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[rhysanoodle]

Eye to Eye

My piece for Day 6 of @acotarauweek​: School AU! What’s a good college AU without some drinking games and subterfuge?

Word Count: 1165

AO3

Azriel wasn’t mad at Lucien—he was fuming. He’d gotten randomly paired as roommates with this guy for junior year, and he’d thought everything would be fine. Now, the first time Lucien had invited him out for roommate bonding, he’d ditched him within the first ten minutes for a cute redhead from his linguistics class.

Azriel wasn’t even a fan of social gatherings, but he’d thought it would be a good opportunity to get to know the guy he was supposed to be living amicably with for at least the next nine months without wanting to throttle him.

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[acotarauweek]

Ahhhhh so cute!!

[christiashadows]

Her sneezes and Her smile

@acotarauweek

Veelia ( Vivianne's sister) x Morrigan

Prompt:

- “you come to the QSA but I don't know if you're queer or not and im in love with you” au

Vivianne had told Mor that her sister was joining their school.

What Vivianne had not told Mor, was that her sister was hot.....and had a boyfriend.

Which was just great for Mor's substantial little crush.

Still, Veelia managed to become the best part of her day for the first month. They'd get coffee together , her and the two sisters as a morning ritual. She was not sure if getting to know Veelia better amongst the various bakery and coffee scents was a curse or a boon.

Well it was definitely a curse, Mor realised awake at 3 am in the morning, Veelia's voice in her head.

" She sneezes so cutely." Mor whispered into her dark, lonely, lonely room.

"How bad is it?" Feyre asked Mor the next day.

" So bad. In the morning, i cried because me and her could never be together. Though I blame that on my period."

" Aww. Here, have some chocolate." Feyre offered her a chunk of liquor chocolates from her bag that Rhys had gifted her on their 'We locked eyes this day' anniversary.

" Why don't you go to the QSA this week? I heard they have a new member." Feyre said.

" Hmm"

...................

Mor couldn't believe who was standing in front of her.

Veelia

Mor almost blurted out the million dollar question.

You're gay!!???

Besides, Mor reasoned a second later Veel was probably here because she was a good supportive person and understood her responsibility to the people who were unfortunately not as socially accepted as she was

Which just made it necessary for Mor to rush out of the room, lest Veel see her.

Too late.

"Mor! Hey, " she called out. "Whatchya doin?"

"Oh , nothing. I got lost, i have to go....." Mor said, cursing herself for being such a coward.

" Oh okay." Veel sounded confused" someone told me you are part of..."

" Ok bye! " Mor practically shouted and ran off.

......................

{Inserts SpongeBob narrator voice}

7 days later

" Mor."

"Hey Veel"

"Why are you sitting beneath a tree looking so morose"

" It's a secret"

" Hmm, her yearbook quote is 'Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.'

But she keeps so many secrets"

Mor looked up.

"Veel? Do you have something you want to tell me"

"As a matter of fact, I do. But i have a feeling that you do too." Veel said, plopping down beside her.

So Mor told her everything. From the day she had met her, to now.

" Mor" Veelia said , tucking a strand of Mor's golden hair behind her ear.

" I'm gay"

Mor's eyes widened "But your b-boyf__"

" He makes me realise more than anything that I'm into girls"

Mor could not believe what she was hearing.

" And i think I like you too."

Yes. Mor was gonna die. She was dying and going to heaven.

" Not without me" Veel chuckled.

Mor must have said that aloud.

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[acotarauweek]

Aww this is so sweet!

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[thesurielships]

all I ever think about is you

@acotarauweek day 6: school au

I am so late to the party, but @quakeriders and @nomattertheoceans fics made me miss writing, and @joyceortiz13‘s comment motivated me (thank you again), so here we are. This is a very short fic, definitely not my best, but I’m happy to be writing again so I wanted to share it with you all.

Word count: 772

Masterlist

Rhysand Night was the hottest guy in school.

Everybody knew that. So when he was chosen to be the model for her painting class, Feyre hadn’t been surprised. You would think having a reason to stare at your crush for a whole period would be something to rejoice about. But Feyre was awkward, and she tended to infuse her emotions into her paintings, so she was afraid that:

1)    She would stare too long and blush too hard and he would inevitably notice that she liked him.

2)    She would paint him in such a way that everybody who saw the portrait would know that she liked him, big time.

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I love this!!

[highqueenofelfhame]

acotar au wk day 6: college au.

Every. Single. Night. 

Every night when Nesta got home, there was an obnoxious 1950’s Ford truck parked with half the bed sticking out in front of her driveway. Every night, she got home from her shift at the hospital and had to finagle her way into her own damn driveway, and every night it made her angry as hell. She was a student, working nights in an Emergency Room to pay bills while she went to school full time and Nesta was tired. 

So the extra fifteen minutes that cut into her sleep was infuriating. The extra fifteen minutes that sometimes led to her choosing no dinner to sleep or dinner over less sleep was enough to make steam come out of anyone’s ears. And she’d had enough.

Which was exactly how she’d ended up in her current predicament. 

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[acotarauweek]

Yes Nesta you go girl!

[highqueenofelfhame]

"am i your lockscreen?” prompt

“Can you hold my bag for just two seconds, darling?” Feyre stuck her arm out like a cactus, letting Rhys drop his duffel bag over her arm. He had just won a second state football game of his high school career, and Feyre couldn’t have been more proud of her best friend. What a way to go out, his last football game ever being a state win that he would get a shiny ring for. The thought made her smile because, after losing his mom and sister over the summer, he deserved something like this to happen to him. 

Somewhere, his phone started to vibrate viciously in the pocket of his phone and she dug it out, ready to answer if it were Morrigan or one of the boys. Instead, she saw Ianthe’s name pop up on the screen and frowned, immediately declining the call. Sure, he would see the missed call, but it was – 

Her heart stuttered when she looked at the lock screen. It was a picture of just Feyre, her hair piled on top of her head while she looked at the camera with a wrinkled nose and red puffy eyes. Her middle finger was raised while she stuck her tongue out at the camera. She was wearing one of Rhysand’s t-shirts and lounging in his bed. If she remembered correctly, they had been watching Endgame and she had cried so hard that her only response had been to flip him off. It was a photo she had seen briefly on snapchat and not thought twice about sense. 

But here it was. The lockscreen on his phone. 

Behind her, she registered the sounds of footsteps fast approaching and she turned her head to hold out his phone, somewhat awkwardly. “It….was ringing.”

“Was it Cass? He said he would call when he…” But his voice trailed off as the screen lit up again, a text coming through and that same photo resting in the background. 

“I’m – Am I your lockscreen?” She finally asked, brow furrowed just slightly as she looked at him. For the first time in ages, Rhysand’s cheeks flushed. He pocketed his phone and nodded slowly. 

“You weren’t supposed to see that.” 

“Why is it just me? Why not like –”

“Because, Feyre darling, it has always been just you.” 

Rhysand said the words so plainly, laying it out so perfectly for her to pick up on his latest hint that couldn’t be ignored. He stepped toward her, his fingers brushing along her cheek as he pressed the softest kiss to her forehead. “Only ever you.”

“What do you -” But she was cut off by his lips on hers, by the feeling of his mouth warm and soft and moving against hers with a gentle fervor that had her opening her mouth for more. Neither was sure how long they stayed like that, standing in the parking lot and kissing, kissing, kissing until they were out of breath and the lights started to shut off. 

Finally, he pulled back to look at her, tucked her hair behind her ears and said, “I think I’d quite like to pick this up at home, wouldn’t you?”

Feyre’s wide grin was answer enough. 

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[acotarauweek]

This is so sweet!!

[quakeriders]

runes and bargains | feysand

@acotarauweek​​ 🎄 day 05: hogwarts au feysand masterlist | acotar au week masterlist | read on ao3

note: this is a plot point that didn’t make it into my big feysand hogwarts au, since it didn’t fit well with the rest, so here we go..

Feyre sat in the library, twisting her hands in her lap and listening to Lucien and Vassa quietly arguing about exactly how much Fluxweed belonged into a Wit-Sharpening Potion. As their whispers kept growing more aggressive and Vassa flipped through the book to check, Feyre once again looked down at her essay.

She wasn’t working on it though. No, Professor Babbling, their Ancient Runes professor, had just handed them their marked essays back. The three of them had made a beeline for the library right afterwards, but Feyre couldn’t bring herself to start working on her mountain of homework.

She just kept looking at the mark at the bottom of the roll of parchment. A big fat D looked right back at her.

Professor Babbling’s tight face kept flashing before Feyre’s eyes and even without her needing to say it, Feyre knew what it meant. She needed to at least get an E during their final exams to still pass the class.

And as Feyre slowly spiralled into a bottomless pit of despair, the sound of low snickering filler her ears.

Lucien’s jaw tightened, while Vassa just rolled her eyes.

Feyre looked over her shoulder only to find Rhys, Cassian and Azriel in the far corner of the library, their heads bent low and looking at something that was in Cassian’s lap.

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[acotarauweek]

This is so cute!!

[julesherondalex]

Home in Hogwarts (Elriel)

Summary: Sweet pining, love notes and Hogwarts. Let’s unite, Potterheads.

Word Count: 7096                    Song of the Fic

A/N: This one-shot sprang from unexpected inspiration and now holds a very special place in my heart. It felt wonderful to return to the place that will always remain mini-me’s home. Excuse the exorbitant length of this fic.

Read on AO3 here.

“Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.” - J. K. Rowling

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Azriel was lying on his bed, reading a book, with Elain freaking Archeron.

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[acotarauweek]

This is so cute!!! Absolutely amazing!!

[rhysanoodle]

Dwelling on Dreams

My piece for Day 5 of @acotarauweek​: Hogwarts AU! This piece may be my favorite I’ve written for this week … so much so that I’m considering writing more in this AU! Hope you enjoy! 💜

Word Count: 3308

AO3

It had started before the Sorting Ceremony, whatever strange thing had been building between Elain and Azriel.

She had stumbled on her way down the corridor, as she searched for the car occupied by Nesta and her friends. Her journal had gone flying out of her arms and landed in an errant compartment. The small boy, shadows given flesh pooling underneath his eyes, had picked it up and handed it back to her with nary a word, being recalled by a boisterous voice from within.

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This is incredible!! It’s so cute!!

[highqueenofelfhame]

acotar au week: day five

She could feel the obnoxious twinge in her palm. Twitch twitch. Twitch twitch. Over and over and over again, getting worse the more that she ignored it. 

Feyre was in the middle of teaching a class about love potions and Rhysand knew that. She wasn’t sure what he was supposed to be teaching, though she wouldn’t be surprised if it was the killing curse that she was dangerously close to storming over to his tower and throwing at him just for shits to see if he could block it fast enough. 

She wouldn’t ever do that, not really. But with her stupid tattoo blinking and winking, tugging at her skin every which way to get her attention –

“Professor Archeron?” Feyre looked up from her desk, curling her tattooed hand into a fist to block out any light that the stupid, knit-picky little eye was getting. 

“Yes, Maxie?”

“What is it that you smell? In the potion.” It was then that she relaxed her hand, opened it to look at the message that had been sent to her from across the castle, written in tall and short letters around the iris of the eye tattoo that blinked up at her. The message that Rhysand had been so determined to get her to see. 

It had taken a while to get used to the way that the letters were written, it was all to keep the illusion that it was an eye, to keep the messages hidden from prying eyes all in plain sight. Usually, she had to tilt her hand back at an odd angle to really be able to read it. It was like those trick-of-the-eye games where you just had to know where to look. This one, though, was easy. An Illyrian message she was all too used to getting.  

Ich liebe dich, schatz. 

“I smell rain and citrus. Sometimes jasmine and fresh silk sheets and warmth,” she said with a sigh, twitching the fingers on her left hand to send him the same message back. 

I love you. 

–

i can’t wait to see how many variations of talking through tattoo posts there are to day haaha!

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[acotarauweek]

This is great!!

[rhysanoodle]

Chance Encounters

My piece for Day 4 of @acotarauweek: Modern AU! Some short and sweet fluff. Hope you enjoy! 💜

Word Count: 697

AO3

“Oh hey! Can I get a picture of you two?” The young girl who ran up to Elain while she was in line for the Frozen 2 panel was already holding out a phone expectantly, but she couldn’t quite puzzle out who …

“Fine with me, if you don’t mind?” A man dressed as a tanned Flynn Rider stepped into Elain’s periphery.

“Of course,” Elain agreed, placing a tentative arm around the man’s back. Anything for a picture for a little girl who still likely idolized Disney princesses—not that Elain had grown out of that phase either.

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[acotarauweek]

I love this so much!!

[highqueenofelfhame]

acotar au wk day 4: modern au.

It was a kiss that I knew would have me reeling for hours on end. Long after the day was over, when I was home alone in my bed, I would be thinking about this kiss and the way his lips felt on mine. 

Every bit of me was going to be ruined, I would never recover. This was a kiss that was like waking up, like seeing the world through a new clarity and once you saw everything so bright and crisp you couldn’t just go back to the way things were before. It was the first kiss I’d had since I broke things off with Tamlin three months ago and it was the most alive I had felt in longer than I cared to admit. 

His mouth moved against mine in a way that felt so natural that I couldn’t believe it hadn’t happened sooner despite its inevitability. The shape of his lips, the taste and feel of his tongue as it swept through my mouth –

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[acotarauweek]

This is brilliant!

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Day 7: Free AU

It’s the final day of ACOTAR AU Week! Today is dedicated to any AU your heart desires! The AO3 collection has been opened.  Thank you so much to everyone who participated, we couldn’t have done it without you. We are currently reblogging and will be assembling everything into masterlists in the coming weeks. Remember that you can still submit works even when the week is over! Once again, thank you so much. All your works are amazing!! 

Masterlist // AO3

[ladynestaarcheron]

Hello hello hello! This is not chapter nine of Like Pristine Glass, I know, but that should be coming later this week! In the meantime, here’s my submission for day three of the @acotarauweek, which you can check out and read lots of other new AU fics!

you can read this on ao3 as well!

Nesta’s sisters are throwing a mandatory Hanukkah party, and she is dutifully (if begrudgingly) on her way when her car breaks down. Her sisters know Nesta can’t be an in enclosed space with strangers, so an Uber or the subway is out of the question, so Feyre sends her friend Cassian to pick her up.

Nesta may be a grinch, but at least she’s not an imp.

—

It is just her luck, Nesta thinks bitterly to herself, that the year Hanukkah falls neatly into the two-week Christmas break her firm has is also the year her sisters decide to gang up on her and host an extended family candlelighting night and the year her shitty 1973 Toyota finally decides to die.

On the side of some street in Brooklyn she’s never been to before. Of course.

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This is so good! It’s really nice to see another winter festivity celebrated in acotar au week!

[rhysanoodle]

Sweets and Savoring - A Perfectly Aligned Story

(Banner art by @sncinder​, who is also my wonderful beta and sounding board for this fic. Go check out the full piece on her Tumblr or Instagram 💕)

My piece for Day 3 of @acotarauweek​: Christmas/Holiday AU!  While this is a short story set in the Perfectly Aligned universe, this can be read completely on its own. 

All you need to know are that Elriel are together, Az has a little sister, and Elain and Azriel are both able to communicate through and control his shadows. Enjoy! 💜

Oh yeah, and I definitely pulled some inspiration for the beginning of this piece by the fluffiest piece ever by @sncinder​ found here. Girl, you always hit me right in the feels.

Word Count: 1848

AO3

“Need any help?” Elain murmured as she snuck up behind Azriel who had already begun pulling baking sheets and mixing bowls out of the cabinets. She’d tied an apron on and pulled him into an embrace from behind, feeling the comforting presence of one of his wings snaking instinctively behind her as he covered her hand with one of his own. 

“You’re going to get flour all over yourself, you know.” She offered him another protective piece of fabric, helping him with the ties in back and grinning at the hisses he elicited when she accidentally brushed his wings.

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[acotarauweek]

This is soo cute!!!!!!! I love it!

[houseofstarsandwishes]

The Perfect Christmas- Elriel

ACOTAR Au Week Day 3: Christmas AU

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Azriel finished wrapping up the last few presents and arranged them under the tree. He stood back to admire his work and sighed. It was a sorry looking sight.

The tree was thrifted, a scrawny little thing Elain had found at their local secondhand store for just a few dollars. Only half the lights had worked but with some tinkering he had gotten the entire strand to light up. The ornaments had been homemade, a collection of gingerbread cookies, paper snowflakes, and some colorful cloth stars Elain had whipped up from some old shirts of his. Popcorn stands filled in the rest and a painted cardboard star had adorned the top. The meager presents were wrapped in cheap brown paper, only adorned with colorful ribbons they had found in the dollar section at the craft store down the street.

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[acotarauweek]

This is amazing! Az is such a sweetheart!!

[foxfairyreads]

@acotarauweek Day Three: Christmas/holiday AU feat. Feysand ❄️

I am super proud of this one! <3

[acotarauweek]

This is absolutely gorgeous!!!