peasant | TFLN/INBOX | OCT 2020 "it is insane, isn't it? to accept a proposal of marriage from someone you've known for such a short time without the guarantee of love. and when i asked i didn't even think you liked me very much."
peasant | TFLN/INBOX | OCT 2020 "we're all jaded about marriage and silently horrified at what we have to do, but for the good of the country we'll still do it without complaint. well, without much complaint. i do plan on complaining."
peasant | INBOX | OCT 2020 the pounding in his skull is mostly forgotten, relegated to the back of his mind to make room for more pressing thoughts, like the warmth of alina's tongue and the unmistakable bite of her teeth.
peasant | INBOX | NOV 2020 maybe they've changed too much, or maybe they're only just seeing each other for the first time. the things kept hidden away, the scars and the darkness and the words left unsaid were bound to see the light eventually, and now? now they can no longer pretend. he wanted this dalliance to last a bit longer, but of course fate had other plans in mind.
peasant | INBOX | DEC 2020 her hand fits into his, and when he pulls her close it's even more difficult to stomach the clear detachment in her gaze. he's never been foolish enough to think he could marry for love, but he at least hoped that they would be able to stand each other. trying to find their way back to that seems like an impossible dream.
peasant | PICTURE PROMPT MEME | JAN 2021 waking as a prisoner in his own palace is a new feeling. the shackles around his wrists are uncomfortable, but it's nothing like the one around his throat β that one feels dehumanizing in the worst way, like he's the mongrel he's been likened to his entire life.
peasant | TFLN/INBOX | FEB 2021 "to be fair, the saints do attract a rather zealous and exasperating bunch. you're the only one i like. on the bright side, it was a rather memorable send-off for your tour of goodwill and magnanimity and we didn't even have to plan it."
peasant | MIDNIGHT TEXTING | MAR 2021 "what on earth are you doing? did you threaten to have a tsibeyan church torn down? news travels fast when it's the sun summoner acting up."
peasant | PICTURE PROMPT MEME | MAR 2021 his heart, heavy with the battles heβs been fighting, the constant struggle to keep himself from succumbing to the dark, soars when he feels alina in his arms. propriety is the last thing on his mind.
peasant | TFLN | APR 2021 "i assume if we're writing letters these people are still alive to read them, which i suppose is heartening information. this is quite a bit of blood, though."
peasant | TFLN | APR 2021 "see how well this tour of goodwill and magnanimity worked? the people love you, and more importantly, they had time to miss you."
peasant | TFLN | MAY 2021 "are we entirely sure it's not? a demon spawn, i mean. hypothetically speaking."
( psl β some awful amalgamation of forced marriage/master/slave au, nikolai/alina )