When Aleksandr, the Black Tsar of Ravka, spots his nephew's wife bathing naked on her roof, he knows immediately that he will do anything in his power to have her for himself. A David/Bathsheba AU.
Why settle for the promise of a happy ending when you can witness it? All the milestones, moments big and small shared between Aleksander and Alina after they finally start dating.
Little post-ROW one shot I wrote :) (Disclaimer: I hadn't completly finished RoW yet when I wrote this and kind of guessed the ending, so I obviously got some things wrong) Enjoy!
Theirs is a delicate balance. They work because they are eternal, and there is only two of them. But nothing is static. After centuries of ruling side by side, something happens to shake the careful harmony Alina and the Darkling have created for themselves.
"I need you to watch after this wretched old woman. She's dreadful and frightening, but she's incapable of anything in her state. I need you to be her eyes. Can you do that?"
The dark haired boy runs wildly through the fallow field, the last of the summer flowers clutched tightly in his hand. R&R spoilers.
They walk until they find what's left of the old oak. And it's there they plant a garden. Because when you can't go home again, you make a new one. Alina x Malyen, 50 sentences for after the war.