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1. Before He Goes by anylouze

   Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   09 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Elain Archeron/Lucien Vanserra
   • Elain Archeron
   • Lucien Vanserra
   • Vassa (mentioned) - Character
   • Azriel (metioned)
   • Explicit Sexual Content
   • POV Elain Archeron
   • Mating Bond
   • Pining
   • Angst with a Hopeful Ending
   • First Time
   • Oral Sex
   • Fingering
   • Emotional Sex
   • Elain-centric
   • Lucien Vanserra Deserves Nice Things
   • Elain Archeron Chooses Lucien Vanserra
   • Elain Archeron Needs to Use Her Words
   • Lucien Vanserra Has Restraint
   • It Was Never Nothing
   • No Beta We Die Like Suriel Tension

   Summary

   Elain overhears something she shouldn't. Lucien is leaving at first light. Neither of them handles it well (or, depending on how you look at it, exactly right)

   A conversation Elain wasn't meant to hear. A goodbye she didn't mean to make.

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   or: the bond does not, in fact, feel like nothing.

   Language:

   English

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