#kyvau

KYAU (On AO3) [There's DEFINITELY a lot of extra shit on here that is not on AO3 but it's just spread out through the tag so it's hard to pinpont]

CFAU (On AO3) [Stands for Clexa Family AU - an INSANEEEEEE amount of extra shit and resources that are just on here]

KYFBAU *is* exclusively on Tumblr. There is no masterlist unfortunately. It's all in the tag. The way I would recommend reading it if people are trying to get into it is open that link on browser, scroll all the way to the bottom, and read it in reverse order. I've been looking for posts sometimes where I click the tag here on mobile and expect it to be there and it's nowhere to be found. Browser and that link is the best way to guarantee you're seeing all of it. (Same goes for all the other stuff I'm about to link)

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Period AU (this is just the general, catch all tag so no specific stories here btw) is basically soulmates throughout the ages. Two people who have been meeting each other since the dawn of fucking time but keep getting it wrong. The general premise is that we see grand love, insurmountable obstacle, tragic death but these two dumb, madly in love hoes are like "Fuck that, I want more time, we deserve it, DO OVER!" and they keep coming back for each other until they can get it right. As many times as it takes. Rinse and repeat. "Whatever life I'm living? It's purpose is finding you."

Here's the five main points in time that I've decided to write about:

1) KYGAU - 150 BC, Capua/Roman Empire, Roman Times. - Yelena is an iconic Gladiator and Kate is the daughter of one of the most important Roman Senators. They fall in love. It changed later, but during this period in history, Gladiators are the scourge of society so…daughter of a senator and gladiator mingling ISN'T GREAT. IT'S BAD ACTUALLY.

2) KYNAU - 8th Century, Vikings/Northumbria (UK), Early Middle Ages. - Yelena is one of the Vikings who raid England. She's this iconic fighter who is basically royalty back home. Think Lagertha from the show Vikings. Kate is literal royalty in Northumbria. She's the daughter of a duke who is like the fifth in line to the crown. Very NOT COOL of her to be hanging out with one of the invaders lol.

3) KYIAU - 1300s, Siena (Italy), Middle Ages - Basically, Guelph and Ghibelline love story. Yelena is one of the best painters in the city. Kate is a rich girl who just moved there. Then the Black Plague hits. Shit goes down. Basically...Romeo and Juliet vibes-ish except they're not dumb and kill themselves a week into knowing each other lol. But rich families who can't stand each other and them even being in each other's proximity would be SIN.

4) KYFAU - Late 1700s, France, French Revolution - Their husbands were part of Louis XVI's court and they spent SO MUCH TIME fucking around every corner of Versailles.

5) KYVAU - 1868s, New York/Chicago, Victorian Era - Victorian AU lol. It's kinda pretty straightforward...

SO, further very basic context that I didn't give last time: Yelena dips her toe in many things but her biggest business is that she owns a flour mill in Chicago. She does Wheat and Rye. As I mentioned last time she's basically one of the top dogs in the milling business in Chicago. She has all the business she's going to get there and she's looking to expand elsewhere which is why she sets her sights on New York.

Yelena wants to build a mill in New York and Kate's dad owns the two biggest corn and wheat farms in the state. If she can get him to stop selling wheat to other people and do business exclusively with her she'd make a lot of fucking money. Well, they both would. But she's more worried about herself than anyone else. At least initially cuz...business woman and all.

So she gets to New York and connects with Derek. They start doing business. It's going swell (seemingly) and he's eventually like..."Come to my house. Meet my family. We'll have dinner." This is kind of where we left of.

At the dinner table you have Yelena, Derek, Eleanor, Kate, Kate's fiance Elmer (It was quite popular back then and I also needed a name Russian Yelena would be EXTRA confused by and could make fun of. Just go with me here and shush it) but afterwards the boys go to do their thing and like smoke cigars and talk about idk railroads or some shit. The women were supposed to go to the parlor and hang but Eleanor was like "I have a headache, you entertain the guest." So it's just the two gays. And they've NOT BEEN HAVING EACH OTHER all night.

"How is Russia?"

"Cold."

"You don't say much, do you?"

"I do. I talk plenty."

"Just not to me. Got it."

"I talk only the necessary amount and to the people who need to hear it."

"Hmmm..." They fall into silence. "Is it exhausting?"

"Is what exhausting, Miss Bishop?"

"To be so dull?"

Yelena chuckles and stands.

"Good evening, Miss Bishop. Please tell your father I said thank you for the meal and that I will see him on Monday." Yelena starts to walk away. When she's at the door to the parlor she turns. "Oh, and Miss Bishop, I do not think I am any more dull than the person acting the part of the perfect little daughter and wife my entire life. Sleep well."

Yelena walks out.

Kate is like "THIS FUCKING BITCHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

This is a slippery slope and we all know it. WE ALL KNOW IT AND I CANT BELIEVE I'M WILLINGLY FALLING FOR IT...

So I'm obsessed with the "soulmates through the ages" concept and I have stories for them basically in every time period you can imagine but since the videos/tiktoks have been victorian era, let's do that.

Picture this. 1868. New York Citaaaayyyyy.

-Yelena is a Russian orphan. Self made. New Money. She has a huge chip on her shoulder for many reasons. She's an immigrant with an accent, she's a woman in Victorian times in business trying to make it in a man's world, she dresses in suits so she gets twice as many stares because she's twice as unlady like, and she feels like she's been fucked over by the world so she doesn't trust anyone. Despite this she's charming as hell. It's what makes her good at business despite all her seeming disadvantages. Dont let the charm fool you tho...she's also ruthless. Yelena basically has all the business she's going to have where she lives in Chicago so, having a reputation to her name she sets out to expand to New York...where the Bishops live. Yelena gets connected to Derek. They start doing business together. He eventually invites Yelena over to his house for dinner. A dinner where she will get to meet his family, including his daughter...She's a bit younger than Yelena but Derek thinks they might have some things in common. It'll be swell.

-Then there's Popular Girl Kate Bishop. Talk of New York City Kate Bishop. Girl who all the boys wanted to dance with at balls Kate Bishop...until she got engaged to the most eligible bachelor in the city Kate Bishop. Now soon to be married Kate Bishop. The same Kate Bishop who's always also had a bit of a wild streak that her parents have never been able to contain and that her fiance finds endearing now but hopes she'll give up once she's the lady of the house.

-And Kate meets Yelena. And Yelena meets Kate. And every preconceived notion they ever had of what a "Victorian Woman" should be flies out the window because neither of them fits that category. They're both so...Not That. And it's obnoxious at first. How dare she be so...eccentric? What is she trying to prove? Who is she trying to prove it to?

And yeah...that's all you're getting because I'M NOT FALLING FOR THE TRAP. This is how it started with CFAU and KYAU. I KNOW BETTER!

lol there is plenty of drama to go around in ALL of them don't you fret. I've been thinking about my Victorian gays all day tho. It always goes back to them. The OGs. I'm weak for those dumb bitches. I mean.....look at them:

I can't believe I forgot about Viking!Yelena joining in on the murder conversation. Jail time for me.

Imagine saintly FB!Yelena who won't even let Kate do a bump of cocaine and sensitive Painter!Yelena from the black plague days listening in on the lunatics talking about beheading people and cheering like: