#elriel headcanons

[tragiclore]

Rhys almost crying when Feyre smiles at him for the first time

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Azriel randomly standing in the doorway listening to Elain’s laugh

[mortalfae7]

My Elriel headcanon

(After Cassian and Azriel met Nesta and Elain for the first time)

Cassian: No, you don't understand. I have known this male for five centuries. I have seen him disembowel beasts without blinking. But the second that pretty girl in the blue dress walked in? He turned into a poet.

Mor: (Already grinning) Elain?

Cassian: Elain. He stopped functioning. His brain melted. She looks up at him with those big, dewy eyes and goes... (Pitches voice absurdly high and breathy, fluttering his eyelashes like a manic butterfly) "Oh, excuse me... can you truly fly?"

Azriel: Stop talking.

Cassian: (Ignoring him) And normally, Az would just grunt. Maybe a nod. But no. He straightens his spine, puffs out his chest like a peacock, and gives her this... look. (Drops voice to a ridiculous, deep, sultry purr) "Yes... Cassian and I hail from the Illyrians. We are born hearing the sooooong of the wiiiind."

Mor: He did not?

Cassian: HE DID! I swear on the Cauldron! He turned into a traveling bard! And then Elain... oh, you should have seen it. (Clasps bands, tilts bead, gazes adoringly at the ceiling. Squeaky, swooning voice) "Oh my... that is very beautiful."

Azriel: ...

Cassian: She was eating it up! She looked like she was going to faint! And then she whispers, (Trembling, fragile voice) "But is it not frightening? To fly so high?"

Mor: (Howling with laughter) Oh gods.

Cassian: And Azriel... that Bastard... he leans in closer, trying to look all mysterious and tormented. (Narrows eyes, drops voice to a gravelly, dramatic growl) "It is sometimes.. if the current drops away. But fear not. We are trained so thoroughly that the fear is gone before we are out of swaddling."

Amren: Swaddling?

Cassian: SWADDLING! He's trying to seduce her with talk of baby blankets! "Oh yes, Lady Elain, I was a very brave baby in my swaddling cloth."

Azriel: (Head in hands) I am going to murder you slowly.

Cassian: (Whispering dramatically to the room) "The wind sings to me, Elain. It tells me you look nice in blue."

[elriel-month]

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[thatonefreakyelriel]

Guys I promise I see the other requests, I just had to finish this one up real quick. Just like all the others, if you don't want to read whatever bullshit I'm undoubtably about to spew, just scroll to the end and you'll see Azriel's Bread Research™️.

Sourdough

"Elain... I don't think it's supposed to look like this..."

"Nonsense Cer, I'm sure its fine–ah!"

Azriel's heart had never twisted quite like when he heard that soft gasp of pain escape her lips. Before he could think, he was already moving towards the kitchen, towards Elain. His eyes scanned the flour-dusted counters before landing on the ethereal female cradling her hand to her chest. Watery eyes met his, and the Spymaster damn near swept her into his arms. Unfortunately Thankfully, he remained a few paces away.

"It's fine!! I promise it's really not that bad, I just skimmed a pot right out of the oven! Sourdough is a lot harder to handle than it looks.

Nuala, ever the sensible one, was in the process of herding Elain out the door.

"She is not fine, that pot is four hundred degrees. We need to go see Madja."

Azriel let them go. Cerridwen quickly followed, shooting him a grin that told him he was on cleaning duty. Days later, the male wandered through the markets of Velaris with his list:

As always, if there's anything you want Azriel to research/write, send me an idea and I'll do my best!

[lentejita25]

The Morning After...

After they slept together in peace for the first time, Azriel wakes up to a smiling Elain sitting in front of her vanity mirror, untangling her hair. Azriel walks to her, takes the brush from her hands, and proceeds to gently brush her hair himself. Now he does it every single morning, they relish these quiet moments the most.

[adifferentsortofstrength]

In Which Elain Has Been Staying at the House of Wind, and Azriel Has Gotten Used to Her Treating His Wounds

Azriel stumbles into her room, startling her out of the chair she had been reading in.

He is bloodied and bruised and exhausted. Again.

She rushes over and guides him to her bed, assessing his wounds and asking the House for supplies which appear on the nightstand.

As she is wiping off the blood to get a better look at one of the gashes on his arm, he grabs her and says “I’m getting blood all over your pretty dress.”

She swats him away and keeps working.

“Elain, your dress,” he moans, trying to sit up and away from her.

“Enough about the dress. I’m trying to figure out where all this blood is coming from.”

“But its getting all over you.”

“Should I take it off? Would that make you feel better?” She jokes dryly.

“Definitely. Would definitely make me feel better. Off.” He flicks up the hem of her skirt weakly.

“You’re delirious. Lay back down.”

[nikethestatue]

Okay. I DESPERATELY NEED a scene like this in the next book.

Remember how we were told that Elain could convince anyone to do anything with just a smile and a little batting of her lashes. This is my HC.

Well, imagine this:

Nesta and the rest of the IC are having a meeting. Mor isn't there, but Rhys seems very frustrated from the beginning. Nesta' doesn't really care what is bothering him, but she is also nosy. As the meeting progresses, Rhys's mood seems to worsen, until Cassian finally noticed too and asks 'what's crawled up your ass?'

Instead of dismissing the question, Rhys snaps 'Vallahan!' And then he goes on a 10 minute rant about how Mor hasn't made any headwaves with Vallahan. the treaty isn't signed, and the King hasn't been swayed.

Nesta listens to him in silence. Once he is nearly finished she asks, "And this has been going on for how long exactly?"

"Over a year," Feyre says.

Nesta almost chokes on her own saliva. "A year??!" she repeats in disbelief.

"Well yeah..."

"Why haven't you sent Elain?" Nesta can't hide her shock.

"Elain?" Rhys is confused.

She glares at him like he is stupid.

"Yes. Elain. You have seriously been waiting on this for a year?!"

"What can Elain do?" now Azriel is very very curious.

"Elain will get that treaty signed in 3 days," Nesta tells them. "Maybe in 3 hours."

"What do you mean?" now Rhys is also interested.

"Send Elain," Nesta insists. "She'll flick her curls, smile, and you will get her treaty. Her strength isn't in physical power. Her strength is in persuasion and charm."

Now Azriel is up from his seat.

"Well, no, Elain is not going to Vallahan! To charm any king!"

"Yes, she is," Feyre decides. "I can't believe that we hadn't considered her for this task."

Nesta scoffs. "Neither can I. Instead of trying to get her to scry she could've been signing treaties right and left."

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When they tell Elain, she smiles. "Say no more."

_

Azriel is raging on the inside, but Feyre calls upon him and tells him to escort Elain to Vallahan and keep her safe.

-

Now, he is a lot less upset. Especially when he learns that there would be a ball. And he knows that he is an excellent dancer.

-

Elain gets the treaty signed in 8 hours.

[lunaatthezoo]

once Elain and Azriel are together how do you think they’ll interact in front of the others? Are they into pda? Do they talk more? Are they funnier? Do they play sneaky pranks? Are they sappy? Does she get bolder? I can’t decide what I think on it and I’m sooo curious.

I love this question. This is what I think about most of my waking hours I'm not even JOKING. Here are some of my elriel endgame headcanons. Many inspired by other creators like @merakimoonglade @moonfalles @murkyrealms @jasmineandcedar @nikachansstuff @tswaney17 and so many other wonderful people on here.

~ Touching ALL the time. Not inappropriate PDA, but just touching to know that they are there together. Azriel keeps touching Elain because he can't believe he's allowed to, and can't believe how lucky he is. Little butt pats when he walks by, kisses on the forehead and shoulder, hands tangled in hair while they're sitting, little squeeze of the waist. A hand on the thigh. A kiss on the knuckles. Elain can't resist touching Azriel either because she can't believe this is her life now. They always need to reassure themselves that this is real.

~ I think they have the potential to be the funniest couple, in a quiet, subtle way. They have both demonstrated so much subtle humor, with Elain's gifts, with Azriel's interactions with other characters. And they both notice things most others don't. I think they would do hilarious things to get out of social obligations that they don't want to deal with or when the family is being too obnoxious, taking advantage of their powers. They're gonna exchange meaningful looks and Elain will pretend she's having a vision or Azriel will pretend his shadows are telling him something and they'll just bounce hahaha.

~ I think they will both still be quiet, because it's who they are as people. But if it comes to defending each other's choices or honor, they are going to speak. Up.

~ I think the inner circle will be shocked and moved at seeing Azriel happy for the first time. He'll be pulling Elain into his lap, laughing deeply, gazing at her lovingly and tucking hair behind her ear. It's going to be a new, content side to him that they've never seen before. They won't really know what to do with it and Cass will probably use humor like telling him it's unnatural or gross to see him so happy lol.

~ I think they will spend SO MUCH time in bed. Yes canoodling but also just being there together. Imagine. When they wake up in the morning, they will spend so long cuddling, kissing, snuggling, just being there together. Az will bring Elain tea in bed. When Elain gets up early to garden, she'll be so quiet to not disturb Az's sleep because she knows this is the first time he's gotten peaceful rest in all his centuries.

~ I think Elain is already bold but I think with Az in her corner she will grow further in her self confidence and become more involved in what the court is doing.

~ I think Azriel will be the most deranged, feral, protective partner out of all the brothers. Just full obsession. Breaking fingers just for looking at his girl wrong. Ripping out hearts if they touch her. And Elain will just be like oh thank you ☺️🌸

~ I think their love languages will be acts of service and physical touch. They will ALWAYS be doing things for each other.

~ Elain is going to FUSS over Azriel and he's going to be like 😳 about it. She's going to give Rhys a talking to if he overworks her husband. She's going to make him see Madja for every nick and scrape he gets. She's going to force him to nap if he looks tired (and with her laying there stroking his hair, he will.)

~ Az is going to be absolutely positively undeniably whipped. Whatever his girl wants, she gets. She says jump he says I'm already in the air. She mentions a flower ONE time and the next day he's procured the rare seeds. His new title will be Azriel, professional Elain simp of the night court

~ Azriel will take Elain's last name. Because he is bastard born, he doesn't have a family name. So he becomes Azriel Archeron and is SO PROUD of it. He uses is last name whenever he can.

~ I think they will adopt children. Especially given Azriel's history, I think it would be very healing to give children homes who might otherwise feel unwanted or alone. And since Sarah is adopted I just think it would be a beautiful thread. Elain is so caring and nurturing she would be completely on board and SPOIL those children.

~ they're going to have crazy fucking feral animal sex (also, switches.) I'm talking extreme dirty talk, bite marks, handprints, knife play, strap ons, they're kinky. If I know ONE thing about Azriel Archeron, it's that he's a panty ripper.

~ Elain is obsessed with Azriel's hands. Azriel is obsessed with Elain's neck. They are both obsessed with each other's hair.

~ Azriel's pet names for Elain include: beautiful, love, angel, sweetheart. Elain always calls Azriel by his name because she thinks it's so beautiful, but sometimes she calls him "my love"

~ they are both PATHETIC about how much they miss each other when Az is away on missions. To the point where other people are like OK WE GET IT GOOD LORD.

I could literally just keep going. And going. And going. I have SAGAS of HCs in my mind. But I hope these scratch some itches 🥹

Thank u for the question, this gave me life.