Starry Night – Lalaith Quetzalli
Title: Starry Night
Author: Lalaith Quetzalli
Fandom: Shadow and Bone
Genre: Angst, Fantasy, Pre-Relationship, Romance, Time Travel
Relationship(s): The Darkling | Aleksandr Morozova/Alina Starkov, Background Relationships
Content Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Violence-Graphic, Racism, Murder, Implied Hate Crimes, Referenced Domestic Abuse, Referenced Child Abuse, Referenced Kidnapping, Minor Character Death, Referenced Slavery, Violence – Canon Level, Religious References, Brief Implied Suicidal Intention/Ideation.
Word Count: 69,261
Summary: Aleksandr was right and Alina’s not even surprised. She once thought that it was cruelty, evil, that made ‘wanting to destroy’ his first choice for everything; now she knows the truth: it was sadness, and defeat, and loneliness. It was losing so much and so many. Alina’s tired of losing. She knows now, she’d do things so differently, if she had another chance. But it’s not like it’s possible to change the past. Time-travel just doesn’t exist… right?