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1. ruin the friendship by loveandwitchcraft

   Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros  

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

   07 Oct 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Xaden Riorson/Violet Sorrengail
   • Mutual Pining
   • Alternate Universe - College/University
   • Alternate Universe - After College/University
   • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Yearning as Foreplay
   • Halden Cheats Xaden Eats
   • Eventual Smut
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Slow Burn

   Summary

   Violet Sorrengail has been in love with Xaden Riorson since she was 18 and hungover in an art history class. Six years later and fresh off a breakup, the last thing she needs is to spend a weekend with him, even if all their friends will be there. But she'll make it work. Violet knows what happens when she lets herself get swept up in the charms of Xaden Riorson, and she won't let it happen again.

   Because they're friends. Just. Friends.

   It took six years to build this friendship, but it could take just one weekend to ruin it.

   Language:

   English

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