#nikomal

[evisen]

i don't need no light to see you shine

everyone go check our malkolai playlist! it's so good i promise

[4nglerf1sh]

[gemsofthegalaxy]

Some people would, presumably, know who Sturmhond is and what he looks like, right?

So, I propose to you,

Old allies meeting Mal and being totally confused as to who he is, saying "but Sturmhond is blond, he's Ravkan, he's shorter than you. You're not him."

And inevitably, Mal panics and is like "well, you see, the thing is- I am Sturmhond. Or, a Sturmhond. The other Sturmhond is my husband and he's just taking a much needed break at home."

[crypitick]

I'll keep The King.

Nikolai Lantsov & Mal Oretsev | Shadow and Bone

[gregoriothegoose]

Look at you, strawberry blond Fields rollin' on I love it when you call my name come check malkolai playlist my friend and I made <3

[noxdemonart]

lemme just convert ya'll to nikomalina ❤

[geiszleib]

something something malkolai au where mal is a grisha who is sent to the palace to form an alliance with nikolai, whom he's only heard about through stories, and they have this immediate attraction that's shoved to the side by the overbearing fact that mal is a grisha and nikolai is a royal. forbidden love, sneaking kisses in the halls between dinners, hiding under the garden trees and touching like there is no one there to judge them except the saints, making soft promises into pillowcases and bedsheets and into each other's skin. all they want is each other, but it's so hard when duty calls and mal is ripped away to the front lines and nikolai is forced to sit with his family and watch the war ravage the land. each and every day he hopes for a letter, either one from mal or a letter from the second army proclaiming his death. he begs the saints to protect his lover, his partner, his true north.

[idk-idc-wtf-lmao]

This is true, but in the show it is the opposite.