#my GOD I love these two so much

[b0hemian]

"Mrs. Kostyk"

genya safin x david kostyk

fluff

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[ author's note : ] I'm not done with Rule of Wolves yet, but I felt the need to write something between Genya and David because of what... some events brought. I'm still recovering but at least I got a moment with my favorite pirate-prince and dragon queen. Also! Before you read, it does have major spoilers from the King of Scars Duology, so I advise that you read those books first before you proceed. 🤍 ( not edited )

Genya Safin was a monster, and a beautiful monster she was.

Although it's been months now since the people of Ravka - her beloved Ravkans with their odd ways and nature, have accepted her scars, she still could see the judgement - the fear, and intimidation spread across the occasional face. Most were children and mothers, and some were men who had the tongues of vipers. Ready to pounce at every given moment to whisper a tale or two about the lady with one scarred eye.

Genya's learned to deal with such men, ignore the mumbles of mothers, and forgive the fear of younglings. Genya learned to ignore the fear, the pity, the horrible whispers told under palms. She learned to avert her focus sharply. She learned to stand her ground and pounce back with a bite of her own. After all, what was a fighter without its fight? But even so, even after what she's learned to ignore, what pained her so wasn't the insults directed to her scars or her features or even the given pity of her past, but the memories and the grief that came along with every reminder. Every flash of sadness and momentary smile of condolence given to Genya only reminded her of what she faced. She remembered the ache of her bones and the willingness to fall on her knees, to let herself buckle and dissolve on the soil with her very tears. Oh how many people Ravka's lost. How many children, mothers, fathers, siblings, aunts, uncles, grandparents, soldiers, and friends died to the fold's demolition. But most importantly, what Genya Safin herself lost before it, during it, and after.

"Love, your tea's getting cold."

David Kostyk. The man of pure science and ingenuity rather than faith. A man of silence and little appetite for talk. Little appetite for anything if it meant being able to tinker with his projects and create solutions from problems that stand solution-less. The man of her dream. A man worth her fight and the kingdom's combined. A love for him worth every lifetime and beyond.

Genya smiled with her chin rested against her palm. David, shaking his head to himself as he dropped his pen on his table. He picked up the teacup with shaky ink stained hands and drank heavily.

"Thank you."

"Please drink more often, love. I cannot stand you dehydrated." Genya, smiling beautifully as always, stood and sat herself at the arm of David's sear. Her arm rested against his shoulders as the other held his wrist. Her thumb soothing his exposed skin.

On the off times that he didn't wear his kefka, he wore clothes Genya made sure David was comfortable in, knowing his habits to stay up late at night. This time, he wore a sweater of royal blue. The sleeves tucked to his elbows.

Genya leaned down and kissed David's brow. The soft crackle of fire eminent in the silence.

"Perhaps.. I should rest. I understand the Darkling is set amok, but.."

"But you need the rest. You need it more than any of us David." You've worked harder than any soldier I've known. Both in your guilted heart and beautiful mind.

David sighed strongly and nodded. Genya knew how hard it was for him to stop. Not just because of his powerful interest in the science or the fact that all of Ravka was at the brink of possible collapse, but the guilt she knew that rang true in his heart. He created monstrous contraptions when he wanted to make wonders. He forged fear in the past in a way he was oblivious to with the Darkling as his advisor, and now that he had the chance to forge hope, he was willing to take that chance in a single heartbeat.

But even those who stayed behind the lines working, forging the keys of triumph needed the rest of those who fought in blood and bone.

"Would a little nap be fine with you?" David, with his shy voice, asked.

Genya kissed his brow again. "We could sleep for a million years and I would never mind a second if it means to rest alongside you."

David winced. He knew she meant well but any mention of a long rest wasn't truly ideal at a time like this, no? When war raged among their boarders and innocent people died, a long rest was the last thing a man would want. But even so, if Genya was the one who said such beautiful words as those, it gave him at least that sense of home. No matter where she is, in whatever bed we lay in at the end, I'll be there to lie next to her.

David stood and wrapped his hands upon Genya's. "Lets go then, Mrs. Kostyk?"

Genya beamed. Oh how much she loved the flattery. This time, David didn't need a nudge to compliment her. Saints, it wasn't even a compliment. It was a name. A name reserved for her from him.

"Remind me to give you a thousand kisses once we reached out room."

"And how will you like that reminder, love?"

Genya beamed brighter somehow and loved this playful difference. It was subtle and his voice was still factual and well.. David-like, but it was perfect. Enough. He didn't have to even act this was for Genya to love every syllable that left his beautiful lips.

As Genya giggled after her response, David pulled her in for a kiss. And for a moment, not even Grisha powers or the small science or facts and evidence could explain the way both their hearts soared from their bodies. Binding together in a beautiful whole marvel.

Geyna lost many people the day the fold had fallen. She had even lost a part of herself she can never get back. But what came from it was something she knew she would fight the fold and its creator for over and over again just to have.

Genya Safin has her friends. She had her home and damn well she was gonna fight for it. But lost importantly right now, in the greed of her heart during war, was that she had David Kostyk.

#grishaverse #genya x david #genvid #genyadavid #shadow and bone #siege and storm #ruin and rising #king of scars #rule of wolves #the triumvirate #genya safin #david kostyk #my god i love these two so much #they have my heart #romantic shit #adorbale fucks #badass bitch #adorable dork

[babydarkstar]

honestly no wonder harrow forced ianthe to lobotomize her so she could save gideon. listen…LISTEN…if i was a secret-war-crime cult nunlet princess worshipped by my entire planet and the only person that (barely) kept me in check was my childhood nemesis—a butch a year older than me, towering over me in stature and physical prowess, and so hot it made my teeth hurt from how hard my jaw clenched in her presence, who wielded a two-handed seven-foot sword and had irritatingly huge biceps and told very lewd stupid jokes and also learned how to wield an entirely new weapon and be my bodyguard with startling accuracy in three months—only to have us finally learn to trust each other because we got invited to a magic murder mystery and then before the bubble burst i spilled the worst secret about myself that i was born because my parents murdered an entire generation and tried to Kill Her along with them and she just wouldnt die, and i told her this expecting a swift death i believed i deserved, only for her to fucking cradle me in her big butch arms and kiss me on my forehead with her soft butch mouth and just. forgive me for a shameful weight ive carried my entire life and then MAKE AN ACTUAL NECRO/CAV VOW with me despite every evil thing i have done to her……to have her tell me, in the end, bleeding and broken after putting up the most beautiful and glorious fight of her life, that she understands purpose and she understands duty and she knows loyalty more fiercely than ever now, that she knows who she is to me, that there is no her without me….to have her backed into a corner and make the ultimate sacrifice…..for me…..to recite scriptural wedding vows of eternity to me in her last wisps of soul-consciousness…..if i thought there was even a snowflake’s chance in the pyre that i could save her by turning myself into her very own locked tomb, i’d be begging ianthe tridentweirdius to crack my skull open and turn me to mush too, goddamn. i understand you harrowhark girl you don’t have to explain a thing to me. god said you couldn’t undo the lyctor’s bond bc it’d kill you. you told god and his angels that not even a lyctor’s bond could outshine the power of female spite and lesbianism and they didn’t listen. they didn’t believe you. but i heard you loud and clear and i was 17 and hormonal and hopelessly romantic not too long ago unlike those fucking dinosaurs and i’m saying it’s valid it’s what i would have done and really everyone should be thanking you for not being worse and more wretched about it, all things considered

#i think about gideon nav every day #she makes me want to eat drywall #shes so jesus shes so her own thing shes so god and savior It Is Finished divinity of love and sacrifice #honestly so much of harrow is so so relatable to me shes so real for everything she does #her little griddlehark meetcute au her little divine highness au #ive already waxed poetic about the harrow nova au #sorry to keep waxing poetic about this but i really am rotted about them #like im going insane. tamsyn muir when i get you tamsyn when i catch you #griddlehark #tlt spoilers #harrowhark nonagesimus #i am you as you are me we are one and two and two and one #i cannot conceive of a universe without you. #should i forget you let my right hand also be forgotten; add more also. if aught but death part me and thee. #I FELL INTO THE WATER AND NOW IM FREE

[clouvu]

Nothing in the world belongs to me But my love, mine, all mine

#genshin impact #arlecchino #peruere #clervie #ouhhhhhhhh im never gonna be able to emotionally recover from watching that animated short #ever since it came out a couple days ago just thinking of these two makes me feel like my heart is physically being ripped in half #i cant stop thinking about how Clervie was the only person in Arlecchino's life that she truly loved #like dont get me wrong Arlecchino loves her children in her own detached-fucked up way as much as any person with her amount of trauma can #but Clervie meant so much to her that even just her presence alone kept Arle's curse at bay #and it seems that no one other than Clervie herself has ever been able to break this unemotional/detached wall that Arle has put up #and maybe no one else ever will #DONT GET ME WRONG I still fw arle x other female harbingers like that shit is still peak #but oh my god the idea that arle never moved on after clervie's death and will never love anyone the way she loved her makes me want to SOB

[anthyies]

the thing about disco elysium is that it has women in it. what you see on the internet about it might lie to you about that but it has women, gay women even, very compelling women even, in it.

#Directive: THINK ABOUT RUBY THE INSTIGATOR!!!!!! #What was it rave said. This basic concern dooms her!!!!! She’s so good. She’s SO good #Rubyklaasje is literally crucial to the plot happenings and yet there are only like two dozen people who talk about them. Sad. Shut up about #that other guy please stop putting him in bunny suits. #Also thinking about cunoesse. My god cunoesse. #Cindy the skull. Liz!!! Who only shows up for a little but she is so cool. Lilienne i need to replay to go on the date to learn more about #her. Soona she’s so real… Joyce is so much so so so much. And dora and dolores of course. #esha.txt #disco elysium #Seriously. #Klaasje i literally forgot to talk about klaasje I love you problem girl

[glo-shroom]

yes & no by Natalie Wee | Trigun Ultimate Overhaul

#THIS HAS BEEN COOKING. FOR TWO MONTHS #trigun #vashwood #vash the stampede #nicholas d. wolfwood #vash #wolfwood #trigun maximum #mine #edit #trimax #trigun edit #tw suicide mention #for that one line #and #tw blood #hopefully there's nothing else I'm forgetting #long post #i guess #pls feel free to critique me on the alt texts I've never done it before and would love to know what I can do better #but uhhh yeah otherwise. enjoy my baby. I'm very proud of this #I do however need to not look at it for a while now #so aside from the IDs if there are mistakes. no there aren't <3 #AND THANKS TO MY QPP EEE FOR LISTENING TO ME ENDLESSLY WORK ON THIS AND OFFERING ME INPUT AND CRITIGUE!!! <3333 #god. it's finally done #edit: btw I could write so much on my choices in this and what I'm going for and little details. but I leave it to the masses to interpret

[stil-lindigo]

prodigal son.

a sort of epilogue for God of War Ragnarok, since I miss these two so much.

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#these two occupy so much of my brain space and will continue to do so forever more #the way cory barlog managed to transform kratos from your standard killing machine into a layered loving father #whose character is centered around bettering yourself for the sake of your children #absolutely magical #and ragnarok #good god that game made me cry so many times #i miss kratos and atreus so much #and apparently ragnarok was the last of the norse games? #so this is how i deal #i give myself closure by manifesting it into existence #they have great stew btw #kratos atreus and mimir #two dads and their teenage son #god of war #ragnarok #gow ragnarok #kratos #atreus #mimir #comic art #i have so many feelings ugh #thank you for reading #stillindigo art

[cryptidinlaw]

Huskerdust text posts

#huskerdust text post #huskerdust #husker #angel dust #angel #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel text post #hazbin husk #hazbin angel dust #text post #they have the best dynamic #these two idiots #i love them so much #hazbin hotel may have become my personality #i don't regret it #loser baby has been looping in my brain for the past few days #and god damn its good #the brainrot is real

[crabplatinum]

CHILAIOS NATION WHERE ART THOU

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #chilchuck #laios touden #chilaios #my art #god i love those two so much its insane

[willowbyte]

throws myself off a cliff

#willow's art station #mob psycho 100 #reigen arataka #shigeo kageyama #this was something i wasn't taking seriously until i Was #can anyone please drill the idea into my head that not all drawings have to look perfect. please . #god i love these two so much i need 2 be sedated immediately #ahh yeah btw i used a picture for reference ^_^ using references is awesome

[normally-blue]

Marcille im lov you <333

#dungeon meshi #marcille donato #my art #dunmeshi #BROOOO marcille is so cool like goody two shoes top of the class #who is ALSO that one guy whos like 'nooo dark magic is just misunderstood' #what a god tier combo it makes me love her so much #girlie who does everything by the book but that book is evil and forbidden #SPOILER - #when she resurrected falin in that fucked up ritual that's when I really started to love her #AUGHH like she's a straight A student. she's slightly insane. her hair is gorgeous. she's also a catastrophic lesbian #character of all time

[ricky-mortis]

So, I heard it was Holloweane Week?

It’s a bit late in the week but I wanted to draw something for it, and I liked this prompt.

The way I see it- their roles may have been swapped, but their dynamic? Exactly the same.

#t4t Holloweane my beloved #everyday I thank tumblr user ohnoitsjetster for introducing me to that HC #I gave Duke 70s hair and I love it so much it came out so good imo #and Miss Holloway is always just <3 #I tried to modernize her a little bit #we’ll see what yall think #these two are fun but by god they are hard to draw #especially Kim #I swear I’ll get better at drawing her #what beautiful people though #social worker miss Holloway and witch Duke tho #omg so good #i imagine Holloway would go by Holly #Holly and Mister Keane #I’ve had a lot of thoughts while drawing this #hatchetfield #Starkid #nightmare time #nightmare time 2 #miss holloway #duke keane #kim whalen #Curt mega #holloweane #holloweane week #holloweane week 2024 #Holloweane week day 6 #my art #:)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

ISAT & Dungeon Meshi swap!

#in stars and time #ISAT #Siffrin #Loop #Dungeon Meshi #Thistle #Mithrun #This is incredibly self indulgent art but I've been doing commissions for other people - I can have this treat. #Two series that have me in a death grip right now and boy did the realization of the parallels between these characters hit hard. #Siffrin and Thistle are the “Forgot what it was all for” duo. The “I'm scared to let it go (it must be let go)” duo. #Loop and Mithrun are [REDACTED] [GO CHECK OUT THESE SERIES SPOILER FREE] #God I have so much to say about the Loop and Mithrun parallels. I won't here because I refuse to spoil people on ISAT. #What I *will* say is that both these characters had a similar curve in my interest in them. #Which is “I was ambivalent until the near end - where they then shot up to become some of my favourite characters ever.” #We love characters with an incredible arc that reframes them so intensely that you the reader will never be the same after. #Anyways! (rotates both these crossovers in my head at a rapid orbit and gazes at them fondly). #This is my sandbox and I get to eat the sand!!! #I've got some MDZS/ISAT swap content coming soon as well. My sand eating knows no limits apparently.

[arikad0]

I never had any issues with the character renders for Remake but the new ones for Rebirth look so much better it's insane

#stares at the cloud and aerith ones specifically like my god those two in particular look so much better #ps i love yuffie's redesign #i wonder if it's gonna be explained in rebirth #also sorry for the low quality but these are the best ones i could find rip #cloud strife #barret wallace #tifa lockhart #aerith gainsborough #red xiii #yuffie kisaragi #sephiroth #ffvii #ff7

[ylissebian]

HAPPILY PHOREVERAFTER 💗

#“amelia this is two weeks late” you gotta forgive me ive been fiddling with it for forever before deciding no fuck it. It’s fine #devan wedding you were the fucking EVENT OF THE CENTURY no one else will ever compare baby!!! this was MY royal wedding #yes i wore a tux for it. obviously. i care very much about these sims and have been waiting FIVE YEARS for this #GOD WHEN THEY COME BACK AND DEVAN GET THEIR JAPAN HONEYMOON…………… #dan and phil #dnp #dan and phil games #dan howell #phil lester #dab howlter #evan pancakes #dil howlter #tabitha casper #dalien howlter #eliza pancakes #bob pancakes #(bob you were the star of the show. love u king) #ive been rewatching all of the sims from the beginning lately so like. expect more dnp sims 4 stuff later honestly

[daedelweiss]

life mission!disaster twins cuddles!! 🥰✨️ look at them! the sillies! oh they have trauma-

( 🚫 NO TC*ST 🚫 ) • ( 🌿 please do NOT repost, edit, trace, use, and/or sell 🌿 )

#rottmnt #rise of the TMNT #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt #tmnt 2018 #rottmnt fanart #rottmnt movie #rottmnt leo #rottmnt donnie #disaster twins #my ert #rottmnt life mission AU #life mission AU #separated AU #rottmnt life mission comic #god i love these two idiots so much 🥺 #they're skrunkly 😭 #i will rip out the earth for these two istg-

[defectiveferalfreak]

i rediscovered @nicktoonsunite and @choraa ‘s art like wowie did they inspire me to dip my toes into NUverse??

also i cant believe Dib and Zim basically waltzed into NU:GoD, like WHATS UP B*TCHS WE  GONNA HELP WHETHER U WANT IT OR NOT like can u believe that lol

#nicktoons unite #nicktoons unite globs of doom #nicktoons unite GoD #i find it ironic its called NU GoD #invader zim #dib membrane #iz zim #iz dib #ive been sitting on the doodles ideas since end of AUGUST. basically so long that i started to hate them lol #i have a lot of thoghts about nicktoons!Dib&Zim but almost no concentration to draw much of it #because helooo fandom interest change like autumn leaves #but i fell in love with possible nicktoons universe with those two assholes in it so they WILL live rent free in my head #so many details of this doodles that i want to talk about but im afraid to start rambling #so im just gonna sit and hope someone notices those little things #throwing this nicktoons!IZAU into the void so i could stop obsessivly staring at unfinished doodles. also gonna go cry over nicktoonsunite a #and choraa awesome OG4 art like those are fucking goals #and lack of fics for nicktoons adventures ;( like i wish someone was brave enough to write some cool NU advnetures <;( #danny phantom #fairly oddparents #the adventures of jimmy neutron: boy genius #spongebob squarepants #if someone asks me about this au i probably wont have much to say because its all very vague but i will most likely go feral lol #i wish i could finish my iz star wars au doodles ;( theyve been in my files since summer haha