MODERN SAB!AU: Nikolai Returns Home After Several Years Of Military Service And Starts Looking For A

Another one for that AU, where Darkolai had a light affair before Nikolai left for "Ketterdam".

The Darkling: *meets Sturmhond to hire him to go after the Sea Whip*

The Darkling: "Captain. Can we talk in private?"

Sturmhond: "Sure. Follow me."

both: *enter captain's cabin*

The Darkling: "Hello Kolya..."

Sturmhond, sputtering: "What?! I...."

The Darkling: "Don't try to deny it. You might change your face, badly as my Tailor pointed out, ..."

The Darkling: *leans in*

Aleksander: "...but under all that sea, you still smell the same."

Nikolai: *visibly fighting his teen crush rushing back*

Aleksander: *smirks*

Alelsander: "And Ivan recognized your heart pattern. Smitten sobachka, he calls it."

Nikolai: *absolutely undignifoed noise*

Nikolai: "I am NOT SMITTEN!"

Aleksander: *smirk widening*

Nikolai, resigned: "Hello, Sasha."

ben and jessie were literally the most searched cast members after s1 dropped. just because the fandom favors the crows doesn't mean the GA feels the same.

!!

Why are these people pretending that season 1 didn't have a huge number of non-book readers watching the show and being the most invested in alina and "kirigan's" story?

Ben Barnes is popular and pulled a lot of people who are not into YA fiction to SaB (I'm one of those people lol). Jessie and Ben had insane chemistry and their relationship was the most talked about part of season 1.

Sure in the book community crows have lots of dedicated fans but for a show to work you need GA too which they lost with season 2.

Also, are these people pretending the darkling hasn't been carrying the fandom since 2012?? He's literally leigh's cash cow. Her most popular character who has been featured in multiple different books of gregverse. DITW is still winning her awards lol.

comfort

“The problem with wanting is that it makes us weak.”

Aleksander would totally kiss Nikolai’s scarred fingertips. Both as an act of devotion and possession.

imagine killing your handsome dark would kill the world for you soulmate and then bringing your dishrag bf back to life only for him to break up with you

The fact that Zoya, Nina, Jesper and Tolya were able to walk around Shu Han without fearing capture is just ridiculous, like did they forget the part where Shu Han cuts up Grisha to experiment on them?

пользуясь моментом хочу прорекламировать мой годичный ролик по дарколаям с русской песенкой (the retuses!!)!!!

AU: The Darkling got the throne and captured Nikolai. After a while they realize their goals are the same and start to co-operate. To avoid attempts to overthrow Aleksander and install Nikolai, they fake Kolya's death and reclaim his rogue identity...

courtier: "Moi tsarevich?"

Nikolai: "Oh no, I'm Sturmhond, the famous privateer."

courtier: "Apologies, but you look just like late tsarevich Nikolai."

Nikolai: "Yeah, I get that a lot, but I'm ginger and much better looking, if we believe the Black Tsar himself."

courtier: "Well, certainly, I can see that now. Sturmhond, you said?"

Nikolai: "Please, call me Kolya."

courtier: "!!!"

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courtier: "The likness, even your name... It's certainly curious, isn't it?"

Nikolai: "Oh please... half of the sailors is named after Saint Nikolai... Makes for riotous meetings and quite a challenge to command a crew."

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courtier, sneakily: "Some might even want you to become the King..."

Nikolai: "Well, that can be arranged..."

Nikolai: *chatches Aleksander's eye across whole room*

Nikolai: *licks his lips seductively*

Nikolai: *winks*

room: *suddenly darkens a little*