༺♰༻ She had travelled far and wide, through lands that reeked of iron and incense, where saints bled and sinners prayed. She had warred with angels and supped with devils, her blade wet with mercy and vengeance alike. She had watched kingdoms crawl gasping from the womb, only to be cradled by the wrong kings, crowned by unworthy hands. She had seen men die with her name fumbling from their lips, a final breath wasted on a woman made of storm and bone. She had known cruelty so intimately it had become her second skin and now, somehow, she was beginning to know love. It frightened her. It softened her. Perhaps that was why it felt like dying. Maybe, she thought, she'd choose love anyway. Reciprocity- it all came down to that in the end, Karasteinna supposed. Love was not conquest nor surrender, not giver nor receiver but the trembling place between. As with lovers: when it is right, you cannot say who is kissing whom or whose soul is devouring the other. You only know that you are both burning and for once, neither of you minds. the last kingdom finan x oc season 2 - ??? smut warning

Uhtred was fed up being a puppet for Alfred to call upon at his will so he made himself and outcast - and took King Alfred's thirdborn with him. Aelswynn felt out of place - she was practically being kept as leverage over her own father but she knew Uhtred's reasoning. And they were all kind - but Sihtric was weary of her... or was he scared he might fall in love...?

Drosera Raine is a quick-tempered woman who was born a Saxon princess, she was the first daughter of the late King Aethelred, and brother to also late King Alfred. When she was just a newborn infant, Drosera was taken by Danes to be raised in the high corners of Northumbria, becoming a feared legend of her own kind. Growing up being raised by the Danes that took Drosera, she begins to trust and love them as her family, even Brida the young girl that had been taken along with her became one of her sisters, and Drosera grows up to be a young Dane warrior. Upon the eve of an uprising Drosera at eleven years old, goes wandering into the woods and stumbles upon one of the enemy camps, the Danes that raised her sacrificed themselves to save her and ever since, she never looked back. It's only been ten years since Drosera watched the slaughter of her Dane parents, she was taken unwillingly to be raised as a Dane but yet, here she is, battle-ready and thirsty for blood and keeping the balance between Saxon and Dane, seeking her own legacy. When the fall of Edward, the son of Alfred has come, Aethelstan, the eldest son of Edward seizes his chance, but no one knows the real secret. The identity of the real leader of Wessex, the only one who will truly unite England... The firstborn child of Aethelred, the long-lost princess of Wessex who disappeared long ago has come back. And she has got the kingdoms in an uproar.

Eawynn of Wessex, the younger sister of King Alfred, meets the rightful heir to Bebbanburg and doesn't know whether she wants to slap him or kiss him. [𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐜 𝐱 𝐔𝐡𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐝] [𝐓𝐋𝐊 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟏-𝟓] [𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐞] [𝐈𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬]

Lay me down where the trees bend low. Put me down where the greenery stings. Finan the Agile / oc. The Last Kingdom. 2025 © bridalshowers cover by @freaklowden

Orphaned Tara Melgaard meets Orphaned Uhtred of Bebbanburg while growing up under Earl Ragnar's care. The two form a quick friendship and live in happy bliss. As outside forces begin to close in, they are taken on a journey that will challenge and test the strength of their love and friendship, changing both of them forever.

"I'm about to take you back to church Well, tell me your confessions, baby, what's the worst?" Finan meets Uhtred's younger sister, Arden, who he swore was an angel walking who just so happened to be deadly with an axe. [𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐜 𝐱 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧] [𝐓𝐋𝐊 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟐-𝟓] [𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐞] [𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞]

Alfred's bastard meets Kjartan's bastard and they help each other to feel at peace with their existence. [𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐜 𝐱 𝐒𝐢𝐡𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜] [𝐓𝐋𝐊 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟐-] [𝐈𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬]