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Roden: Wilta and I broke up.

Finally posted the songfic based on the song The King by Conan Gray! (You don't need to know the song, but you can listen to the song if you want to.💙)

It is post half-canon book 4-5 fic and i think it lowkey fits Swoon june prompt: Crush for Wilta/Roden which was all that was I suppose. Actually Roden has a bigger crush on Jaron. 🤭

Added this to my Jaroden Month collection.

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warning: No Warnings Apply

Category: M/M

Fandom: The Ascendance Series - Jennifer A. Nielsen

Relationships: Jaron Artolius Eckbert III/Roden, Jaron Artolius Eckbert III & Roden, Roden/Wilta, Roden & Serena

Summary:

After the Prozarians had left Carthya Roden wonders if he ever loved Wilta. Was it only a crush? He didn't know whom he loved. In the end somehow he always returned to Jaron no matter how hard he had tried to do otherwise. Also he had been imagining Jaron in his head a lot more lately. Even when he wasn't here. He didn't know why. Jaron told him that the answer was right before him all the time.

When Roden didn't answer, a beat later Jaron grinned. “I'm king Roden. But not just king. I'm your King.”

Roden blinked at that, confused. “That's it?”

He nodded. “Yes you should already know that by now. You said so yourself when you swore your loyalty to me at the pirate camp, remember?”

Finally Jaron said with a broad grin on his face. “You obviously love me.”

Roden's eyes widened as he stared at him, certain he had heard it incorrectly. He didn't know what to say to that but now there was no doubt that he was dreaming and this Jaron, standing before him was not real and only existed in his head. Roden knew the real Jaron wouldn't say this. Right?

Unwilling to continue this conversation with the Jaron living in his head, Roden turned to leave but he heard Jaron’s voice call his name which caused him to stop.

“Wait. Why are you leaving?”

Roden closed his eyes, somehow exasperated at that question. He stayed where he was and didn't look back. 

A beat passed, then Jaron added. “I know you had wanted to be in a relationship with Wilta. Or maybe you liked Serena. But trust me when I say they were nothing more than mere attraction. Those were just crushes. Fake. That's all they were and that's all your future crushes on other boys and girls will ever be.”  Roden huffed. “You don't know that.”

“Oh I sure do know that. How many times in the past have you tried to fight me Roden? More than once as far as I remember. You pretend you could leave me and have your way but you can never do that. For all your big talk, you always come back to me in the end. Don't you?”

Click here for the Link: Why are you trying to leave when you know that I'm the king? (You love me, obviously!) - LaylaM20 - The Ascendance Series - Jennifer A. Nielsen (Archive of Our Own)

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