥹 #tried to reflect the canon fact that Azriel’s siphons reflect his moods #so when else would they calmly glow 🥹 #except in the aaaaarmssss of an annnngel #acotar fanart #digital fanart #elain fanart #azriel fanart #i tried to go for the simple cartoonish style #i’m back bitches #took a lengthy break to work on my art and writing and i am ready to show off

[mermaidsirennikita]

Actually had a great convo with a friend recently about how a lot of the things we like to read as adults (fantasy and romance especially) would probably translate as well if not much better into animation. And it sucks so much that, in the west at least, mainstream animation has become synonymous with children when it does not have to be.

Like, when I really think about it, many of my favorite series (Immortals After Dark and The Wallflowers immediately come to mind) would probably work better as an animated series. You don't have to worry about getting the visuals right in terms of setting or actors; the limits of animation are far more expansive. The violence in IAD, the frothy look of a a setting like Stonycross Park, the sex in both, would be far more achievable through animation. And it would probably look a lot better in general if the animation was high quality.

And the kind of content in those series is really not unusual at all in anime, but for western animation it's often considered a streeetch.

#romance novel blogging #among other things #but yeah this convo was sparked by a tweet about how much more suited ACOTAR is for animation v live action #and it's TRUE

[stromuprisahat]

Feyre’s lovely family, pt. 6

ACoMaF- Chapter 24- When your family sucks, so do family dinners.

Feyre just discovered a new, negative after-effect of her rebirth. Unfortunetelly for her, Nesta notices, only to use it to pick on her.

Perhaps instead of bankrolling her drinking, the Night Court should provide some human food for Nesta after her transformation... I wonder if she's too good for it now.

Poster toxic household. When you can't even breathe without being mocked, you should fucking run ASAP. Or kick out those, who make it so.

I have to admire Rhysand for his self-restraint, because if someone talked this way to my loved one, and sneered on my land, I'd stab them with a fork. Preferebly dull one.

Cassian interferes.

... because when someone calls you out on your shitty behaviour, the most mature course of action is to ignore them. Self-reflection who?!

We were scared... that's why we prevented her from getting education and did absolutely nothing to improve our financial situation…

We had received no training, so we couldn't even try... growing food, giving lessons, sewing and mending for money… it simply never occured to us…

That's it?! Everything forgotten?! For fuck's sake, Feyre, have some self-respect!

Why is it always:

Nesta: *contrary, cruel, generally horrible*

Elain: *can't see evil, can't hear evil*

Feyre: *bending over backwards for them*

Oh, wow! They can do ~that~?!

pt. 1, pt. 2, pt. 3, pt. 4, pt. 5

#ACoTaR #ACoMaF Chapter 24 #Feyre Archeron #Elain Archeron #Nesta Archeron #Feyre's family #Abusing Feyre #MU reads ACoTaR #A Court of Mist and Fury #V #books #quotes #Sarah J. Maas #anti Elain #anti Nesta

[tunguszka20]

Soo a while ago we had to make like... a photo collage for art class (or idk if that was what we actually had to do, but that's what I did), and I was pretty happy with how it turned out, so I realized I could actually share it with you guys

It was an aesthetic collage kinda thing for Six of Crows

I made a few more too, since this one turned out so well, so here they are:

Heathers:

(the musical)

TCP:

Crescent City:

(it was so hard to find pics for this one 😭)

ACOTAR:

TOG:

Gallant:

(this might be my favorite)

#art #<- i guess #photo collage #fandom #six of crows #heathers the musical #the cruel prince #tcp #the folk of the air #throne of glass #tog #a court of thorns and roses #acotar #crescent city #cc #sarah j maas #sjm #gallant #ve schwab #v e schwab

[bcbliophile]

@inabcck asked:

❛  believe it or not, i do enjoy spending time with you.  ❜ to Penelope from Lucien

The half nymph gave a soft laugh "I have never doubted it as you are always the one seeking me out" she teased. In truth she like his company as well, even on days like this, sitting on the banks by the river reading a book. Spring was a lovely enough court most of the time, but she found she rather enjoyed the peace away from the main gatherings on nice days like this. Penelope was born out of a love affair between a high fae father and a flower nymph mother, so she often wondered if she even belonged at court in the first place.

"What weighs on your mind today?" The redhead asked, tilting her head so she could better look at him. Blue eyes studying his expression for any sadness or worries. He was quite handsome, even with his mask on, a fox-- her favorite animal.

#penelope's threads #v ; half truths & lies ( acotar ) #inabcck

[whitedemon-ladydeath]

not me watching a video about SJMs "bible" that she and her publisher have for her world building and the comments like "I need this bible" "I would cause harm for this bible" idk if calling her scarce world building for acotar "bible" worthy however that language sure does account for the yt evangelism and fundamentalism in her books tho

#dont even start w the “shes jewish” yes. she is. but one of her parents is also catholic and she lives in america and is v obviously tied #strongly w her ytness especially considering shes a zionist #a court of thorns and roses #acotar #sjm critical

[brynnmclean]

These characters make no fucking sense to me.

#kate reads acotar #this second book is worse than the first imo. no one makes sense and it is v boring. #sorry this isn't even fun right now lol #blanket book reading tag

[thefangirlofhp]

Secret Meetings

The High Lord, Commander and Spymaster meet at midnight in secret.

What do you think they’re discussing? What grave news does the Spymaster bring?

#acotar fanart #rhysand fanart #azriel fanart #cassian fanart #the bat boys #the high lord the commander the spymaster sounds like a C.S.Lewis #novel #the night court #my art #digital painting #my neck will never be the same but it’s totally worth it #grab colours by the balls and strangle ‘em #that was my motto throughout the process #this is my first ever canon fanart and Im v proud of it #AND ALL THREE AT ONCE? #I PUT THE WINGS ARE U PROUD OF ME?! #AND SIPHONS #AND AZ’S SHADOWS #AND RHYS’S EAR #i can die in peace now #anyway back to writing i go 🚶🏻‍♀️ #ciao #azriel #acotar #rhysand #acomaf #acowar #FAELIGHTS TOO COME ON #ok bye

[animezinglife]

It should not be as funny to me as it is that the top two Luciens--as indicated by the Tumblr search feature/where it tries to jump to on tags--are:

Lucien Vanserra

Lucien Flavius

The duality of fangirls.

#humor #funny #the fox and the follower #lucien vanserra #lucien flavius #acotar #skyrim #tes v #tes 5

[praetorqueenreyna]

#acotar #a court of thorns and roses #rhysand #tamlin #THE TIEBREAKER POLL #HIGH LORD V HIGH LORD #polls

[stromuprisahat]

Nesta shifted her attention to Cassian, noticing that gleam—what it meant. She snarled softly, “What are you looking at?” Cassian’s brows rose—little amusement to be found now. “Someone who let her youngest sister risk her life every day in the woods while she did nothing. Someone who let a fourteen-year-old child go out into that forest, so close to the wall.” My face began heating, and I opened my mouth. To say what, I didn’t know. “Your sister died—died to save my people. She is willing to do so again to protect you from war. So don’t expect me to sit here with my mouth shut while you sneer at her for a choice she did not get to make—and insult my people in the process.”

A Court of Mist and Fury- Chapter 24 (Sarah J. Maas)

#ACoTaR #ACoMaF Chapter 24 #MU reads ACoTaR #Nesta Archeron #Cassian #Feyre Archeron #V #A Court of Mist and Fury #books #quotes #Sarah J. Maas #anti Nesta #I'm not particularly invested in ACoTaR #but I miss this Cassian. #Y'no when he still had a brain alongside his dick.

[mermaidsirennikita]

every time I stumble across one of those incredibly explicit animated sex senes on Twitter (and watch it 3x for science) I am more and more convinced that the best route for romance novel adaptations really is animation

#romance novel blogging #it solves so many problems #no need for intimacy coordinators and no risk of disappointing people with those scenes #no need for a crazy production re: the shit you really would have a hard time filming in a lot of romance subgenres #no disappointment bc they cast someone bland #everyone wins #i always feel like people get salty about this kind of thing #see: the ACOTAR fandom #but like.... waiting for live action didn't super work over there........ #and the live action romance adaptation we do have kinda sucks??? #soooooooooooooooooo. #(i mean a lot of it is a v western prejudice against animation #both as a serious art form and as an art form that can be appreciated by adults)

[jmoonjones]

To stop Feyre and Rhysand using their daemati abilities to cheat at charades, Amren borrows a helmet from her old pal Magneto

I still think that Nessian remain the undefeated charades champs tho. Cassian knows the looks on Nesta’s face so well (eg. “I will eat your eyes for breakfast”) that they’re unstoppable:

An eyebrow quirk? Hamlet.

A tilt of her head? Oh, that’s Swan Lake.

A flick of her left hand? The Wicker Man (1973) and not The Wicker Man (2006)

They get hyper-specific. They’re just THAT GOOD.

#nobody knows how amren and magneto met and they won’t explain it #it’s a frenemies situation #amren is the worst at charades #Elain is surprisingly good at it #Azriel let’s his shadows act it out #mor gets drunk and forgets she’s not allowed to just say it out loud #both wicker man movies are classics in v different ways #nesta archeron #rhysand #acotar fanart #feysand #feyre archeron #acotar art #cassian acotar #nessian #acotar #amren #azriel #elain archeron #morrigan #the night court #velaris #feyre #pro archeron sisters #magneto #a court of thorns and roses #unexpected crossover #these tags are a fucking mess #just like me

[bcbliophile]

@inabcck asked:

“ don’t fight it… it’ll only hurt more if you do. ” from Az to Nesta

"Save the bedroom talk for after you reset my shoulder. shadowsinger" Nesta gritted her teeth as she tried to will her body to relax through the pain of a dislocated shoulder. An unfortunate side effect from overzealous training brought on by goading from the males and cheering from the females currently watching on in awe as Azriel looked over her shoulder.

#nesta's answers #v ; half truths & lies ( acotar ) #inabcck