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1. Yearning for Time: A Words before Powers remix by Caesia390

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

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   09 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova/Alina Starkov
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • playing fast and loose with source material
   • Soulmates
   • Romance
   • Otkazat'sya | Non-Grisha Alina Starkov
   • as far as they know
   • mal is a pal
   • Slow Burn
   • Manipulative The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova
   • he's trying to manipulate himself
   • Strangers to Lovers
   • It's pretty soft

   Summary

   In Corrieander's "Words Before Powers," Alexander and Alina are soulmates with their first words inscribed on their skin. They say each others' words before either of them realize she's the Sun Summoner. This remix (with gracious permission) extends that premise when Alexander delays the crossing to inspect the skiffs.

   How will Alexander cope as he comes to grips with the fact that his soulmate is not the Sun Summoner but rather a scrawny Otkazat’sya cartographer? With more time in the camp, how will Alina adjust to a changing relationship with Mal and the prospect of a soulbond with the dark and distant Grisha general?

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