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1. Lessons in Wanting by anylouze

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

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

   25 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Elain Archeron/Lucien Vanserra
   • Elain Archeron
   • Lucien Vanserra
   • Azriel (mentioned)
   • Post-A Court of Silver Flames
   • Elain Archeron POV
   • Mating Bonds
   • Sex Lessons
   • Inexperienced Elain Archeron
   • Experienced Lucien Vanserra
   • Mutual Pining
   • Consent
   • Praise Kink
   • Biting
   • Jealous Lucien Vanserra
   • Lucien Vanserra Has Restraint
   • Elain Archeron Has Agency
   • Lessons That Stop Being Lessons
   • Idiots in denial
   • Sex Lessons Gone Emotionally Wrong
   • Lucien Vanserra Has the Patience of a Saint
   • Until He Absolutely Does Not
   • Azriel Is Mostly an Excuse
   • This Is Definitely Still Practice
   • Narrator voice: it was not
   • The Fox Is Trying So Hard
   • The Flower Girl Is Making It Worse

   Summary

   Elain asks Lucien to teach her how to please another male.

   He agrees because he would rather break his own heart than let someone else be careless with her.

   There are rules. Nine lessons. One month.

   Lucien believes he is teaching Elain how to want someone else. Elain is learning how to want him.

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