the blooming, bloody sun | ii.
โ hinata shouyou x f!reader, brother!kageyama tobio |ย angst, fluff,ย royalty and deity AU
warnings: descriptions of blood, violence, gore (not very explicit), sexism, (kinda) arranged marriage, language, canon divergence from kageyamaโs family, oc inserts for minor characters
chapter word count: 5.8k
a/n: big thank you to megย @star-puffโ for commenting nice things on my doc <33 and giving me the confidence to post this monstrosity :โ) but please sleep earlier next time HAHA
masterlistย |ย series masterlistย
summary:ย your people donโt want a queen; they want a king, and a god who can help them win the war. you give them both. in exchange, you wear the kingdomโs finest silks and thread your hair with heavy pearls, and you give to the god the last thing you have to give: yourself.ย
prologueย |ย i. beasts of burdenย | ii. boy in the dark
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You step out of the ruins to the sound of raised voices.ย
โYou let her enter alone? What were you thinking-โ
โIt was an order!โ Noya throws his hands up pleadingly.ย
โSo you let the Princess, who hasnโt stepped out of the palace in a decade, enter crumbling ruins thatย havenโt been maintained for centuries alone andย in the night?โ Kiyoko looks furious. Noya cowers.
Itโs a scene so terribly nostalgic that you canโt help but smile. Noya trembles as Kiyoko bites out another admonishment -ย are those tears you see in the corner of his eyes?
โHey,โ you say with forced cheer, skipping carefully down the steps.ย โSo you were following us, Kiyoko-โ
Kiyoko pivots, cloak billowing like a full sail as she draws her sword in a smooth action that your eyes barely follow. It slices through the air so quickly it whistles - it trails moonlight in its wake. The moon gleams off the length of her blade, inches from your bare neck.ย
โStep away from her,โ she says lowly, eyes narrowed and form graceful. The tip of her longsword, angled at the Sun Godโs throat, does not wobble.
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