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1. When We Were Young by Caelge for caeli0306

   Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   27 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Xaden Riorson/Violet Sorrengail
   • Xaden Riorson
   • Violet Sorrengail
   • Pre-Canon
   • Canon Divergence
   • Canon with a twist
   • Pre-Book 1: Fourth Wing (Empyrean)
   • Fourth Wing Fic Exchange
   • Spoilers for Book 3: Onyx Storm (Empyrean)
   • maybe a hint of light smut
   • And a healthy dose of angst
   • and a whole lot of simp xaden

   Summary

   
   Halfway to falling asleep standing up, bored out of his mind, the first thing he notices is her laughter. It’s loud, and more like a shriek than a laugh, and maybe he’s so deprived of any fun, because it instantly has him turning toward the sound. It’s coming from a little way away, and at first he can’t see anything, no matter how much he tries to curve his tiny, little body around his father’s leg in order to find the source.
   

   Or,

   three times Xaden and Violet met before they met.

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