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angst, 1.2K words, gn!reader, 3.1 quest spoilers
“..I love you,”
“Oh my god are you dying”
Anaxagoras narrows his eyes at your reply to his rather vulnerable confession.
“I take it back.” He mutters with the click of his tongue.
You turn to face him fully, straightening from your hunched position at the unfamiliar wooden desk. The room was a temporary space Aglaea had arranged for you and your husband.
It’d been fourteen days since the devastating fall of the grove.
Luckily your husband was able to save many lives, it came with a cost, a cost that nearly killed him. You hadn’t exactly been thrilled to hear that news—from him of all people—delivered with the same kind of dismissiveness he might use to comment on the weather!
“…I love you too,” you slowly reply
He’s not looking at you now, his gaze is almost avoidant, you note.
Ever since he returned from the grove, something had shifted. He wasn’t hesitant per se—just…more deliberate, Like he was measuring every word before handing it to you
But what made hearing “I love you” from Anaxagoras so strange wasn’t just the words—it was the fact that he literally never said them
He wasn’t an affectionate person. Not physically nor verbally.
—Not that he couldn’t be. But the only times Anaxa ever said those three words were when the two of you had been parted for more time than he liked.
He’s just too emotionally constipated.
Though he’s very good at praise and giving a loving touch when you need it.
You continue to stare down the man sat stiffly on the new bed. It’s odd to see Anaxa being hesitant. Especially around you.
“..You like Ohkema?” He said, taking a quick glance over to you. His forearms rested on his thighs and his fingers clasped together.
You pause, brows creasing. You’re not sure what he’s getting at. “I do, I miss home though,” You answer honestly. You really did miss home, everything was so perfect there. It’s good as gone now though.
“You’d be okay with staying here?”
“I mean there isn’t really anywhere else to go,” you snort
“So if something happened to me, you’d stay here?”
Your brow furrows deeper.
Anaxa’s eyes are locked on the floor, elbows still braced on his knees—but his fingers have tightened, knuckles pale.
“What do you mean ‘if something happened’? What kind of something?” You firmly demand his answer
“Hypothetically,” “Anaxagoras,” “Just answer me,”
You scoff, licking your lips slightly. “Yes I would stay, Anaxa,”
He nods softly, “Good.”
Your knee starts bouncing against the wooden floor. You don’t even notice it at first. You know something’s wrong. You can feel it curling tight inside your stomach.
“You nearly died two weeks ago,” you snap with a chuckle, voice light but bitter. “What, did you find a new way to finish the job?”
Anaxa is silent.
It was a joke.
You swallow hard as his eye finally meet yours—far too steady for your liking.
His expression blank, unreadable—but it tells you everything you never wanted to know.
Your stomach twists.
You slowly begin to shake your head, there’s no way.
“Shut up,” you blurt out“You aren’t funny, shut up,”
“I’m not joking,” he says, finally.
The indifference in his voice claws at you. You shoot up from the chair, the legs screeching harshly against the floor. Your heart pounding so hard you can hear it. “You’re not funny. That’s not funny,” you snap, voice high.
He chews the inside of his cheek, eye following you. A part of him wants to reach for you—hold you, say something that softens the blow. The other part knows there’s nothing he can do. Nothing that will make this easier.
“What—wh—When?!” you stammer, your fingers twitching in the air like you’re trying to grab the answer before it disappears. “When, Anaxa?!”
“In one system hour,”
“Tomorrow?!”
He twiddles his thumbs. “Yes.” And he says it like it’s nothing.
You’re not getting more time. You’re just getting a countdown.
“You’re telling me now?” you rasp, the words scraping out of your throat. “Like this?”
Anaxa’s hands flex slowly, fingers uncurling only to clench again. His jaw is tight. and his lips are sealed.
He doesn’t try to reach for you. doesn’t say your name. You don’t know if you want him too or not.
You shake your head and turn away, the sudden urge to get away overtaking you.
You leave the room, stepping into the ever-bright, empty hall. You speed walk down the path to wherever your feet will take you.
You don’t know where you’re going. You don’t care. You just need to outrun the truth—at least for a little while.
Anaxa sighs.
“You’re not running after them?”
“What good would that do”
Cerces lowered her head in disapproval.
“I didn’t know you were this cowardly. Had I known, perhaps I would’ve thought twice before choosing you.”
Anaxa exhales sharply through his nose, but he doesn’t look up. “Too late for that.”
She sighs. “You couldn’t have given them more time to prepare?” Her gaze flickered over to him.
He leans forward, resting his face in his hands, “I told them now to spare the shock of my execution tomorrow,” he says, voice calm and measured—already having calculated the outcome.
“They’d no doubt interrupt the performance the moment they hear I’d be put to death.” He says lightly, a grin curling softly on his lips.
There’s absolutely no way you’d sit still through that. And he loves you for it.
“And why have my final days be steeped in misplaced mourning?”
Cerces thinks over his words. “What good is early grief? It wouldn’t have stopped anything. Only made the coming days harder.”
She falls quiet for a while, weighing both sides of the tragedy.
“Sweet thing they are,” She murmurs. Anaxa’s expressionless face returns. Cerces glances sidelong at him. “They’ll be alright.”
His gaze drops further. Anaxa nods softly. “Of course they will. They’re not weak,” he says, but quieter now, “they’ll carry on,”
She’s silent, her hands folded over one another as she wanders over to the closed window. “I feel for them,“
“They wouldn’t want your pity,” he replies quietly, his voice rough.
Cerces doesn’t turn back immediately, but her tone softens.
“Not pity. Understanding.”
Anaxa slowly turns the ring adorning his finger, then glances up briefly. “I’ve asked Phainon to watch over them in case anything ever happens to me, he will keep them safe. cared for. Should they ever need anything,”
Cerces doesn’t answer. She just watches as he straightens his posture, the light brushing along the edges of his thin frame.
“You really don’t have much time, Anaxagoras,”
He nods once, then rises up.
“I know.”
And then, without hesitation, he walks out—not toward the person he’d choose in another life, but toward the death he’s already shaken hands with.
A/N: for the love of skibidi toilet if you read this please comment/reblog 🙏 I want positive feedback 💔 I’m like a puppy that needs praise okay 💔 (constructive criticism is fine be nice tho or I’ll block u🫵) MLIST
Nanaxa tag list: @deaddmoth (last paragraph I thought of you n rev writing it lmao) @average-scara-fan <3
tbh We know so little of him I cant even make up a theory like I usually do😭 but there is definitely something about his covered eye, an hand like shadow is reaching for it, too
I cant wait for 3.1 I just want anaxa content
ANAXA IS HERE
He just gives away how to annoy the daylights out of him that easily... he's insufferable your honor.
guys would we fw reverie x columbina bc I miss my angel wife
You dont understand how much I miss her
GRGRGRGR I LOVE YOUR YAN! ANAXA FIC SO MUCHH!!!!! i can feel his desperation through the screen bcs of your writing style!!
but i'm curious. what would happen if we were too late to undo the binding curse? i'm mainly interested in how it would affect anaxa's behavior. would he become a lot more shameless towards reader? concerninly more devoted to reader? or something.
anyway have a great day! love all of your fics!
Ty for sending me your rq. At first, I thought of Anaxa easily surpassing his master but then it'll be no fun. Turns out the final version impressed many of you so I think: okay, this should have an au.
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It finally succeeded. He felt it, so did you. The way his magic wove into yours, not forcefully, but willingly. Anaxa watched you with reverence, eyes filled with something far deeper than mere obsession.
“You trained me” he murmured, brushing gloved fingers over your sleeve, his touch featherlight, almost hesitant. “You shaped me into what I am.”
His fingers curled, as if he wanted to grip you, hold you close, but he didn’t dare. “My magic is yours now. My strength, my will, all of it belongs to you.”
His lips curled slightly, his next words dripping with dark devotion.
“You could break me if you wanted to.”
Your fingers twitched, magic crackling between your palms. And he shuddered. Not in pain, but in rapture.
Your breath stayed even, your control unshaken. “You think binding yourself to me will make me yours?”
Anaxa exhaled sharply.
“No.” His eyes gleamed under the dim torchlight, his voice dropping lower, almost desperate. “But it makes me yours.”
Your magic flared in response. You could feel him. His pulse, his emotions, the way his body ached for your command. You had the power here.
You tilted your chin up, gazing at him with unreadable calm. “You’ve made a mistake, Anaxa.”
His breath hitched, but his smirk remained, a twisted sort of satisfaction flickering in his gaze. “Have I?”
You stepped forward. Your fingers barely brushed against his chest, magic sparking from the touch, his magic trembling in response to yours. His muscles tensed, his entire body waiting.
“Then command me” he murmured, voice raw, filled with something dangerous. “Make me regret it.”
The challenge hung between you, thick and heavy.
You smiled.
A bold challenge. A reckless dare. And oh, how he meant it.
Anaxa didn’t blink as your magic surged, testing the connection between you. You could feel it, his pulse, his hunger, his unwavering devotion. His magic intertwined with yours, raw and unfamiliar, a force you weren’t used to wielding.
It wasn’t submission. It was offering. A dangerous gift, and he knew exactly what he had given you.
You could break him.
You could undo him.
And he would thank you for it.
“Follow me.”
Anaxa inhaled sharply, as if the words alone had power over him. His entire body tensed, not in hesitation, but in satisfaction. He lived for this.
The royal summons arrived sooner than expected.
A minor disturbance near the border, nothing that required the kingdom’s full force, but enough to demand your attention.
It was a test. The king wanted to see how you handled matters now that you had bound Anaxa to you. Anaxa, to his credit, remained composed during the meeting, standing slightly behind you, his presence looming. You were given the task. It wasn’t difficult, but the moment you stepped outside the castle, you felt it.
His magic, tethered to yours.
A second presence in your veins, pulsing with raw, dangerous energy.
It was unnatural. Unfamiliar. Not yours.
And yet… It listened.
It shifted at your will, reacting to your command, awkward at first, but soon it settled. You were adapting to it so quick.
And Anaxa? He noticed.
The mission had been simple. You completed it with ease, your control over Anaxa’s magic growing more refined, more effortless. He watched you the entire time.
And now, back in the tower, his composure had begun to slip.
“You’re getting used to it” he murmured as he leaned against your desk, his eyes half-lidded, watching the way your fingers traced the edges of a spellbook.
You didn’t look up. “Of course I am.”
A low hum. “How does it feel?”
You turned a page idly, not missing the way he inched closer.
“Like something I could destroy you with.”
Anaxa exhaled. He stepped behind you, gloved fingers brushing over your wrist. His touch was deliberate, slow. Affectionate.
“Then do it” he murmured, voice dangerously soft.
You didn’t pull away. You could feel his warmth, his obsession, the way his magic curled around yours, binding, craving.
It would be so easy to push him away. But you didn’t.
Instead, you turned slightly, tilting your head to meet his gaze. Anaxa’s breath hitched. Because you were looking at him differently now.
Not with disgust.
Not with hatred.
But with power.
And he had never loved you more.
You could feel it growing inside you.
Anaxa’s power was never simply magic, but something ancient, raw, instinctual. His people had once been warriors, feared across the lands for their overwhelming might. Magic was in their blood, in their bones. They were not mere spellcasters, they were forces of nature, walking calamities.
And now, their magic pulsed in your veins.
Even as you wielded it with more ease, even as your spells became sharper, more devastating, you refused to keep it.
This power was never meant to be yours.
Anaxa would never willingly let go. You knew that. So you did not ask.
You simply brewed the potion, hidden among the vials of restoratives and calming tonics he trusted you to make.
He drank it without suspicion, sitting at your desk, fingers idly tracing the fabric of your sleeve as he watched you read.
“You keep getting stronger” he murmured, as if in awe.
You hummed in response, letting him thread his fingers with yours. Letting him enjoy this moment.
He didn’t notice the way his eyelids grew heavy.
Didn’t realize what you had done until his grip on your hand weakened, his breathing slowing.
“…Master?”
You stood as his body slumped forward, catching him before he collapsed entirely.
His eyes, those burning, devoted eyes—looked up at you, hazy with betrayal. And yet, even as unconsciousness pulled him under, his fingers twitched, reaching for you. You didn’t let him.
You laid him down gently, brushing a stray lock of silver from his face.
“Rest, Anaxa.”
And then, you left.
The Magic Fall—a place where magic pooled in its purest form, untouched by mortal hands.
Few dared to go there.
You had no choice.
Your steps were swift, your mind sharp. The moment you arrived, the energy of the fall pulsed around you, responding to your presence. It knew you. And it knew the power that did not belong.
You knelt before the shimmering pool, closing your eyes, reaching inward, searching for the foreign magic buried inside you.
It fought back. It had settled too deeply, woven into your very being, not just a borrowed force but a claimed one.
And in that moment, you realized something.
This wasn’t a mere binding. Anaxa had given himself to you completely. There was no longer a clear line between your magic and his. If you wanted to remove it, you would have to break something fundamental within yourself.
And as you hesitated, just for a fraction of a second—
A hand gripped your wrist.
Your breath stilled.
You turned your head, slowly.
He was there.
Awake.
Watching you.
Those eyes no longer hazy, no longer vulnerable—but sharp. Unyielding.
He should still be unconscious. The potion should have lasted hours.
Anaxa’s grip tightened, but not painfully.
“You tried to leave me behind.”
His voice was steady, low. Unforgiving.
You did not answer. Because you knew what you had done. The words hung between you, thick with quiet anger, quiet devotion.
Anaxa’s grip on your wrist was firm. His magic pulsed against yours, reacting to your emotions, your hesitation.
You kept your face neutral. Unshaken.
“Let go, Anaxa.”
His fingers only tightened, slow and deliberate, but not forceful. Not yet. “No.” His voice was steady, unwavering.
You exhaled slowly, glancing at the shimmering magic pool beneath you. “I won’t ask again.”
A slow smirk curled on his lips, but his eyes were anything but amused.“Then don’t.”
He pulled. And before you could react, before you could stop him, he stepped into the pool with you. Magic surged around you both, light swallowing the world whole. The magic fall was alive. It wrapped around your bodies, seeking, searching, demanding answers. Your body trembled as the magic within you pulsed violently, tangled in Anaxa’s essence, reacting as if it had always belonged.
No, this wasn’t how it was supposed to go.
You had come here to remove him.
Instead, the pool was accepting him. Accepting you together.
Anaxa’s fingers laced through yours, his magic intertwining too naturally.
You snapped your head toward him. “What did you do?”
His expression was unreadable, but his eyes burned with something deep, all-consuming.
“I belong to you.” His voice was soft, reverent, worshipful.
The spell was not something you could simply undo. Not something to sever without consequence. It was no longer just a spell. It had become a foundation. A part of you and him. The magic fall itself recognized it. The water around you pulsed, ripples of golden energy reacting to the bond, not rejecting it, but strengthening it.
Your stomach turned cold.
This place....this pure, ancient magic...should have erased him from you. Instead, it was solidifying him in you. There would be no breaking this. Not without breaking yourself.
Anaxa had known all along. That was why he hadn’t fought the potion. Why he hadn’t tried to stop you before. Because he knew you would fail.
His other hand rose slowly, fingertips brushing your cheek.
You should have slapped him away.
Should have burned him with your magic.
Should have done something.
Instead, you stared at him- trapped in the realization that this man had given himself to you in a way that could never be undone.
Anaxa’s smirk softened into something too tender, too dangerous.
“You can’t get rid of me, Master.”
His lips brushed against your knuckles, breath warm against your skin.
“And even if you could…”
His fingers curled against yours. “You wouldn’t.”
You couldn’t deny it. That part of him that got woven to you affected you greatly. Your life is now his too. But will he get the upper hand? You shall let time decides.
everything for everyone 🙏
may all anaxa wanters be anaxa havers indeed :3
pat me on the back for wonderful money management skills..💔🥀
I sacrificed my money for every Anaxa wanter, may he bless our accounts🙏
They had Anaxa tied up in his trailer for a reason, it's so that you could grab him easily
aniwai, wishing everyone the best of luck to pulling for the gun-toting blasphemer !! And remember…
ANAXA WANTERS BE ANAXA HAVERS ✅✅
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since the topic is anaxa x reader imagine someone wrote QPR aroace anaxa x aroace reader haha would be so funny… really.. funny… guys..
someone on twitter is trying to claim that use of an em-dash is an indication of AI-generated writing because it’s “relatively rare” for actual humans to use it. skill issue
me w/Anaxa probably
i love seeing selfshippers with their "one" f/o. like, they are their brand! and their love is so palpable from the way they talk about them on their blog. don't stop gushing because i love to see it!
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