Aleksander Morozova x Sun Summoner!reader x Malyen Oretsev
WORD COUNT: 7.7K
WARNINGS: mention of rotting animal, cussing, violence, nightmares, anxiety
SERIES SUMMARY: You have lived isolated from the outside world in a forest for a large portion of your life. One day, a mistake you made causes you to end up with the Darkling wounded in your cottage. Time passes as you both become closer while you nurse him back to health. When it is time for him to return to the Little Palace, you go with him, which puts you on the track of a new part of your life.
AUTHOR’S NOTE: I think I raised more questions than I answered, heehee. Next chapter after this will be my favorite thing in the world to write.
As Genya swiped her fingers across each bruise and scar on your body, you thought about the night before. You thought about how the man who you had the luck of coming across stole your heart. Through the many kisses that he had given you in the past few days, he had gradually swallowed it like it was a shooting star. You were sure that did not make him heartless, but it did make him dangerous. You knew better than to put most of your flowers in one basket, but what else were you to do when the man that kissed you like he would not see you tomorrow made you feel like you were hopping from cloud to cloud nearing the ninth one.
He had given you a feeling that you had not felt since you watched your mother draw her last breath. You felt safe around him. Even through the panic of seeing what you looked like through the eyes of a fly on the wall, he still did not treat you any differently. Your hesitance to fully submerge yourself into him had passed once you heard him tell you that you did not have to explain your feelings to him. It was something you sometimes did, but you were glad you were not obligated to.
While you mentally went back to how you woke up in your bed, the next morning after you fell asleep with him on the floor, you attempted to hold a conversation with Genya. The attempt seemed successful to you, but from her perspective, she could tell that although you were nodding along, you were probably many planets away from where she was and the unintentional smile on your face was an indicator of what was going on in your mind. She did not like it, but she continued to ask herself, “what are you going to do about it?”
“Did you hear what I said?” she asked.
“Huh.” You stopped going over what Aleksander looked like in your head. “Sorry,” you said with a bubbly smile.
i am back on track after being missing!! i have many chapter ahead of me, thank god
Welcome back, dear! It just hasn’t been the same without you >_<
He had given you a feeling that you had not felt since you watched your mother draw her last breath. You felt safe around him.
okay okay, i’m gonna stop right here, because this? this is big, big moment, big with capital b, Big tm, this is a landmark!!!
No because you’re right. This is like historical. This is iconic. This is the moment. Like the impact. When will beyoncé?
for someone who’s been alone with her cat for so long in the middle of a forest, i cannot even begin to comprehend what that must have been like, but for her to feel safe???? i’m gonna scream
And to like add to that she’s only known her cat and her mom and one of those did not make it so oop. Her home (not the physical one) was distrupted by losing like 50% percent of it and now that she’s like “okay, wait, I like him. I trust him. And I feel safe.” That’s so great. Good for her.
While you mentally went back to how you woke up in your bed, the next morning after you fell asleep with him on the floor, you attempted to hold a conversation with Genya.
i feel like this is revenge for me complaining about the chairs… even though the series was already over once i started, maybe it was a connection through time and space
Before I even finished reading your comment I was like, “omg, what if this is a wimble wobbly time moment” It’s kinda destiny friend. The petty bone in my bone could feel the chair jokes through different dimensions and periods of time ^_^ I LOVE IT!
“I heard through the grapevine,” she got closer to you with a childish whisper, “that queen is going to be at the Little Palace today.”
that can only mean bad bad news… what’s this woman going to do…
Wreak havoc, that’s all she knows how to do, I fear.
She was here last month, so her visit is unusual.
this is a red flag if i have ever seen one
A big ole red flag
“Nadia, it’s a shame that you are not willing to exchange a recycled speech for fresh turkey.” Marie watched the dark-skinned Grisha lock you with an arm around your neck.
marie knows what’s what, if there’s food involved, a little speech you can tune out is nothing
Marie is bout it bout it because if I have to listen to a recycled lecture about jellyfish procreation then I will if it means a good turkey leg. Stand up! Nadia needs to get with the program
As time passed, the room would be flooded with darkness every time you could not hold onto a specific shape of light that she had instructed.
i never understood why the darkling had a different power, because darkness is just absence of light, so wouldn’t a sun summoner be able to control both? idk, they could bend light to make things invisible and create illusions but taking light away is not a thing they could do?
These are some very very good points. Light in general is a very tricky thing because it’s not an element. Not even science knows how to categorize it properly. It can do so many interesting things. Honestly, I didn’t want to get to complicated with her magic. I saw her as a sun summoner and not a light summoner. It’s not a huge difference but it meant I saw her powers as more of heat and a source of guidance and light of course (like the sun’s symbolism) but not just like light. Where I gotta bring in everything. I’m lazy. I hope that made sense. But yeah your conclusions are very spot on. Stella from Fate the Winx would cast illusions.
“Do not expect them to be an easy opponent because they cannot wield nature’s power. A good enemy will know you as a lover would and that can kill you. By every means necessary, make sure you stay alive, even if you have to melt them down.”
the man was out there trying to kill you, and she’s worried that she blinded him, it’s just one eye, he’ll be fine, maybe not have as much dept perception but otherwise fine
Depth perceptions??!?!?!? HAHAHAHAHHA YOU’RE SO OUT OF POCKET FOR THAT. No but seriously y/n, chillax
“Hard science.”
“Genotypes and phenotypes,” you read off.
… “hard science”… this boy is really out here reading high school level science and calling it hard
Stop leave him alone XD. I’m SO glad you brought this up because I never even noticed how this came off. By hard science he meant like hard vs. soft science. Hard science is like your chems and physics while soft uses like psychology, sociology, etc.
“The cover was made of nice leather, so I opened it.”
for someone so smart i expected a better excuse sir
See the thing about mr. princess protection program is that he is so honest it’s kinda to his embarrassment and mans does not care. The kind of boldness that comes with being rich. No matter how dumb they sound. They love being loud.
The offspring always lose the weaker ability by adolescence.’”
that’s weird why would they loose that after a period of time? there should be a cause for that, like that’s why there are lactose intolerant people, they either stop producing lactase or they never did, after the period in which they need to be fed with milk, so??? what’s your take on this hard science spoiled librarian??
Somebody get this man a lab coat so he can give you the results pronto!
“What could go wrong with a runny-nose child having the ability of an Inferni and a Shadow Summoner?” he sarcastically asked.
i mean, would they present both very distinct powers or a mixture that’s not one nor the other? that’s kinda what happens with the coloration of cows
what’s so interesting about the whole thing is that I genuinely want to know the the genetic science behind these abilities. Because some human traits are done through turn-off-able and turn-on-able genes and it’s like, is it that? Is it just the basic dominant and recessive or is it like you said where the trait is like height or skin where it is a blend between two people. Anyway, leigh, I’m expecting an answer in about 13 hours.
am i making a whole bit just because he called it hard science? yes, yes i am
you should. Never remove your foot from the necks of men
but more importantly, i thought he was looking because he was trying to find out his own genealogy, why was he looking into grisha power genetic things??
I reserve the right to remain silent
“It is my wish that said occurrence has shown you what you lack in ability.”
what is it with this people, wanting her to be fully trained and on the same level as the other grisha who have been there since they were children, when she arrived like a month ago?
No because that is my gripe with y/a novels. The main character will always just get into something while everyone has been training for yeeeeaaarrrssss and they just mop the floor with everyone’s asses? Like that’s not how any of this shit works. I keep putting in this series because I wanted to show how ridiculous it is and I’m glad you noticed.
She looked at your hair and its middle part and two long braids and took one of them in her hands. Without warning, you saw one of them fall on the floor at your feet.
i hope she dies the slowest most painful death, because she is literally the worst person i have ever had the displeasure of reading about.
woop woop! That’s the sound of the police! Woop woop!
i would have been in such a state of shock i don’t know what i would have done tbh, would i stab her? maybe. would i start crying? probably. would i plot to murder her by throwing her in a jail with starved rabid dogs? yes, certainly.
I know myself. I am a freeze type of person. I don’t do fight or flight. So I would have been in a constant state of shock until I walked all the way back to my room.
(i stopped to read your response and then i choked on benedict cumberpickle circa 2010 and then i had to come back to this chapter and be depressed again, very offensive to do that to me)
Snaps snaps snaps :D love a good change in mood. It keeps the girls on their toes
Laid to rest like your mother was.
i am so close of going complete psycho
I wouldn’t blame you because at this point…
You read its publishing date, “1692.”
the fact that is not dust is a miracle, but then again aleksander seems very solid
No because the way I had to do math to get the number 1692. Bbboooooo tomato!
It was another painting, but it was covered, unlike the others.
this is very much giving me the picture of dorian gray vibes
Seize and desist. (“I understood that reference”
You saw a painting of what looked like a man. The colors were muted, but it was clear the clothing that he wore was all black.
and he weirdly looked like a corpse, a depiction of decay that served no other purposed than to leave you disgusted
Honestly this is poetry.
The person’s face had been scratched out and cut into many pieces. All parts of the face were either missing or desecrated.
now we’re giving beast from beauty and the beast vibes
Lol, stop because the way I wanted to write something inspired by that for aleks. Let me hold it in child.
“You enjoy circling around me, don’t you? Clearly, she would not know how far along she is.”
??? is someone pregnant??? why did he say it like that??
IT DOES SOUND LIKE THAT XD NOOOOO! I mean like, far along in her progression. heeeeheeee
“Hey,” Mal said, and you gave him the same greeting while trying to seem as normal as possible. “Your hair.”
i’m still so fucking mad, but then i remembered that i accidentally bleached stripes into my eyebrow yesterday and i feel a little bit better because it looks ridiculous
So you’re like actually the sun summoner irl? That’s kinda cool. Good for you miss ma’am
“You’ve changed your hair,” he mentioned as his hand held your cheek. Your skin was smooth and supple.
unwillingly!!!!!! think of the eyebrow think of the eyebrow
Don’t tell him though because he might burn the palace down. ssheeeeesssh
“We can share it if you would like,” he chuckled.
we can share manythings if you like
I would literally do anything for him… for free.99
He went from looking into your eyes to your lips and back again to your eyes. “That’s much too far,” he grinned.
i agree!!!! if it was possible i’d lock myself into a room with this man, and i’m sorry to everyone who knows me, but you’re not seeing me again
Yes I do the cooking. Yes I do the cleaning. Yes I keep the nana real sweet for ya eatin’
“He gave me much more of it,” you said.
you blinded him girlie!!! you left him permanently scared!! be proud!!!
On a not so random note. I bet aleks found that shit hot as hell. He’s so sick for that. Me too but anyway
“Don’t do anything that I wouldn’t,” Marie snickered.
do not listen to this woman!!! you should not touch mal with a ten foot pole!!!
You’re right. The only way to touch mal is with his bare chest and MY BARE HANDS!!!!! PEW PEW PEW
“You know,” you leaned your head more onto your shoulder, “sometimes I wonder what it would be like if I never was the Sun Summoner.”
you wouldn’t have met aleks?? remember him?? dark, handsome, sweet, intelligent, really really old man??? i remember
y/n: *unraveling her inner thoughts*
you: “I had a pen once” (that spongebob meme is all I could think of XD)
“Maybe we would be together in Kribirsk without a thought to how the Little Palace works.”
hell no!!!
awwww my little baby wanted to do domestic shit with her. He’s so whipped.
The idea of both of you as more than what appeared was something he was thinking more about recently and your comment only made his feelings grow.
… what have i done to deserve this…
go to your happy spot. Think of chairs (teehee)
“You shouldn’t have to prove anything to him… and if he feels the same, he won’t care.”
i don’t know if i feel more or less pissed at him for giving good advice
if it’s less *whispers* give into that feeling
“I will do more than that even beyond tomorrow.”
well say no more
suddenly im on my knees, disrespectfully
“Your beauty strikes me frequently, and it is quite painful at times,” he chuckled. “Every time I look at you, it’s almost as if I’m staring directly into the sun. It is wonderful for the first few seconds before I realize that is not normal for me to be staring for that long, so I have to stop myself. It is a privilege to come here with you alone as if all of Ravka does not exist.”
am i upset that this made me cry a little bit? Maybe
on a lighter note, think off all that time he spent practicing that mini monologue in the mirror. Probably in front of Dinah too.
You did not utter a thing on the way back to the castle.
well that was traumatizing
(heavy sigh) yeah…
It would instead grow tight like a pulled string until it gradually sunk into your skin like liquid poison each night you slept until you could no longer see most of it, just the highest parts.
thanks i hated it
Lindsey ellis type beat
You both had never used the amplifier before. He would soon come to regret putting the parts of a murdered sacred creature around the neck of the most unstable power in Ravka.
hmmm this feels wrong it feels icky i don’t like it
Idk… the thought of me whimpering and begging the darkling for anything (even if it’s the pain to go away) is kinda hot me thinks.
