Nayona

~Joanna, she/her, 27, 🏳️‍🌈, on ao3 as Nayona~

[ao3feed-captiveprince]

Chase The Flame

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2KQEt61Sv

by Nayona

Each winter unmated alphas, betas and omegas travel to the fields of Marlas in order to take part in the sacred tradition of mating season. They leave their home clans with open minds and hopeful hearts, eager to see to whom their second nature leads them.

Laurent, a 20 years old omega son of the Arles Clan chief Aleron, had been held back home for longer than most of his peers. This season, however, he finds himself in Marlas, carrying the expectation of his father to look for a mate on his shoulders. A mate Laurent doesn’t need nor want.

Damianos had given up on going to Marlas after a couple of fruitless winters. At 25 years of age, he’s happier being able to protect and provide for his clan, as any alpha should. And yet, both Damen and his brother Kastor agree to travel north, bound by the promise they had given to their father Theomedes, chief of clan Ios. Damianos anticipates another season full of disappointment.

What will happen when their paths cross?

Words: 5204, Chapters: 1/24, Language: English

Fandoms: Captive Prince - C. S. Pacat

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M

Characters: Laurent (Captive Prince), Damen (Captive Prince), Auguste (Captive Prince), Nikandros (Captive Prince), Nicaise (Captive Prince), Ancel (Captive Prince), Aimeric (Captive Prince), Kastor (Captive Prince), Vannes (Captive Prince), Torveld (Captive Prince), Jokaste (Captive Prince)

Relationships: Damen/Laurent (Captive Prince)

Additional Tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Auguste Lives (Captive Prince), Nicaise Lives (Captive Prince), Courting Rituals, Courtship, Mating Rituals, they live in clans, but travel to one place to find their mates, Torveld is a dick in this one, Eventual Smut, Falling In Love, Eventual mpreg, Fluff, Occasional angst, Other Additional Tags to Be Added

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2KQEt61Sv

[nayona96]

CHAPTER 10

[elissiya]

*lesbians ur Lamen* C.S. PACET THE OPPORTUNITY YOU HAD…….dont pmo. TOXIC YURI PLS SAVE ME. Um anyways i love lesbians bc women make everything better. Dont shoot the messenger! Gf’s that scheme together stay together.

[eklaize]

"Even before Laurent had hit the ground, the man had drawn his sword. Damen was too far away. He was too far to get between the man and Laurent, he knew that, even as he drew his sword—even as he wheeled his horse, felt the powerful bunch of the animal beneath him. There was only one thing he could do." -Prince's Gambit by C.S.Pacat

and a continuation of the same scene with more spoilers:

[chaeyachu-deactivated20260522]

what i love so much about laurent’s character? the way he’s written so realistically. at first glance, he’s cold, cruel even. treating his vulnerabilities as a shield instead of something to be held, walls held up so high that people forget he’s even human because of the image he portrays to so many others. the refusal or even inability to let go of the control that keeps him safe. i am obsessed with it. like i get him so much. how the consequence of self preservation is isolation. that you lose so much in order not to lose more, because how can you risk one thing when you have everything left to lose? (in terms of his heart)

and that’s what i love so much about the romance in the captive prince trilogy because damen coaxes him into his arms. he was never forced anything, his walls came down on their own, and when they closed again, it kept damen inside. it’s beautiful. i also love being able to see things in damen’s point of view. the little things that seem like the weight of the universe because laurent hardly shows his vulnerabilities. yet when he does, theyre in doses that make your heart pound. it’s that well-written. even i’m infatuated.

[eklaize]

"If he had been offered this as an adult he couldn't remember it." King's Rising by C.S.Pacat

[stolligaseptember]

while damen is a possessive bitch in the sense that he will burn up with jealousy if laurent even so much as looks at another man, his possessiveness doesn't really come off as controlling

like, the fist time he lets himself have a proprietary touch, it isn't in the sense of ownership because that would be SUCH a touchy subject for these two, but in the sense that he never believed that he would be allowed to literally get that close to laurent's skin

and that's a theme that keeps coming back; damen's possessiveness isn't proprietary, really, it's worshipful, because he realizes what a gift he's been given to be allowed to love laurent

[hamrikaa]

[rainydaydecaf]

Get yourself a man who will ride several hours ahead of his retinue to meet you at your shared summer palace because he missed you too much to wait another second longer than he absolutely had to (and then he makes up for lost time by tenderly fucking you into the mattress just the way you like best)

[three-minute-publishing-lessons]

I share this picture with authors who approach me certain that they have an outstanding and brilliant idea that will surely take the world by storm. This is a photo of Mount Everest. And this line of people? That's the line of folks waiting to ascend to the peak to have their moment. On any given day at any given time, there are countless people attempting the ascent. My point to authors is this--though it is somewhat possible that your idea is compelling, different, and even revolutionary, the odds are not necessarily in your favor. The world is full of equally bright and motivated people who believe they will stand alone at the peak and get the attention they deserve--until they actually get climbing and realize everyone else is also doing likewise. I'm not trying to dissuade authors from writing, but to alert them to the fact that they may not be quite as unique and stand-alone as they think. Familiarize yourself with the marketplace and be realistic in your expectations.

[frogpropaganda]

Something about Laurent not considering himself a virgin because of the abuse he suffered but acting like a virgin with Damen because he has only ever experienced sex as violence and violation and Damen is the first man to touch him gently and lovingly and to care about his experience rather than just using his body to satisfy himself and he's acting surprised and confused by the simplest displays of affection and tenderness because it is an entirely new experience makes me

[princessmaudie]

See the thing abt Damen and Laurent that rlly gets me is that Damen is the only person who gets to see Laurent as he truly is. And he loves the raw, damaged, hurt, sometimes even soft version of Laurent behind closed doors. But he fell in love with the mean, abrasive, cold, intense version of Laurent, too. And most importantly, knowing the true Laurent, he still allows Laurent to maintain his outward persona and protects his ability to maintain that facade, he upholds Laurent’s facade.

[akielonlion]

Captive Prince aesthetic - just in general :)

[mybraiindump]

the true cycle of life

[frogpropaganda]

He so badly wanted someone to realize what had happened to him, but he couldn't ever bring himself to tell anyone.

[stolligaseptember]

happy, carefree laurent, my beloved

[frogpropaganda]

Realizing Laurent is actively trying to make Damen hate him in the beginning of KR because he thinks his feelings are unrequited and so is trying to push him away because he thinks no one could ever truly love him and it'll hurt less if Damen just hates him instead of having to face that not only has he caught feelings for the man that killed his brother but that the first and only man he's had a tender and loving consensual sexual encounter with (he thinks) has no true feelings for him and only wanted him for sex meanwhile Laurent has completely fallen for this guy who has every reason to hate him and who he also logically should hate but he DOESN'T because for some reason Damen continuously and infuriatingly insists on being there for him anyway no matter how hard Laurent tries to bully him.

[oyabun-draws]

year 5 of capri drawings for my bestie @carryonmylovelies ' bday!! <3 <3