casting a spell on your heartstrings, you're caught in my snare

author: aspen blackwood

series: @darkerthegods | bleak are the heavens, darker the gods

read part 1 from the series ⟶⟶ the hansenkemp novella

read part 2 from the series ⟶⟶ the evermin short story

nick fowler x ransom drysdale | knives out x the 355 au

🅼 | 🔞 | oneshot | dark fiction | playlist

tags: alternate universe - ancient rome, caos x tvd fusion au, coven politics, creature feature, dark magic, dark romance, dubious consent, paranormal fantasy, pseudocest, background robert pronge/vlad tenev

A retelling of Proserpina and Dis Pater.

events content: bingos and fests | dark romance bang

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Lava burns like an inferno that never ceases. It scalds the flesh, transforming it into a chalky, stone-colored husk before it ultimately gets blown into the atmosphere, and strewn across the burning heavens. (i found humor in the wreckage) [stucky]

Bucky doesn’t even want to be here on this damn quinjet heading for who the fuck knows where. (devoured [unholy is the hunger]) (stucky)

They won the war. (a world so vicious, so cruel) [stucky]

Sarah sighed as she dipped a towel into warm water chock full of healing herbs gifted to her by one of the new mothers from the next building over. (do you trust me with your scars enough to show me your heart, ch 2) [stucky]

Vladimir, son of Lady Corina and the late royal consort, Andrei, of House Tenev risked execution as he sailed toward Italia from the Tyrrhenian Sea. (casting a spell on your heartstrings, you're caught in my snare) [dryflowers, icyvampires)

The nimbus clouds outside of the window to Bucky’s left are grey and heavy with the beginnings of a coming rain. (from what i've tasted of desire, i hold with those who play with fire) [gen]

The sound of a portal opening directly into his quarters causes Steve to slink toward the corner of the room for his shield. (echoes of crystal springs) [stucky]

The blood that pumps through thy veins begot the rage that burns bright... (the living dead) [gen]

The heavens had split open as illumination streamed through the crack in the skies... (rebirth) [gen]

Black blood wasn’t normal. (i won't die from the salt that you pour in my wounds) [evermin]

And here's a lil bonus opener for a yet another project I'm working on... you'll never guess where it's from 🤭

The moon hangs high in the sky, beams of light subtly illuminate the mountainside through the foliage. Crisp, sea salt from the ocean cuts through the scent of birch trees. The sudden burst of bitter sweat coating human flesh tainting the floral hints of spilled blood in the air swirls in Steve’s nose.

author: aspen blackwood | au-gust writing challenge

event: au-gust 2024

casting a spell on your heartstrings, you're caught in my snare | 🅼

prompt | crossover/fusion dryflowers [nick fowler x ransom drysdale] | main pairing icyvampires [robert pronge x vlad tenev] | background pairing series: bleak are the heavens, darker the gods synopsis: A retelling of Proserpina and Dis Pater.

echoes of crystal springs | 🅼

prompt | space travel stucky [james “bucky” barnes x steve rogers] series: burning embers of a dying world synopsis: Brooklynd, the capital city on Vanaheim - 10923 Steve looked at the brunet haired baby boy with pointed ears in the bassinet, the omega he would one day take as his wife. He could just barely hear the adults talking on the other side of the room as they whispered about courtship and marriage. He couldn’t believe the Ljósálfar would travel so far from Álfheim to discuss such topics. He was a mere five year old boy, what did he know of alliances and weddings?

aspen’s vault: fics masterlist | aspen’s world: bingo & events participation masterlist

author: aspen blackwood | dark & spicy

event: dark & spicy evanstan fest | february

casting a spell on your heartstrings, you're caught in my snare | 🅼

witchcraft au + eldritch terror + historical fiction + ritual

dryflowers [nick fowler x ransom drysdale] | main pairing icyvampires [robert pronge x vlad tenev] | background pairing series: bleak are the heavens, darker the gods synopsis: A retelling of Proserpina and Dis Pater.

bleak are the heavens, darker the gods | aspen blackwood

Descend into the doppelgänger-verse where tales of the heavens are bleak and the gods are even darker. From the master weaver comes the story of a lineage steeped in blood and chaos.

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a/n: the fics in this series are listed below in posting order. the series gets updated chronologically on ao3 and sqwa upon new releases! 🩶

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evermin ship dossier | series playlists

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✧☾.·:·..·:·.☽✧ in his house beneath the sea, he waits dreaming of you

A chance meeting with Lloyd sends Steve down a road darker than even the path of night.

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✧☾.·:·..·:·.☽✧ i won't die from the salt that you pour in my wounds

Dr. Jack Benjamin always thought himself to be a good surgeon. When he loses another patient on his operating table, it sends him down a path befitting his ancestors.

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✧☾.·:·..·:·.☽✧ casting a spell on your heartstrings, you're caught in my snare

A retelling of Proserpina and Dis Pater.

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✧☾.·:·..·:·.☽✧ is new love too good to be true love (even though it’s you, love)

TJ Hammond’s eighteenth birthday was steadily approaching and his powers were manifesting. With his older brother guiding his steps, he should be just fine. Right?

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witch's milk

A villain's origin story or a budding romance.

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next up: october country

author: aspen blackwood

series: bleak are the heavens, darker the gods

Part 2

Tendrils of crimson and white fabric twined together protruded from the ball and landed in the hands of the witches. The energy brimming in the air seemed to boil over as the witches began enchanting the warlocks with their enthralling dance. - A retelling of Proserpina and Dis Pater.

author: aspen blackwood | kinkuary 2025

casting a spell on your heartstrings, you're caught in my snare | 🅼

prompt | humiliation dryflowers [nick fowler x ransom drysdale] | main pairing icyvampires [robert pronge x vlad tenev] | background pairing series: bleak are the heavens, darker the gods synopsis: A retelling of Proserpina and Dis Pater.