#nalu angst week
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Nightmares [NaLu]
an: this is a short story that my mind conjured for Nalu week which is themed bittersweet/angst. Today's prompt is nightmares, hence the title. Angst is not my favoured genre to write for as I am far too soft-hearted to want to see beloved characters in pain but it is always fun to work on new ideas so I hope this has come out okay? @thenaluarchive
pairing: Natsu Dragneel x Lucy Heartfilia
warnings: SFW, angst, nightmares, mentions of violence and death, dark imagery and themes, regrets and worries, Natsu just needs a hug, Lucy is his guiding light, Zeref isn't a villain (I will die on this hill), minor spoilers for 100 Year Quest
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Dreams – warm and golden.
Fragments of long-forgotten memories that he shouldn’t possibly be able to recall, yet they played out in the calm space of his subconscious. To him, this was reality and not the concoction of his overactive brain. The tall, lush grass tickled against his bare toes, the scorching heat of the midday sun beat down upon his pink hair and a black haired boy chased eagerly after him.
Joyous laughter rang merrily through the vibrant blue cloudless sky. His heart felt so full that it might just burst right out of his tiny chest. The sweet sound of his brother calling his name through gasping giggles only spurred him on to run faster, sure that he could outrun him if only he kept going.
A small house came into view as he turned in a tight arc, hoping to find some place to dive behind cover and change the game from chase to hide and seek. Curls of snow-white smoke spouted from the rickety chimney, the roof tattered in places but despite the scruffy appearance, the home was filled to capacity with love.
The young boy couldn’t see the patched paintwork walls, the crumbling bricks of the chimney stack or the window frames that were loose and rotten in places. All he saw were the smiling faces of his family; the tall figure of his father with hair the same cotton candy pink as his own, the warm arms of his mother that would embrace both her sons each and every time she could and the black tuft of hair that dared to defy gravity on his older brother’s head.
Things were perfect for the Dragneels and little Natsu didn’t have a care in the world…
A raven flew from its branch with an ominous caw. Gusts of wind whipped from out of nowhere, enough force behind them to make the small boy falter in his pace and it was all that was needed for his pursuer to grasp his shoulder. A hand that was much too large for a child rested heavily, dried blood caked beneath the fingernails and skin as pale as a ghost.
He was no longer a boy, Natsu stood tall in the ruins of a building that he knew all too well.
His chest heaved with each breath he took whilst burning pain raced along his ribs. Skin coated in a grimy mixture of sweat and blood, he felt unclean and broken. So utterly destroyed by the sight that lay at his feet; the bodies of two lovers entwined, it was enough to send him crashing to his knees.
Natsu worried over the fate of Zeref’s soul, would he be damned for the rest of eternity in a place he did not belong? Destined to writhe in agony as flames far superior to those of the Dragon Slayer licked at his flesh? His stomach roiled with that unpleasant thought and tears fell freely.
This was his nightmare.
The place his mind took him to more often than he wished to admit. For how long he would spend grieving the loss of his brother as well as the frail-looking First Master, he did not know. At times it felt like he would spend days here, watching as the corpses rotted before him, unable to do anything about it. Other times the ghosts of Zeref and Mavis would appear to taunt him, throwing accusations at him for letting them die.
He wondered what he was in store for tonight, pain laced his mind and made him whimper from the incessant barbs of a thousand venomous wasps. Each one was a reminder that he could not keep everyone alive, and wasn’t strong enough to prevent the death of his brother.
Zeref had made mistakes, but who hadn’t? He had come to terms with the machinations of a mind warped by the cruelty of a God that demonstrated no mercy or understanding of human curiosity. How wicked a fate it would be to endure eternal life whilst all those he loved around him turned to dust – a result of his love.
Indifference and hatred were the only way to keep others alive and centuries of those emotions had taken their toll on his dear brother.
Now, as he wiped at his tear-filled eyes and quietly sobbed for the missed opportunities, he braced himself for the onslaught of pain.
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Lucy became aware of the stilted movements by her side over the period of several minutes. At first, she had fought against the rush of consciousness that tried to pull her from the adorable dream she was having, but it seemed a fruitless endeavour.
She felt cooler than normal, and that was the first indicator that things were not as they should be. The absence of the warm embrace of her beloved was enough for her eyes to snap open, lids blinking rapidly as she adjusted to the pitch-black room. It was clearly the middle of the night, no time for her to be awake but she was needed, desperately so.
Low whimpers met her ears and sent the wings of sorrowful moths to flutter against her insides. The blonde rolled as cautiously as she could manage, to find where in the bed Natsu was. Her heart panged anew as she spied him curled into a fetal position by the very edge of the mattress, bare from the waist up and trembling.
She worried he was cold, but the gentle touch of her fingers confirmed the opposite – he was slick with sweat and burning as hot as a furnace. Even the softest of touches caused him to cower, even more, burying his head further into his chest with his arms raised protectively around him.
Her fierce and courageous Dragon Slayer was suffering through a nightmare and she had to bring him back. Only she could coax him to return to her side, the lit candle that burned bright in the void of the darkness and directed him to safety.
Lucy scooted closer to his back and wound a protective arm over his middle, all the while she cooed in his ear – not words only reassuring noises much like a mother would hush her baby. It was hard to be the big spoon when she was so much smaller in every way than the male she called her partner.
Yet, she managed it.
Given his curled posture, her knees rested against his butt and her front curved against his spine. Lucy folded a pillow beneath her head to raise her up enough to press her chin against his shoulder and speak directly into his ear.
His hand swatted at her like she was a pesky fly, frightened whimpers sounding into the perfect black void. She merely chuckled at his lame attempts to protect himself, it was laughable. If Natsu Dragneel wanted to dislodge her, he had the power and then some to do so.
The laughter died in her throat as realisation hit her like a bullet between the eyes. This was reminiscent of other times she had awoken to his bad dreams, specifically the times when Natsu seemed to be trapped within the mindset of his younger self. The occasions were few and far between – or so she thought – but they were never easy to get him to rouse from them.
“Natsu,” she cooed, “can you hear me, baby?”
A little grunt was the only response, but the shivering halted and his breathing evened out slightly. Her fingers slid to the hair that fell across his face, still mostly hidden by the arm that obscured his eyes, nose and mouth but his brow was exposed. The locks were damp at the edges but the majority felt as soft as downy feathers as she lazily brushed through the strands, pushing them back from his face. The scrunch of his eyebrows told of his mistrust and wariness.
“Can you speak to me?” she asked on a whim.
“Don’t wanna,” came the timid yet petulant reply.
The blonde hummed reassuringly as she contemplated her next move, wondering how she could gain the trust of a scared little boy that likely did not recognise her for the important person she was to Natsu the adult. She settled against his back, nose running along the curve of his shoulder blade.
“Hmm, I can tell something is wrong. Wanna tell me what is scaring you?”
The silence gives way to snuffles, the arm covering his face moving only enough to allow him to speak without sounding muffled. His lips are tipped down, chin trembling gently as his lips part.
“Want my brother back.”
“I know baby,” she soothes, fighting back the first well of her own tears as she listens to the innocent confession of the childlike soul that resides within Natsu.
Lucy had lost count of the conversations she and Natsu had had discussing this very matter. The Dragon Slayer was wounded more gravelly than he often let on in regards to the demise of Zeref. It had taken longer for Lucy to be swayed over the reasoning behind the Black Wizard’s motives. She had struggled to overlook the threat he had posed to the entire Kingdom of Fiore, and specifically to Natsu.
“He – he’ll be lonely without me,” he continues and the quiver in his voice is enough to make Lucy feel like she swallowing past glass in her throat.
“Natsu, my sweet boy. Remember where he is? Where his soul resides now? You haven’t forgotten, have you?”
His body relaxes a little, the tight curl of his posture loosening up to allow Lucy the opportunity to more completely wrap herself around him in hopes of offering him solace from her own body and soul.
“W-where?”
The soft lilting hum that she has been maintaining between the short exchange of words pauses once more. Her fingers stroke along his forearm and rest over the top of his clenched fist.
“Zeref is happy in the Heaven you created within your heart. You love him so dearly that you ensured he had a special place to go to when he died. Your compassion is limitless, and although you may appear hot-headed to others, those who know the true Natsu, know that you are the very best of Fairy Tail.”
The words are lumpy and rough as the blonde loses her grip on her own sadness. Salty tears drip upon the searing skin of his shoulder and run in rivers towards the sheets below their cocooned bodies.
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For the first time, the sequence of his nightmare shifts to an outcome he has not seen before. The ruined Fairy Tail guildhall dissolved before his eyes, the remaining bricks and mortar rising into the air and slipping away into nothingness. The corpses of Zeref and Mavis, which he had been forced to witness rotting, frozen in place with eyes unblinking and stinging from his torture, disappeared instantly.
Finally, he could blink and when his eyes reopened, he found himself in a place he had only seen once before. Filled with fluffy clouds, brilliant sunlight and light breezes that swept the sound of joy and laughter around freely.
Someone tapped on his shoulder and Natsu whirled instantly with his heart racing and defences lifting. The sight that met his gaze was one of sheer ecstasy. Zeref – happy, whole and smiling. For a moment he didn’t know what to do and his brother seemed to sense this.
Zeref’s arms opened wide in invitation and Natsu needed no more to fall into the brotherly embrace. Their relationship may have been strained to the point of almost snapping, but in the end, they were still family and Natsu refused to give up on his family.
For a moment he felt like his younger self once again, tiny fingers clutching into the robe of his older brother, refusing to allow him to back out of the hug. Zeref chuckled against the crook of his neck and smoothed his fingers through Natsu’s messy locks.
It seemed like an age that they stood there in the brotherly hug as the young Dragon Slayer wept for all that he had endured in this dream and every previous iteration. He didn’t know what had caused the shift from nightmare back to dream and it seemed that his elder sibling heard his internal question.
“You have someone very special to thank for bringing you back here,” he said softly.
As they broke apart, they were adults again and Zeref stepped back as a healthy and whole Mavis slotted herself against his side and placed her hand tenderly upon the black haired male’s chest.
Natsu could think to do nothing but smile, his grin wide and toothy as always but a hint of melancholy still lined his eyes. He could hear soft humming that sounded like it was coming from within his own head, it was familiar and comforting.
“Lucy found you suffering in the darkness and brought you back into the light. My dear brother, do not worry over my fate. I have much to atone for but your loving heart has given me a place to dwell in happiness whilst I do my best to keep Mavis here happy in turn.”
The second Zeref spoke Lucy’s name, her beautiful face shone within his mind’s eye and it was as if she were giving him a hug from behind, yet he could not see her. Warm breath tickled his ear, familiar vanilla filled his nose and ghostly fingers carded into his hair right down to the scalp.
Heat enveloped his heart and he knew that she was there with him – his guiding light.
He nodded at the sincere expression on Zeref’s face, the soft radiance of love that emitted from the couple and it reminded him of his feelings for his own blonde beauty that continued to save him over and over again. He wiped the back of his hand across his eyes to clear away the remnants of his tears, swallowing thickly to clear his throat.
“You gonna – gonna be okay?” he asked the man once thought to be the most evil mage that ever lived.
Zeref tsked whilst Mavis giggled, walking off to give the boys a moment of privacy. She waved cheerfully at Natsu. His vision was beginning to haze over as if he was looking through a smudged window, he blinked trying to clear it but failing.
“I don’t need you worrying over me, Natsu. You still live and have many adventures to come. Send Lucy my love and thank her for being such unwavering support for you,” he replied.
“It’s time to go home baby brother,” he whispered, lifting a hand to give a final squeeze to Natsu’s shoulder, “you will not return to that nightmare vision, understood?”
Even in death Zeref was not to be denied and for once, Natsu nodded in agreement rather than argue.
He was fighting against the hands pulling at him, tugging him into consciousness. Knowing that he would return to Lucy but wishing but a moment longer to look upon his brother’s face. A face not known for warm smiles but things change, as do people and he was glad of the happiness that shone within his obsidian eyes.
“Goodbye nii-chan,” Natsu murmured only loud enough for the recipient to hear and beamed at the look of joyous shock that struck upon Zeref’s face.
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Lucy continued to hum her endless tune, fingers moving in repeated patterns through his hair and over his cheeks and occasionally cooing words of incitement to return to her. At long last, his body stiffened and all at once, relaxed.
Natsu stretched out his limbs that had been locked in the protective posture as Lucy scooted back to give him some space. She had barely moved an inch before she was pulled back, a strong arm winding around her waist and hauling her half across his torso.
Midnight eyes swam with tears despite the half-smile playing on his lips. Worry gnawed at her insides yet it did not linger for long.
“Thank you, Lucy, for finding me in the abyss and leading me out. Zeref sends his love and reminded me to stop worrying over things already played out.”
A calloused thumb ran the length of her jaw until he cupped her cheek and lifted his head to kiss her lips. It seemed he poured every ounce of his gratitude and love into this one sweet, lingering kiss.
“Anytime, Natsu.”
Lucy allowed herself to sink into the sensation of being draped over his body, arms and legs entwined as their heartbeats fell into a synchronised rhythm. Soothing hands rubbed at her spine as if she were the one in need of comfort, and yet she knew he needed to be seen as doing something for her, never content with being passive.
“Can we talk about my – my nightmare?” he asked quietly, his voice hushed by the way he spoke directly into her golden hair.
Her heart tugged as Natsu looked to her again for solace, willing to open himself up and show her his deepest fears. The blonde squirmed herself around until she was comfortable, earning herself a moan of pleasure from the Dragon Slayer in the process.
“Of course, I’m all ears.”
#delirious drabbles#nalu angst week 2022#nalu#the nalu archive event#fairytail#natsu dragneel#lucy heartfilia#zeref dragneel#fairy tail fanfiction#fairy tail#natsu x lucy
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Hello guildmates!
The Nomination Period is now closed! Below the cut you will find a complete list of all the fanart nominations received for The Guild Awards this term! The mobile-friendly version can be found in a Google Doc here that has the complete list!
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FANART
Best Action/Adventure
“we illuminate the dark” by @flamedork (tumblr)
“Mirajane” by @pencilequipped (tumblr)
“Freed Day” by @moxiepoxart (tumblr/TW)
Best AU/AR
“a quick art for an AU” by @4stralfairy (tumblr)
“erza redesign” by @mousecracker (tumblr)
“Accidental Freed AU/backstory” by @intelligentbiscuit (tumblr/DA)
“Fairytail Next Generation” by @hollie-artz (tumblr)
“Dragon Erza” by @ace-of-fairytail (tumblr)
Best Canon
“Juvia piece” by @pencilequipped (tumblr)
“Happy Nalu Day 2023” by @likubears (tumblr)
Best Angst
“foolish remains of a hyacinth” by @heartonxions (tumblr/IG)
“queen of fairies” by @nalunalu (tumblr)
Best Dark
“Untitled” by @heartserion (tumblr)
“Monster” by @acnologias-ass (tumblr)
“‘You’ve become a beast’ ‘I know’” by @phoenix-before-the-flame (tumblr)
“A Mouth Full of Ridicule” by @firapolemos05 (tumblr)
Best Humor/Parody
“NaLu Winter Wonderland 2022” by @imnothereokuwu (tumblr)
“They’re guilty😔” by @lav3nder-bees (tumblr)
“Why As a Man, Are you Blond” by @butcherza (tumblr)
“Barbie Movie Tickets For Phantom Buddies” by @imyourcoopid (tumblr)
Best Kiss
“Guilty Pleasures” by @bluessom1 (tumblr)
“don’t interrupt the master’s meetings” by @castkorb (tumblr)
“Luvia” by @watcher-ofthe-sky (tumblr)
Best Romance
“A Fairy Tale of our own making” by @nalunalu (tumblr)
'Love and Other Fairy Tales’ by @heartonxions (tumblr)
“Gruvia Week” by @goodnightlover (tumblr)
Best LGBTQ+ Romance
“lucy + cana <3” by @heartserion (tumblr)
“Untitled” by @annluvazzel (tumblr)
“fraxus week day 5 - guilty pleasures / indulgences” by @lav3nder-bees (tumblr)
“Shadowlight Week Day 2: Thrill/Undress” by @oryu404 (tumblr)
Best Character
“Juvia piece” by @pencilequipped (tumblr)
“Lucy Heartfilia - Fairy Tail” by @lumen-anima (tumblr)
“when the hard work pays off (Aries)” by @burilingo (tumblr)
“Natsu Dragneel” by @anushpaint (tumblr)
“Thunder Dragon King Laxus Dreyar!!” by @wispzoa (tumblr)
Best Duo/Pairing
“Untitled” by @doubleragnarok (tumblr)
“fairy tails only(?) 2 two card mages” by @ace-of-fairytail (tumblr)
“Summer Fraxus” by @wispzoa (tumblr/TW)
“a quick art for an AU” by @4stralfairy (tumblr)
“Fight!!” by @castkorb (tumblr)
“The Blue-Haired Found Siblings” by @jerzaworms (tumblr)
Best Group Depiction
“Anniversary” by @love---mandy
“some crime sorciere pastels” by @jerzaworms (tumblr)
“Team Thunderstorm Naptime” by @pencilofawesomeness (tumblr)
“hehehe team shadowgear make brain go brrr” by @moonylilies (tumblr)
Best Manga Coloring
“Juvia” by @shuvia-lu (tumblr)
“Mashima's Twitter doodle" by @zelkams-art (tumblr)
“Sun vs. Moon” by @krn02-12 (tumblr)
Best Redraw
“I believe in you” by @imnothereokuwu (tumblr)
“Redrawing one of my favorite frames” by @sherlismyfather (tumblr)
“Cryptid Mode” by @pencilofawesomeness (tumblr)
“Jackal” by @misquitz (tumblr)
“Nalu Gruvia Jerza Redraw from Mashima’s Art” by @gymjunkie412 (tumblr)
Best Overall
“Please, accept him” by @phoenix-before-the-flame (tumblr)
“And so the lion fell in love with the lamb” by @bluessom1 (tumblr)
“Happy Gajeel Day" by @butcherza (tumblr)
“Night sovereignty” by @crowind1 (tumblr)
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The worst thing- the absolute worst thing about the 100 Years Quest, is the waiting. What do you mean I have to wait two weeks to learn if Lucy is alive? Or I have to wait for 2+ YEARS for news about the anime? Or the next two weeks for Nalu angst?? This sequel is really testing my patience.
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after i finish up nalu week stuff i gotta branch out from fluff bc i feel like i'm stagnating
#mya's mumbles#i would have added a more fluff please option#but like genuinely i need to write something other than fluff lol
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what is the content the mods would post about? and is it just reblogging, or is it other things as well? like, what is the purpose with the blog, that for example the nalu archive doesn’t already do? genuine questions, because i’m considering applying as a mod :)
Hello and apologise for the late reply!
FY-nalu has been around for a very long while, so I have no idea what “nalu archive” does.
Fynalu is hosting the naluween week, is reblogging absolutely every post people make about nalu, including happy, Nasha, Lucy and Natsu as separate individuals, but as a family/couple as well.
We do have affiliations with other blogs who asked us in the past for advertisment (idk if they are still active or not) including other Nalu pages, but also other FY pages like gruvia, fraxus, and evem some EZ pages.
The reblogs and own posts all have to follow certain tags to make it easier to browse and FY nalu is usually also posting the news FIRST. Meaning, any Nalu news we see on twitter, Mashima’s arts or comments regarding Nalu and so on.
We also promote other weeks (such as nalu week, angst and fluff week and whatever new has appeared, if those weeks still exist)
We also have 2 categories with Nalu moments from both manga and anime, which will need to be updated, especially in the manga one. Unfortunately none of the active mods kept in touch and I definitely didnt follow the spin off so I wouldnt know what new moments are in the manga, but I am sure they appear!
You can find the manga category right here
Hope I answered everything. I believe other blogs such FYN started when we became inactive. But there is no competition between the blogs! 🫶🏻
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Happy Bittersweet(Angst) NaLu Week!
Day 01 : Jealousy
When some guy tries to make a move on Lucy, Natsu :
Also canon jealous Natsu
#fairy tail#natsu dragneel#lucy heartfilia#nalu#natsu x lucy#fairy tail nalu#ft nalu#bittersweet nalu 2022#bittersweet nalu#bittersweetnalu2022#bittersweetnalu#nalu edits#nalu edit
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NaLu Week 2023
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/QGvhNWu
by FyreFalcon80
How the couple from 'Happy Birthday, Lucy' is doing, as prompted for NaLu week 2023.
Day 1. Anniversary
Day 2. Family
Day 3. Fears
Day 4. Shenanigans
Day 5. Gifts
Day 6. Nostalgia
Day 7. (New) Adventures
Words: 4309, Chapters: 2/7, Language: English
Fandoms: Fairy Tail
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: F/M
Characters: Natsu Dragneel, Lucy Heartfilia
Relationships: Natsu Dragneel/Lucy Heartfilia
Additional Tags: naluweek2023, Nalu - Freeform, Fairy tail au, Fluff, Angst, More Fluff
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/QGvhNWu
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Ahh missed ya <3 Nalu day is in a week and I'd love to see you particiapte again after a long time
I wanted to reply with a drawing but didn't get to finish it in time in the end, so I'll just reply by text only. First of all, thank you!! I haven't participated in art weeks for a long time. I probably don't have the inpiration or time for it as things are now. The prompts this time would be totally up my alley though! I'm all about the angst. Thank you for reminding me too. I'll think of something to draw for Nalu day on the 26th❤️
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I really wanted to write something for this nalu angst week, but it didn't pan out for me. I've been dealing with health issues lately and preparing for a big move.
I know I'll still write the story, but it will be super late 😅 and I'm bummed about it.
Thanks for supporting my work and putting up with me lol
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Okay I read your latest Nalu oneshot and it was splendid🥰 we all are craving some Nalu right now and you seem the right person at the moment since you're taking requests! Great! So there's a Nalu week coming up in the last week of this month. It's bittersweet or angst whatever you call it and I absolutely want you to participate or at least write one piece for the event. If not then pretty please write this request of mine, which is a mix of the seven prompts of the event : jealousy, cursed, nightmares, forbidden love, forced apart, injury and refuse to fight back.
I'll put it the way the previous anon did so it can be understandable to you.
Prompt- Natsu is E.N.D aka the master of Tartarus(but in a different set up than the canon) and Lucy is the princess of the celestials(cliché). She's assigned to kill the demon king Natsu Dragneel and infiltrates the Tartarus kingdom as an escaped prisoner of a neighbouring kingdom. When Natsu meets the disguised princess, he takes a liking to her and soon they become get friends. Naturally Natsu starts falling for the gorgeous blonde but unintentionally Lucy does the same. She slowly discovers that Natsu isn't someone she thought him to be, he's rather a total different person. She can't help but accept her own feelings despite knowing that the love between a celestial and a demon is forbidden.
Defying the laws of nature, they marry each other and pledge to be together forever which results in a curse from Ankhseram. The curse of misery(a little different from canon again), their love will bring misery for everyone. In order to get Lucy back, the celestials suddenly attack the Tartarus. Everything goes wrong. Lucy starts losing hope, has terrible mightmares about getting separated from her love, and lastly tries to harm herself. Natsu saves her before she can do anything and reassures her till she agrees to fight back again.
It's basically a multichapter one. You can take your sweet time!
Hi Anon!
I am so honoured that you want me to participate in the upcoming Nalu week! I've had a look at the tags and an idea sprang to mind instantly for one of the themes, so I will write a one-shot for that day.
I liked your prompt but given everything else I am juggling currently, I just don't have the time to give it the justice it deserves.
Sorry I couldn't fulfil your request, but I do hope you will like what I put out for Nalu week!
Much love!
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The Photo Album
It’s been a while lol, yeah I’m pretty bad at consistently posting I gotta work on that. Please leave a comment, feedback of any sort is much appreciated. This was requested by @notacelestialwizard and I hope I didn’t disappoint!
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The Christmas tree in the corner of Lucy’s house sat gloomily and unlit. An ornament fell off and shattered after she threw a book at it, and she’s yet to clean up the mess. She sat on the floor, staring at the opened book now across the room. In a time of joy on Christmas Eve, Lucy could only feel sorrow.
It was a photo album. Less than a half of it was full. Pictures of her, her mother, and her father. Every year they took them together: by the tree, in the snow, baking cookies, etc. There were 90 pages total, 5 for every year of Lucy’s life until she turned 18. Only the first 30 were filled out.
Lucy got up and picked up the album. It was opened to a page with her as a baby. She read the writing by the side:
“Lucy’s first Christmas!”
Her mom had the prettiest handwriting. Elegant yet readable. Flipping a few pages later, she saw a picture of her tearing a gift apart. She remembered getting a papercut from unwrapping it so aggressively. Lucy perused the album until she reached the unfilled pages. It shouldn’t be unfilled, she thought, drowning in her own self pity.
“It’s not fair. It’s not fair!” She screamed to herself, all alone in her apartment. There was no one there to empathize. No comforting words of affirmation. That’s just the way she wanted it.
Barely anyone in Fairy Tail has had a picture perfect past. Practically none of them know their family or parents except for a handful. Everyone had a sob story; she wasn’t anyone special, so she kept most of these emotions to herself. There was no use burdening others with her grief when they dealt with so much of their own.
Woooosh. She heard the wind blow, sounding like waves of the ocean. The book was wrapped tightly between her arms as she lied down on the rug. Any desire to get up and enjoy the holiday was thrown out the window and blown away by the strong winds. Woooooosh. There it was again, leaving a soothing sound that lulled Lucy into a trance. Her eyes began to droop, and by the time more wind passed by, she was fast asleep.
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She woke up to the discomfort of her wrist being pricked with the shattered glass. Blood slowly dripped out of the tiny cut. Lucy had no will to stop it. Letting it bleed out was no big deal, especially since it was such a tiny cut. But what if it was bigger? If her arm was torn open, would she have found the will then? How long will she let herself continue in this lousy, pitiful state?
No longer, Lucy thought to herself, finally getting up and dusting herself off.
“You don’t have any control over me,” she sneered, talking to the photo album. After picking it up and staining it with her blood, she set the fireplace ablaze. She felt the book mocking her, displaying a picture of her parents laughing together. “This is the last year you’re toying with my emotions!” In her emotional state, she didn’t fully comprehend the consequences of her decision to throw the album into the fire.
Pages and pictures quickly crinkled and turned to ash. The binding was more successful in its struggle for life, but still began to burn alongside the pictures. It wasn’t until the book was almost completely destroyed that everything finished processing in Lucy’s mind.
“No! No, no, no, no, no,” she whispered while sprinting to the fire. Disregarding the fire, she stuck her hands straight in and clawed for any remaining pieces of album. “Come on, come on, please,” she begged and weeped, hoping to find something salvageable. She felt a piece of the binding and retracted her hands, which were in the fire for no longer than 10 seconds. Nevertheless, they were blistered and charred. They were swelling, yet she couldn’t feel a thing. She knew she should probably go to Porlyusica or at least to the guild, but all she could think about at the moment was seeing Natsu.
She sprinted out after barely managing to get the door open. The use brought back some feeling into the hand, since she could feel amounts of pain slowly seep into it. The roads were coated with ice and framed by snow. Snow fell as the wind blew, taking little snowflakes along with it. The sun was, for the most part, blocked out by clouds. On a normal day, Lucy would’ve stopped to take it all in.
After about 30 minutes of running, she finally arrived at Natsu’s place. Her adrenaline wore off by then. She was freezing yet her hands burned, causing her a lot of pain. Her tears flowed and her need to see him grew.
Instead of knocking, she decided to just bump into his door. His advanced hearing should be able to pick it up easily. The door flung open and a grinning Natsu greeted her.
“Hey, Luce! Merry-holy crap! Lucy, what the heck happened?!” His attention was quickly drawn to her hands, which have swollen to at least double its original size. Lucy was surprised that she couldn’t respond. Maybe it was shock, maybe it was pain. Either way, she remained mute.
“I’m getting you to Porlyusica.”
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Did I pass out along the way?
She woke up on an unfamiliar bed. By her was Porlyusica, speaking with Natsu in her typical grouchy tone. Inspecting her hands, she saw that the swelling went down. The pain left, and in its place some weird goo was left on her hands.
“Glad to see you’re up,” Porlyusica commented drily. Whether she was sarcastic or not was beyond Lucy.
“Natsu?”
“You passed out almost immediately after I opened the door for you,” he began to explain. Natsu moved to be by Lucy’s side. “How you feeling?” He asked softly.
It wasn’t very out of character for Natsu to be gentle. She’s seen this side of him before. There’s something about it that just calms her down. “Good. The pain is gone. Is it ‘cause of this goo?”
“It’s not goo, it’s sap,” Porlyusica responded. “It’ll temporarily take away the pain while the magic does its thing and heals you. Trust me, the magic feels more painful than the burns themselves.”
“They were some nasty burns, and that’s coming from a fire dragon slayer,” Natsu chuckled. “What did you freaking do? Had me scared for many secs.”
“Many? Not just one sec? I’m touched.”
“Maybe like 4 secs, don’t get ahead of yourself, Luce.”
“That’s it, I’m kicking you two out. You’ve ruined enough of my Christmas Eve.” Porlyusica handed Natsu a jar of sap. “Apply this directly on the hands when you get home and every four hours after that.”
“Why would I need that?”
“It’s not for you, dingus.”
“Oh. Right.” Natsu grabbed the jar and the two head out, but not before Natsu could say:
“For the record, Porlyusica, I will miss you for at least 10 secs.”
“Out!”
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On the way back to Lucy’s house, she explained the entire situation to him, not leaving any parts out. It felt good to finally get her feelings off her chest. Throughout the entire story, Natsu stayed quiet, with the occasional ‘hm’ or nod. When she finished, he remained pensive. The silence between them felt awkward for Lucy.
The door was still open from when she ran out earlier. Her house was chilly. Mere flames were left in place of the fire that scorched Lucy. Natsu extinguished them. He plopped himself on the couch and began to open the jar.
“Come here.” Lucy sat down next to him and gave him her hands. Gently, he applied the sap. Silence fell upon them again. Lucy had no clue how to break the silence. She felt as if it was his turn to talk, and the more he didn’t, the more anxious she became.
He stopped applying the sap and went to get her a blanket. Finally, after wrapping the blanket around her, he spoke.
“We could make our own album,” he offered, but it sounded more like a question. “No empty pages, I promise you.”
“Let’s do it, starting now. There’s a camera in the drawer beside my bed,” she told him. He left for a minute and reappeared with the camera. Wrapping his arm around Lucy, he smiled brightly and snapped a picture, capturing Lucy’s joy as well as his own. The two talked and talked, until, once again, Lucy fell asleep due to her exhausting day. Natsu stayed by her side to keep her warm. He smiled when the clock striked 12 and kissed her forehead.
“Merry Christmas, Lucy.”
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First Term 2023 Nominations
FANFICTION
Best Action/Adventure
“yuánfèn” by tiddiejoon (AO3)
“The Curse of the Dragon Slayer” by FiveCentsFanFics (AO3)
“Day of Parting” by Heartofroses112 (AO3)
Best AU/AR
“Satan Soul” by ButterflyDragon (AO3)
“The Girl in Blue” by smilingskyy (AO3)
“Deadly Decisions” by Auburry (AO3)
“Keep Me Safe” by Rosicamarica (AO3)
Best Canon
“Schtum” by RougeCrimson (AO3)
“Former Arrangements” by @genavere
Best Angst
“A Debt Paid for a Date Made” by @nalu-gifs / AubieSquire (AO3)
“Losing What You Never Had” by @pencilofawesomeness
“if you asked me i would lose it all” by ObsessiveExplosion (AO3)
“The Ghost lingering in your eyes (they haunt me everyday)” by MarcoThePigeon (AO3)
“Let’s Play the Quiet Game - Recovery” by Rook2020 (AO3)
“Stained Blades” by @xhusu / Husu (AO3)
Best Dark
“Dead Stars” by @genavere
“The Last of Us” by @classysassy9791
“The Nobodies” by RedDoorBlack (FFN)
Best Drama
“Monster” by MsKtK (AO3)
“Bring Back What Once Was Mine” by Winged_Capybara (AO3)
“Amber Sin” by Winterlogy (AO3)
Best Humor/Parody
“Family Dinner” by butterflyzilla (AO3)
“A Weapon of Mass Love” by Eveegirly (AO3)
“I’m Married” by Auburry (AO3)
“The Jam Problem” by @acacia-may
Best Oneshot
“God, she loves him” by @bumblebeehug
“Winter” by @bumblebeehug
“Part of the Family” by Leo_Wolf (AO3)
“Silly and intimate moments” by @jemmahazelnut
“Headspace” by Amajjzy (AO3)
“Prove It” by Grace Buckley (FFN)
Best Character Portrayal
“properly” (Gray Fullbuster) by Kikapea (AO3)
“Monster” (Gajeel Redfox) by MsKtK (AO3)
“Fairy Tail Twin Dragons” (Natsu Dragneel) by LokaMuse (AO3)
Best Romance
“Pizza Date” by @zal-eska
“don’t touch what’s not yours” by @tokkias
“taking the hint” by @tokkias
“Beautiful” by TheLorax (AO3)
“Letters from a Future Lover” by ReeseBee (AO3)
Best LGBTQ+ Romance
“no place i’d rather be” by @gray–dragneel / lastoneleft (AO3)
“There is Love” by @sandwitchstories
Best Serial
“Let’s Play the Quiet Game” by Rook2020 (AO3)
“The Beast of Fairy Tail” by @xfangheartx
“Bull in a Crystal Shop” by buniibebe (FFN)
“Tra'viin Tome'mir” by GemmaRose (AO3)
Best Ficlet
“ugly” by iiwaiizumii (AO3)
“The Short-Lived Adventure of Fairy Man, Fairy Woman, and Fairy Boy” by Purplefern (AO3)
“Just Try To Get Rid of Me” by tiny_writes_stuff (AO3)
Best Antagonist Portrayal
“Fairy Tales Grimm” (Jose Porla) by DarkUnderworld (AO3)
“Rewrite” (Zeref Dragneel) by @thehylianidiot
Best Completed
“Sleeping Beauty” by moeruhoshi (AO3)
“Fairy Tales Grimm” by DarkUnderworld (AO3)
“Yer a Wizard, Gajeel” by LinaBean15 (FFN)
FANART
Best Action/Adventure
“Erza Scarlet” by @thearcanearts
“Archer Rogue” by @celestialrayna
Best AU/AR
“Happy New Year” by @karmelyon
“Happy Early Valentine’s Day” by @hollie-arts
“She’s not pleased - Fighter AU 5/?” by @moxiepoxart
“Band AU things and the what not” by @heartonxions
“How Chapter 125 Should’ve Ended” by @lei-z-fan
Best Canon
“Fairy Tail” by @pencilequipped
“Summertime Fun Series” by @pinchepeachyxo
“Let’s Dance, Lucy!” by @tsushi-talks
“job hunting woes” by @kaicean
Best Angst
“Untitled” by @juv-ans
“Untitled” by @4stralfairy
Best Dark
“RAGE” by @crowind1
“It’s Freed Day” by @moxiepoxart
“It’s Been a Long Time Since I’ve Been Me” by @phoenix-before-the-flame
Best Humor/Parody
“Wanna Make Out Now?” by @selfawarecobalt
“The three genders are literally princess, slut, loser” by @annluvazzel
“Wendy & Lucy” by TheGoldenSmurf (TW)
“stupid blurbs” by @friedmeatbuns
Best Kiss
“Happy Natsu Day” by @frogrockband
“Can They Hurry Up and Kiss?” by @nalunalu
“LAXUS X MYSTOGAN“ by @bluessom1
“I’ll take some sneak shots of the little lovers in me” by skytooo726 (TW)
“Kiss Part 2” by 1C_Cherry (TW)
“kiss(es)” by @junryou
Best Romance
”The Last Dance“ by @u1tear
”Untitled“ by @dravendraws
”Nalu“ by @gymjunkie412
“Fiction” by @jmoart214
“taking the hint” by @kaicean
“Gruvia Week 2021″ by @goodnightlover
Best LGBTQ+ Romance
”Dirty Dancing AU“ by @bluessom1
”Forget Nalu vs Nali They’re Obviously Girlfriends“ by @sporkteeth
”Like I always am, and I’ll always be“ by @oryu404
”October Commission #9“ by @annluvazzel
“Protective gfs” by @ace-of-fairytail
Best Character
”Cana Alberona“ by @kat-ran
”Flex“ by @jmoart214
”The melody of my heart“ by @jerzaworms
“Juvia” by @jesmeraki
Best Duo/Pairing
”Graylu“ by @b00nyb00bles
”Untitled“ by @4stralfairy
”Family Guides One Another“ by @jerzaworms
”Untitled“ by @hollie-arts
Best Group Depiction
”Fairy Tail’s Strongest“ by @rosavatar
”The Drunk, the Flirt, and the Nudist“ by @lleecoji
”The future is uncertain, but that can be a good thing“ by @silken-sails
”This brotp“ by @acnologias-ass
”Team Thunderstorm Naptime“ by @pencilofawesomeness
“Bio-child Happy revisit!” by @imnothereokuwu
Best Manga Coloring
”Eileen Belserion“ by @nohemyjackson
”You must get your fill of that fleeting freedom of yours“ by @watcher-ofthe-sky
“Untitled” by @wesluvr
“Bread” by @fairy-edits
Best Redraw
”Lucy and Aquarius“ by @acnologiaheart
“Lucy and Juvia” by @windmaedchen-fairytail
”Juvia“ by @watcher-ofthe-sky
“Battle of Dragon Slayers” by @celestialrayna
“lil gajevy redraw” by @zai-doodles
Best Overall
”Flame’s Desire, amiright?“ by @phoenix-before-the-flame
“Untitled” by @a-lyosha
”Acnologia“ by @crowind1
”Erza Scarlet“ by @pencilequipped
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Title: Obstacles
Pairing: NaLu
Prompt: NaLu Angst Week 2018 - Obstacles
Rating: M; Ages 18+!
None of these characters are owned by me, they are all owned by the wonderful Hiro Mashima!
A/N:
I hope this came out well because I wanted to make it kind of fun and kind of awful
But the good kind of awful
Idk my angst game is weak rn im sorry tbh
Of course it happens right as angst week writing begins lmao heres an arranged marriage au for you all
also I won’t be doing tomorrows prompt unless i have time to complete it ive got some stuff to work out
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The male beside her had eyes the shade of the night sky on the new moon; cold and empty. His hand was resting comfortably on her hip, but she’d felt his fingers twitch each time she walked by. The she Lucy was referring to was not herself, but a smaller girl on the other side of the room. The girl with the flowing, soft blonde hair that fell in waves with ribbons adorning both sides of her head in perfect symmetry. Her gown was a shade of pink that reminded Lucy distinctly of cherry blossoms, and though it was elegant she could tell the fabric was lightweight and the design specifically made to appear as though it matched the overall feel of the party. This made sense considering Mavis was cunning, and tactful. She needed to be quick on the floor, but she also needed to blend in. She was her father’s advisor, and an outstanding one if this party wasn’t a testament to her hard work.
The manor they lived in was all shimmering gold, and sparkling wine. The chandeliers were perfectly lit, and every bulb had been replaced in light of tonight’s event. Once again, her husband’s hand twitched as the sprite of a girl passed. Lucy didn’t much care on the transgressions of her husband. They’d made an agreement after all. That didn’t stop her from glowering at him. He was an idiot, and it was like he wanted to get caught. In truth, he probably did. Then he could stop the charade and be with the woman he actually loved. However, that wouldn’t do well for Lucy. Her father would just find another man to marry her to and she couldn’t have that. She may have wished it in the beginning, but too much was at stake now. Her father wouldn’t care if the male beside her was having an affair, but to bring public shame to the family would be a disgrace.
�� “Careful, darling.” She placed emphasis on the pet name, and once more her smile full of lies graced her face. “You’ll get us caught.” She mumbled below her breath to keep their conversation from being overheard.
“The only reason I agreed to your deal is my brother. Otherwise, I would have left with her long ago.” He muttered back to her. His tone having shifted from ‘overly excitable husband’ to ‘don’t get cocky’ in a matter of seconds. Two could play at this game.
“I know that. I don’t care. Don’t. Get. Caught.” Each word was said through gritted teeth.
“Oh my! Look at the happy couple!” it was her aunt Supetto for the third time that evening. “You look marvelous, my dear!”
Her cheeks turned a shade of rosy pink as she knelt to her aunt’s height, and gently gripped her hands. “As do you, auntie.” The two separated, and she watched her aunt wander back out to the floor. She’d certainly be back.
“You say I’ll get us caught. His face has been the epitome of ‘don’t touch her’ all night.” Shots fired. He was right though, Natsu had been throwing a silent tantrum since they’d descended the stairs arm in arm, with smiles of a happy couple. She didn’t want this anymore than he did. Zeref’s hand returned to her hip and pulled her just an inch closer. They’d come up with a system in their closeness. This marriage was one of necessity and convenience. Neither wanted this, but still. Zeref couldn’t shame the Dragneel name, and neither could she to the Heartfilia Konzern. Both would be inevitable as the affairs they both engaged in continued. And yet the pair of them felt addicted to their other half.
“Surely, we could separate for a moment.” It was a suggestion that Zeref posed nearly every political event. He couldn’t stand to be there like some exhibit for very long, and truth be told Lucy couldn’t stand to have someone other than him touching her.
“Surely, we could.” She echoed, and the pair separated. Both gave each other their signature smiles, and that lingering glance that they’d practiced and become sufficient at. It was like when she had played pretend as a child. Her performances could give a professional entertainer a run for their money. She crept down a small hallway that normally led towards the restroom, but instead of entering the ladies’ room she ventured to the left. The door shut softly behind her, and there she waited.
It wouldn’t be long now, she hoped. And she was right. She heard his stomping before he even entered the room, but once he did she felt like her skin was on fire. Her father was insistent on marrying into a family of dragons for the status, and the fame but she’d always wondered what his thought process was on that. Did he think they’d be controlled? Impossible.
“Natsu, could you please turn down the furnace. It’s rather hot.” She teased. Though, from the look on his face it was clear he was past the ‘joking to ease tension’ phase. Dragons were peculiar that way. They got insanely territorial over what they felt was theirs. It was how she’d first noticed Zeref’s feelings for Mavis, and it was how she’d discovered Natsu’s for her. She had been drawn to the mysterious air of the elder Dragneel, but immediately felt he was too tense, and stuffy. Natsu had been like a breath of fresh air in the spring. Zeref felt like a cloudy day with a one hundred percent chance of rain and high humidity. Yet, Mavis loved him with everything she had. To each their own, she supposed. Her own was right in front of her.
Natsu wasn’t about to just let Lucy slide with a joke like he normally did. He’d watched them practice flirting, and getting the timing of their own lies together the entire night. That hadn’t bothered him, much, but the one thing he’d forgotten in his entire time with Lucy was that their parents had expectations. His father expected Lucy to bear the next heir of the Dragneel name, and of course Lucy’s father expected the same. He’d heard them practice what to say to their respective father’s, but both had become silent. Every single one of them knew that the argument wouldn’t hold out.
Zeref’s eyes had been the color of blood red, and Lucy couldn’t even bother to face him. She couldn’t bear to tell him the truth, and he knew that. He knew that one day she would have to bear the child of his brother. It was either that, or she get sold to some other high ranking socialite. Zeref could easily sway their father to choose Mavis, but he hadn’t out of respect for Natsu. Natsu appreciated it in ways his brother would never truly understand, but Zeref was at his breaking point. It wouldn’t be long before he called it quits, and Lucy knew that too.
They continued to refuse each other in this small room. Natsu never moving towards her, and Lucy staring into her hands like they were the most interesting thing in the world. He couldn’t stand it any longer. The tension was so thick it could be cut with a knife. He moved towards her, and the movement startled Lucy into looking up.
She could barely see through blurred vision as the water pooled, threatening to spill over. His hand touched her cheek, and she could feel the weathered skin, and each scar across the tips of his fingers and his palm. A tear slid when her eyes closed and she relaxed into his touch. His thumb ran under her eye to brush the liquid from her cheek.
Not even a single tear should stain her cheeks. He’d decided this when they first began their arrangement, but that was then, and this was now. He couldn’t make this better. The greed of her father far outdid that of a dragon. He wasn’t sure if that was a compliment, but he highly doubted he could ever think something nice of Lucy’s old man.
“Stop cryin’, Luce. It’ll be alright.” She gripped his suit jacket tightly and nodded before tugging him against her. Her forehead nuzzled softly into his chest.
“I know. I’ve been thinking lately… what if we all just ran away? Me, you, Zeref, and Mavis. Couldn’t we just leave?” if she cried anymore she’d ruin her makeup. Appearance was everything. She had to keep up appearance.
“That wouldn’t solve a damn thing. My father would hunt us to the ends of the earth, and so would yours.” That didn’t mean he didn’t want to, because fuck did he want to. He could run to hell and back as long as it was her by his side. But they couldn’t. They couldn’t just leave.
“What if—” she stopped herself. One ‘what if’ was all she could afford. Any more than that, and she’d have actual hope. His rough hand gently raised her chin up to look at him, and he pressed a lingering kiss to her forehead.
“I love ya. And if that means I gotta fight an army to keep ya then I will.” She didn’t want him to. Anything that would hurt him, she could never forgive. Even if it was herself.
“Please don’t. I don’t want you to get hurt, idiot.” She lifted to her tip toes, and pressed a kiss to his lips. It was soft like it always was, he mused. Her lips were sticky from the lip gloss she’d chosen. It tasted like watermelon. She had always liked those flavored ones, and he couldn’t help but agree. He licked her bottom lip, and she giggled – a real giggle – for the first time that night. The sound was like music to his ears. His own private symphony.
He pressed his head into her neck, and his hands gripped her hips. She gave a small gasp that had him growling softly. Then, a scent rose to his nose. It was buried beneath her floral perfume. He was glad she chose the softest one she had in her array of scents. It hadn’t taken the heiress long to learn the sensitivity of a dragon’s nose, and since then had only worn soft scents that smelled of vanilla or a flower shop. Today was the flower shop. Still, that wasn’t the problem. No, his problem lay under that.
Lucy noticed quickly the change from playful growl to territorial growl. She froze on the spot, and then she waited. Territorial Natsu could sometimes be a hassle, between sibling rivalry, and his disgust about their situation it often gave her trouble. Tonight, for example, he likely smelled Zeref on her skin. They’d had to do a ‘lover’s embrace’ in front of their fathers. Complete with longingly staring into each other’s eyes, and happy smiles. They joked about how disgusting it was later.
In another life, she and Zeref would have been friends. She thought so anyway. Here they had a mutual partnership. One that likely wouldn’t make it much farther. It was just as she thought. They should all just run away.
Natsu’s breath on the crook of her neck distracted her from her thoughts, and she tensed while a shiver ran down her spine.
“Your father sucks.” He muttered, resting his forehead to her collarbone, and gently pushing her backward. It wasn’t long before she bumped into the desk at the far back of the office. This idiot was going to try that in a place like this.
“He does. But you know what’s worse?” she was setting him up for a joke. Just like when she’d entered, but his brain didn’t want to hear it. Her dress had been distracting him all night, and with the scent of Zeref on it that was making it all the more irritating. It was tight, black and boy did it fit her like the perfect sized glove. He shivered the second his fingers caressed the fabric. His hands were gripping her hips again, which in turn made her nervous. She’d chosen the dress with slits on both sides with the purpose of riling him up, but she didn’t mean for right now, she’d meant for later. When they were alone in their chambers, and the party goers had gone.
“Hmmm.” The sound vibrated against her neck as a tongue lashed out to lick her skin. A whimper slipped through her lips, and the grip on her hips tightened.
“Happy’s going to destroy the furniture before we get back.” She deflected to the feline for aid in distracting Natsu from his current activities.
“And when he does we’ll confiscate his prized fish as punishment.” A gasp of horror came from her body, but he was more than aware that she was joking. Soon, another giggle erupted through her ribcage.
“And then we’ll have to buy a new couch. Again.” She mumbled.
“What can I say. He really liked the old one.” Natsu wasn’t distracted one bit. In fact, his lips were kissing trails up her neck, and she was doing her best to hold it together.
“For someone who owns a cat, you’re such a sly dog.” He bit into her neck softly, but she got the feeling that if he ever could, he’d leave nothing but marks on her pale skin to show everyone who she was with. She was his, and he was hers. This situation just complicated matters was all. Lucy rocked her hips into his, and he grunted.
“Dragon. I. Am. A. Dragon. We are majestic!” he groaned loudly in annoyance with her terms, and she supposed he was right, but she wanted to make the joke, and so here they were.
“Yes, a mighty dragon. He who lays claim to all treasure.” She had deepened her voice, and added a tone that sounded a lot like a story narrator.
“If we lay claim to all treasure, then you’re mine. You’re my pile of golden coins.” He brought her hand to his lips, and pressed a kiss to her knuckles. She flared a vibrant red, and her face felt like it was on fire all the way up to the tips of her ears.
Their lips met again, but this time more urgent. Her fingers dug into his hair, and his hands finally found their way to her thighs. He squeezed one as he slid his other hand up her inner thigh to reach the seething warmth. A shaky sigh left her lips, and with one touch to the clothed flesh she was throwing her head back, and biting her lip to keep from making a sound.
His grin was devilish as the finger began to rub up, and then down. Up. Down. Up. Down. He continued the slow pace, and the deliberate stroking even as her grip on his hair tightened. She breathed, and his name flowed out. His finger stopped abruptly, and he pulled it back. Then, once more a searing kiss to her lips.
A knock at the door startled her from her haze. She froze in fear until she saw the look of irritation on Natsu’s sharp features.
“We’ve got to get back.” Zeref’s voice echoed from behind the door, and she nearly cursed before pushing past the pinkette. She straightened up her appearance before hanging her head and mumbling something. Natsu had heard her, and all be damned he was a dragon. And wasn’t it a dragon’s duty to kidnap the princess and hide her where she’d never be found again? Her hand pressed to his chest, and she left him with a soft, lingering kiss. It was so pure and tender. It was so full of love that it nearly ripped out his heart to watch her leave arm in arm with Zeref.
With her lingering glance on him as she left he silently promised the world would fear the wrath of Natsu Dragneel if it meant he could live a full life with her.
#nalu angst week#nalu#nalubookclub#natsu dragneel#lucy heartfilia#bae#dorkneel#fairy tail#ft#nalu ff#otp: welcome home#my writing
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i feel like i've written and fed you all enough that i am allowed to swoon over my own writing, so here are some thoughts i have on some of my favourite dialogue i've written.
"Y-you just- you left me, Natsu, and you didn’t even have the decency to say goodbye, and I-" she paused, gasping for breath between her words and sobs, "and I was so lonely, I didn’t have anyone! Because it was Aquarius, and then you, and then the rest of the guild, and then I was all alone. I didn’t- I didn’t know what to do with myself, and the only person I wanted to talk about it with was you, but you weren’t there."
and
"But now you’re here, and I’m- hic I’m so happy, but I want to hate you for what you did, but I can’t because you’re my best friend."
from 349 days
they needed to talk about this so bad and im still mad that they didn't because you know lucy had so much to say. i really wanted to convey the feeling of lucy just breaking and letting everything all out at once. natsu hurt her so bad but she can't hold a grudge against anyone, much less her best friend who she loves maybe more than anyone
"Natsu, I- What did… what did I do wrong?" She asked, desperation in her voice.
He didn’t know what to say. This hadn’t been in their plans; it wasn’t something he ever hoped he would have to prepare for; it just was. Blaming herself was the last thing he wanted her to do, because he knew all of this was just some horrific, sick twist of fate.
"You didn’t do anything wrong. I guess this just… happens," he offered, mumbling as his lips grazed the crown of her head.
from your fingerprints (left scars on my heart)
i find natsu to be a really interesting character to write dialogue for, and i find angst to be specifically quite challenging for him, and i think this one line exemplifies why. he's not as good with words as lucy is, and in the context of this fic it's even more challenging for him to come up with words of comfort because he is also hurting. he knows it's not lucy's fault, he doesn't want her thinking that it is, but not only does he not have her eloquence or vocabulary, he also doesn't know why this has happened either, so he's just doing his best to try make her feel better.
"C’mon buddy, mean ol’ Lucy is kicking you out," he quipped as he carried Happy out the door, who seemed completely unphased by the intrusion.
"Mean old Lucy won’t be giving you sex for a week if you keep talking about me like that!"
from a little bit of peace and quiet
this fic is wildly underrated imo, and i understand the concept is not everyones cup of tea, but i like it a lot. natsu and lucy have such fun banter, even while they're trying to have sex, and i think this might be my single favourite piece of dialogue i've written. not much else to say, i just needed you all to read it.
Lucy cocked her head to the side in confusion. "What are you talking about?"
"Yeah, why would I kiss Lucy?"
Gray’s mouth fell open at their reactions; he knew what he saw, but here they were, pretending like nothing out of the ordinary had just occurred.
"I don’t know!" He cried out, "You did it, not me!"
"I think you were just seeing things," suggested Lucy, with a confused expression on her face that didn’t quite overshadow the knowing glint in her eyes.
Natsu, he expected that from, but he thought better of Lucy to try and gaslight him. Whether or not they were didn’t matter anymore, because the two of them had just made him look like an idiot in front of the whole guild.
"Yeah, Lucy’s right, maybe you need to get your eyes checked or somethin’"
"Hey man, I know what I saw!"
from secret moments in a crowded room
a bit of a longer one this time, but i feel like the context is important and it's another one that makes me laugh. i really enjoy writing gray, which is unfortunate considering i only really have an interest in writing nalu, but it's always a treat when i do get to write it. i love them gaslighting him and i love how he's not thrown off by natsu doing it, but it's lucy gaslighting him that pulls what he saw into question. i love how he is completely unwilling to give in even though he is wildly uncertain about what he saw, because he refuses to let natsu be right.
this is also my obligatory named after a taylor swift lyric fic.
"Oh Natsu~" she began, her hands clutched to her chest and a dreamy look in her eyes, "why don’t you stay here with me? That way, we can always be together~"
Natsu remained unphased by her proposal, his hands held behind his head as he mindlessly kicked his leg back and forth.
"Nah, sorry, but I’ve already promised that to someone else," he replied casually, "plus, I gotta stick with Lucy, make sure she doesn’t get herself into trouble."
from i don't want to be your friend (i want to kiss your lips)
a lot of good dialogue in this fic, but this one is particularly meaningful, because it's one of those ones that i came up with and felt like a fucking genius for. obviously this is a reference to the together forever line at the end of the original series which is basically just natsu proposing to lucy. even though it carries a lot of weight to it, he's able to say very casually that his forever belongs to lucy. he'll also never give up a chance to roast lucy, even though it is very much lucy making sure he doesn't get himself in trouble.
"It’s just part of the job description," he joked, "I take care of ya, and then I get to touch your boobs."
from tender love & care
lines that make me commit tiny laugh. also natsu loves her boobs so.
"Is this a joke to you?" She accused.
"It’s not a joke," he replied, his expression dropping into a serious gaze. "You think I’m doing all this stuff because I wanna be your friend?"
Lucy had gotten so in her head about Natsu that she wasn’t even sure what any of his actions meant anymore.
"Yes… No… I don’t know…" she murmured.
This was all just making her feel so stupid. Of course he knew what he was doing; he wasn’t dumb, and she really should have given him more credit than that. She had simply ingrained herself so far into the friend zone that she didn’t even consider the possibility that maybe he did want to be more than friends with her.
"Yeah well," he began, nervously avoiding her gaze, "I don’t just wanna be friends, and based on the way you kissed me back, I’d say you don’t wanna be either."
from taking the hint
+1 to dialogue i went feral writing. natsu and lucy are such different people and they show their feelings in wildly different ways, so even though lucy thinks she understands him she really doesn't. lucy knows natsu better than anyone, but also knowing someone as a friend and knowing someone as a romantic partner are two very different things, so it makes sense that she's misinterpreting his romatic actions as just him being weird (read, autistic). she's so in her head about it that she's willing to misinterpret him straight up kissing her as a joke because she's truly fully convinced that natsu doesn't see her that way when he's been trying to tell her that he does this whole time.
"I love you," she mumbled, her eyelids heavy, lashes fluttering as she let them fall.
Her sudden declaration did little to catch him off guard. They’d exchanged dozens of I love you’s in the past because it was true. He loved her, and she loved him—the same way she loved everyone else in the guild. Of course the words held weight for them, but not any more than they should have coming from any other member of their family.
"I love you too," he replied, brushing her fringe out of her eyes.
"Noooooooo," she whined, "I’m in love with you." Her eyes fluttered back open to meet his, and within them, he was met with a sincerity that he wasn’t sure he was able to comprehend. "It’s different."
from alcohol free
i do wish that we got more of the guild members telling each other that they love them, but with the feral shipping culture i understand why we don't get that, so i simply have to insert it in my own fics instead. they do love each other, and that love is not just limited to romantic love. they loved each other platonically long before romantically and even though natsu's not much of a words guy i think they would exchange platonic i love you's with each other pretty often, i think they would with the other guild members too (lucy more than natsu). something something lucy not hearing it as a child something something. that's why it was important for lucy to make the differentiation between her loving him and her being in love with him. the love she feels for natsu is not the same love she feels for the rest of her friends, and while she's afraid to tell him that sober, drunk lucy is coming in clutch and making sure he knows.
#mya's mumbles#nalu#this was fun i love analysing my own work like an english essay#i'd love to do this more often because i put so much thought and intent into my work#or i'd love to see others interpretation of my work#like a silly little fandom english class
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NaLu Angst Week Bonus Prompt #2: Fragile
“Do you know why the queen yields once the king is eliminated in chess? Because if she truly loves, even in the time of war, she dies from a broken heart.” ~Unknown~
#fairy tail#fairy tail 469#fairy tail chapter 469#fairy tail chapter 469: what i want to do#natsu dragneel#lucy heartfilia#nalu#nalu angst week#nalu angst week 2017#nalu angst week bonus day 2: fragile#fragile#nalu angst#angst#bonus day 2#king#queen#chess#quote#unknown#might as well post this for the new followers#wow this is super late
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