#three of crows

[ruins-and-rewritez]

Kaz does not like the look of the man in front of him. He's too smug. Too pretty.

His nose is a bit crooked. He's got a scar on his lower lip. There's a pale cut through his right eyebrow. Another scar.

It should make him a messy jumble of unsavory features but somehow they fit well with the angles of his face.

Or perhaps the displeasing marks are so incredibly offset by the man's eyes that they no longer register as repulsive.

Two glittering pools of blackened ice, nearly flat if not for the tiniest spark of mischief lingering just off center.

Kaz thinks he hates this man. The arrogant bastard is probably plotting something.

"You can't fool me," Kaz grumbles, "I know your type," he continues, narrowing his eyes into a glare.

A loud sigh from the doorway goes completely unnoticed as Kaz's focus remains solely in front of him.

"Damn it Jes, I thought you locked this door!"

Footsteps.

"Shittt, thought I did, my badd."

Another sigh. Gentle hands. "Come on Kaz, there won't be any fighting tonight."

He turns wildly toward Inej.

"No fighting? Inej, look that arrogant smirk! He's planning something! I have to show him who he's dealing with!"

She makes a noise of exasperation. "Kaz for the third time. You. Cannot. Fight. Your. Reflection. It will not work."

Jesper snickers from where he leana in the doorway, "how much alcohol do you think it'd take to get him to make out with himself?"

Inej inhales deeply she will not scream. She will not scream.

She may kill Jes for making this happen. Again.

But she won't scream.

...

Probably.

[genjyoandgojyoandhakkai]

WIP Wednesday

Thanks for the tags @chaosherald @redaresss @kogarashi-art @gatesofminrathous @jenn2d2 @cimmanombagel @mushrooms-x-moss @grad-writes @lemondelighted!

After a month, it's a trip to return to something I wrote in like three days but I completed the editing and now I'm just staring at it like an idiot waiting for more angst to well up. Have some more Three of Crows, from a section I revised yesterday. Yes, Zalan is in the bath now. No, it's not like *that* (but I'm sure he kinda wishes it was).

Aydenne watched Zalan’s eyes move across the page, a knot in his throat growing with every second. He’d read the letter a dozen times already, but somehow seeing someone else hold it made him feel like he was exposing a secret all over again. His fingers curled against his knee, trying to anchor himself.

When Zalan reached the line about Illario, he rolled his eyes so hard it was practically audible. Aydenne bit his cheek. Of course Zalan didn’t think much of Illario—he never had—but having it confirmed again still made something in Aydenne fold in on itself. He tried to keep his expression neutral, but they’d known each other too long for that.

Zalan saw the flicker of worry cross Aydenne’s face and stilled, biting his tongue to keep from saying anything. He never commented when it came to Illario; he just…reacted while trying to keep the reaction minimal, out of respect for Aydenne.

By the time Zalan reached the end, Aydenne perched on the edge of a settee, staring at the ground, hands twisting together in his lap as if he could fold himself smaller. He felt too visible, like Xi’s words had peeled him open. He shouldn’t have shown Zalan the note. He should have waited. Or prepared. Or—

Zalan folded the thin page carefully, as though it were fragile—or as though Aydenne were. He handed it back to his friend.

“Xi’s right,” he said, voice gentler than before. “You haven’t gotten away from the House in years. Not for something that wasn’t work, or the ducklings. And they're all Fledged. The House can survive on its own for a week or two while you’re away.”

Aydenne leaned against the tub, staring at nothing. Zalan rested a hand on Aydenne’s arm, his thumb brushing a scar before he caught himself and went still. Aydenne rubbed the spot idly, neither bothered nor comforted.

“I’ll be there,” Zalan said. “To make sure you don’t spend the whole time hiding in a corner.”

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[shieldmaiden19]

Jesper: So Inej wanted to know if you’d still love her if she was a worm.

Jesper: *pauses*

Jesper: Would you still love me if I was a worm?!

Kaz: Dumbass, I don’t love you now.

Jesper: We both know that’s a lie. And if you were a worm, I’d love ya. Lovingly use you to go fishing.

[nemos-archives]

❓Dottie, if you could choose, would you rather save your father or Jacob's life?

(low blow, I know it)

"Who would I save, you ask? Who would I choose, between the father that has loved me, nourished me, cared for me, raised me to be all that he has envisioned and more ... and the husband that has allowed me to be who I truly am, the man that has seen past the Templar Cross I wear on my heart and accepted me, flaws and all, the man that has never lied to me, never betrayed me, never toyed with me and for whom I have sworn I would burn all of London to the ground, if anything were to ever befall on him?

I think my response is rather unequivocal, don't you think?" *sits back against her chair and sips some tea, never losing eye contact"*

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(thank you so much for the ask, I loved it because I got the chance to play Grand Master Dorothea and that was truly fun :) )

[sankt-brekker-the-demjin]

you're not allowed to sit in our table your backstory isn't traumatic enough #too cool for you

[ruins-and-rewritez]

Jesper: does this eyeliner bring out my eyes?

Kaz: I know a way to bring out your eyes

Jes:

Kaz:

Inej: *sigh* Yes, Jes, it really makes them pop. You look amazing

[ruins-and-rewritez]

How Jesper found out Kaz was going to propose OR the time Kaz forgot to tell his best friend he was planning on marrying their other best friend

Kaz: isn't she beautiful 😍

Jesper: *glancing sideways at Inej who is cover in the blood of those who've wronged her* oh hell yes

Kaz: *dreamy sigh*

Jesper: *yelling to Inej* pop off queen

Inej: *pausing mid murder to turn and wave at the boys, then twirling around to stab a guy thru the trachea*

Jes: *to Kaz* marry her. for the love of Ghezen and all saints marry her. she is literally the only woman on this whole damn planet who will ever come close to matching your freak.

Kaz: *pulls out ring box, opens it and shows it to Jes without taking his eyes off Inej* what do u think this is for genius

[ruins-and-rewritez]

In a Ross and Rachel kiss situation between Kanej

Kaz is the one squealing and sighing

and

Inej is the one being calm and collected and eating pizza

and

Jes is there on both occasions screeching like a pterodactyl because they're his ship