Thousands of years into the future of humanity. We've left Earth and made our home in the stars, colonizing the galaxy. Just about everything is controlled by the Alliance and the wealthier core planets, though there are some who have tried to resist this control. Hugo couldn't care less about these politics as long as he has his ship and an open sky of stars to fly it in. Then Varian stows away on his ship and life gets much more complicated WARNING: This AU has more mature themes and content than my other story! This includes Explicit language, violence and blood, trauma, torture, minor character death and implied sex.

Shortly after having a nightmare vision about him on an island filled with dark magic, Rapunzel meets the real Varian on a prison barge and is forced to accept an ultimatum that directly affects her quest. (Cross-posted from my account on AO3)

When Hector goes to Old Corona to visit Quirin, what he finds is not at all what he expects. Now he and a very injured Varian are on the run from the royal guards. For all he said he would never have a family outside of the Brotherhood, his mind is made up: no one is touching his nephew. But the past doesn't die easily, and shadows of days gone by threaten to tear the small family apart. Two lives-the battle-hardened warrior and the child who had to fight for survival-are tossed into the fight again as the war between Sundrop and Moonstone grows ever stronger. Part 1 of the Blood Oaths trilogy Originally posted on AO3 Cover art by @CelineLacan! Used with permission

A fighter pilot named Hugo, barely makes it out of a tough spot, crash landing into the fields of some remote farm country. The brilliant engineer and farm boy, Varian, finds the wreckage and the pilot. Offering to fix the plane, he hopes Hugo will agree to bring him along once the aircraft is fixed. Varian wants more than anything to prove himself in the world outside his quiet little town, but there's so much more to Hugo than he could ever imagine, not all things good.