z for zoyalai chosen by @nazyalenssky + @firstsprince
❝ And the woman before him would make sure he protected Ravka. Even from himself. He took her hand, pressed a kiss to her knuckles. “My ruthless Zoya, I’ll load the gun myself.”❞
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He grinned. “Don’t tell me you’d miss me.” Zoya looked away again. “I suppose the world would be less interesting without you in it. I wouldn’t let myself be drowned in amber for just anyone, you know.” “I’m touched,” he said. And he was. It was the closest thing to a compliment she’d ever given him.
grisha trilogy meme: [5/5] romantic relationships
“Toss him over,” Zoya said. “Break his heart cruelly. I will gladly give our poor prince comfort, and I would make a magnificent queen.” I laughed. “You actually might, Zoya. If you could stop being horrible for a minute.” “With that kind of incentive, I can manage a minute. Possibly two.”
he seized her hand before she could jab him again. “i am not one of your boys to be trifled with and lectured to. i am your king.” zoya’s blue eyes flashed. her chin lifted as if to say ‘what’s a mortal king to a queen who can summon storms?’
happy birthday @longbottoms!!
Nikolai sighed and opened his arms to her as the coach rattled to a stop. “Then come here, Zoya, and kiss me sweetly as a new bride would.”
zoyalai requested by @kestrel-of-herran
not to get too emo but zoya wondering if someone as full of hope and light as nikolai could ever love her is actually devastating. she’s probably really used to guys thinking they love her because of her looks but has just like,, given up on the idea that someone could know her, really know her, and love her, thorns and all without wanting to smooth down her edges. and i know i’m like UGH DUMBASSES about zoyalai but that’s what makes this EVEN MORE TRAGIC is nikolai does love her!!! he loves all of her prickliness and he’d never want her to change!!!!
and YALL that’s why i love zoya so much as a character because we’re so used to the narrative surrounding bitchy girls, which is that they are an obstacle for some other nicer girl to overcome, that they are the competition, and that they’ll get their comeuppance. and yeah zoya started out that way, but her bitchiness is never something she has to lose to become a good person!! she IS a good person, and she is WORTHY OF BEING LOVED
i swear to god people will love boys who are snarky assholes that do the right thing TO NO END but a girl’s gotta be palatable otherwise she’s just The Worst
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