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A Long Way Down by becauseofreading
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
08 May 2026
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Nesta Archeron has always struggled with mental health, her self-hatred, and her anger. She thought that after everything with Cassian and the Queen, she had recovered. She was rebuilding her relationships and had friends now. But after she makes a decision her family can't understand, she falls deeper down than her family or she could have ever imagined. But the further you fall, the better the view is once you reach the top.
SPOILER ALERT: Takes place after HOFAS, specifically the "Ember and Randall" bonus chapter, so DO NOT READ if you have not read HOFAS or care about spoilers. This is an AU post-HOFAS essentially
TRIGGER WARNING: There will be graphic depictions of self-harm, suicidal thoughts, blood, and injuries. Please be careful when you read this.
DISCLAIMER: NO AI WAS USED TO WRITE THIS. THIS WORK IS NOT TO BE USED TO TRAIN AI
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The Game by becauseofreading for JellybeanJellyfish
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
21 Jul 2025
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It's been a few weeks since Nesta gave the mask to Bryce. When Cassian and Feyre go to check on her, they find her with Gwyn and Emerie playing a game of 'Would you rather. ' When it's Nesta's turn, the game takes a dark turn, and Cassian and Feyre realize what Nesta actually thinks about them and their family.
TW: suicidal thoughts and tendencies, depression, anxiety
DISCLAIMER: NO AI WAS USED TO WRITE THIS. THIS WORK IS NOT TO BE USED TO TRAIN AI
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Conformity by becauseofreading
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
22 Apr 2025
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Post HOFAS - Spoilers mentioined so be warned
TW: body dysmorphia, depression, self-image issues, self-harm, ED references
Nesta is dealing with the fallback of giving the Mask to Bryce. Intent on finding a way to get back into her mate's and family's good graces, Nesta realizes she needs to change. She needs to change every single thing about herself.
As the Nesta they all know slowly begins to disappear before their very eyes, the IC and especially Cassian realize how much they value the eldest Archeron. Cassian wonders if he'll ever be able to get that version of her back.
Last chapter is for Nesta week 2025
DISCLAIMER: NO AI WAS USED TO WRITE THIS. THIS WORK IS NOT TO BE USED TO TRAIN AI
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Exchange by becauseofreading
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
26 Oct 2024
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Shackled. That was all Nesta needed to hear.
Instead of Mor taking Nesta to Windhaven after Nesta makes Cassian leave, Mor takes her to the River House because Rhys found something that could save Feyre and their unborn baby. Nesta figures out the cost, and after being told her mate was shackled to her, she is more than willing to pay the price.
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HOFAS SPOILERS BEWARE
TW: suicidal thoughts, blood, injuries, self-harm, violence towards women
Nesta Archeron feels like a burden after giving the Mask to Bryce. She feels like she has created another problem and argument in the family that has set all her progress backward. When something happens to Emerie, Nesta will do anything to save her friend and deal with what happened herself so she doesn't disappoint her family again. What happens when Cassian and the rest of the Inner Circle realize the lengths she will go to not to embarrass them again?
DISCLAIMER: NO AI WAS USED TO WRITE THIS. THIS WORK IS NOT TO BE USED TO TRAIN AI
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Cassian gets increasingly more jealous when Nesta gets hit on, starting with Tarquin. Jealous!Cassian.
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09 Apr 2026
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How Far Will We Take It? by Altheafirehawk
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
21 Feb 2025
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Just a lord of bloodshed, standing in front of lady death, asking her to love him ❤️
Inspired by the Orville Peck, Noah Cyrus song "How Far Will We Take It?
Nesta and Cassian head to the mountains as pretend mates to save Cassian’s reputation. Post ACOFAS, in place of ACOSF.
AKA Nesta and Cassian as a Romantic Comedy.
Forced proximity, fake relationship, second chance, enemies to lovers, grand gestures, witty best friends- basically all the rom com tropes with canon Easter eggs throughout ❤️Bookmarked by becauseofreading
09 Apr 2026
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After Solstice, the light doesn't return by TheEthericMind
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
23 Jun 2026
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The events after Solstice cause Nesta to become defiantly independent. She needs to be on her own. Cassian's word stings, the inner circle has pushed her away. Nesta finds herself in difficult often compromising situations in order to survive.
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07 Apr 2026
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Two Of Us by ChelseaMorningGirl
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
02 Mar 2025
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All she knows with absolute clarity is that she is burning. That she feels white-hot anger sluicing through her veins, that silver fire stoked higher and higher as Cassian’s words barrel into her like a battering ram.
“Well, everyone fucking hates you, so well done, Nes.”
Nes. Everything seems to quiet. As if what he just said is of no consequence at all. As if the little nickname has no effect. As if she hasn’t asked him to stop calling her that more times than she can count. Everyone fucking hates you. All at once, the anger is replaced by hurt. It starts small, a fissure in her heart that travels through her body like a spider crack.
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Cassian’s words affect Nesta so deeply that she closes herself off from him, from the inevitable hurt he will inflict. Will Cassian be able to convince Nesta of his feelings, or will they crash and burn?
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06 Apr 2026
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I Could Find You, Darling, in Any Life by TheTeaQueen
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
20 Apr 2026
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Nesta Archeron disappeared three months to the day after the end of the war against Hybern.
Without so much as a whisper, she slipped away into the night, leaving it all behind.
The Night Court. Her sisters. Him.
There were no answers, no justification, no anything.
As quickly as she appeared into his life, she vanished, as if she were never there. The few things she owned were left abandoned, locked away in an attic, to be forgotten like so many other relics of their lost ones.
Three years later and the wound still burned as if she’d stabbed him directly in the chest.
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When Nesta disappears at the end of the war, everyone believes she simply left on her own free will, without a care for anyone, least of all him.But when the hunt for the Dread Trove begins and Cassian is tasked with bringing her back home - at any cost - he learns that not everything is as it seems.
Written for Nessian Week 2025 Day 5: Missing Moments (the literal edition)
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- Part 3 of Nessian Week 2025
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