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there's an aura that surrounds me , there's a different kind of wealth . ( N . L . 9/? )

#fc 01.#we r back in business !#personals do not interact.

‘ king n.ikolai photographed in the backyard of his estate during early fall . ’ having put the ruling down a few years ago once his country fully transitioned to a democracy under his and the country’s current leaders - the triumvirate - hands , he has moved on to work as a shipwright and moved to a permanent residency on the coast - it can be assumed that is where shipwrights should live . finally managing to move the country his family ruled for generation forward and out of his hands , the former king made time to look for life elsewhere . “ don’t write this , technically i am still king . by title . you know , like those fancy royals in all the other european countries , ” he chides but there is no malice in it . this is another thing about n.ikolai lantsov : most of the rumours about him are true , especially those on how charming and genuinely pleasing he is to be around . talking to him is like talking to an old friend , or the bar tender who knows your favourite drink . he is easy to be around and there is a vitality to him that is hard to find in anybody else who fought two wars and went on to rule a country at twenty-three after losing his whole family . he understandably doesn’t talk about that , but he talks about anything else . “ but that move - that was important . not only letting people who know what they are doing do what they do best . but to step away from the political aspect of it all when i did . if i would have kept going the way i did , i would have burned out by thirty. and i wouldn’t have been happy . there are perfectly capable people in our government now and i am fairly sure they are all awfully happy to not see my face every day . ” he gets quieter then , and looking at him now - the setting sun making his hair look as golden as the stories of him always promised it to be , but his face sharper with age than the young boy the country has obsessed over growing up , he looks settled and happy . pointing it out has him smiling , a warm and open smile that is maybe not less charming than all the other ones he gives the world , but more private for sure - as if the secret for that happiness is behind that smile . “ i am . i have never been happier in my life than right now . and i don’t take any of it for granted . getting to this happiness cost me a lot , but that’s for the next cover story , don’t you think? ”

#fc 01.#THIS is the modern au shipwright/living by the sea/early retired mood.#personals do not interact.

‘ aren’t you tired? ' he was . saints , he was . he thought he had grown used to his scars , but he had never grasped how much of his will it would take to hide them . he had fought and sacrificed and bled . he had gone long days without rest and long nights without comfort. all for ravka , all for an ideal he would never attain and a country that would never care.

#fc 01.#back to the book edits !!#( personals do not reblog )#partners can reblog.