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“What can I get you, Elain?” ☀️

@elucienweekofficial | day five: sunshine

I’m eternally grateful to ginnystellart for this commission! The colors, the lighting, Elain’s expression, Lucien lifting her towards the sunshine she needs — it’s perfect!

Elucienweek Day 5 Sunshine

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I still think about that whole paragraph in SF where Cassian describes how Nesta and Feyre look as if they own and command the night with their clothes in Nightcourt black, but Elain, no matter how much she claimed to be a part of that court, it sucked the life from her. Black drained her of color, the girl who craves sunlight, who is constantly turning towards the sun and chasing away shadows.

Who would have thought the mother gave her a mate filled with sunshine, filled with warmth. Elain has been in the shadow of others for so long, but with Lucien she has the perfect chance to step into her light.

The placing of this lighting is purposeful. Lucien, who has a light within him, has been cast in darkness through all the things he's been through and carried. His own light behind him, but still reaching out to Elain.

@elucienweekofficial Sunshine ☀️

I can’t wait for my favorite sunshine babes to get their happy ending in these upcoming books!!

I NEED them to be happy and thriving 💛

@arishatistic thank you so much for this absolutely radiant artwork of Elain and Lucien! You drew them so perfectly, and I love all the details! Elain’s flower crown and Lucien’s freckles are perfection 💛

They look so stunning together 🤌🏻

@arishatistic thank you for all your kindness during this commission! It’s been a pleasure to work with you! You did an amazing job as always 💛

Link to Instagram post

Commissioned by myself

Artist is @arishatistic

@elucienweekofficial day 4: arranged marriage | Seducing the Seventh Son by @olenvasynyt & @jadedbugart

textless version under the cut

🪉 bad liar

A slow burn, regency reimagining of Prythian, written for @elucienweekofficial 2026 • Day 4: Arranged Marriage • AO3

After two years out of society, Elain Archeron is determined to find a husband.

When she meets Viscount Graysen Nolan, she falls head over heels, and with his proposal all but guaranteed, everything feels as though it’s falling right into place.

Until it falls apart.

Facing ruin or a life on the shelf, an out-of-the-blue offer of marriage from Prince Lucien Vanserra, Duke of Glenacre, turns her world upside down.

Now married to a man she barely knows while nursing her heartbreak over the one she’d planned her life with, Elain must contend with lust, lies, and longing to find the one thing she’s wanted all along: love.

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chapter masterlist:

chapter 1: taking up a fraction of my mind

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Lucien and Elain fit the arranged marriage trope so perfectly! Even though they're so conflicted with how they're feeling, they cannot deny the constant pull they have for one another. I love the idea that Elain and Lucien would have a ceremony that mixes fae and human traditions, or have a human wedding and Fae mating bond ceremony!

I also imagine Elain and Lucien acting like they've accepted their bond to try and put up a unified front, only for that tension between them to build when they are 'putting on a show', blurring the lines of what's real and what is an act.

Title: The Naughty Apartment

For Elucien Week 2026 | Day 3: Peak Yearning

Status: One-shot | 11,761 words | Rated E

Summary: When Elain discovers Lucien’s apartment, she can’t resist sneaking inside. What starts as a harmless little visit quickly turns into her making herself a little too comfortable while he’s away. It’s only a matter of time before Lucien catches her in the middle of something naughty. Set during ACOSF.

For Elucien Week 2026, I'm sharing a drabble a day to match each prompt. Historically, drabbles are 100-word stories, meant to challenge writers at brief, succinct story telling. Feel free to join me and share your elucien drabbles too!

Day 3: Peak Yearning

Lucien held the air at the bottom of his lungs until it physically pained him. He exhaled with a shudder, clenching his fists as he straightened his spine. He kept his eyes forward, looking her way but not directly at her, calculating her distance and speed as she approached, her head bowed as she clutched the basket hanging on her arm. He hoped she couldn’t hear his heart anymore because now it hammered in his chest, his cheeks flushing with nervous anticipation as he curled his lips in a welcoming smile. She didn't smile back, passing him without a word.

For @elucienweekofficial | Day 3: Yearning | 11.5k Thank you @honeybeegarden for the idea you sent me 🤍

Summary: After years of chilly distance and stilted silence from his mate, Lucien accidentally develops a praise kink out of yearning for more. Elain accidentally discovers this very addictive fact one fateful day. Out of curiosity, she decides to see just how far she can take it. 

Both of them begin a game of torture and pleasure they may not be ready to endure. 

Or: Elain can’t stop praising Lucien until it drives him mad. They both suffer for it.

Notes: E, Completed Oneshot, PWP. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did crafting it hehe!

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~ He has, and always will have, eyes only for her.

Lucien will love Elain with devotion-his heart, his soul, his body ~

ℍ𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥, 𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕜𝕖𝕪!

This should have won. RIP yearning, you're great and I'm gonna let you finish but Twilight AU was the best day 3 prompt of all time!

Major massive thanks to @ratabrasileira for always being game and her willing spirit of "yes, and-" this was ALL her brilliance, she deserves every ounce of creative credit

And of course thank you to @the-lonelybarricade for being the funniest person I know

@elucienweekofficial day 3 -Peak Yearning

The amount of push and pull these two have!!! The way Lucien holds back his instincts, who remains a respectful male and waits for Elain to choose him, no matter how much it pains him to be around her!

Elain who has kept her eyes on Lucien, constantly staring his way but says nothing. Who is warring with herself and what she thought her life would be like, should be like. Elain pulls herself away despite whatever thoughts she has that makes Lucien blush...

This might be one of those such thoughts.

A thought of what happens when she finally stops being stubborn, when she finally allows her mate in. What those strong broad arms are capable of...

“It’s a simple ache, this yearning of mine, and it sits behind my ribs, breathing when I shouldn’t think about you.” 🥀

@elucienweekofficial | day three: peak yearning

I can’t thank you enough @adelikashere for this commission! The way you took my idea and effortlessly turned it into a thing of beauty!

day 3 | peak yearning morning at feyre's

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For Day 2: Feral of @elucienweekofficial

Title: Careful

Pairing: Elain x Lucien

Status: One-shot, 8,284 words, Rated E

Summary: Elain has tried for years to outrun the insatiable desires of the mating bond. When emotions reach a humiliating, fever pitch, she decides to take matters into her own hands. She doesn't want to be careful anymore.

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A/N: It's been a hot minute since I wrote an Elucien fic (over 7 months to be exact), so please enjoy this very smutty, comedic take on the Feral prompt.