Oh ho ho, have you read Island_of_Reil's 'The Winter Emperor'? (If not, you're in for a long & fantastic treat!) Mind the tags, but know that the author will not break their contract with you, the reader, and the tougher bits are in no way gratuitous - by the time you reach the end, that ending is a good one and well earned.
The Winter Emperor (123290 words) by Island_of_Reil Chapters: 18/18 Fandom: The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Csevet Aisava/Maia Drazhar Characters: Maia Drazhar, Csevet Aisava, Other canon characters, Original Characters Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Slow Burn, Loyalty, Travel, Worldbuilding, Cold Weather, Wilderness, Secret Identity, Hurt/Comfort, Stabbing, Knives, Attempted Rape/Non-Con, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Implied/Referenced Beating, Fantastic Racism, Canon-Typical Homophobia, Canon-Typical Sexism, Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Prostitution, Canonical Character Death, Original Character Death(s), Minor Character Death, Menial Labor, Bathing/Washing, Bath Houses, Hot Springs & Onsen, Bath Sex, Hair Washing, hair cutting, Fever, Huddling For Warmth, Wet Dream, Masturbation, Body Worship, Wall Sex, Awkward Boners, Battle, Horror Elements, Dark Magic, Ogres, Homoerotic Egg Sucking, Yes Folks There Are Jizzmoppers in the Ethuveraz Summary:
The Princess Sheveän does not heed Maia’s demand to bring Idra to him, but instead has Maia rendered unconscious and taken to the monastery in the north. He has no way of knowing that Csevet is coming to break him out of it. Neither of them have any way of knowing the rigors and dangers and griefs — and joys and pleasures — that lie ahead of them as they, and the allies they find and those they re-encounter, struggle to restore him to the throne of the Ethuveraz.
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The Winter Emperor (123290 words) by Island_of_Reil
Chapters: 18/18
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Csevet Aisava/Maia Drazhar
Characters: Maia Drazhar, Csevet Aisava, Other canon characters, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Slow Burn, Loyalty, Travel, Worldbuilding, Cold Weather, Wilderness, Secret Identity, Hurt/Comfort, Stabbing, Knives, Attempted Rape/Non-Con, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Implied/Referenced Beating, Fantastic Racism, Canon-Typical Homophobia, Canon-Typical Sexism, Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Prostitution, Canonical Character Death, Original Character Death(s), Minor Character Death, Menial Labor, Bathing/Washing, Bath Houses, Hot Springs & Onsen, Bath Sex, Hair Washing, hair cutting, Fever, Huddling For Warmth, Wet Dream, Masturbation, Body Worship, Wall Sex, Awkward Boners, Battle, Horror Elements, Dark Magic, Ogres, Homoerotic Egg Sucking, Yes Folks There Are Jizzmoppers in the Ethuveraz
Summary:
The Princess Sheveän does not heed Maia’s demand to bring Idra to him, but instead has Maia rendered unconscious and taken to the monastery in the north. He has no way of knowing that Csevet is coming to break him out of it. Neither of them have any way of knowing the rigors and dangers and griefs — and joys and pleasures — that lie ahead of them as they, and the allies they find and those they re-encounter, struggle to restore him to the throne of the Ethuveraz.