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• Goodnight Moon by eighteenqs for Rainbowdoggo84

  Fandoms: Shadow and Bone (TV), The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo  

  • Explicit
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  09 Jan 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova/Alina Starkov
  • The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova
  • Alina Starkov
  • Genya Safin
  • Forced Marriage
  • Angst
  • Fluff
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Alternate Universe - Arranged Marriage
  • mal is a pal

  Summary

  A mysterious Summons from the King causes General Kirigan to be backed into a corner with no choice other than the small half-Shu woman who just walked through the door.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  27,321

  Chapters:

  6/9

  Collections:

  1

  Comments:

  67

  Kudos:

  372

  Bookmarks:

  106

  Hits:

  8,691

• Finally by eighteenqs for Silvia_92

  Fandoms: Shadow and Bone (TV), The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  31 Dec 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova/Alina Starkov
  • The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova
  • Alina Starkov
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Angst
  • Fluff
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Happy Ending
  • Comfort

  Summary

  Alina does not return to the world that she saved -- the world that she condemned. There is no one left for her, nothing left for her, except for silence.

  And pain.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,728

  Chapters:

  2/2

  Collections:

  1

  Comments:

  9

  Kudos:

  57

  Bookmarks:

  16

  Hits:

  405

• Lingering by eighteenqs for WilliamTheWord

  Fandoms: Shadow and Bone (TV), The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo  

  • Mature
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  05 Jan 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova/Alina Starkov
  • Alina Starkov
  • The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova
  • Mal Oretsev
  • Zoya Nazyalensky
  • Genya Safin
  • Fluff
  • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Alternate Universe - Roommates/Housemates
  • Alternate Universe - Modern with Powers

  Summary

  Alina Starkova is looking for an escape.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,705

  Chapters:

  1/5

  Collections:

  1

  Comments:

  6

  Kudos:

  59

  Bookmarks:

  16

  Hits:

  577

• A Heart Like My Own by eighteenqs

  Fandoms: Shadow and Bone (TV), The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  04 Oct 2024

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova/Alina Starkov
  • The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova
  • Alina Starkov
  • Ivan (The Grisha Trilogy)
  • Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Injury
  • Urban Legends

  Summary

  She’s an urban legend, a ghost, something of a specter, perhaps. Getting blamed for any misplaced items, stolen food, disappearing soldiers. If something goes wrong in the Kribirsk camp, no doubt the Crone is responsible for it.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,508

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  5

  Kudos:

  128

  Bookmarks:

  14

  Hits:

  949

• [Poem] And From the Ashes, the Phoenix Will Rise by eighteenqs

  Fandoms: Shadow and Bone (TV), The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  25 Sep 2024

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova/Alina Starkov
  • The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova
  • Alina Starkov
  • Mal Oretsev
  • Baghra (The Grisha Trilogy)
  • Poetry
  • Hopeful Ending

  Series

  • Part 1 of And From the Ashes, the Phoenix Will Rise

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  334

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Kudos:

  16

  Bookmarks:

  2

  Hits:

  343