Summary: No one in the guild would normally clock Lucy as the affectionate one, but Natsu has since long known the truth.
Notes: (At the end bc I'm going on a LONG grateful rant and you can't stop me)
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With Natsu Dragneel, physical contact was inevitable. The fire wizard craved other peopleās presence like a magnet - when he fought his fists spoke for this craving, and when he didnāt fight he had two people who could satisfy his needs. The first one was Happy of course. They hung around 24/7, either by Natsu carrying him around in his arms, or by Happy sitting on his head or his shoulders. Then Lucy entered the picture - the weird, kind of spoiled girl who sought adventure despite being new to the big wizarding world. When Natsu met her he didnāt know if they would click - she was a complete chatterbox, and a clueless one at that, since she talked for almost an hour about how great the Fairy Tail guild was - and she wasnāt even aware that she was having lunch with one of their wizards! Well, at least he knew she cared for his guild, so when he accidentally met her on that party boat a few hours later, he knew there was no need to doubt his decision of inviting her to join Fairy Tail. She would fit in just fine with her weirdness.
Natsu found that he enjoyed being around her a lot more than the other people in the guild. He despised hanging out with Gray, Erza gave him chills and Elfman was all brawn, no brain, which was fine except he couldnāt joke around with him. He could honestly go on - Loke was annoying and smelled weird, Cana had more alcohol than blood in her body, Levy was boring with her books and righteous ways, and besides, she had Jet and Droy around her all the time, and those guys were wimps. He loved them all more than anything, but he couldnāt hang out with them the way he did with Happy, and had done with Lisanna back in the day. Lucy became a breath of fresh air compared to everyone else. She was inexperienced and odd, but she joked around with him in a way that he really had missed. That, and her reactions to his pranks were actually hilarious.
It wouldnāt be a big surprise if Lucy had decided to leave Natsu after joining Fairy Tail, to hang out with other people. After all, even Natsu knew he could be a handful to deal with. But in the end she stayed with him. He learned fascinating things about her - how her spirits worked, that she never broke promises (convenient for his first job actually, but an admiring trait to have even without considering his own benefits), that she was smarter than her looks let on and that she had a happy spirit. What he hadnāt expected to learn was how much she loved physical contact. Natsu knew he expressed love through meaningful touches, but Lucy had never been the one to initiate any of it ā at least not if she was facing him.
The first time she had done it, he almost jumped in surprise. They hadnāt known each other for more than a couple of months, but Natsu had managed to find an unparalleled satisfaction under Lucyās covers. He had slipped into her bed, not for the first time, and definitely not for the last, when she hugged him from behind. Her breathing hadnāt changed: she hadnāt woken up. Still, she must have noticed Natsuās familiar heat, because she approached him like sheād been expecting him. Natsu didnāt know how to act. It was like his muscles had been switched out with concrete: he had tensed up and wouldnāt move a single millimetre, like the slightest movement would scare her away.
It was only when he realised heād been holding his breath that he allowed himself to move. A shaky puff out, and then a shakier breath in. But despite Lucyās arms feeling his movement from being wrapped around him, she didnāt budge. If anything sheād nuzzled closer, pressing her cheek against his neck, wrapping her legs around his as she molded herself to his stale figure.
He hadnāt slept very well that night. He considered it weird after all, that the girl who spent so much time denying all signs of enjoyment connected to physical affection, would be the one to initiate a cuddling session like that. He supposed that was around the same time he really leaned into her nickname: āWeirdoā. It was oddly accurate, it turned out.
Time didnāt fix this conundrum: in fact, it made it worse. Or, intense, was a better descriptor. Natsu still refused to cease his night time activities in her bed though. It almost became a game, a silent, unconscious sparring match, where they fought over the right to be the big spoon. Natsu usually won at dawn, but as soon as the sun started to rise and Natsu flickered awake for a split second, he found himself held by the blonde. Fondly sheād cuddle closer as Natsu stirred, seemingly not aware at all of her actions.
However, every morning heād wake up a little bit colder. Lucy would be awake already, humming to herself in the shower or cooking breakfast, or sheād sleep in with her back turned. Natsu suspected she knew how the two of them slept at night ā there was no other explanation as to why he never woke up in her embrace.
What he didnāt know was how right he was. Lucy was insanely aware of her bad sleeping habits, more than once drenching herself with cold water in the shower to get rid of her blushing. She could do many embarrassing things, but something like this? It felt vulnerable to show that side of her. It alluded to her not-so-pleasant past, which wasnāt something she was quite comfortable showing yet. After all, Natsu didnāt even know her last name yet: none of the guildmates did, her past was something sheād left behind.
As time went on, truths revealed themselves, and secrets spilled, Lucy realised that she didnāt need to feel ashamed of this need for physical contact. Natsu had never seemed to mind after all, repeatedly showing up, night after night, to roll around in the sheets with her. She would never allow herself to show this side to anyone other than him or Happy: not even Erza could know this secret, and she was her best friend. No, what happened at night was between her and her boys. Natsu had never slipped up about their activities either, so she let it stay uncovered as long as it needed to. Lucy clinging on to Natsu like a lifeline, as dreams shook her around, just didnāt need to be brought up in a day to day situation.
Natsu didnāt know Lucyās view on their sleeping habits. He only knew that time was in his favour when it came to this thing: the longer theyād known each other, and with more frequent sleepovers, Lucy seemed to gain courage in her awake affection as well as her unconscious one. Now she didnāt avoid him when Natsu brought his arm around her, nor did she shy away from coming up from behind with a back-hug-sneak-attack. Sheād even stand beside him at the bar, mindlessly take his hand and start fidgeting with its rough crevices, removing dirt from under his fingernails and even going as far as rubbing in hand cream, like it was her own hand.
He liked this side of her. It felt like she allowed herself to claim him as hers, as much as he enjoyed claiming her as his. Every time she approached him, he felt validated: like their friendship was just as important to her as it was to him. Naturally heād feel like that anyways, he knew how much she appreciated him, but it was somehow different when it came to physical contact. Maybe thatās the way he understood affection best: getting his feelings reciprocated was truly unparalleled.
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Tonight Natsuās feet once again took him to her apartment. Happy was flying a bit in front of him, practically asleep ā they hadnāt planned to take so long, but before they knew it the sun had set, and Lucy was probably done waiting for them. Their initial plan was to meet up after dinner: normally theyād eat it together, but Lucy had been coerced by Erza to have a āpractice dinnerā before a special day that she wouldnāt give them any details on. It wasnāt like details were needed though: Erza being sneaky only ever meant one thing ā even Natsu knew that much.
So it was fair to say he was tired when he reached the pink brick building. Gazing up to the second floor, he envied Happy who could just fly up with ease. Still, sleeping with Lucy had never been a question of if he should, but when. He carefully stretched his neck, slapping his cheeks twice, before climbing up. The route was etched into his brain like second nature: he knew exactly which brick to grab or step on, and he knew which ones to avoid if it had been raining. Luckily, Lucyās window was always left cracked open, making it possible for him to slide up the bottom panel and worm himself in.
The landing that had once been clumsy, waking Lucy up by landing straight onto her, was now a lot smoother. Not only did practice make Natsu more agile, but Lucy had also made it a habit to sleep closer to the window, making Natsu land beside her instead of on her. Happy had already curled up to a ball by Lucyās feet. Heād eventually make his way up to sleep closer to his friendsā heads, but from years of experience he knew that it would take a while for them to settle down.
As Natsu quickly undressed by the edge of her bed, leaving his day clothes haphazardly on the floor, Lucy stirred under the duvet. Natsu longed to join her in her nest of pillows and soft, clean blankets, but first he reluctantly made his way to the bathroom.
He winced at the loud clicks the bathroom door made when he closed it, not sure if it was his worry of waking Lucy or his own hearing that was most bothered. Either way he hurried to do his business. After flushing and washing his hands in much too cold water, he took a quick second to look in the mirror.
Looking back was a pretty grown up man, looking like heād forgotten to shave one day too many. Underneath the stubble were scars ā some prominent, ones that heād gotten long before Wendy joined Fairy Tail, and others less obvious, only faint shadows remaining. Not even her magic could make the skin look completely like new again, but he was thankful that it helped as much as it did. Some of these scars were less pleasant memories, like the one on his cheek that he associated with Zeref.
His shoulders had gotten quite big over the years. When heād first met Lucy, he considered himself scrawny. With time and with experience theyād grown stronger, and he found himself thinking that he resembled Gildarts more and more. He shivered. He really needed to shave in the morning, or heād end up looking exactly like that old fart. With his shoulders slumped over the sink he ruffled around his hair with some water, rubbing away the tensions of the day from the scalp. It was about time he cut that hair again. A mental note to ask Lucy to bring out Cancer was put in the back of his head.
Quickly he grabbed his toothbrush from the shared toothbrush cup and generously smeared on toothpaste. He was about to brush with his normal force, but stopped himself as he heard Lucyās voice echo in his brain.
āYouāre gonna give yourself receding gums if you keep that up!ā
He let out a sigh before lightening his grip. She really nagged him about the smallest things. It was either how he brushed his teeth, or how he procrastinated doing the dishes, or sheād complain over a rag or two missing the laundry basket when he and Happy tried to get them in from across the living room.
But he didnāt dislike those complaints. In fact, he was actually a bit fond of them. It was yet another reminder that Lucy considered Natsu and Happy family members in her home: she worried and complained, but she never threw them out anymore. She had been the one to give Natsu a permanent toothbrush in her bathroom, and sheād been the one who hung up three hand towels instead of one, all under their respective names. She was the one who cooked most of their food, and she gladly made some space in her wardrobe to fit in some clothes for Natsu, so he wouldnāt have to wear the same dirty outfit each day.
Reflecting on it made him smile, resulting in spilling out some toothpaste and drool on his chest. He grabbed the towel that hung under his nameplate and dried himself. Yeah, she was probably wise to assign separate hand towels to the three of them: he had to give her credit for that.
Finally finished in the bathroom he hurried over back to where Lucy was laying, curled up, lightly snoring. Had anyone else been making that sound heād probably want to punch their heads in, but when Lucy did it? Natsu melted in the delightful ambiance.
As soon as he crawled in under the covers, Lucy seemed to stir awake. Mission unsuccessful, but at least he got a chance to talk to her.
āYouāre late,ā she mumbled, voice raspy from just waking up.
āWe lost track of time. Sorry.ā Natsu whispered, shamelessly placing his head on her pillow.
āItās okay⦠Erza held me back too.ā She rubbed her eyes from sleepy crust before taking a good look at Natsu. āYour hairās getting long.ā
She brought her hand to his head, combing it from his temples and back. Natsu shivered at the sensation of nails running against his scalp.
āYeah, I was thinking of having Cancer cut it in the morning.ā
āYou should try growing it out again. You look good with longer hair.ā
He almost blushed as a smirk entered his lips. She could be uncharacteristically bold at night.
āLook good, huh?ā
She lightly flicked his forehead before returning to combing through his hair.
āDonāt get cocky.ā
Natsu felt a snicker bubble up his throat.
āWait, Iām sorry, Iām seriously considering it here,ā he defended himself. Lucy softened her grip on his hair.
āGood.ā Her teasing expression had once again turned soft.
For a couple of minutes they let the silence settle. Natsu grabbed Lucy into his embrace by pulling her in by her waist, allowing Lucy to continue playing with his hair. He felt like he was living in bliss, breathing her air, feeling her light fingertips tuck hair behind his ear with a softness that resembled sunbeams kissing his skin a warm early spring. What the two of them had during the night, in between chaotic missions and stressful adventures, was something completely otherworldly.
āHey, Natsu.ā
Her soft whisper breathed life in the tranquil atmosphere.
āYeah?ā
His eyes fluttered open, meeting hers. She seemed to be thinking fondly about something, her pupils big and eyelids molding as her mouth formed a relaxed smile. Just seeing her made the corners of Natsuās mouth pull upwards.
āCan you turn around?ā
Suddenly her voice had gone from pleasantly sweet to sickly sweet, as Natsu realised what she was asking of him. He felt his expression go from calm to troubled.
āNoā¦ā he tried, whining a little to see if she could possibly be the small spoon tonight.
āPleaseā¦ā Her big doe eyes sparkled at him. This wasnāt fair. How dare she use those gorgeous brown eyes against him. He tried to hold his ground, holding her firmer by the waist so she wouldnāt flip him over when he least expected. It wouldnāt be the first time, after all.
āIā¦ā He quickly shut his eyes and turned his face away. āNo, not today.ā
āCome onā¦ā She squirmed a little in his grip, trying to come up with something to coerce him. āWhat ifā¦ā her face grew rapidly red. āWell⦠how about we make a deal.ā
Natsu perked up again, curious about what she was offering.
āOkay⦠Whatās in it for me?ā He had turned back to face Lucy, but this time sheād been the one to avoid looking at him. Even in the dark he could see that she was blushing.
āIāll⦠Give you a kiss,ā she finally said, carefully looking back at Natsu to see if she could read his reaction. It was⦠smaller than sheād expected.
Truth was, Natsu wasnāt sure if heād heard her right. Had she really said kiss? Even he was aware of the implications of that: She was asking for permission for them to become something more.
āA kiss? On the lips?ā He asked, trying to clarify. It would be terribly embarrassing if heād misinterpreted her.
āW-well we donāt have to if you donāt want to! Iāll come up with something els-ā
āTen.ā Natsu interrupted her.
āTen?ā
āTen kisses. In exchange for being the little spoon,ā he explained, making an ugly face while describing what he was offering. Lucy frowned.
āIt canāt be the equivalent of ten kisses,ā she tried to argue, but Natsu stood firm in his offer.
āI think itās reasonable. I can start by giving you the first, but you gotta give the rest.ā By now he felt sort of determined, like he had to get those kisses no matter what. She couldnāt exactly go back on her word: she was the one that had offered the kiss in the first place.
āW-wait, Natsu!ā She squealed a little as he grabbed her face in both of his hands, squishing her cheeks together until she looked like a fish.
āYaā ready?ā
Before he could lean in she shook out of his grip.
āStop! Fine! Iāll do it! Just, give me a moment to brace myselfā¦ā Lucy demanded, now changing her position from lying down beside him to sitting up, legs in a criss cross. Natsu mimicked her position to make things easier for her. Though, truth be told: he was getting a little impatient. As soon as she had offered a kiss to compromise his usual sleeping position, heād started craving those lips against his. They always looked so soft, so supple, like theyād break if they were sucked too hard.
When Lucy finally composed herself, she looked at him with fierce determination in her eyes. She scooted a little closer, making their knees touch. It still didnāt feel like they were close enough. A distance that was so easily closed normally, now felt like miles. First she grabbed his arms, firmly. Not quite satisfied with the feeling of that, she tried placing them on his shoulders.
Problem was: no matter where she placed her hands, it didnāt feel like Natsu was getting any closer. He was always an arm length away. This frustrated her.
āCould youā¦ā she tried to find the right words, āhelp me? A little?ā
āYeah, of course, sure, what do you⦠want me to do?ā
Yet again there was a shift in atmosphere. Flailing arms and nervous chuckles made him realise that this was happening. He was going to kiss Lucy. Or more accurately: she was going to kiss him. Part of him wanted to just screw any rules about technicality, grab her and kiss her until twilight. Another part of him knew that nothing would compare to what Lucy was setting him up for right now. He really, really wanted to find out what she had in store: what kind of kisses sheād give, if she preferred leaning to the left or to the right to avoid their noses crashing, and how it would feel to be kissed, instead of the kisser.
āWould you justā¦ā Lucy was still caught up in how they were going to sit and do this. āMaybe we should stand-ā
āNo.ā
āYeah no. If you lean forward a bit? Maybe?ā
Natsu toppled his torso forward, closing in the space a bit. It didnāt seem like Lucy was satisfied though, even if their noses were close enough to touch.
āNo, my back hurts like this.ā She changed her sitting position a couple of times, moving around so much that Happy was starting to stir awake. Natsu had enough.
āShh,ā he whispered, nodding slightly towards the sleeping exceed. His expression was probably hard to read ā he didnāt quite understand his emotions himself, but it was a confusing mixture of impatience, eagerness, and something deeper that had been tinting the entire evening. Could it be what people called love?
He pulled roughly on her arm until she sat in a straddle over his groin. She better not sit down here, he managed to realise, which luckily for him, she didnāt. Instead she blushed from the crown of her head, all the way down to her shoulders. It seemed like reality was starting to hit her too. Except this time, she didnāt back down. Her back wasnāt hurting, she wouldnāt have to do any weird maneuvers to get both her lips to meet his.
She straightened herself up, trying to ignore the burning feeling of Natsuās hands against the dip of her waist, and combed back his hair from right above his ears and back to his neck, mirroring what sheād done earlier this night. As her hands met at the crook of his neck, she carefully braided her fingers together, leaving her thumbs right behind his ears. Getting a good look at him, heād really grown up to become handsome. The boy sheād met in Hargeon such a long time ago was only a fraction of the man in front of her. His jaw was more chiseled, his eyes had matured, they reflected a certain light of wiseness that they hadnāt before. His chapped lips had gotten framed with slight smile lines ā she liked to think she was the cause of their early appearance: he always seemed to smile around her after all. His chin had grown a stubbly, dark pink beard, and she almost wanted to giggle at the thought of him growing it out one day. A pink beard: could you imagine?
But the truth was: she was so in love. She still felt like the night was surreal, the dimmed light from the moon being the only lightsource in the room. Just a couple of hours ago they had been joking around like today was any other day, no clue that sheād be sitting here, straddling him, on her merry way to kiss him. And not just once.
Finally she pressed her lips against his. It was a soft, dry, fluttery peck that only left both of them wanting more.
āOne,ā she whispered as she pulled them apart for a split second. She only briefly met Natsuās dark eyes as he looked up at her from under his eyelashes. He was quick to pull them together again, this time harder, with an urgency that he couldnāt quite explain. Her lips were so soft, even softer than theyād looked, and as they took half a second to breathe, he found himself wanting to taste them. So he did.
Lucy had just opened her mouth to jokingly say ātwoā when her teeth clacked against Natsuās. Was that his tongue? The new sensation gave her goosebumps, in a very⦠good⦠way. Natsu slowly dragged his tongue against Lucyās bottom lip, taking in everything that she tasted. It was warm, no, hot, and the taste itself was neither sweet, sour or salty, but rather a weird mix of everything and also⦠Nothing? The most he could identify was the faint taste of the toothpaste they used.
When Natsuās tongue suddenly felt Lucyās against it, it felt like heād been shot by lightning, the shock creeping along his spine, raising every hair on his head. It was⦠amazing. A little messy, drool finding its way down both of their chins, but it was hot, sweaty and completely delightful. He felt himself grabbing her pillowy hips, pulling them closer to his own groin, before realising what he was doing and stopped himself in his tracks. Things didnāt need to go this fast: today he wanted to revel in the fact that he was kissing the most beautiful woman in the whole world.
Instead he gently lowered Lucy down on her pillow, making it so he could be on top. As a hair got stuck in their mouths, he gently pulled apart, a string of drool embarrassingly acting as proof that theyād just been connected. Her golden hair almost silvery in the faint moonlight, he realised she looked angelic. Her light eyelashes carefully fluttered as she opened her eyes, a small giggle escaping her mouth. It sounded like heaven.
āIām counting that as number two and three.ā
āWhat? Why!?ā
He squinted at her. Was she trying to cheat him? To be honest, with her sweet expression, flushed cheeks and glittering doe eyes, he was about to let her.
āIt was longer. And with tongue. And your beard scratched my chin.ā
Natsu groaned.
āI knew I should have shavedā¦ā he muttered under his breath before diving in for round four. Once again it started perfectly innocently, Lucyās hands cupping Natsuās cheeks as their, now warmed up lips molded against each other again. This time Natsu was quicker to ask for VIP-entrance though, running his tongue over her mouth once again in hopes that heād get the chance to spar with it. When she played a little bit too hard to please, he repositioned himself over her, one leg between hers, letting his body weigh down slightly where their cores met. Seemingly it was a good move, because with a gasp he was allowed entrance.
Lucy thought that he played a little dirty, in more than one way. Did he even know the effects he had on her? That every time he touched her, she came undone? She teasingly sucked on his upper lip to punish him a little, not knowing it only edged him on. With his hands running across her torso, drawing little circles where her skin had gotten exposed, he deepened the kiss even further, their tongues now sparring like there was a prize to win. Lucy kept up with it for five whole minutes before she suddenly pushed them apart, swallowing hard.
āThatās four, five, six,ā she panted, her hands keeping some distance between the two of them. His chiseled chest felt nice⦠No, focus.
āWhat?! No way, what did I do this time?ā
āYou drooled in my mouth!ā Lucy had to whisper-shout it, as she remembered that they certainly werenāt alone in this bed.
āEw! Did not!ā There was no way heād done something disgusting like that: kissing was a drool-involved activity! There was no need for her to get her panties in a twist.
āYeah, you did? Wanna switch places and see how it feels?ā
āYouāre on!ā
Swiftly they swapped their positions, Lucy being the one on top this time. She carefully positioned herself right above his groin, not to wake any monsters she couldnāt tame, and leaned forward, pushing a strand of hair behind her ear.
āYour turn,ā she taunted, leaning into her seductive side before finally giving him a slight peck on his already open mouth. āOh, and thatās seven.ā
āCheater,ā Natsu muttered before cupping her face and leading her on to their eighth kiss. This time he understood why Lucy had counted as she had: not only was the actual kissing more intense from below (and also containing more saliva, he admitted), but the general power play made it feel unfair. All he could do from his position was grab her hips, butt, waist and upper-middle back to hold her closer, or play with her hair and touch her neck, like sheād done to him before.
Lucy, however, had all the cards on her table, tracing his bare torso, feeling the curves and crooks of his abs, sometimes using her nails to her advantage, sending goosebumps throughout his entire body. Heād reward her with a gentle squeeze wherever his hands were, or heād deepen the kiss, gently biting her lip or feel the back of her teeth with his tongue.
Rather than learning how taxing it was to be the drool-bucket, it seemed like Natsu was only enjoying this experience. She wanted to teach him a little lesson, so she pulled the two of them apart again, this time to quickly reposition her mouth on his neck, right below his scar. And then she kissed him, and licked him, and she sucked and bit, Natsuās panting by her ear only encouraging her.
Then she slowly rose up, a sly grin on her face.
āThe hickey counts as number ten.ā
āOh for fuckās sakeā¦ā Natsu breathed, too impressed to actually complain.
āNow!ā Lucyās eyes sparkled in excitement as she left her straddle. āA deal is a deal: get into position.ā
Natsu sighed deeply before complying, rolling over to the side so his broad back was facing Lucy.
āI donāt get how you enjoy this,ā he said, feeling Lucy hug herself into her place, body tightly pressed against his, her face landing in the crook of his neck. The place he knew from experience was the best smelling place on Lucyās entire body ā oh, how he wanted to switch places with her.
āSame reason you do, silly.ā She wrapped her arms around him, locking them together by tightly hugging his stomach. Instead of complaining, he accepted his role as the little spoon, grabbing her hands and bringing them up to his face. Ten, small kisses, he gave her, one on each finger.
āI think I can stand it if i get paid in kisses again,ā he joked, not realising that Lucy would push herself up one last time, land a wet kiss on the corner of his mouth, before laying down again.
āOne on the house.ā
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Happy felt his tail twitch in annoyance as he finally heard them settle down. Next time heād tell them to wait until heād fallen asleep at least.
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Oh wow, this year has flown by! Iāve started lots of WIPs and somehow only now had the energy to finish them (during exam season and all⦠Typical). Thereās still a small surprise upcoming, so you havenāt yet seen the last of me this year lol.
I hope youāll allow me to get a bit sentimental here in the notesā¦
This fic has been on the back burner since⦠2023 I think⦠Itās inspired by Mitski and her song First Love/Late Spring, and back then I still didnāt know Iād get to see her perform live in Edinburgh. My trip there was my first solo flight, and soon after I went to Greece with just my friend. Then I started uni again! Pedagogy, which has been so much more fun than journalism was for me (it sucked out my creativity, hence why I didnāt post much earlier this year). In general this yearās been more good than bad, save perhaps when my beloved Mala passed in March, and when we thought my other baby, Findus, had an autoimmune disease. Findus turned out to be fine, that cuddly-bug will probably not leave in a very long time.
Oh but Iām getting off track. This fic is fic nr10 posted this year, and while looking over my history Iām realising that theyāve all been posted within 6 months⦠Theyāve also been a lot more mixed genre-wise: I started with And Then They Were Two, an angsty fic written in memory of Mala. It was my first time portraying death: I didnāt know then it was just the start. Then I posted a fic where I tried making Natsu and Lucy fight (that was a tough oneā¦), though at least it ended happily, lol. I also finished Nalu Week from 2023! Hike in Heels is one of my favourite fics up to date, Iām really happy with that one, and though Iām slightly less fond of Some of their own, I still enjoyed the fluff.
I also wrote my second more suggestive fic: I really hope my growth from Massage Misunderstanding to A Way Into Your Heart shows (though theyāre not exactly comparable: one is a crack-fic after all). Unrequited Love was my first truly angsty fic. It was written with no solution in mind, during a time when I was experiencing my own unrequited love. It was very nice being able to use fic-writing as a creative outlet: and I also hope it somehow portrays how much of my own soul is poured into what I write. This is truly my passion.
Lastly I managed to pad my goriest, by far saddest, fic with a couple of fluffy ones: A homage to autumn (Home) and a gift to one of the greatest people Iāve met this year, Roxy.
Iām so insanely thankful to all of you who motivate me to continue to write! I seriously couldnāt have done this without all of you, Iām forever grateful. Writing is the one passion Iāve held on to since I could hold a pen: Iāll always treasure Ao3, ff.net and tumblr for being sites Iāve been able to rely on when it comes to meeting wonderful people, posting and reading fics.
So, for one of the last times in 2024: Thank you for reading my fic<3 See you all lots in 2025!
The Picture Frame - Next Step - Me & Ur Ghost - Scars - New Years Kiss - Natsu Can Sing - Amazing - Five Alarm (pretty sure they meant to write "fire alarm" btw) - Springing into Action - Kitty Kat - Just fine - Precipice
Multichaps:
Capturing Her Damaged Heart -Unfinished (I can't remember correctly but I think there are 2 nsfw scenes, skippable too, the fic is so long you won't even notice ngl) Sorry is my fav fic, I had to. Aparently the author is going to try and update this year so there is still hope for me us.
Fire and Gold -Ongoing (Deliciusly angsty, the scenes are kind of descriptive so if you don't like torture or blood, skip this one)
Pyromania -Ongoing (Aparently there will be smut in the future but so far nothing like that has happened, 40k atm)
wish you were dead -Ongoing (Slow updates but if enemy to lovers is your thing this is your fic, ACTUAL enemy to lovers, slow burn, angst, it has everything.)
Berserk -Abandoned (trust me on this one, REALLY good)
Of dust and shadows -Finished (This fic is more planned than my birth, every detail is important, crazy good)
Dauntless -Abandoned (Same with CHDH, one smut scene but long fic, you can skip it)
hello if you don't likd can you recommend some nalu fanfics? preferably where natsu is jealous or possessive need to cope
i've seen a bunch of ppl answer your ask with ao3-recommendations that i love and also recommend, so i thought i'd pitch in with one or two ffn fics!
(such a great fic, has hyq spoilers but not anything major, though it's based on a nalu scene from the hyq^)
^this is mildly possessive behaviour, but also not really. it's about natsu being obsessed with lucy though, so i thought i'd include it since i doubt i'll find a plethora of other fics^
^name should speak for itself - i haven't read all chapters and i def don't remember it all, but it should be plenty of nalu either way, lol, and @moeruhoshi is such an amazing writer so it's always worth checking their works out^
^fits your criteria, is really good, what more can i say^
^more protective than possessive/jealous but it's one of my favourite fics so i gotta recommend it every time i can^
anyways ffn is actually a goldmine for possessive/jealous natsu fics, but sadly it's hard to find it since the tagging system is kinda bad. still, give it a try if none of these are to your satisfaction - all of these are listed in my favourites, so i recommend them all a lot! happy nalu-reading
DRAMIONE FIC RECS + WHY YOU SHOULD READ THEM ā 100k+ words edition
hogwarts: a home by coralcollective ā reimagined horcrux hunt. draco is so down bad for hermione and the smut is crazyyy. theo/hermione friendship. pansy is the breakout character and you'll love her. there's nsfw art and inappropriate use of the malfoy signet ring. please check the tags! (it says incomplete on ao3, but it's only missing epilogues so don't be afraid of starting it)
word count: 372,978
chapters: 67/70
the commoner's guide to bedding a royal by olivieblake ā god, this fic!!!! it's a modern royal au and the ensemble of characters make this whole world feel so alive. it's inspired by will/kate and harry/meghan and it's sooo cute. theo and daphne were the breakout characters and i love them dearly. if you're looking for a lighthearted romcom-esque, occasionally angsty (because duh!) fic, this is it!!! i probably read this in two days which is insane considering the word count, but that should just tell you how lovely this whole fic was. there's a second part to this if you're itching for more afterwards (and it's just as good!)
word count: 503,570
chapters: 45/45
draco malfoy and the mortifying ordeal of being in love by isthisselfcare ā honestly if you haven't read this yet..... this is god tier. a CLASSIC. this should be taught in the schools. hermione's a magical researcher / healer and draco's one of the best aurors out there. he's assigned to protect hermione because she's in the midst of a big discovery. hermione's not happy about it and draco isn't either. slow burn!! idiots in LOVE!! forced proximity!!!!! EMBEDDED ART!!! honestly this is the fic that made me want to learn how to bind which is so serious and if you haven't read this yet you need to.
word count: 199,548
chapters: 36/36
the disappearances of draco malfoy by speechwriter ā this is my new canon. it's a deathly hallows rewrite where draco accepts dumbledore's offer to fake his death and go into hiding with the order. enemies to friends to lovers. i honestly can't even remember what happened in canon because this is IT for me.
word count: 289,780
chapters: 33/33
this world or any other series by olivieblake ā includes clean (book one) and marked (book two). anything by olivieblake should be a must-read, i swear to god. this one starts as a year 6 slow burn. draco and hermione are assigned partners for potions and it all snowballs from there. olivie writes so beautifully and her characterizations for hermione / draco are so good. slight warning for marked: this destroyed me and i pretend it doesn't exist, but it's still a must-read.
word count: 118,892 & 178,268
chapters: 31/31 & 39/39
rights and wrongs series by lovesbitca8 ā you want fluffy dramione? read the first two parts of the rights and wrongs series. you want dark and heavy dramione? read the auction, an alternate universe of the fluffy dramione, where voldemort wins and they all get auctioned off to death eaters. please check the tags for the voldy wins au! all three were chef's kiss and coming from someone who isn't a fan of dark aus, reading the first two helped me get through the auction because you know where draco's coming from / what's in his head. you can just read the auction without reading the first two parts unless you like catching parallels and having more depth / context (which i very much love).