Summary:
Nine years after the cycle, Roran and Birgit meet again, for the first time since the war. He’s a thirty-year-old king with the heart of a farmer; she’s the pirate-hunting governor of Tierm about to turn thirty-nine again. He’s a reluctant scholar with a gift for politics, but no love for it; she’s a sarcastic adventuress with a love for motherhood, but no gift for it.
He thinks their past disagreements are forgiven and forgotten. She’d tell him he’s wrong on both counts.
As their affair unfolds in the shadows of Castle Ilirea—steamy, intensely emotional, and thrillingly secret—the line between hate and love blurs, and neither of them can tell where they stand. Is their relationship about getting revenge for past wrongs, or finding a future companion? And is there any possible way it could end happily?
Rating: PG-13
Category: Moderator Fictions > Inheritance Fiction
Characters: None
Warnings: None
Genres: None
Time Period: None
Challenge: None
Series: None
Chapter: 8 Completed: Yes
Words: 13877 Read: 3118
Published: 17/12/09 Updated: 20/01/10
This fic was inspired by Lady Gaga and her weirdly relatable, annoyingly catchy music, not to mention her twisted and stylishly insane music videos. I'll be including a bunch of quotes from her song "Bad Romance" - the title is the first of those.
This was going to be a oneshot, but the plot bunny took my brain captive and ran with it. It's still running. I don't think it's going to get tired for another seven chapters or so. 0_0 So, uh, yay for unexpected chapter fics.
Reviews, as always, are love.
(797 words)I'm aware that this is short. The other chapters will be longer - this is simply a prologue introducing the setting and the characters (as they are now, 9 years after the cycle).
2. i want your ugly, i want your disease by QueenMindi [Reviews - 2]
(2129 words)Quotes are from "Bad Romance" and "Poker Face."
Bahhh my cool artsy formatting with the quotes is not working the way I wanted. Oh well. :/
3. i want your leather-studded kiss in the sand by QueenMindi [Reviews - 2]
(2058 words)Quotes from "Bad Romance" and "Paparazzi."
This chapter was an emotional rollercoaster to write. :/ Hope you enjoy reading the details of Birgit's "battle scars" and Roran's marital problems.
4. i want it bad like a bad romance by QueenMindi [Reviews - 3]
(2696 words)Reviews would be nice. :3
5. i want your love and all your lover's revenge by QueenMindi [Reviews - 2]
(1675 words)I know. It's short. But there is a twist coming and the chapters will lengthen... promise.
6. i want your horror, i want your design by QueenMindi [Reviews - 2]
(1205 words)Another short one. You'd think my muse is getting tired, or something. :/ Oh well... there's plot twists at least!
7. i want your psycho by QueenMindi [Reviews - 3]
(1833 words)So... this is the penultimate chapter. (I love using that word!) After this, just one more.
Enjoy! (in particular, the fun cameo appearance by one of the least sane characters in the cycle, and her new boyfriend. you can bet your boxers that was a fun one to write. *grin*)
8. i don't want to be friends by QueenMindi [Reviews - 3]
(1484 words)Laaaaast chapter. This went crazily fast for a chapter fic... and yet ran quite long for what was intended to be a oneshot. ;) Thanks to all those who reviewed! I really appreciate the feedback.
Check it out, I did some, like, actual research for this chapter's song quote. You know how Lady Gaga says "I want your love and I want your revenge" in French during the song? Okay so I realized that it would be awesome to translate it into the ancient language. Unfortunately there are no AL words (that we know of) for "revenge," "love," or "want," which are sort of important. So I stole Alzy's idea and went and borrowed some words from an online Old Norse dictionary. And I've been using "amore" as the AL word for love for ages, even though it's more Latin-sounding than Norse. And there you have it. If you step back and squint, it looks close enough to fool anyone.
[and oh by the way, the end quote is from "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)"]