#captive prince big bang

“If I were contemplating regicide,” he murmurs to the flowers, “how would I go about it?”

a little bonus drawing for @jinlinli‘s fic the steady running of the hourbecauseI love the story and surprisingly got a little free time~

It is almost an hour before Nikandros finds them. Laurent knows little of the Akielon palace, but he knows this: the slave baths will be one of the last places he looks. By now, the bells have stopped their peal, and Kastor’s blood has begun to cool on the marble floor. Damen is sluggish and barely conscious.

My piece for @jinlinli‘s fic the steady running of the hour,written for the Captive Prince Big Bang 2017! I loved how the story gave me insight into what might have happened after Kings Rising and I feel honored that I was able to work with it for this collaboration.

exalted-one:

part the sand from the sea

Captive Prince Reverse Big Bang 2019 - @capri-bigbang2k19
Laurent/Damianos, G, completed, 20k
tags: merman!laurent, blacksmith!damen, demigod!damen, 

“Hello?” he calls and the singing abruptly stops, the last cut-off note echoing off the rocks around him before they too fade into nothing. “Are you alright?” he tentatively calls, his voice thick, and receives nothing in answer but the sorrowful tune still rings in his ears. He sighs, looking away from the cliff side and down at his one submerged foot. He swings it from side to side in small figure eight motions, watching as the waves distort the shape of his foot and the fit of his sandal.

“I know how you feel.” He says quietly to the sea air, wiping his tears away with the heel of his palm.

“Do you?” A voice asks back and he startles so badly he loses his balance and falls off the boulder he’s been sitting on and into the ocean. When his head breeches the water it’s to the sound of laughter echoing off the cliffs around them – and to the sight of glittering blue eyes. “I apologize for startling you.”

Gills, webbed and pointed ears. The haunting singing from before. A tail.

“You… You’re–” He can’t make himself say it. It’s impossible. Isn’t it?

“A Veretian?” The man says, his speaking voice just as melodic as his singing voice.

Based on the lovely @diamythal‘s art and prompt: Merman Laurent
[diamythal’s art can be viewed and loved and fawned over and reblogged here]
[read it here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22113886]

Here is my entry for the Captive Prince Big bang 2k19! ( @capri-bigbang2k19) it took a long time to finish and I am super sorry for the delay but I am super happy about how this came out in the end!

While doing this I got to work with the amazing @exalted-one who wrote and amazing fic to accompany this piece:

Here! I hope you enjoy!

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