✍️ duskandstarlight
6 titles · Romance, Fantasy, Angst, Action
Embers & Light
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ · 800K words
THE Nessian fic. An ACOSF-length epic that was being written before ACOSF came out. Nesta's trauma, Cassian's patience, Illyrian politics. 800K words and people read every single one.
The Queen's Gambit
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ · 300K words
Nesta-centric but with heavy Feysand threads. Political intrigue in the Night Court. Nesta as a queen who takes no prisoners. If you wanted ACOSF to be darker and more political, this is it.
The Arrangement
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ · 300K words
Nessian arranged marriage AU. Nesta and Cassian are forced into a political alliance. The enemies-to-reluctant-allies-to-lovers pipeline is executed flawlessly across 300k words.
Embers & Light
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ · 750K words
THE Nessian fic. Started before ACOSF was published and many argue it's better. Nesta's journey from self-destruction to power is raw and Cassian's devotion is everything.
Valkyrie
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ · 320K words
Nesta's Valkyrie training, expanded. Cassian watches her become lethal and falls harder with every sparring match. The physical tension during training scenes is insane.
A Court of Shadow and Song
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ · 280K words
Azriel and Elain circle each other while the bond between them grows impossible to ignore. The restraint. The shadows reaching for her. Everything we're waiting for SJM to write.