The Holiday AU: Laurent and Nikandros, both heartbroken from recent relationships, decide to swap homes for Christmas. In the snowy countryside near Arles, Nikandros meets Auguste, Laurent's brother, while Laurent meets Damen, Nik's bestfriend, in sunny Ios. How will it end?
Post-canon. Laurent loves books, probably as much as he loves Damen, so Damen starts collecting all the books he can from the merchants visiting the royal palace of Marlas where their court resides and gives them to Laurent as the most precious gifts.
โI forgot, you donโt fuck boys.โ
Damen said, โMen, sometimes.โ
โIn the absence of women?โ
โWhen I want them.โ
โIf Iโd known that, I might have felt a frisson of danger, lying next to you.โ
โYou did know that,โ said Damen.โ
โ Book II, XVII