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    The song fades, and there’s applause as he releases Mipha back to her attendants. He bows as he lets her go, his lips brushing over the back of her knuckles to honor the custom, and as another song begins the room turns to Zelda, who has the privilege of his final dance.

    Link’s eyes are on her. There’s nothing in his face, no remorse in his gaze, only the blank acceptance he wore when she told him they were through. The sword that sliced them apart taunts her, its hilt twinkling behind his twitching ear as it no doubt whispers to him in a voice she will never hear. He holds out his hand.

    Zelda swallows, feels Impa’s sympathetic eyes on her cheek, and crosses the room to take it.

    “Hero of Hyrule,” she greets stiffly, looking him in the eye.

    “Princess.” His eyes linger on her mouth before they flick up to meet hers. He lifts her hand in the air and places his other on her waist. His touch burns through his white leather gloves and all seven layers of her clothing. “How are you faring tonight?”

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    The claiming of the Master Sword rips them apart. A month later, Link is assigned Zelda's appointed knight.

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    pre-calamity zelink, but they're exes

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    20 Jun 2025

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    “Link! You’re hurt!”

    “I’m fine, Sid—”

    “In the mouth of a demon dragon? Absolutely not, you were nearly crunched!” Sidon whirls around. “Quickly! Does somebody have a healing elixir for His Majesty?”

    His Majesty.

    His Majesty.

    And that’s when Zelda realizes—it’s not her Sidon and the Royal Guard are addressing.

    It’s Link.

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    Six months after the Upheaval, a weakened and dismayed Link appears in Zora's Domain.

    With no sign of Zelda, Impa follows the wish of Hyrule's previous sovereign, and names him king.

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    31 May 2024

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    When an unexpected light appears after the ceremony in the Sacred Grounds, Zelda has a momentary flash of hope that she's awakened her powers somehow—but she's disappointed and startled when it forms into the shape of a man and a child before disappearing.

    The man immediately stands between them and the little girl, and Zelda is startled to see how familiar he is.

    He looks just like her newly appointed knight. Almost, but not quite: He’s older than he should be, for starters.

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    14 Mar 2024

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    “Lovers’ quarrel?” The motel receptionist asks with a wiggle of his eyebrows. “Or do you snore too much?”

    Link chokes and turns it into a cough, unable to meet Zelda's eyes. “Neither.”

    “We’ve only got a King bed available. Hope you make up soon,” the receptionist says with a wink.

    Link sleeps on the couch.

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    After an assassination attempt, Link and Zelda must live together and navigate the impending Calamity, grad school, strange dreams, and their complete disasters of personal lives. One of those things is more difficult than the others.

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    24 Feb 2024

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    Set directly after the events of And the Stars Shine the Same -- Elrond’s two new wards both struggle to feel at home in Rivendell. The wounds from their slavery in King Frumgar’s court are still fresh, and the scars are deep -- and they’re not the only ones. Maglor is home at last, but each day he lives he is haunted by guilt and grief. Elrond is nothing if not patient, and he is certain that given enough time in Rivendell, all three will heal.

    Meanwhile, the twins set out to join Legolas and investigate the source of the mysterious Shadow which attacked Rivendell, but are held up in Rhovanion. In Greenwood, something evil festers beneath the trees. Only Lothlorien, protected by Nenya, seems to be safe...but for how long?

    Rhovanion stands on the brink of political catastrophe. Sickness spreads through the Misty Mountains, and to make matters worse...something is wrong with the children.
    A story about dysfunction and trauma, healing, the breaking of trust and of regaining it, and also the birth of the Kingdom of Rohan, redemption, and hope...if I can pull it off.

    No graphic depictions, some dark content ahead, mature themes.

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    06 Jan 2022