Nikolina Appreciation Week 2023 ♛ Day 3: Endgame
↳ It takes Alina less than a day away from Ravka to realise where her heart truly is. Nikolai’s smile upon her return is radiant, to say the least, and the ceremony is planned with haste.
After a true, quiet event during which the two trade vows, the public event is one with such pomp that for years it is the favourite event to talk about during tea.
Alina and Nikolai live a life together unlike any king and queen before them. With their reign being one of peace and technological advancement, bringing Ravka to a new age.
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my favorite ship dynamic is betrayal. not when they betray each other but when one or both of them turn against their cause, their principles and/or loved ones for the other. bonus points if the person they're abandoning everything for didn't remotely expect it. ultimate declaration of love. "you mean more to me than everything i ever believed in. i am more loyal to you than my conscience. i love you more than the thing i would die for."
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it's gon' be a long ride home tomorrow
from tennessee to texas to la
well if i could i'd never leave you
i'd come home to stay
another night from home
away from you it ain't easy i know
(baby, don't you want me)
the bucktommy cowboy au nobody asked for part three (parts one and two)
thinking about rancher!tommy who goes on long two-month cattle drives and dreams of the gorgeous cattle hand back home...
(song insp.)
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Nikolina Appreciation Week 2023 ♛ Day 2: Favourite AU
↳ Tangled AU
A pirate on the run with the loot of a lifetime, a lost princess unaware of her identity, a fateful meeting that will seal their fates together.
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Random evening headcanon time -
I don't think Khel bothered to give his ship a proper name beyond whatever registry/default designation it came with, until Quinn came aboard and asked about it, and was quite firm that a ship should be appropriately named according to its captain/purpose/history/etc. Seeing how emphatic Quinn was on this point, Khel decided to leave it up to the other man - 'Why don't you decide on a name for our ship, then? Surprise me.'
Sometime during their next stop on the fleet, Khel came back to the hangar to find that his ship had indeed been re-registered, under the designation Empire's Light.
Khel was rather (pleasantly) surprised, having expected something a little more forceful, more dominating, more Imperial, but truthfully this only re-emphasised his first impressions of Quinn - that the man was far more observant than he let on and had already made clear note of Khel's light-leaning tendencies (not to mention the impressions of Khel's physical presence, golden skin and often white clothes).
Needless to say, Khel greatly approved of the new name (and this gesture with the ship did nothing to mitigate his already flowering crush on Quinn).
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making myself tear up thinking about "i'll have ruined the most important relationship in my life" and how angsty it would be if tim and lucy's first fight triggered lucy's fears of her single handedly ruining the best relationship she's ever had like she thought she would, and then voicing those fears to tim later that night when he comes over to apologize and smooth things over with her like, "maybe... maybe this isn't worth the risk after all." — cue tim immediately shushing her and cupping her face in his hands, desperately reassuring her that she's wrong. that they're worth the risk. "you're worth everything to me".
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It's just when he comes home, a bag left by the door and their cat meowing for attention, that Mav remembers he didn't kiss Ice the morning he left for the mission. He didn't say goodbye either. He just- caressed his cheek because Ice was sleeping and Mav didn't want to wake him up again and murmured a "I'm going to be back soon love".
Mav sits, in the middle of the living room, and the only thing he can think about is the missed kissed and how he was frenetic to be gone to be back as soon it was possible. But no kiss. No more kisses to or from his husband. Not now, not ever again. The realisation hits him harder than Warlock's words. Tom is really gone.
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Road Trip 1/4 🏙️
Kerry: "Fuck, couldn't even tell ya when the last time was I went on a road trip."
V: "Never been on one at all."
Kerry: "... you kiddin'?"
V: "Well, I guess you could count that half year I worked as a roadie. But that was more work than fun."
Kerry: "If you're travelling with a band and don't've stories of wild escapades to tell on day two you're doing somethin' wrong."
V: "That so?"
Kerry: "Okay... lemme tell ya a story..."
I recently talked about how I love imagining Kerry and Vince on a long-ish road trip together, telling stories, absentmindedly holding hands, just enjoying the scenery and getting away from NC for a little while. And starting arguments with random radio DJs about old songs xD I bet Kerry has many stories to tell not only about his Samurai times but also his own tours and the shenanigans he went up to. Even Vince has a handful of travel stories to share, although he's not nearly as far-travelled as Kerry.
Where are they headed here? Not as important as they way to get there...
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Uuauaaahhhhhh why must people put their personal grievances with fandom on a ship tag or mention a ship without censoring it like whyyyy.... Some of them aren't even mean-spirited at all but they're also very much not in good faith either and just another way of saying "I like this ship in the Correct God-Honored Way™ unlike 99% of you bozos in the community" and it's like ok?? Good for you I guess...
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