#zoyalai babies

[aelsie]

*Fold is destroyed*

Zoya: YES! Time to kill—*looks over*

Darklina: *cuddles and snuggles*

Zoya: HELLO.

Alina, eyes closed: Tired. Just had a big fight. Now it’s time for cuddles.

The Darkling: go away, babygirl is sleeping

Zoya: Motherf—NIKOLAI, come here and fix this.

Narrator *movie trailer voice*: Alina and the Darkling broke up and made it everyone’s business. War, death, violence, foreplay! Grrr! Now they’ve reached their climax, they’re tired and it’s time for some aftercare.

#this is the real ending #Zoya says do I have to do everything myself?! #where is that little Lantsov pup #the fact that Jessie literally sleeps on Ben’s chest #i just cant #I know we all used to joke about it but it’s literal fact folks #shadow daddy #shadow baby #darklina #pro darklina #alina x the darkling #alina x kirigan #alina starkov #the darkling #aleksander morozova #zoya nazyalensky #nikolai lantsov #zoyalai #shadow and bone #shadow and bone season two spoilers #jessie mei li #ben barnes #shadow and bone behind the scenes

[natscarpenter]

who do you guys think would play little zoya if we ever got a look at her past?? bc im thinking this little girl, who is a bollywood actress, right here

shes so cute 🥹

#shadow and bone #shadow and bone netflix #grishaverse #sab #zoya nabri #zoyalai #zoya nazyalensky #baby zoya #zoya’s past #zoya and her trauma need to be acknowledged in the show pls

[al-ghvl]

live laugh loving nikolai lantsov running out in his pajamas in the middle of night bc he thought zoya was meeting up with a guy

#drafts #missing my zoyalai babies rn

[rietveldbrothers]

ice ice baby

a/n: its that time of year again, @grishaversebigbang posting time and here’s what I got for y’all!

this AU grabbed my by the neck and dragged me along with it. Reuben and Eva made some absolutely lovely creations to go along with this fic so be sure to check those out and give ‘em a reblog

and as usual, thanks to @reapersbarge for saving you all from my crimes against the english language

Materialki: @6crowgang [link] & @oretsov [link]

Summary: Mal Oretsev and Zoya Nazyalenksy are the biggest rivals in professional hockey. Too bad their partners compete together in Ice Dance and its impossible to escape one another.

aka 5 times Zoya and Mal were rivals and 1 time they also were rivals but different.

Ao3 Link

part 1 under the cut:

To say Zoya Nazyalensky hated Malyen Oretsev would be an understatement. She loathed him. She despised him. She hated every fiber of his being. She could not get rid of him.

Here she was, on her Sunday off, on a Nike shoot, and he was right there with her. Because could Nike possibly shoot for their new training set with just Zoya alone? No, of course. If one of their star hockey players had to be there, so did the other. Not that Zoya would admit Oretsev was a star. Not publicly anyway.

“How ya doing, Nazyalensky?” He greeted her in that way that was technically nice, but the way he grinned down at her set her teeth on edge. “Nikolai mentioned you hadn’t been feeling well.”

“Nikolai is an idiot who shouldn’t be talking to you.”

“So you are not feeling well?”

“I’m perfectly fine to pound your ass into the boards next Saturday.” Zoya sniffed imperiously. Mal’s team was her’s top rival and both of them were good this year, both strong playoff contenders. People were already disappointed that being in the same division meant one team would have to knock the other out before the cup finals. She had every intention of doing the knocking.

“Alright, Mal? Zoya? Can we have you two over here please?” The photographer interrupted any response Oretsev could have come up with in that pea brain of his, and moved them around under the lights.

Zoya was a professional. She was excellent at her job and sponsorships were part of that job. Which meant photoshoots were part of that job. And Zoya excelled at photoshoots. Mal Oretsev… also excelled at photoshoots. Which was annoying. His hair was nearly as long as hers was, which she was starting to take personally, and the shoot assistants kept cooing over him as they arranged him under the photographers direction. She had no idea what Starkov saw in the idiot. Here he was shooting grins at everyone in sight as she reluctantly allowed herself to be positioned next to him. For once, the photographer was going for determined instead of happy or loving. Zoya’s game face was legendary already.

She could admit the photos they were shown afterwards looked good. Zoya always looked good, but it wasn’t like she wouldn’t have looked just as good on her own. She didn’t need to spend her entire morning with Oretsev’s stupid charms spilling over to infect everyone else present. By the time she could leave, she felt slimy with it. Nikolai had better not be late to pick her up; she was already regretting letting him drop her off in the first place.

To her immense regret, Nikolai was indeed waiting for her, but he was not alone. Alina Starkov’s white blonde hair caught the sunlight right next to where Nikalai was waiting at his car. The two appeared to be in an animated conversation of some sort, perhaps about the free skate they were currently workshopping, based on the way Alina was waving her arms about. For someone with so much grace on the ice, she was remarkably jerky in the parking lot under midday sun.

Mal rushed by her to swing Alina up in a dramatic hug, as if it had been days since he’d seen her. They were always like that, though–disgustingly adorable, which she supposed was a symptom of being recently engaged. Either that or they were just gross; either was possible.

She allowed Nikolai to drop a kiss to her cheek and tried to usher him into the car.

“So Alina and I were thinking,” Nik started, “What if we grabbed a late lunch? You know, the four of us?”

So thats what this was then.

An ambush.

“I don't know if that’s–” “Maybe another–”

Mal and Zoya spoke over one another trying to come up with reasons not to. However much Oretsev’s golden retriever personality refused to allow him to be rude to her face in front of Alina, Zoya was well aware that her dislike was mutual. They exchanged a glance. Solidarity with him certainly did not feel good, but if it got her out of spending the next few hours with him, she’d swallow down her discomfort. If Nikolai thought he was getting any action after this stunt, he was wildly mistaken. Even if he was about to leave for four days.

“You two are silly.” Alina’s voice was light but Zoya could see her grip on Oretsev’s arm tighten. “You like each other, you just refuse to admit it. Come on, Nikki and I already made reservations so I don’t want to hear any excuses. Genya and David are going to join us.”

“Surprised you didn’t invite Tamar and Nadia while you were at it,” Zoya grumbled.

“We did!” Nikolai was proud to chime in, “Adrik and Leoni too. Tolya is still out of town or he’d be in for sure.”

“So how many people?” Mal perked up at this considerably. Zoya figured she agreed it was good news, the more people there, the less she had to interact with him.

“Oh it’s just the Safin-Kostyk’s.” Nik sighed, “Tamar and Nadia are too good for us, of course. Enjoying the nice weather. And Leoni had ice time this afternoon.”

“Her short program is stunning. I was watching her choreograph the other day,” Alina chimed in.

Damn. Tamar would have easily occupied Oretsev; they were teammates after all.

Before she could come up with another argument against lunch, she found herself in the passenger seat of Nikolai’s car and pulling out onto the road.

Nikolai was definitely not getting any tonight.

#gvbbmb22 #gvbbmbfic22 #ice ice baby #malina #zoyalai #mal oretsev #zoya nazyalensky #alina starkov #nikolai lantsov #my fic #grishaverse

[nandorsaccent]

guess who just got to the zoya in the garden scene

#i love her so much #my baby #i know i could’ve said zoyalai scene but idk i just feel like it’s HER scene yk? #but goddamn i love nikolai #THE PINING #grishaverse #zoya nazyalensky #nikolai lantsov #shadow and bone #king of scars #rule of wolves #txt #shit i say

[jediknightx]

I'm reading Rule of Wolves rn and if Berdugo told me Nikolai and Zoya was supposed to be very good friends, this duology would be more bearable,,, man it's not even slow burn anymore, it just slowly dying inside while hoping for some romance crumbs

#rule of wolves #slow burn is killing me #when is it my turn to be happy #lord help me #berdugo why are you doing this to me #zoya and nikolai are my babies and i just want to read their happy ending #i just want to read zoyalai romance

[severeheroineaddiction]

#SoC #six of crows #shadow and bone #sab #sab season 2 #sab season 3 #netflix #sag aftra #grishaverse #leigh bardugo #kanej #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #jesper fahey #wylan hendriks #wylan van eck #wesper #nina zenik #matthias helvar #helnik #kuwei yul bo #zoyalai #genya safin #david kostyk #zoya nazyalensky #nikolai lantsov #alina starkov #freddy carter #amita suman #kit young

[kat-ran]

A bit more zoyalai babies in color

#zoya nazyalensky #nikolai x zoya #zoyalai #nikolai lantsov #grishaverse

[sixofcrowsxzoya]

wylan rant

i know im mainly a kos/zoyalai page, but i CANNoT do this anymore! "wYlAn, mY cUtIe pAtOoTiE LiL bAbY wHo lOvEs bLoWiNg sTufF uP aNd ChEmIsTrY wHoAA" i am here to tell you no. he does not love chemistry. wylan van eck is not a chem major/fanatic in your college /hs hcs. he SAID he doesn't like chemistry. i think because this line is just before the "no. not just girls" line (which i adore) it gets overlooked so often. wylan is screaming to all of you what he likes, math, numbers, equations, art, music.

and yes, the parts where he makes/sets off bombs are iconic. im not disputing that. im just saying he does not like chemistry, and would not like to do it for a living. humans often get dopamine from destruction. but wylan didn't want to leave criminals in a ditch before the ice court heist (with inej) do you really think he could achieve happiness by mixing chemicals and making bombs? Wylan Van Eck is not a chemistry major. He is a Music and Art double major with a background of math. He loves equations.

#wylan van eck #soc wylan #wylan hendriks #wylan van sunshine #wylan x jesper #soc duology #six of crows #wylan my beloved #wylan my boy

[lilisouless]

Nikolai dancing around with his newborn: second child! We are winning

Liliyanna (Zoyalai kid) : Rubi and Felix will be so jealous! I am the only one with a little brother

Zoya: having kids is not a competition

Nikolai:…

Liliyanna: …

Zoya: but if it was we would be winning!

“The three high five”

“Your majesty, you got a letter”

Zoya: let me see

Zoya: oh no…oh no…OH NO, close the doors right now

Nikolai: why, what-

“Trumpets sound”

Zoya: is too late

“A whole parade enters the door , at the end Mal and Alina holding a baby over their heads”

Mal: admire the one and only “Motya”

Alina: our new lord and savior

Liliyanna: wait, did they have a child?

Nikolai as Mal dances around him with the baby: worse, way worse

Misha coming in: alright, you had your fun. Can i have my kid back now?

Alina: sure, the baby already spent a lot of time with its GRANDparents

Mal: which is, by definition, greater than just “parents” , is on the word

Zoya: oh give me a break! This doesn’t count , Misha is not really your child

Mal: huh, we attended and cried at his graduation, wedding and the pregnancy announcement

Alina: the crying part being just Mal

Mal: so, we absolutely count as parents

Alina: but don’t worry , some people get to “grandparenting” a little late, jealousy is not a good look on you

Zoya: is not a competition!

Mal: thats exactly what losers say

Both walk away from the room chanting “grandparents-grandparents”

Zoya: sigh, you HAD to introduce Misha to the most adorable girl in the world, didn’t you?

Nikolai: it seemed like a good idea at the time. Anyway, i don’t think anyone else thinks having a grandchild or sorta on your thirties is a “victory”

Zoya: Liliyanna, where are you going?!

Liliyanna following the parade: i am joining the winning team, call me when you get a tenth kid

#netflix shadow and bone #zoya nazyanelsky #nikolai lanstov #alina starkov #malyen oretsev #grishaverse shitpost #Grishaverse #also to add context let’s say misha would be 21 here #and add everyone else’s age #shadow and bone shitpost #Zoyalai #Malina

[downn-in-flames]

kanej/soc fic masterlist

needed a new pinned post so here goes:

big reputations cinematic universe

big reputations [wip]

the crows in their senior year at ketterdam university as the dramatic (and often drunk) little shits they are. a chatfic that has spiraled wildly out of my hands, the crows are in charge now.

↳ high above the whole scene [wip]

prose content from big reputations to fill in the gaps.

↳ caught up in a moment [wip]

more prose content from big reputations to fill in the gaps, but this time it’s all just kanej spicy moments because people keep requesting them and i am more than happy to oblige.

↳ i want your midnights [2.2k words]

prose content from big reputations, but just new year’s eve and also it was a collaborative thing.

↳ forever with your hands in my pockets [wip, helnik]

the big reputations helnik origin story.

↳ just wrong enough to make it feel right [wip, zoyalai]

zoya and nikolai as moot court partners in law school, also vaguely set in the brcu.

multi-chapters

treacherous [30 chapters, 25.3k words]

flashes of kaz and inej’s relationship over the years, in the choose your own adventure style of ‘do i read this in the order of the song lyrics or chronologically.’ 98% fluff.

↳ begin again [2.5k words]

somehow treacherous prompted kanej babyfic.

midnights [13 chapters, 16.4k words]

another set of kanej flashes that can be read in two different orders, this time written pre-midnights release with only the track names to determine the vibes. slightly less but still mostly fluff.

↳ midnights (3am edition) [7 chapters, 8.2k words]

midnights scenes (or adjacent scenes) told from different povs. expect three gut punches.

↳ midnights (the late night edition) [1k words]

one final midnights fic because obviously i had to write one for ‘you’re losing me.’

one-shots

carry your baggage up my street [4.8k words]

kanej is renegade by the national and taylor swift. change my mind. (you won’t).

castles crumbling [2.9k words]

kanej baby but make it hurt just a little.

come morning light, you and i’ll be safe and sound [3.4k words]

kaz and inej have enemies, they’re each other’s protectors, and both of them deserve some damn decent sleep.

die for you in secret [5.3k words]

a 5+1 in which kaz keeps all his soft thoughts close to his chest until finally he doesn’t.

forever is the sweetest con [2 chapters, 3.6k words]

there’s a wedding for tax incentive purposes. kaz sends jesper through the entire range of human emotion in the span of approximately 10 minutes, purely for shits and giggles. now with bonus inej content.

i could be the way forward only if they pay for it [1.1k words]

kaz buys a ship. for reasons.

keep your brittle heart warm [2.1k words]

kaz reveals his true tell. once upon a time this was baby’s first kanej fic. now look where that got us.

the end of a movie i’ve seen before [3.3k words]

a modern au and the final result of ‘i wonder if i can gaslight readers twice in one fic.’ also the only non-taylor swift title of them all.

what if i told you i’m a mastermind [5k words]

another modern au in which kaz schemes to win over inej, failing to realize that he is not in fact the one pulling the strings here. 

wishing for right now [1.1k words]

genuinely obscene levels of cottagecore fluff.

you had some tricks up your sleeve [2.6k words]

inej wears silks and gets a new knife. that’s really all that matters.

#what's wild is that some of these extremely bad summaries #are still somehow better than the summaries i used for them on ao3 #kanej #kanej fic #kanej fanfiction #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #six of crows #six of crows fic #six of crows fanfiction #shadow and bone #shadow and bone fanfiction #shadow and bone fic

[chaserofstars11]

✨Intro Post ✨

me

heeey! i'm lea, (pronounce lee, lee-uh, lay-uh, or wtv idc it's not my real name ;)). I pretty much go by she/her, but all pronouns are ok!!! (so are all gendered terms, including girl/guy) I am bi, and super accepting/open. dms and asks are totally welcome! i live in north carolina (US), so EST. i've just started writing fic on ao3 so link: https://archiveofourown.org/users/chaserofstars11 i'll make a masterlist once i write more i have a gorgeous goldendoodle so there are goldendoodles in the photos <3 (not mine tho :( )

music/books/movies/shows

i love renee rapp, taylor swift, conan gray, queen, paramore, mo schulte, phoebe bridgers, lana del ray, maneskin, yungblud, acdc, honestly basically anything

fav books are: harry potter ofc (but fuck jkr), six of crows/grishaverse (leigh bardugo is a goddess i luv all of her creations), age of legends trilogy, little women, lockwood & co, divergent, the hobbit, the book thief, carry on, becky albertalli's books, literally so many more

shows/movies: i love/have watched friends, the office, parks & rec, the good place, ncis (literally my fav), shadow and bone, young royals, heartstopper, good omens, and other stuff

ngl taladega nights is my comfort movie (so james of me, ik) but I also love harold and maude, mean girls, and any cheesy romance movie ever

that was long, so picture break! these are all from pinterest, not mine :)

fandoms/ships

I am mostly just in the marauders and soc fandoms, but also a bit of golden trio and pjo

I love most marauders ships esp starchaser, rosekiller, pandalily/marylily/pandamarylily, and dorlene (dw, i like wolfstar too) My favorite fics are Art Heist Baby, crimson rivers, anything by damagecontrol, anything by MesserMoon (esp kyd and ohb), anything by maladaptivewriting, anything by Solmussa, and anything by lynxindisguise (PSA i have not read atyd. ik, ik, i'm just not mentally prepared yet. same reason i haven't read choices)

my fav golden trio ships are luna/ginny, harry/draco, and ron/hermione

soc ships are obvi wesper, helnik, and kanej (plus zoyalai ofc)

dni

if ur mean/disrespectful/homophobic/misogynistic/sexist/transphobic/racist/or have anything bad to say/or are creepy

otherwise, i love to interact, have chains, be tagged, or anything. i am kinda new to tumblr tho, so not sure how everything works. I won't interact outside of tumblr or ao3 unless i actually know you

thx for reading <333 i hope you enjoy the weird shit i post :) I might end up posting my art... I dont know if im brave enough. but you can read my writing!

#intro post #introductory post #blog intro #the marauders #jegulus #wolfstar #rosekiller #starchaser #dorlene

[moonshine999]

Similarities between Zoyalai and Helaegon

These are two of my favourite ships (as complicated as they may be) and there are various similarities that are just too apparent to ignore now so I wanted to list them here 

Note : the content is just my opinion and so are these ships, if you do not agree with them, just scroll past it and ignore it

Overall : 

 🕯️both ships are rulers of their respective kingdoms and had to go to great lengths to get there

( I understand that Rhaenyra did sit on the throne but since she was not recorded in history and Aegon was, I am just going off of that) 

🕯️dragons serve as special symbols for them 

(Zoya more so in zoyalai and it is a Targaryen custom almost) 

🕯️they often bickered or bantered a lot at the start

🕯️forced proximity 

(As his general, she would have to see him everyday and helaegon is quite literally an arranged marriage) 

🕯️the grumpy x sunshine trope

🕯️the. colour. schemes. 

Okay I will go on a bit here

I find it very interesting that gold symbolises the parts of their lives they held most dear and gave most importance to 

For Aegon, it’s his dragon - Sunfyre

They haven’t been recorded as the strongest dragon and rider bond in history for nothing 

Sunfyre was willing to kill anyone who came across his rider’s way and would not go down without a fight, even if he was on the brink of death

Aegon cherishes this so much and I think Sunfyre, not only represents his ability to bond with things and them to love him back (which he so wants from his mother and father) but also in a sense, his freedom. 

His capability to fly off anywhere with his beloved dragon never to be found. Away from duty and the burden of being king. 

But if it is for his family then he must. 

Which also can explain why the crown he dons is silver, not gold (unlike Rhaenyra’s who arguably has more freedom than him) 

While for Nikolai, almost in a stark contrast to Aegon represents his crown - his kingdom and his want for duty because he thinks that his father and brother would have sunk the ship that is Ravka down to the pits of hell. 

Obviously in the end, he is a consort but for the most part of shadow and bone and king of scars he still has this longing to do right by his people

And while these two characters are almost the same age, Aegon has to carry the entire weight of his family and kids while Nikolai isn’t even married yet and does not show any interest in it, and for family he virtually has none.

This is not to discredit anything any character had to go through but I just find it interesting how the same colour can mean such different things for these two (arguably similar) characters

Now I realise I haven’t talked about Zoya and Helaena much but they don’t have many differences to talk about really 

🕯️  their colour schemes are blue and silver 

For Helaena, both colours represent her dragon - Dreamfyre 

And for Zoya, the silver (amongst other things) represents the dragon eye she is gifted and the blue - the fact she is Grisha 

🕯️both are shown to be much capable rulers than their significant others 

Zoya does get to become one but oh.. Helaena baby.. how you were robbed

( I may make an entirely different post explaining why or maybe an AU where Helaena is Queen regent) 

🕯️both are shown to be capable political advisors and intelligent 

🕯️both were put into an unwanted marriage by their mother/ parents at a very young age 

(Zoya’s case is much more serious here as she was just 10 but the point on surface level still stands) 

🕯️both are very closed off 

In their different ways yes

While both shun people out

Zoya would rather spew insults at their face to keep them away 

While Helaena would just ignore them until they leave themselves 

Now for some similarities between Nikolai and aegon

🕯️the gold (we already discussed this but yeah) 

🕯️both feel an immense pressure to perfect 

Nikolai due to his father and brother’s lack of care for the kingdom and the massive threat that was the darkling just being defeated and him and his council being left to take care of the mess

While aegon because his mother is so perfect (or she seems to be) and he needs to be himself so he can show her he is capable and finally gain some approval but also the threat of war for the blacks as well as him trying to be more involved in his kids’ lives 

🕯️both are free souls 

But while Nikolai seems ready to take on the throne and leave sturmhond (his identity so he would never be found) behind (for now).

Aegon is far from it.

He wants to be free, sail away somewhere and never be found but he can’t.

Even if he was allowed to, he wouldn’t because he understands what is at stake. 

This can pose an interesting topic of how Nikolai is almost everything Aegon wishes to be and wishes to have.

And how Nikolai was given this opportunity to sail as he was the second son, this chance can never be given to Aegon.

🕯️male wives. 

Yeah anyway- 

Just some other differences : 

🕯️Zoya and Aegon are very driven people 

They clearly act on how they think fit for their loved ones and can get cocky at times 

They can also get explosive at times when they are threatened

🕯️Helaena and Nikolai always seem to find some sort of balance between things 

Which always confuses their partners but they do

As consorts, they are generally more free and so have more times for their hobbies and interests as well as political affairs 

🕯️Both are also very confident in their moralities and where they stand and with whom they stand 

🕯️Both are haunted or troubled by some form of demon

While Nikolai is a physical demon, I think Helaena’s would be her visions and her dreams

As she sees the dance happens before it does and does not know what to make of it 

Sure we can say that she could control it better with age but these things would have left her traumatised and as they started happening, the amount of confusion and frustration paired with b&c happening- 

Gods. 

Anyway 

If I missed anything, do let me know

I am probably looking way too much into it but oh well, what are we here for? 

#helaena targaryen #aegon ii targaryen #helaegon #helaena x aegon ii #zoya nazyalensky #nikolai lantsov #zoyalai #nikolai x zoya #grishaverse #king of scars #house of the dragon #fire and blood #ships #ship comparison #[ . ship comparison . ]

[dregstrash]

I found this in my drafts and it was from a time when I didn’t have enough money for another tattoo, so I wrote a modern Zoyalai where Zoya is a tattoo artist and Nikolai lost a bet. 

It had all started with a bet.

A really stupid bet.

The kind of bet that is passed when the world is spinning and you hope that the person you were shaking hands with wouldn’t remember it when the morning sun came with the expected hangover. 

But unfortunately for Nikolai, Genya’s penchant for recording everything had worked against his favor (yet again) and now he has found himself inside of Zoya’s tattoo parlor itching at the slippery leather seats.

Nikolai wasn’t unfamiliar with tattoos. He did have a brief stint in the Navy--a stint that resulted in long, treacherous nights and a badly done compass rose tattooed on his thigh.  

He had toyed with the idea of getting another one.

Maybe when he had a better idea of what he wanted.

He was actually going to ask Zoya if she could do one for him, seeing as how she had her own business.

But the circumstances that led him to be at her station. In the middle of the day. Less than ideal.

“Don’t be such a baby, Nikolai.” Zoya huffed as she waltzed back in from the room. She carefully placed the thin piece of paper in her hand in front of a table and began to put her rubber gloves on. She then started to unwrap new needles and open brand new ink pots. 

“Please.” Nikolai scoffed. “I have a tattoo, Zo.”

She gave him a look. “And you’re shaking like a leaf because what? You’re excited?”

“It’s cold in here. You can’t afford a heater?”

She rolled her eyes, “Last I checked, it was you who wanted this.” Zoya continued to go through her routine, and Nikolai (despite his nervousness) couldn’t help but stare at the sureness of her hands. Or the way she looked when her hair was pulled back and away from her face. 

She really was the most beautiful woman he has ever seen, and it was a shame that she was very clearly keeping their relationship strictly platonic.

(A shame but also a relief--Nikolai wasn’t sure that he could have handled losing Zoya over something stupid he probably would do if they were ever together.)

“Last time I checked--” Nikolai started as Zoya gestured for him to take his shirt off and roll onto his back. “I was under the influence of alcohol when I bet that you could beat me at darts. And on top of that I didn’t know I was being recorded. This should be illegal.”

The gentle buzz of her tattoo gun started to sound and Nikolai took a deep breath in and out as he started to feel Zoya start to work.

“Unfortunately, for you.” She continued, “Your waver form has a stupidity clause that protects me from any lawsuit that your silver spoon ass can come up with.”

Nikolai tried not to laugh as Zoya continued her work. 

After a few minutes of comfortable silence, Nikolai tried again.

“You won’t even give me a baby hint to what it is?”

She huffed a laugh, her hot breath touching his bare back. His fists clenched. 

“Did that hurt?” Her voice carrying an unfamiliar tinge of concern. He chose to ignore it. 

“No.” Nikolai gritted, and he was going to blame it on the cold or the slight adrenaline that came with getting a tattoo, but the next words slipped right out of his mouth. “You could never hurt me, Zo.”

A second. A brief second where the gun had lifted from his back. Nikolai expected to feel the gentle wipe of a paper towel or hear the gun getting loaded with ink, but none happened. 

He started to turn--to do what? To take back what he said? To play it off as a dumb joke?--but then Zoya got back to work, and he stilled once more. 

“You’re too much of an optimist, Lantsov.” She said. Her voice carrying the notes of someone trying a smidge too hard to act normal. “Now, shut up. Unless, you want this to look as ugly as Genya sketched out.”

This time Nikolai did laugh, and, faintly, Zoya joined in.

[Genya had sketched out a badly drawn puppy peeking out of a toilet bowl. Zoya showed mercy and at least gave the puppy a pirate hat]

#i want another tattoo tbh #i am 100% procrastinating on my group project #zoyalai #zoya x nikolai #zoya nazyalensky #nikolai lantsov #king of scars #kos #rules of wolves #RoW #zoyalai modern au

[thatfangirlofsb]

Headcanon

Zoyalai (children)

A/N: Yes, the most awaited moment has arrived. How would their children be like?

T/W: Grishaverse spoilers.

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They would have two, a girl and a boy.

The first pregnancy would happen shortly after the wedding. It wasn't wanted, but while Nikolai would be thrilled, Zoya would have her doubts; It seemed to her that everything had happened very quickly and she was not ready for it.

All the negative thoughts she had felt would change to the opposite when she held her in her arms for the first time.

She wouldn't want anyone near her and would always be watching her, making hard for Nikolai and her friends in the Grand Palace to leave the baby for a few minutes in someone else's care.

Her name would be Liliyana and her title tsarevichitsa*.

Her parents would love her a lot. She would be a copy of Zoya; but the sense of danger would be the same as Nikolai.

Her parents thought she was an otkazat'sya, because she didn't display any grisha attributes. But then Zoya found out that she was a Tailor.

The second pregnancy would be wanted, but this one would be more difficult to achieve.

They would name the boy Dominik, after Nikolai's friend. His title would be tsarevich.

He would have the physical appearance of his father but the way of being of his mother.

The two would get along very well when they were little, but they would grow apart after the years.

He would show the skills of Squaller from a very young age, just like his mother.

Liliyana would be her father's favorite and Dominik his mother's one.

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*: I couldn't find the Ravkan word for princess, so I used prince and added the ending for queen.

tsarevich + -itsa ("tsaritsa").

#grisha #grishaverse #leigh bardugo #shadow and bone #queen zoya #zoya nazyanelsky #zoyalai #nikolai x zoya #zoya of the garden #nikolai lantsov #nikolai duology #zoya x nikolai #king of scars #rule of wolves

[sabrinaacarpenters]

Thoughts on s2?

im very 50/50 on it to be honest, there were some parts that i really liked but all in all i liked season 1 so much more

i loved that they changed alina's ending, i hated how the trilogy ended and i'm book m/alina's number one hater so i did not give a fuck that they broke them up tbh. i was fine with them in the show in s1 but in s2 they bored me to tears and they got together way too fast in my opinion. also i think she had way more chemistry with nikolai so even though zoyalai is one of my otps i don't mind that if the show gets cancelled they're kind of endgame here, since i'll always have the books. and i'm so here for dark!alina!!

for the crows part, i loved the kanej scenes from the books even if they were completely out of order lmao but amita and freddy has amazing chemistry so i ate up all their scenes i think wesper was very rushed, i don't like how they made them sleep together prior and i think their dynamic is the most different from their book counterparts, but if we don't get s3/a spinoff at least they're endgame now one of my biggest gripes with this season is NOT ENOUGH HELNIK!! i truly hoped that even though we wouldnt get the ice court heist they would break matthias out of hellgate in the second part of the season in like individual storylines for them, even though i did not like how quickly kaz took down pekka, freddy's performance was amazing in episode 4, truly one of the highlights of the season for me. and my girl nina had so many amazing scenes this season i was very happy for her. i think jesper was a bit sidelined this season compared to the previous one, but i loved the dream/hallucination scene with his mom and it was great to see him embracing his powers; its going to be interesting how the heist plot changes now that he's not hiding it wylan is very much still a blank slate which i like, bc thats similar to how it was in the first book. matthias being plagued by sex dreams was basically the only thing he had going on but you know what im not complaining lmao inej already leaving to hunt down slavers was a change i did not like, and what was that look between her and tolya??? i was bamboozled. i also feel like they erased a huge part of her backstory and trauma, which i hope they'll rectify given the chance, my insane conspiracy theory is that tante heleen isn't actually dead and she'll show up at the ice court

killing david was sick of them tbh and i hate it but still the biggest crime was putting zoya in the ugliest baby pink gown they could find in the last ep. they truly did my girl so dirty

#replies #shadow and bone #shadow and bone spoilers