fic count: 12
mostly zoyalai because they have an iron grip on my heart
1. (part one) we will fight for you
Summary: weeks of tension and stolen glances after the mess in the Fold lead to a fight between Nikolai and Zoya, lashing on each other for their repressed feelings and pent up frustration.
- second half of the first chapter (sorry for my mess)
Summary: Genya decides to take matters in her own hand and have a honest talk with Nikolai about his fight with Zoya. A moment of friendship, pride and strenght.
2. (part two) the demon and the witch
Summary: after his talk with Genya, Nikolai comes to discover that Zoya took a ride out of the palace and got hurt. He rushes to her chamber and a confrontation ensues, the two of them not being able to hold themselves anymore.
3. (part three) blissful mornings
Summary: Nikolai wakes up beside Zoya and reflects on the sheer beauty of their first morning together. Until someone interrupts and their friends don’t miss the chance to tease on them.
4. just one last night
Summary: based on the “holding hands in the quiet of his bedchamber” snippet. Zoya visits Nikolai and she lets another one of her carefully guarded secrets slips, as they dance around each other like always. Some angst.
5. together now
Summary: Genya and Zoya are gettin ready together for a ball. A shared moment of sweet friendship, support and some teasing from Genya’s part.
6. our first lifetime
Summary: short take on how Nikolai proposes to Zoya, after the war ends and they finally find peace.
7. for other people, for other lives
Summary: basically some plotless angst between Zoya and Nikolai, circling each other and keeping themselves from falling into making a mistake. Based on the snippet “sweet words and grand declarations were for other people, other lives”.
8. burning flames and raging fires
Summary: the Fjerdan attack Lazlayon while Nikolai and the others are there. Zoya saves the day but gets hurt, and Nikolai loses it a bit. He then reflects on his feelings toward her in the doom of his impending marriage (planning to continue this one).
9. you are my endless summer
Summary: the epilogue we deserved for Row and never got. This is the one I’m most proud of thus far, I poured all my heart into this. Nikolai courts Zoya, finally proposes and we get to see the end (or start) of their story.
10. the blood in our veins
Summary: post Row. Zoya gets a letter that unsettles her. Nikolai holds her together, as he always does, and they both reflect on their families legacies and their still open wounds and hopes for the future.
11. the times we made a choice
Summary: the time Zoya saves Nikolai in the Fold. The time Nikolai asks her to be his general. And the times when they had win their battles and they can tell each other of those times.
12. i’d give us time if i could
Summary: Nikolai gives Zoya the dragon timepiece she wore in Rule of Wolves. And of course, we have pining and yearning and angst.
13. we’ll make flowers bloom from ruins
Summary: set months after the ending of Rule of Wolves, as Zoya, newly crowned queen, and Nikolai, her advisor, try to steer the country into peace while learning what it means to be together. As they struggle with their new roles and relationship, a new threat arises in Os Kervo, and they face it with the help of the Dregs and Nikolai’s sister, Linnea. Lot of emotions, angst, fluff, and characters’ study into their new journey. (Published in full in ao3)
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