* We can learn to love again - Modern Feysand AU, single parenting. [complete ✔️]
{Gorgeous moodboard by the wonderful @romanticatheartt.}
* Our love is enough - Sequel to WCLTLA. [in writing 〰️]
* I will be with you ‘til the world blows up - Nessian, companion fic to OLIE / or Nessian standalone. [complete ✔️]
➰All three belong in the I think of you when I think about forever series, where a few oneshots are included (Guide to navigate the series here).
* Strangers to lovers to enemies - Modern Feysand AU, (kinda) single parenting. [complete ✔️]
* Why do so many people bleed? - Modern Feysand AU, angsty, grief. [complete ✔️]
* You gave me my name and the color of your eyes - Modern AU, mainly Feyssian with a background (former) Feysand, and Nyx/OC, angsty, death, grief, healing journey. [complete ✔️]
* Play me a memory - Modern Feysand AU, blind!Feyre/pianoplayer!Rhys. [complete ✔️]
and from the same universe,
Play me a lullaby - Modern Feysand AU, angsty, postpartum. [complete ✔️]
* I’m on my way to you - Modern semi sci-fi Feysand AU. [complete ✔️]
* Time can (never) break your heart - Modern semi sci-fi Feysand AU. [complete ✔️]
* Instead I only wish you the best - Modern Feysand AU, angsty. [complete ✔️]
* Pain has its own heartbeat - Modern Feysand AU, single mom!Feyre/Heartsurgeon!Rhys. [complete ✔️]
* Lost souls - Modern Feysand AU, angsty. [complete ✔️]
With the adrenaline of the new year, of the night, of their thudding hearts—of all the admissions they’d made—it had been easy to act as if nothing mattered. Now, in the daylight, things were different. So, so much different.
For their hearts had been split open, their feelings had been exposed, their truths had been shared.
And yet everything was different but somehow, nothing was.
Where do we go from here?
That question revisited Dain’s thoughts more often than he probably should admit.
“I don’t want to be his.”
As if in answer, Feyre felt the featherlight brush of knuckles on her back, the motion making her eyes flutter closed and a collection of shivers shake her body.
Never had she been touched like this—especially not with so little material on her skin.
Her breathing itched in her throat, the simple touch igniting a fire she could hardly contain.
And perhaps because of the reaction the touch drew out of her, or perhaps because of the way she ached ; perhaps because of the weight on her finger in the shape of a promise she didn’t want, or because of the way she’d been missing him for one whole week—perhaps because of all of it combined, Feyre breathed,
“Make me yours instead.”
“Feyre,” he called, her name sounding like a plea on his tongue.
For his sake—or for hers, she couldn’t tell, Feyre paused. She stopped right beside him, shoulders almost brushing as she stood facing the castle and the ball and the festivities, Rhys facing the gardens and the darkness and the loneliness.
“It is highly discourteous for a lady to be alone with the King’s…” Feyre hesitated on the word. “Shadow.”
She avoided the use of the word Assassin at every chance she got.
Rhys knew it, too.
“It has never stopped you before,” he replied quietly, fingers moving just slightly to brush against hers.
I want you to understand that reading your DainxSloan fic has ruined my life, i spent all afternoon agonizing
I mean, I hope your life was ruined in the best of ways 🙈 they’re both def going through it in this fic but hey, at least we’ve got some hope in the last chapter! I promised a happy ending for them and there will be ❤️
Hiiii happy new year!!! Wondering if you have any plans to write more fourth wing fanfic this year 🥹
Oh my, I’m so sorry for answering so late!
As for FW fanfics, never say never but no, I don’t *plan* on writing any this year (except There’s nothing selfish about love that I’m hoping to finish!). It’s been hard for me to write and finish my Riorgail fic because I didn’t ‘feel’ the characters as easily as I would have liked, and it often didn’t feel like I was writing them right at all. That’s the main reason I don’t think I’ll pick them up again :)
That being said, I’d like to do a FW reread eventually so who knows what that might inspire if I do!
I've been meaning to make one of these so I couldn't resist when I saw @the-lonelybarricade posting her own template! Here's mine (and where to find her template to use it) :
Phew. What a year. 2025 has been such a weird, eventful, and emotional one. There's been a lot of ups and a lot of downs, and writing has been keeping me together most of the time. I don't know what the next year will bring, but I'm definitely hoping for some peace and quiet 🫶
Happy New Year everyone!! ❤️
I'll add to this my own writing stats below, because keeping track of them throughout the year has been a real help for me.
Posting this makes me realize how sometimes, the worst months mean no writing at all, and sometimes they bring a lot of words. I guess there's no real pattern here.
And it’s not like he was thinking about her, either.
It’s not like he was thinking about what she told him every time his eyes landed on the beach, or like he was thinking about her eyes every time he saw the piercing blue of the sea, or like he was thinking about her voice every time he heard the waves reaching the shore and drifting off again. It’s not, either, like he was thinking about her every day. Multiple times a day.
Or thinking about the choice he still had to make.
So, no. Really, Dain wasn’t thinking about that at all.
Of course, that’s all he was thinking about.
“I know I’ll be thinking about you,” he told her. “And I’m not ashamed to admit it.”
It was a roll of her eyes, this time, that she offered him. Rhys brushed his thumb over her lower lip, exactly where his mouth had been just moments before.
“I’ll be thinking about you a lot.” He paused, his fingers letting go of her chin to splay over her jaw and her throat—exactly like he had the night before.
Feyre was painfully aware.
“And I know you will be, too.”
A collection of holiday-themed Feysand fics for you to enjoy while snuggled down beneath a big, cozy blanket with a cup of hot cocoa!
Spicy fics indicated by a 🌶️ emoji
Please make sure to spread the holiday joy and kindness by leaving kudos and comments on any of the fics that you find and enjoy from this list 💕
One-Shots:
Modern:
The Holiday (🌶️) by @velidewrites - When two sisters with a terrible taste in men (or is it?) decide to swap houses for the holidays, they don't expect to fall in love.
Dada by @julemmaes - Rhysand and Feyre have tried everything to make their little boy talk, now they can only wish for a Christmas miracle
Home for the Holidays by @darling-archeron - Feyre and Rhys have been best friends for years. And Feyre knows that's all they'll ever be - friends. When Rhys brings her to his family Christmas party, she realizes that not everyone has the same impression of their relationship.
Going Home by @darling-archeron - When Feyre's flight home is cancelled, she finds herself stranded in Chicago on Christmas Eve. Luckily, she runs into a familiar face at the airport.
Christmukkah by @live-the-fangirl-life - When Feyre can't celebrate the holidays with her family, Rhys decides to help
Merry Christmas, Feyre Darling (orphaned) - Feysand Fluffy Highschool AU fic
Don't Be a Jerk (It's Christmas) by @the-lonelybarricade - When the group in the corner of the cafe are being too loud for Feyre to study, she decides to take matters into her own hands.
A Letter Never Sent by @the-lonelybarricade - Rhysand was assigned as Feyre's secret santa—again. But after nearly confessing his feelings to her last Christmas, he'll be making sure not to put his heart on his sleeve this year. Or; Rhys accidentally gives Feyre the wrong Christmas letter.
A Letter to Satan (🌶) by yafan92 - When Feyre sends a drunken letter to Santa on Christmas Eve, she doesn't realize that she actually sent it to Satan, who shows up willing to grant her Christmas wish.
Feysand Holiday Fluff Fest by @nomattertheoceans - A series of 31 holiday prompt fills for December 2019
All I Want For Christmas Is You by dr_woodsprite - Rhysand and Feyre’s first Christmas.
A Very Feysand Christmas by @librarian-of-orynth - Feyre and Rhys buy, and then decorate, their Christmas tree.
Merry Christmas, Darling by whimsicallydrifting - Rhys and Feyre are celebrating their first Christmas together as a married couple, and Rhys decided to be romantic and take care of all the preparations: tree, dinner, and decorations. It didn't go exactly as he'd planned.
False Identity (🌶️) by addiewritesthings - One night at a bar, recent divorcee Feyre Archeron is approached by a beautiful dark-haired man who wants to know her name. Only the name she gives him isn't her own.
drive away the clouds of night by @carrieeve - Feyre has not been having the best of times lately. After her break up with Tamlin, with her uncertain work situation and general end-of-year ennui, she's been hiding away—until Mor invites her to her Christmas party. Reluctantly, Feyre agrees. A night of fun with friends can only help, right? What could possibly go wrong?
Be my date for Christmas ❆ by @littedidyouknow - Christmas has never been a cheerful holiday for Feyre, but it's always been Rhys's favorite. Will he manage to change her mind?
Honey (Are You Coming?) (🌶️) by they_do_be_grooving_tho - Rhysand is invited to a Christmas party by his cousin, Morrigan. Her new friend Feyre is supposed to be there. Unbeknownst to Feyre and Rhys, Mor is trying to set them up. Fluff and smut ensues.
Canon:
In the Spirit by @noirshadow - the Inner Court confronts their biggest enemy to date - Dry January.
Winter Solstice with Nyx by JAWhitethorn - This is a fluffy, happy story about Feyre & Rhysand celebrating Solstice with the Inner Circle and Nyx, when he is almost five years old.
Solstice Lights and a Scared High Lord by Littlelionman15 - Rhysand thought it'd be a good idea to put himself under the christmas tree as another winter solstice present for Feyre, but things don't go as planned, and the possibility of a new haircut comes in play when Feyre has to help him get out.
I Am Lost And Led Only By The Stars by highfaelucien - The first Christmas after the war and Feyre is disappointed when Rhys can't make it back from the Illyrian camps due to a violent snow storm. Rhys decides to throw caution to the wind and do whatever it takes to get back to his mate in time.
Christmas at the Cabin by @illyriantremors - The entire squad goes to the cabin in the mountains to spend a week together at Christmas. Mayhem and shenanigans ensues.
Seven Days of Solstice by @msfeyredarling - On Feyre’s fiftieth, Rhys decides to celebrate Feyre following the seven days of the winter solstice.
Secret Weapon by addiewritesthings - Feyre returns home one evening to discover exactly what Rhys and Nyx have been up to all day.
Under a Silver Solstice Moon by @areyoudreaminof - Feyre and Rhys go on a much needed date night to the Velaris Solstice Market.
a time to rejoice in the good that we see by @carrieeve - Feyre and Rhys enjoy a day alone and also prepare for the Solstice (and Feyre's birthday!)
Light, Snow, and Tiny Wings by TheyCallHerAurora - It is Nyx’s very first Solstice, and the High Lord of the Night Court is about to discover that no Illyrian training could have prepared him for a baby who decides the "rebirth of light" begins at five in the morning and it's all worth it.
Celebrating Prythians best Mom by @shallyne - Nyx tries to find a present for his mother
Miracle (🌶️) by @rosanna-writer - When her birthday lands on Hanukkah, Feyre celebrates with some creative use of candle wax.
find me where the darkness dwells by @popjunkie42 - With his mate stuck in the Spring Court, Rhysand is miserable. It's their first Winter Solstice as mates, spent miles apart. Trying to find solace in various Night Court rituals, he stumbles across someone who offers him something he didn't know he needed.
Solstice Gifts by @climbthemountain2020 - Feyre loves buying Solstice gifts for her family, but this year she might have been outdone.
A Court of Steam & Bubbles by Insanity_is_Catching - The River House doesn't have enough bathrooms, nobody knocks, and Cassian and Feyre live for chaos.
It's the Little Things by @frostystarlight - Feyre gives Rhys a much-needed gift for Winter Solstice.
Multi-Chapter (all completed):
Modern:
A Christmas Prince by @separatist-apologist - When reporter Feyre Archeron is sent to the small European Principality of Aldovia to cover the upcoming coronation of Prince Rhysand, she's mistaken for a royal portraitist. Deciding to lean into the lie in order to get a better story, Feyre is caught up in the drama and politics of Rhysand's life with no way out that doesn't betray them both.
Once Bitten, Twice Shy by @the-lonelybarricade - "You didn't put up Christmas lights so my friends and I decided to decorate your lawn for you"
Silent Night by Lyetta - When a spare of the moment decision sends Rhys down the riverside path, his life is turned upside down by a beautiful woman in need of help.
Home for the Cold Spell by @thegloweringcastle - When faced with yet another birthday alone in her hometown, Feyre decides to gift herself the thing she needs most: an escape. Things go well; she explores new places, meets new people, and finds a muse in the most arrogant (and beautiful) man she's ever met.
Canon:
Feyre's Gift (🌶️) by sweetveg - Feyre wants to make this Solstice a memorable one for Rhys and give him the gift she knows he has been craving for awhile. Herself. For one week, Feyre has consented to be Rhys' submissive and fulfill his fantasies.
How could you NOT fall in love with the glow of the moon and stars, the warmth of the sun, the ancient life within the trees, and the sweet melodies of the winds?
“Admit it, Feyre darling,” Rhys murmured in her neck, dropping another kiss on her skin. “You’re still not a fan of the idea.”
She glanced over her shoulder to glare at him, but Rhys’s eyes were already trained on her with a wicked smile. He swallowed her complaint with a kiss brushed against her lips. She hummed against him.
“You can’t kiss away everything,” she accused, almost pouting.
Rhys chuckled. His lips were so close to hers that she could almost feel the smile stretching his lips.
“Pretty sure I can.”
Not only is having worldbuilding threads that are mentioned once and never picked up again not a flaw in fantasy media, I'd go so far as to say that a lack of such threads is a flaw. If everything ties up in one neat little package, you're missing the point of fantasy worldbuilding. Like, don't do it on every page, or your setting is going to be an overstuffed mess, but every so often you are not only allowed but obligated to casually drop some utterly batshit worldbuilding detail and then just never follow up on it. Maybe some rocks are sentient. You don't owe your reader an explanation. Just fucking go for it.
