Thou Wilt Whisper, "No Pang Shall Be Mine"
Chapters Nine - "Colossians: For in You, All the Fullness of God Lives In Bodily Form"
https://archiveofourown.org/works/54989965/chapters/157956007#workskin
Chapter Ten - "Exodus: He Shall Cleave Himself To You, the Two Becoming One Flesh"
https://archiveofourown.org/works/54989965/chapters/157958194#workskin
(Full Fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/54989965)
[A table of contents with links to navigate the chapter can be found in the end notes of chapter nine] -> thank you to everyone on here who suggested adding some way to break this up
Thank you, as always, to my incredible beta reader, @glassdollls, without whom, this fic would not have been possible.
The art above is by me and inspired by the story of David's departure from Prince Jonathan, as painted by Rembrandt van Rijn
The basis for this painting is a story included in 1 Samuel, and is told throughout much of chapters Eighteen and Twenty.
"And Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul." - 1 Samuel 20:17
The art (that isn't mine) throughout this chapter was made by two of my friends, @chewybcnes and @party-crown-prince-of-sweden (@ chewybcnes and @ _party_prince_ on twitter respectively). Their art is incredible, so please follow them and like their art as well.
You can see chewy's art here and Léandre's here <3
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Other art in the chapter consists of a few quick drawings I did with some free time I had after I finished writing and during the editing / art phase (I did not spend 160 hours on any of mine or even collectively lol I leave that to chewy)
Some of you already know this, but this is the last fic I'll be posting for a very long time if not forever (apologies) which is part of why it took a bit longer as I wanted to close out a few of my other wips before posting this last chapter. I hope you all love it.
It's just a fic at the end of the day, but this one meant (means) a lot to me.
And if you want to discuss or ask questions outside of the Ao3 comments, you can send me an ask and I'll do my best to answer.
Love you all and thank you all so much for going on this journey with me.