#springgrave

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Just chillin with the voice inside your head

@geniuscomediae uhhhh I’m tagging you cause I like them 🥺

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deer are kissable. go kiss a deer

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Marolmar in Diggory's head is all brooding and pissy about having his indescribable existence forcibly confined to a single human-shaped vessel that he doesn't even get to properly inhabit most of the time and then Diggory goes out for a walk in the woods and Marolmar gradually quiets down, taking in the change of scale between him and this tiny by cosmic standarts patch of nature. Marolmar experiences the magnitude of black pines that grown in Hallowoods in a couple decades as if they were there since the beginning of time, sees the vibrance of green underbrush, hears the symphony of insect buzzing and bird songs and quiet rustle of leaves, and all that through a human* set of senses – and it surprisingly doesn't stroke his ego as the creator but humbles him. he hasn't actively contributed to this in millenias, he remembers creating this forest so different, and the way nature, if boosted by his black ichor, runs its course and perseveres, outlives its creator, all of that makes him shut up and just look. just listen. just run their hand through soft blades of grass and against coarse treebark. Diggory politely doesn't mention how vision in their eye so black it doesn't reflect light with a dancing spark of green flame in the center blurs when Marolmar asks them to climb that rock formation so he can see more of the forest.

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

A fic inspired by @geniuscomediae ‘s post about arranged marriage springgraveeyes that was very delicious :)))

(Be mindful of the tags since there’s a little gore)

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Diggory gets two have 2 boyfriends as a treat

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okay so. springgrave arranged marriage AU (+human-ish AU because if I keep them lore-accurate then it's more of a "god's bride"/human* sacrifice AU and that's a whole different can of delicious worms)

it's not the exact prompt @roki-roki-roll and @whatlizardry gave me cuz there's no Nik but HEAR ME OUT:

Diggory and Marolmar are getting arranged married while both actually being in love with Nikignik, otherwise it wouldn't be as arranged; in my head it's some sort of a political union between human and Indie-adjacent but less. well. indescribable factions (fae? my go-to for making god-like characters more "down to earth" so to speak is fae). it's not pretty. they put on a facade of at least liking each other during their wedding, both being nice to guests and reporters through gritted teeth, and at some point during the party both sneak away from the crowd to get some fresh air. Marolmar is outside the venue touching grass and trying to make his breakdown into a quiet one, and Diggory is hiding in a bathroom staring in a mirror with a blank face and contemplating their unfortunate fate. Nikignik is the first to notice their absence and follows Diggory first; there's a heartfelt confession slash vent scene and Nikignik tries to convince Diggory to go find Marolmar with him but isn't successful, so he goes on his own. cue a second confession slash vent scene, where Marolmar finally loses his shit and starts crying. thankfully there's only him and Nik outside, no other witnesses. Nikignik's really confused because from his point of view what Marolmar and Diggory thought of as advances or flirting were just signs of friendship and tbh he doesn't think he's in either of their leagues and doesn't think of himself as worthy of attention and love anyway, but now is not the time to process his own feelings, he has to get them both to calm down unless he wants them to be at each other's throats and compromise whatever relationship he has with the two, and Nikignik really REALLY doesn't want to lose either as a friend (though "losing" them on technicality by becoming a _boy_friend does sound good). of course it's not mended in one night, on the wedding day Nikignik barely manages to reconcile them enough to keep up the newlyweds act, but through countless times hanging out together, a lot of talking things through and clearing up the misunderstandings Marolmar and Diggory somehow end up liking, and then loving each other: they are both passionate about ecology, though Diggory is more of a peaceful protest and do what you can kinda guy* while Marolmar is always one bad day away from straight up violence against people in charge; they are both artistic, Diggory a poet dabbling in music and Marolmar a painter; they both enjoy their alone time and orefer to show affection by just being next to their loved ones and quietly doing their own thing. Nikignik wipes away the sweat from his forehead and kinda bitterly thinks that he has never been good at helping others' relationships but at least he's better at it than at making his own... and that's when Marolmar and Diggory conspire "against" him and ask him out. together. as a throuple, maybe, probably, if Nik is okay with that and would want either of them. if he wouldn't then no worries, they're all adults here, they can stay friends; if he prefers one to the other it's also okay, neither is stupid enough to break off a friendship with him over that, and they are quite comfortable with the prospect of their de-jure spouse dating their friend, if that means they still get to hang out all together sometimes. Nikignik is in absolute shock but agrees immediately, no questions asked. happy end yay!!