I'll let you play me for a while
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every king needs a queen in his bed by mintqueenjo
Fandoms: The Folk of the Air - Holly Black
06 Oct 2019
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Whatever he had responded to made Jude stand even straighter and a hand tentatively ran down her front, a nervous gesture that stopped at her stomach. Maybe she was hesitant to laugh at Cardan’s apparent slip up. The faerie bowed giving thanks as the court almost paused then he pulled the woman through the crowd. Teetering coming from the throng of bodies.
Jude turned and leaned into Cardan, “you do realize you technically offered to meet his fair maiden of a daughter, right?” Rage rolled in her brown eyes as she stared him down. A dark brow rose again, his own dark eyes ran along Jude as she went back to her position.
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- Part 5 of Kinktober 2019
- Part 1 of I'll let you play me for a while
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When I break pattern, I break ground by mintqueenjo
Fandoms: The Folk of the Air - Holly Black
17 Dec 2019
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Jude wasn’t sure what Cardan meant by ‘when the time comes’ and it annoyed her. Her husband still lounged on his throne with his crown skewd on his brow as if just a few weeks ago his secret wife didn’t announce her pregnancy to him. It annoyed her very much but more so than anything, it hurt. The hurt was deep and it stung, far worse than any of them who poked fun at the king’s seneschal and her rapidly changing mortal weight.
None of the folk so much as drew the correct answer as to why because she still wasn’t showing, and wouldn’t be for a few more moons. But one morning it will come with her waking up in her own bed chambers did finally realizing— there was no hiding it anymore. She would have grown too round that none of her dublets would button, and her shirts and trousers were tight on her hips and milk swollen breasts. The swell that made up the cushion for their baby would be bigger, and even then Jude, who was actively trying to deny the fact she was indeed pregnant— even though she had not had her monthlies for some time now— would continue to deny that it was happening.
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- Part 2 of I'll let you play me for a while
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you have mastered the art of cruelty by mintqueenjo
Fandoms: The Folk of the Air - Holly Black
25 Aug 2020
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Even there in the empty throne room as she stared at the spot he normally would sit, a downturn of her shoulders, a sag that was unbecoming— and so unlike her. It worried him so much, not that he would tell her, to her this marriage was just a bargain. A bargain they could stop anytime either of them wanted when it came time for Oak to be in charge, to rule.
“Jude?” He pressed an unsure hand to her arm and she slowly turned her head, eyes trying to be anything other than what they were. Sad. Why was she sad? “One for tears over an empty chair?” He smirked, he could put his own mask up as fire lit her eyes.
“A throne is a throne and a crown is a crown. There’s nothing either of us can do about it yet."How busy could a drunkard king prove to be though?
She didn’t know why it upset her so much that he was too busy for her, it was a marriage of conveniently placed inconvenience for the pair.Series
- Part 3 of I'll let you play me for a while