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Stubborn
Summary: Diavolos takes an observation from Kenna as a personal challenge. “Is there a particular reason you’re taking forever tonight?” Diavolos glances up, that playful half-smirk on his face as he oh-so-slowly unbuckles her armor. “I believe you said the other night that I was impatient.” “That wasn’t a complaint,” Kenna protests, reaching for the … Continue reading Stubborn
Splash
Summary: A little moment between Kenna and Diavolos before Zenobia’s wedding. Utter fluff. The water is refreshingly cool on Kenna’s feet as she stands on the sandy shore, a stark contrast to the oppressive heat in the air. She sighs contentedly, closing her eyes and holding the hem of her skirt up as the waves … Continue reading Splash
Spend All Night Right Here
Summary: This is a follow-up piece, set immediately after Start It with a Goodnight Kiss. Before Diavolos can kiss her again, they’re interrupted by a group of people passing by on their way out of the banquet hall. He steps away from her just before several knights from Abanthus round the corner, shouting cheerfully at … Continue reading Spend All Night Right Here
Start It With a Goodnight Kiss
Summary: A little AU scene of the banquet the night before the final battle. “Kenna?” “Hmm?” “Kenna!” Kenna looks up, startled, to see Dom grinning at her cheekily. “You know, if you look at those battle plans any harder, they might catch on fire,” he says. “Maybe if you’re looking at them,” Kenna laughs. “The … Continue reading Start It With a Goodnight Kiss
Remind Me
Summary: After the final battle, Kenna and Diavolos take some time for themselves. A little reimagining of the book after the final battle. This is a follow up to Show Me. After Luther’s attack on her, Kenna decides to delay the celebratory banquet a few days. She feels fine, despite a few burning instances of … Continue reading Remind Me
Show Me
Summary: A little reimagining of the airship scene, and a moment between Kenna and Diavolos after. Kenna doesn’t know what inspires her to ask Diavolos about wanting more for himself beyond fighting in this war. Maybe it’s the way he’s so easy to talk to and has opened up to her. Maybe it’s the laid-back, … Continue reading Show Me
Quiet
Summary: Kenna, Diavolos, and Jackson are forced to take shelter during a storm. Kenna and Diavolos can’t keep their hands to themselves (as usual). Set sometime after they’re married. Just a few hours into their return trip to Stormholt, the afternoon sky suddenly turns dark, letting loose with a torrential downpour and loud cracks of … Continue reading Quiet
On This Day
Summary: A conversation and comfort between Kenna and Diavolos on a difficult day. Kenna wakes early, the daylight not yet coming through the shutters. She lays quietly, watching the flames dance in the fireplace, then rolls onto her other side. Diavolos is still sleeping, his face peaceful and relaxed. Rarely does she wake before him, … Continue reading On This Day
The Night Before
Summary: I really love re-writing scenes to get more time with these two, so this is a re-imagining of the night of the banquet before the final battle in Book 3. Diavolos isn’t at the banquet. Kenna keeps glancing around for him as she makes her way through the dining hall, but he’s conspicuously absent. … Continue reading The Night Before
Next Time
Summary: A reimagining of Book 3, Chapter 5, in which Sei, Adder, and Raydan don’t arrive right away with the news about Aurelia being attacked. Kenna mentally prepares for dinner to be the most uncomfortable one she’s ever attended. The thought of having any kind of alliance with Luther Nevrakis makes her cringe inside, but … Continue reading Next Time
You Give Me a Reason
Summary: Diavolos almost dies, and Kenna comes to term with her feelings for him. A sequel to Loopy. Kenna isn’t surprised when Diavolos insists he’s healed enough to fight in the final battle against Azura. Madeline and Annelyse have warned him, time and time again, that his ribs are most likely fractured, and that he … Continue reading You Give Me a Reason
Loopy
Summary: A little rewriting of the Dom rescue scene from Book 3, in which Diavolos gets injured and keeps protesting taking anything for pain until Kenna makes him. I played around with the timeline, so this doesn’t follow the book scene exactly. At some point, in all of the chaos of trying to get through … Continue reading Loopy
Later On
Summary: An extension of the airship scene in Book 3 between Kenna and Diavolos. She tells herself that if Diavolos hadn’t been standing so close, she wouldn’t have kissed him. It’s partly true; she probably wouldn’t have kissed him tonight, if he hadn’t pressed his lips to the back of her hand, and if he’d … Continue reading Later On
The Last Word
Summary: Before Kenna makes her announcement about who will command the Nevrakis troops, she talks to Diavolos first. This assumes that Kenna and Diavolos had their heart-to-heart on the airship in Chapter 8, but she didn’t kiss him there. As much as Kenna dislikes and doesn’t trust Zenobia, she has to admit that appointing Diavolos … Continue reading The Last Word
Hideaway
Summary: Diavolos disappears from the castle sometimes. Kenna is determined to find out where he goes. Set after the return to Stormholt from Aurelia. The first time Kenna notices that Diavolos sometimes disappears from the castle is just before a meeting with Luther. He’s a pain in the ass to deal with, argumentative and irritable. … Continue reading Hideaway