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I Keep Recalling Things We Never Did by chappellroansgf
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere - Brandon Sanderson
07 Sep 2025
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For years, Kaladin and Adolin have shared dreams of each other—dreams Kaladin forces himself to forget—without knowing the other’s identity.
But before they can even meet, Moash convinces Kaladin to help him assassinate the King and his family, setting events in motion that could ruin everything before it even began.
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Moash had won.
He’d broken it.
He’d broken the only thing Kaladin had ever let himself want.
And then the final words, the ones Kaladin had feared above all, came like a death sentence.
“I’m glad you’re here, Kal,” Moash said quietly, “You’ll get to see it. What I should’ve done from the start.”
His voice was cold and certain.
“Maybe you’ll even help me. Just like you promised you would.”
The world cracked around him.
No. Stormfather, no. Not him. Not Adolin. Please.
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Kissing Lessons by chappellroansgf for CoffeeDrip
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere - Brandon Sanderson
02 Sep 2025
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When Kaladin awkwardly admits he’s never kissed anyone—not even held hands—he’s humiliated.
Adolin, his best friend and longtime secret crush, offers to help: flirting tips, kissing lessons, everything. Just as friends.
Kaladin agrees, knowing it might ruin him. Because he’s in love with Adolin. And Adolin doesn’t feel the same.
Or so he thinks… until a kiss meant to be practice turns into something else entirely.
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Adolin smiled, just a little too knowingly, “So… how about it? Think you’d be willing to show me just how well I taught you to kiss?”
Kaladin was never going to get used to this. To Adolin speaking to him like that.
Still, somehow, he found the nerve to narrow his eyes in mock challenge.
“You sure you’re ready to see just how good of a kisser I’ve become?” Kaladin asked.
Adolin’s eyebrows rose, lips parting into a handsome grin. He leaned in slowly.
“I’ll always be ready,” Adolin said, “Because I’m the one who taught you. And you…” He brought his lips so close they were almost brushing, “You’re never going to kiss anyone else. You’re mine.”
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Kaladin gets caught out in the Everstorm during a battle. Leshwi saves his life when she could easily have taken him off the field for good.
And then... she just keeps saving him. And Kaladin saves her. And something grows between them that's more than mutual respect and honor. Something that might jeopardize all the oaths he currently stands on.
For even if they're on opposite sides of a war, how can he try to kill someone he loves?
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There are certain limits to surgebinding. Kaladin usually likes to find them out the hard way.
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You and I Go From One Kiss to Getting Married by chappellroansgf
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere - Brandon Sanderson
23 Jul 2025
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What-If: Kaladin is Adolin’s betrothed instead of Shallan, but with a twist.
P.S.: It was Wit’s idea.
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Wit continued before he could interrupt, “What if there was a way to, maybe not stop Sadeas, but make it practically impossible for him to act on his threats? A way to not only shut down rumors about your House, your presumed insanity, your visions—but also the ones about why Adolin has been ignoring every marriage proposal he’s received? And, in the process, ensure Kaladin’s status as untouchable?”
Dalinar’s stomach twisted. He had a bad feeling about this.
“I don’t have time for this, Wit,” he said, “Speak plainly.”
Wit leaned back in his chair. Without breaking eye contact, he said, “We betroth Kaladin to Adolin.”
Dalinar stared at him.
“You’re joking,” Dalinar said once his mouth regained its ability to form words.
Silence stretched between them.
Wit was not joking.
Dalinar missed the person he was before this conversation.
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Back in business, with the first two chapters refurbished!
“I want you to handle a big mission, something important.” And this is the perfect opportunity, because, how hard can capturing one teenager be? It said. It left another sour taste in Adolin’s mouth to think about how the leader of the storming rebellion was barely an adult. But, this was the perfect opportunity. He could prove himself to his father- no matter how ‘easy’ the mission may be.
Kaladin is the leader of a rebellion and Adolin is personally charged with taking down said rebellion and dispatching Kaladin.
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If Our Love Died Young (I Can’t Bear Witness) by chappellroansgf for The_Mxs_of_Many
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere - Brandon Sanderson
28 May 2025
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After Shadesmar, Kaladin finally confesses his love to Adolin. It goes horribly wrong. Adolin pulls away, colder than ever, and Bridge Four begins to drift away from him. Only Syl remains by his side.
Haunted by regret, Kaladin watches everything he loves slip through his fingers. As Adolin prepares to marry Shallan, Kaladin is left with nothing but the crushing silence of what could’ve been.
He begins to believe the world would be better without him. That maybe, finally, it’s time to let go.
But just as he’s about to let go, he realizes something. Something that changes everything.
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Adolin knew exactly what he was doing.
“It’s only right,” he added, “That you see how happy I am. Without you.”
Kaladin felt the blood drain from his face.
His lungs refused to expand. His body went rigid. He thought he might be sick.
Adolin turned away, as if that were the end of the conversation. As if he’d merely delivered a formal report and had more important places to be.
And he walked off.
Just like that.
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Brands of Honor by bleedblue2011, ChecktheCeiling
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson
02 Mar 2025
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“We Bond not only the human as he is, but as he will be one day, Ancient Daughter.”
The plot to assassinate Elhokar had been so close to succeeding.
If one ignored the appearance of an insistent windspren.
And the betrayal of a Shardbearer.
And the swearing of Ideals.
And the realization sparked between two friends just in time.
And the exit of the assassin himself from the palace with the King on his back.As the True Desolation claims Roshar, hope becomes a fragile thing, a gaunt flame wavering in the darkness. But one shouldn’t be consigned to darkness because it is reflected in one’s eyes.
Two people understand this best of all—they, who have moved forward, but look backward. They, whose eyes burn alight, but are as dark as ever.
Who better to look out for the darkeyes and slaves of Alethkar and beyond than a pair of darkeyed slaves-turned-Radiants?
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But someone already had by bleedblue2011, Sanderspren (bleedblue2011) for ChecktheCeiling
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson
21 Feb 2025
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"You tried to break me as a slave. But you failed. They rescued me."
Kaladin realizes that maybe it's not such a terrible thing to be dependent on someone, so long as they're the right people.
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When Jasnah Kholin arrives at the Shattered Plains, she discovers that her family’s situation is much worse than she had thought. Sadeas' betrayal almost cost her uncle his life, and Jasnah still doesn’t trust the young darkeyed bridgeman who saved him. While investigating him, Jasnah must also continue her search for the Oathgate in a race against time to stop the return of the Last Desolation.
What Jasnah herself is unaware of is that an even darker shadow threatens to fall over Roshar, one that could destroy the Universe from its very foundations. -
To The Victor Go The Spoils by CremlingCrimes
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson
29 Jan 2025
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Kaladin, a young squadleader in Highlord Amaram's army, is the first darkeyed Shardbearer in living memory. He has now become what he has always resented, and has to navigate his new standing within society. All while taking part in the war against the Parshendi on the Shattered Plains. Kaladin wishes to make changes for his people, but the status quo has grown it's roots deep. Can he help steer the Highprinces' onto the right path?
Meanwhile, out on the Plains, something much more sinister stirs, and Dalinar Kholin seems to be alone in seeing it. He receives strange visions during the Highstorms and wonders if his sanity is slipping. Tension between the Highprinces' grows every day, and he struggles to direct their attention towards the actual threat. Will he succeed in uniting them in time?
This story is a reimagining of The Way of Kings, in a world where Kaladin picked up the shards.
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How insecure are you? by bleedblue2011, Sanderspren (bleedblue2011)
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson
29 Jan 2025
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Renarin joins Bridge Four.
Adolin befriends Skar and Drehy.
And Adolin and Kaladin discover they might be more similar that either of them would care to admit.
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The ones who can change the world by bleedblue2011, Sanderspren (bleedblue2011)
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson
17 Jan 2025
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"I guess I don't need to wonder if you two can keep up me or not."
"That was nothing."
"Yeah. Lifting a fat lighteyes is easy. You should try a bridge sometimes."
A drabble about why and how Skar and Drehy decided to protect Adolin with their lives.
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“Kaladin. You keep… staring.”
Whatever quarrel the two had was none of Drehy’s business, certainly. But this was a unique opportunity for his comrades. He turned- just for a moment- to the long table across the alehouse that hosted the rest of Bridge Four.
“Lopen!” he called out. Several of the bridgemen’s heads turned; like axehounds sniffing for blood? No, no. Like Brightladies searching for gossip. “We’ve a new round for betting.”
Or: The gang goes drinking.
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Too young for the strong stuff by Dark_Vader88
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson
18 Sep 2024
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Kaladin Stormblessed is the picture of discipline and restraint, but there’s one mystery Bridge Four can’t crack—why does Kaladin drink so little? What they don’t know (and Kaladin is determined they’ll never find out) is that, despite his legendary reputation, he’s only 19 years old and technically not old enough to be drinking most of the alcohol they casually enjoy. But secrets have a way of slipping out, especially when you’re stuck with a bunch of nosy soldiers...
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"Wait, You're How Old??" by Dark_Vader88
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson
18 Sep 2024
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Kaladin Stormblessed: fearless soldier, legendary leader... and apparently only twenty years old?! When Bridge Four and the Kholins find out their brooding commander is barely out of his teens—and his birthday is just around the corner—chaos insues.
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Kaladin has had an exhausting week and now sleeps so deeply that not even a highstorm could wake him up. Adolin, Bridge Four, and a few others try everything from gentle nudges to increasingly ridiculous methods, but Kaladin remains blissfully asleep. As the hours stretch on, they begin to wonder if they should call a healer, but they can't stop trying their absurd wake-up attempts.
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go running when the night aches by TheTenthSunrise
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson
08 Aug 2024
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There is a brilliant burst of light. Kaladin realises–amidst Syl’s screeches of near terror–that he’s just damned himself to all the hells, looking up at the astonished faces that peer down at him from the mouth of the chasm, brightened by his rapidly fading Stormlight.
in which, Kaladin, in playing the hero, finds himself in the middle of a game of find the captain...or, he would, if he was awake for any of it
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- Part 3 of sunrise writes the cosmere
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Good for the Liver by ChecktheCeiling
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere - Brandon Sanderson
06 Aug 2024
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Syl unknowingly sends Rock on a two-year mission and Bridge Four receives the Sadeas Culinary Experience.
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The first bundle he collected during the few times stone-gathering duty coincided with a recent highstorm.“I knew Horneaters smelled bad, but you’re making me think you slept in the latrines after pot-cleaning detail.” Teft growled.
The second bundle he collected while taking new recruits patrolling with Kaladin.
Kaladin absently held his Kholin blue sleeve to his nose, then cursed as his horse lurched under him, clutching at the reins with two white-knuckled hands.
The third bundle he collected outside Aladar’s camp, now abandoned with most of his men settling in Urithiru.
“First Huio revolutionizing shiki, then you getting intimate with chull dung? Soon the Lopen will be made head chef, sure!”
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- Part 1 of Crem Fresh from the Highstorm
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The game was a simple one, with one rule and one objective. The rule: Don’t let the captain catch on to what we’re up to. The objective: manage to knock the captain off-balance.
So far, no one was winning, except the captain, except he didn’t count because he didn’t know about the game.Thanks to supernatural balance granted by the Nahel bond and hours of training jumping between walls, nothing short of a head injury can make Kaladin dizzy.
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- Part 3 of Rhythms