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    Embers & Light by

    Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas  

    26 Dec 2022

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    Now, in that study at the river estate, Cassian looked down at the female who would be staying with him for the near future. At the eyes that had drained of fire at the sound of her sisters words and were now nothing but hollow, unseeing.

    “You’re coming with me to the Illyrian Mountains,” he told her.

    Those steel blue eyes bore into his, unblinking. He waited for the retort, for the snide remark that would send him reeling but it didn’t come.

    Somehow, that was worse. It meant that the situation was far graver than any of them had realised.

    ___

    A Nesta & Cassian fic - a tale of how Nesta slowly starts to heal and how she & Cassian grow back together.

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    once again as in olden days by for TheTeaQueen

    Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas  

    19 Dec 2025

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    On a bitterly cold and snowy December night, Cassian, fresh out of postwar Japan and desperate for a little peace, finds solace in a familiar bar. He’s just looking for some quiet and some safety; he’s not expecting to be knocked senseless by the woman who comes in like hell on heels.

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    Leap of Faith by

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    03 Mar 2026

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    England - May, 1944

    “Your husband doesn't write you.”

    Nesta didn't look up from where she was primly folding one of his men's uniforms.

    “Well, Captain, he is fighting a war.”

    Cassian frowned, knowing full well the men in his Company wrote every chance they could, anxious to hear from their wives, to be reminded what it was all for. Her words were an excuse. A deflection from a lovelessness that cracked his heart in two.

    “I don't suppose you would let me?” He asked.

    "Let you what?"

    “Write you, sweetheart.”

    --

    While training for the Allies' invasion Europe, Captain Cassian Garcia of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment meets the mysterious Nesta Mandray and finds a light in the darkness. Beautiful, if not burdened by some deep sadness, he finds he cannot stay away, even with the ring around her finger.

    When Nesta Mandray meets the bold, yet inexplicably handsome American Officer lodging next door, her dream of escape from a loveless marriage becomes increasingly hard to ignore. But a life scarred makes for a woman cautious, and it will take more than brief conversations over clean linens to convince her to take a leap of faith.

    WWII!AU

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    You're the Kind of Reckless that Should Send Me Running by

    Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas  

    23 Apr 2024

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    There's a rumor in the village: if you take a bottle of your finest alcohol and your most prized possession to the clearing deep in the woods, there's a fae waiting there. One who's willing to make bargains to end marriage contracts. Nesta just hopes the rumors are true.

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    Better Man by

    Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas  

    17 May 2026

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    Years after Nesta runs away from a toxic relationship with Cassian and cuts off all ties with her controlling family, circumstances force her to allow her ex to move in with her. He might be a changed man this time, and Nesta might be learning to trust him more with every passing day, but it doesn't affect anything. They both know the past can't be changed, and murdered love can't be brought back from the dead.

    Told in random snippets instead of a full story.

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    Amidst the Madness by

    Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas  

    25 Apr 2026

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    Love and war have always followed the same rules: Quick to ignite, slow to extinguish. There aren't many things Cassian has dared to openly want in his 500 years of existence. Not even the position he currently occupies as Lord of Windahaven (far too lofty a spot for nothing more than a well-blodded bastard, if you ask the other Illyrian Lords), but from the second Nesta Archeron stepped foot in his camp, the entire world ebbed into a single truth.
    She is his.
    He is hers.
    Everything else - the war he is meant to lead, the people relying on him, the legacy he should be fighting to protect, cease to exist the second his eyes are caught in roiling silver flames. There is pain in this female, his female. And retribution will be exacted. Rhysand has his war, and now so does Cassian. Whether the two align ... only Nesta can give that order.

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    Nesta Archeron Appreciation Week 2024 by

    Fandom A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas

    19 Mar 2025

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    The Whole Truth by

    Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas  

    24 Apr 2026

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    “Stop it! Just stop it. None of you know what you’re talking about.”

    “Your defense of your sister is admirable, but we’re only speaking truths.”

    “But that’s just it. You don’t know the full truth. None of you do.”

    “What are you talking about?” Feyre asked, and Nesta filled with horror. Elain wouldn't . She couldn't. She swore never to tell-

    “Don’t you dare,” Nesta hissed, and she offered Elain one final glare, filled with an equal amount of pleading. She couldn’t fathom the thought of Feyre knowing her secret, she couldn’t bear the thought of them knowing. Not the full extent of what had happened, what had changed her well before the Cauldron-

    “Father sold Nesta when she was 16.”

    When Nesta's deepest secret is revealed at yet another tense dinner, she was sent into a spiral, desperate to escape before Feyre demanded answers. But it isn't her sister who comes to find her in the aftermath, it's someone else. Someone who might have more in common with her than she ever thought.

    TW: Child abuse, suicidal thoughts/ideation, forced prostitution, sexual assault (underage!!)

    PLEASE READ WITH CARE

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    Nesta's Truth by

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    19 Feb 2024

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    What if instead of the events of ACOSF, the Inner Circle had left Nesta to herself for another year? After Cassian finds Nesta standing over a dead man, the Inner Circle must decide the eldest Archeron’s fate. And when it comes time to explain, heart wrenching secrets are revealed from Nesta’s past that finally allow Cassian to understand the woman he hasn’t been able to get out of his thoughts.

    This is an AU to ACOSF, where alternative reasons for Nesta’s seemingly cruel exterior are brought to light.

    Please read with care
    TW: Suicidal thoughts, child abuse, trauma, alcoholism

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    which witch by

    Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas  

    14 Aug 2024

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    Another war looms, but Nesta and Cassian barely notice. They have been marinating in mated bliss for three months when Cassian is called to the Illyrian War Camp on a special assignment. Despite being plagued with nightmares and being detested by all in the camp, Nesta accompanies her mate.

    As the story unfolds, Nesta and Cassian must face superstitions, violence, jealousy and the threat of losing each other forever.

     

    Dramatic, smutty and fluffy, all rolled into one!

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    A Court of Vice and Victors by

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    23 Feb 2026

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    “Then stop, Cassian!” She was shouting now, inches from his face. “Stop fighting for my life! I never asked you to! Forget about me and move on!”

    A sparkling tear froze on the tip of her eyelash and he felt a triumph in it, this sign that she was in there somewhere. His hands ached for her. This had all gone so differently in his head.

    “I can’t,” he admitted.
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    Or, a therapist's attempt at an ACOSF rewrite, because trauma's a bitch and muscling through isn't the only way.
    Featuring:
    -Nesta's alcoholism and trauma taken seriously
    -IC family dysfunction reckoning
    -recognition of Illyrian oppression and effects of colonization
    -women being resourceful and empowered in spite of their circumstances
    -healing not being a straight line

    pro Nesta, pro healthy Nessian, anti nobody, pro everyone is capable of change

    CW: This work explores themes of trauma recovery, colonization and systemic racism, and gendered violence and reproductive abuse, and contains mentions of physical and emotional abuse, suicidal ideation, abortion, substance use, and sexual assault. Specific warnings will be included for each chapter, please take care of yourself.

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    Gentle by

    Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas  

    02 Aug 2023

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    Day 3 of CassianAppreciationWeek

    Nesta is sent to stay with Cassian in Illyria after her sister decides she’s no longer allowed in Velaris. The two don’t say much about how they feel about the other, but in rare moments Cassian’s gentle nature makes it clear where he and his heart stand when it comes to Nesta.

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    Baby, Now We Got Bad Blood by

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    14 Sep 2023

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    They say you should never come between a male and his mate. You'd think Rhysand would know better.

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    Who Told You? by

    Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas  

    28 Jul 2023

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    Cassian’s muscled chest heaved, his throat working. ‘You want to rip yourself apart, go right ahead. Implode all you like.’ He stood, meal half-finished. ‘The training was supposed to help you. Not punish you. I don’t know why you don’t fucking get that.’

    Nesta blinked at him again, disbelief ringing in her head until the reverberations tunnelled her vision.

    ‘And who, exactly,’ she asked, voice pitched deceptively low and soft. ‘Told you that it would help me?’

    OR

    Nesta stands up for herself a bit more.

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    i was swimming in darkness (till i met you) by for acourtoftruelove

    Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas  

    07 Jan 2018

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    Set in ACOWAR, when the Inner Circle comes home to Velaris immediately after the war. Everyone spends the night in the townhouse celebrating—everyone, that is, except Nesta. Nesta locks herself in her room all night, and neither she nor Cassian have spoken of their moment on the battlefield since. He's more than fine with the silence until a little prompting from Feyre makes him think twice. . .

    “As her sisters, there are things that we. . . that I cannot give her.” Her brows crease with anguish, the thought of having provided for her family for so long yet unequipped to give them what they truly need, weighing heavy on her soul. “But maybe you can.”

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    AU Where We Pretend ACOSF Didn't Happen by

    Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas  

    19 Jun 2022

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    An alternative story to ACOSF that takes places after the Solstice in ACOFAS - but Nesta and Cassian have both reluctantly admitted to themselves that they are mates. Giving Nesta the story she deserves.

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    I Need A Big Boy by

    Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas  

    21 May 2023

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    Nesta had been a fan of her city’s rugby team, The Velaris Fighters, for years, all because of one man: Cassian Smith, the team’s captain.

    Tonight, she was finally going to show Cassian why she was his biggest fan.

    A short and smutty Nessian fic.

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    tell me what you want to burn away by

    Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas  

    23 Apr 2023

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    With the help of the flickering firelight, she glimpsed the shadowy outline of a glorious pair of wings cast across the wooden wall and marched to them through the steam.

    “And you’ve just been sitting in here with your cock out, making me wait until everyone else leaves so you’d have the satisfaction of waiting for me to come and find you?” She straddled the lap of the warrior in front of her, bare knees digging into the slick wood of the bench upon which he sat.

    “Well, I wouldn’t be so sure about everyone else leaving,” came Cassian’s response.

    From the other side of the birchin.

    Nesta froze.

    ⁺₊✧𓆩𓆪𖤓𓆩𓆪✧₊⁺

    Or: Nesta accidentally surprises the wrong bat boy in the birchin— and ends up getting a surprise from them both.

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    Bail You Out by

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    05 Feb 2023

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    based on the line from acosf where cassian remembers pulling nesta out of a tavern, when she drunkenly told him she came for the music. in this imagining, cassian bailed her out three times over the span of a few months.

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    Fairy Wing Nesta by

    Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas  

    04 Sep 2022

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    Another prompt fulfilment.

    For a prompt I saw a commissioned fan art of nesta with fairy (/insect?) wings and I have absolutely not been able to stop thinking about it. Imagine nesta had then the whole time but was able to hide them?? They accidentally come out or someone senses the magic she uses to hide them?? (https://yazthebookish.tumblr.com/post/688789473008435200/nesta-archeron-as-a-dark-fairy art piece)

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