He’s Just Like Me Lil Bookworm

sometimes i think ab how alone laurent was ever since he was thirteen. how, in retrospect, the easier, and all the more heartbreaking route, would’ve been to just give up the fight, let his uncle take the throne, and … die. but he didn’t.

he’d endured instead a lonely life, one which he’d dedicated as a fight for his reign, and not only bc it was his birthright — some selfish need to claim what is his by blood. it wasn’t the urge to spite his uncle; eager to prove that he was better than him, could keep up with his schemes, even beat him at them, that kept him fighting, either. not even his fixation on killing damen — an attempt at vengeance against the man who’d seemingly taken everything away from him, was what kept laurent going. all of these things were just parts of what, in end, had him scraping through it all.

laurent’s true heart, as damen spoke of it in kings rising — his integrity, somehow remaining untarnished, was what had pushed laurent forward through all that time. tooth and nail laurent fought to win his throne back because he could not willingly let his country, his people, and all its innocent children fall under the reign of his uncle’s sadistic rule.

were it not so, laurent would’ve had no reason to mourn nicaise’s death, no cause to spite slavery, no want to comfort a traumatized girl with a coin trick.

laurent’s heart is rare and it is true, and it’s what, more than anything, won him the battle for his kingdom.

— Released from the weight of the jacket, Laurent rolled his shoulder, as he did sometimes after a long day in the saddle. Damen brought his hand up to squeeze Laurent’s shoulder gently— and then stopped. Prince’s Gambit was by far my favorite out of the Captive Prince Trilogy. Golden Age vibes, Commander x Second-in-command, UST, it truly had it all to make me fall. This was one of the scenes that had me actually trembling while I was reading. (Damen and Laurent belong to s @c.s.pacat!)

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i went off w this one

my take.

ANCEL!!!! the emerald earrings matching his eyes, absolutely gorgeous 💚

Would you ever consider doing a sketch/drawing of Ancel from Captive Prince?

LOVE HIM

some Laurent of Vere sketches i did to get back into drawing his INHUMANLY BEAUTIFUL FACE bc i sure have trouble drawing it

more capri fanart to come i have caught the capri brainworms again

honestly one of my main criticisms of the books — this and that none of the characters have last names. idk i’d just appreciate a little more world building 🥹

ummm.... why did i just realize that the regent remains nameless throughout the whole trilogy??? i even checked the character lists and it only says the regent of vere... INTERESTING

any thoughts on this?

WINNING 😇

They say he’s frigid 🥶

Finally got to sketching! Damen from Captive Prince, struggled so hard with his hair 😅

now why did they twinkify damen in the new capri covers. sad face.

снегурочка лоран 🥰

I got a Snegurochka/Snow Queen/Yuletide inspired Snow Prince concept for Laurent