Adult Content Warning

This work could have adult content. If you continue, you have agreed that you are willing to see such content.

• Yes, Continue
• No, Go Back

If you accept cookies from our site and you choose "Yes, Continue", you will not be asked again during this session (that is, until you close your browser). If you log in you can store your preference and never be asked again.

1. honey don't feed it, it will come back by SecretlyEden

   Fandoms: The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone (TV)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   07 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova/Alina Starkov
   • Nikolai Lantsov
   • Fedyor Kaminsky
   • Ivan (The Grisha Trilogy)
   • Genya Safin
   • Zoya Nazyalensky
   • Tolya Yul-Bataar
   • Vasily Lantsov
   • Tatiana Lantsov
   • Alexander Lantsov III
   • Mal Oretsev
   • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
   • Russian Mafia
   • age gap
   • this isn't meant to be particularly dark but its aleksander in the mob so...
   • as always powered by vibes and caffeine
   • Soft The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova
   • but only for Alina
   • Flashbacks
   • Darklina endgame
   • Eventual HEA
   • angst because of who i am as a person
   • aleks is in alina's life from the time she's eight and it's sweet not gross
   • if that gives you the ick this isn't for you
   • absolutely nothing happens between them until she's eighteen though
   • most of the story takes place when alina is 22
   • Protective The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova
   • Possessive The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova
   • i'm not saying these relationship dynamics are healthy but they are fun

   Summary

   When Alina was eight, Aleksander saved her life. When she was twelve, he rescued her from herself. When she was eighteen, he made her fall completely, desperately in love with him. When she was nineteen, he crushed her heart under his boot as he walked away.

   Now he's back.

   OR

   A love story told over fifteen years in the midst of the Russian Bratva.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   4,249

   Chapters:

   1/?

   Comments:

   10

   Kudos:

   59

   Bookmarks:

   23

   Hits:

   687