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David & Jonathan ‘The Kiss’
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David & Jonathan ‘The Kiss’
They make love out there in the field, before David has to leave for good. It’s fast and messy, with both of their emotions running so high. Yonatan comes with the taste of David’s tears on his tongue.
He stays lying on his back in the grass until the sound of crunching footsteps finally fades away, and only realizes later that, in their utter desperation for each other, he’d forgotten to take any of the usual precautions. But by then, it’s far too late.
***
Four months later, he goes to see David at Horesh. Even in the dim light of the hideout, David looks at him oddly.
“Something’s different about you,” he muses, and Yonatan has to stop himself from reflexively clutching his belly. He’s not showing yet, not really, but he can feel the life growing inside him.
He expects David to approach him then, to explore the planes of his body as he’s done countless times before. He readies himself to tell David the truth, to finally feel the weight of this secret lift off his shoulders. But David comes no closer. He eyes him for another moment and then turns away, pulling out a large map of the Judean territories as he updates Yonatan on his group’s movements over the last few months.
It’s better this way, Yonatan decides. David has enough to worry about at the moment without concerning himself with Yonatan’s health, and there’s no guarantee that the baby will make it to term anyways: it’s not as if Yonatan is willing – or able – to confine himself to bedrest for nine months. When David returns to Giveah, Yonatan can reevaluate the situation. Most likely Yonatan will never need to reveal his mistake; best case scenario, David will have an heir to secure his lineage as he ascends to the throne.
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Years later, as Yonatan lies bleeding out under the stars, his last thought is to wish he’d gotten the chance to tell David about their son.
❝ how are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! o jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.
When you imagine a non-platonic (romantic and/or sexual) relationship between David and Jonathan, do you see it as:
Love (or lust) at first sight
Friends to lovers
A secret third thing (tell me in the replies!)
My David/Jonathan fanfics
I'm so excited to be part of this (small but active) fandom! I've been writing David/Jonathan fics for years but never had anywhere share them outside of AO3. Please let me know if you read any of them and what you think!
Yonati My first published fic for them, a short fluffy one-shot about David singing Song of Songs for Jonathan. (This is also the origin of my username/my personal ship name for them: David+Yonati=Davonati)
Normal A one-shot exploration of Jonathan as a teenager, finding out that his dad has just been crowned king and that he's going to be a prince. Includes some ~magical foreshadowing~ of Jonathan's ~future~. I thought for a long time about writing a sequel, which I guess sort of turned into Two Things except not.
Mount Gilboa University Truly my albatross, my white whale. This is a college AU where David and Jonathan are students and Saul is president of their university. Sort of actually follows the plot of the Book of Samuel, believe it or not - points to anyone who reads it and finds all the references! (Currently unfinished... may or may not be finished some day... but if you message me I'll tell you the rest of the plot I have planned.)
In the Belly of the Beast One of only two smut fics that I've ever published, and the only one that I can still read without cringing too bad. Major warning for this one: the scenario is one of consensual-non-consent, i.e. where David and Jonathan are roleplaying a dubiously-consensual situtation, but outside the roleplay it is 100% consensual. It's honestly pretty milquetoast for a cnc fic in my opinion, but if that's not your thing, please don't read it!
Two Things Started out as an exploration of Jonathan's transition into palace life, turned into a story about transmasc!David??? Follows the two throughout the years as their relationship, as well as David's identity and presentation, develop. (This one is also unfinished but I PROMISE it will be finished soon, I'm in the middle of writing the last chapter.)
Mount Gilboa University, Chapter 14: The Prince is Dead, Long Live the King
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
This story isn’t over yet.
🚨 Alert alert this is not a drill 🚨
🚨 I have posted a new chapter of Mount Gilboa University 🚨
It’s like, kinda… no I shan’t spoil it, just read for yourselves (cough cough just remember that it’s tagged “happy ending” cough cough)
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Mount Gilboa University, chapter 13: Climax (and not the fun kind)
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Yonatan gets some answers.