#post acosf
Thu, 18 Nov 2021 06:49:53
Wed, 17 Nov 2021 20:07:06
Nessian: Momma
In which to soothe Nesta’s fear of being a bad mother, without directly calling it out, Cassian reassures her. Most commonly in the form of calling her “Momma.”
Because@frecklesandfiction is having a tough week and @thecrispypotatochip asked
- She’s a little embarrassed when she’s the first one of them to bring it up, but after summoning some courage, four decades after being mated, Nesta finally asks him.
- In the most roundabout way…
- “I… I’m ready.”
- Cassian raises his brows from his seat on the sofa. Nesta is curled up on the rug by the library fire, a book in her hand.
- “Me too,” he replies apprehensively. “But what for?” Cassian adds with a smirk.
- Nesta can’t bring herself to meet his eyes so she stares into the hearth. “For a baby.”
- And he’s silent. She still can’t make herself look at him. Gods after so many years she’s finally rendered the male speechless.
- But he finally interrupts her in the softest of voices: “You’re… you’re sure?”
- Nesta’s head whips in his direction, her expression carefully blank. “Yes.”
- And he smiles wider than she’s ever seen him smile before. And it sets her heart on fire.
- And Nesta thinks that the worst is over. She’s breeched the topic. Now all they have to do is conceive.
- And that’s the fun part, right?
- Cassian can tell that Nesta is relieved. He can tell because the tense line of her shoulders has relaxed and because she unconsciously releases a heavy exhale.
- And while making the baby is the fun part… he is prepared for what will certainly prove to be the most difficult aspect of this pregnancy.
- The doubts that will arise in Nesta.
- He knows they will surface because they’ve already surfaced for him.
- He had an irrational fear that he would suddenly develop the urge to abandon his family. Like father like son, right?
- No. Rhysand had helped him disperse of that fear quickly.
- Whenever Cassian had watched over Nyx, his brother would casually remark: “Keep being so good with him and he may assume that you’re his father.”
- Or even going so far as to say: “You’ll make a fine father some day, brother.”
- And over and over and over again he said such things to Cassian till Cassian realized that all his preconceived fears of being a poor father were foolish.
- After all, what sort of a poor father consciously promised to ensure his children never felt unloved or unwanted?
- “Should we… get started?” Nesta asks apprehensively, bringing him back to the present.
- Unable to wipe the smile from his face Cassian replies: “Oh yes. Right away.”
- They get lucky. It only take a few months before Nesta is pregnant. Cassian scents it one morning when Nesta is exiting their bathing chambers.
- She’s drying her hair with a towel when the scent hits him like a freight train.
- Nesta meets his eyes and his face splits into a smile before he starts laughing.
- “Really?” Nesta says, stilling before him.
- Cassian nods and tosses aside the reports he had been reading, clambering out of bed to embrace his mate.
- As he holds her he feels the bond between them tremble. She’s nervous. It hurts his heart.
- So he presses a kiss into her hair and whispers fondly. “Congratulations, Momma.”
- And then the bond is humming and glowing and he smiles to himself, self-satisfied.
- He places a calloused palm over her flat stomach, and murmurs a word of thanks in her ear.
- And makes a silent promise that he’ll call her “Momma” every time he feels the bond waver with insecurity. He’ll reaffirm her every chance he gets.
- “Good morning, Momma,” he says when she joins him for breakfast.
- “Sorry, Momma,” he says as she wretches into the basin and he holds back her hair.
- “Here you go, Momma,” he croons, handing her a cup of ginger root tea for her nausea.
- “Rest, Momma,” he whispers as she lays down for a nap.
- “Look at you, Momma,” he grins when he catches her looking down at the lump between her hips.
- “Aw, Momma,” he murmurs, when she cries over the soup she spilled.
- “Come here, Momma,” he smiles admiring her noticeably larger breasts.
- “Looking good, Momma,” he remarks, watching her decorate the nursery — because there’s something very beautiful about her folding that baby blanket.
- “What’s this, Momma?” he whistles when he discovers her examining her now noticeable bump in the mirror.
- “What’s wrong, Momma?” he asks softly, drying the tears she can’t explain.
- “Feel that, Momma?” he chuckles when they feel the baby kick.
- “Hey, give me that, Momma,” he grumbles, grabbing the heavy jug of water she is trying to carry.
- “Lift your legs, Momma,” he commands, prompting her to place her swollen ankles in his lap so that he can massage them.
- “Are you ready, Momma?” he asks the night before the baby is due.
- “Great job, Momma,” he half laughs half cries as she finishes pushing.
- “She’s perfect, Momma,” he sniffs, cradling his daughter.
- “Here you go, Momma,” he says handing her their baby.
- “You both are beautiful, Momma,” he smiles as she nurses the baby in their home.
- And when his daughter’s first word is “momma” Cassian couldn’t be happier.
- Because Nesta’s eyes are immediately tearing up and she’s applauding her daughter, and telling her that she’s right.
- But then Nesta turns to Cassian and points, her daughter follows her mother’s finger and she meets her father’s eyes.
- Nesta inclines her head and says “Now can you say: Papa?”
- And Cassian chuckles gruffly, because he knows it will be a little while longer before her vocabulary expand—
- “Paw-puh,” his daughter says.
- And Cassian smiles.
Reblogging because I’m in my Nessian feels…
Incorrect quote
Gwyn : I am the most responsible person in this group.
Azriel: You just destroyed a very expensive and important piece of war equipment!
Gwyn: And I take full responsibility for it !!
Incorrect Quote
GWYN : Why are you smiling?
AZRIEL :Why, can’t I just be happy?
Nesta :Cass just tripped and fell face first over the steps .
One thing that excites me endlessly about Azriel’s book is the Autumn court drama add Gwyn to the mix we have some chaotic top notch tension and fun .
Imagine a dinner with all of these characters in one place ….
A PICTURE AND THE STORY BEHIND
Part 14 - The spymaster and his Valkyrie
Commission by @booknerd87
Artist @sunsetrina (instagram)
Story By @broodybatboy
REBLOGGING ALLOWED. REPOST NOT ALLOWED ACROSS ANY SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS.
Link to the story below…
request for @terrible-and-proud ! vassa and elain absolutely would vibe
based on maddison beer and olivia rodrigo’s stunning vma dresses
w/ and w/o background
request piece based on a series of concepts, images and ideas for a post-canon au from @vassiensupremacy
w/ and w/o background
