⠀𐔌 . ⋮ could have had it all .ᐟ ֹ ₊ ꒱
ʚ twilight x fem! reader ɞ
synopsis: the ghost of his past always seems to loom over the hero of twilight's heart and he is forced to look it in its eye yet again. as retribution, he is offered another chance to prevent the untimely death of the ghost in his past that continues to haunt him: the ghost of you.
genres: angst, romance. | mentions an established relationship.
reader specifications: none, no pronouns are used but was written with a female reader in mind.
content warnings: spoilers for twilight princess! mentions of injuries (twilight being hit on head like the in-game event and bomb arrow explosions), time and dimension travel, and implied death.
word count: 1.6k words.
―originally posted on @mydarling-iv, jun. 26. 2023
‧₊ ─ masterlist .ᐟ ༘
The barren and war-torn earth was a strong indication of whose Hyrule they were all thrown in. The Captain needn’t say a word to the rest of them before he’s ushering them away from the castle, which promptly raised a few eyebrows.
“The castle’s that way, Captain.” Legend teasingly murmurs, a smirk tugging his lips as he recalls of the freakishly obsessive women the said reincarnation encountered.
But before Warriors could retort, a gasp leaves some of the member’s lips as they’re suddenly thrown into another portal.
It’s odd this time. Instead of feeling ominous and dark, the gateway within the portal felt wide and open, the space within it constricting while stretching simultaneously.
They catch whispers of places far beyond, unfamiliar and familiar sights flash past members of the chain before it’s only a wisp of color and their feet suddenly touch on solid land.
Confused glances are exchanged as a feeling of deep, foreboding anxiety settles in the pit of Twilight’s gut, almost urging him to throw up his stomach’s contents as he takes in the familiar flora and fauna around the group.
He doesn’t register what the Captain had been saying before Wild elbows his arm softly, snapping him out of his trance before whispering, “You’ve been distracted.”
Twilight blinks at him before nodding, “Have I?” He mutters, tone sounding apologetic causing his successor to give him a small, lopsided grin before motioning his head to the Captain.
“The sands of time within my Hyrule billowed differently before..” He continues but it all clicks for them.
They weren’t only thrown into a different Hyrule, they also traveled back in time.
Those who dealt with the complexities of time inwardly grimaced. Yet Twilight is eerily quiet, the Captain’s words confirming his thoughts while also worsening his dread.
The ranchhand goes silent, an air of unease leaking into the space around him. His eyes reflect a skittish gleam as if anything could set him off anytime soon.
The time and memory of the forest made him anxious, almost mirroring the memory that haunts his dreams—the very last memory he holds of you.
Judging from where they stand, Twilight knows he’s near the scene of the incident—your death—and the realization makes him wince uncomfortably.
His skin tingles from the sun’s hot rays just like it had been years ago on this wretched day. Twilight bristles as his enhanced sense of hearing picks up on the familiar cries and roars of that cursed day.
A painful ache spreads throughout Twilight’s body as his mind wanders to you, and Goddesses, the painful memory intensifies the ache he feels. Sky takes notice of his odd, seemingly pained demeanor and moves his hand to place it on Twilight’s shoulder but it’s only met with air.
He bolts, weaving through the group from his spot at the very back before his silhouette starts to become a wisp of dark fur amongst the shrubbery.
“Twilight!” Sky shouts, starting to give chase after the said man. A split second hasn’t even passed before Twilight’s fellow brothers-in-arms follow his lead, confusion starting to fill their veins as their guards are raised and strengthened.
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It’s odd, the forest is quiet. Birds no longer sang nor trees danced with the wind’s embrace and the wild, erratic beat of his heart is the only sound that fills Twilight’s ears.
His mind drifts to you and an all too familiar ache starts to grow in his chest, one that he’s tried to ignore but is always incessantly lingering.
His childhood best friend, who smiled at everything he’d say regardless of how dumb it was, the very best friend whom he had developed a strong love for and gradually transformed into his childhood lover accompanying him from their halcyon days of their youth to their late teens.
Twilight’s body aches as he reaches the clearing before the bridge and he’s taken to the day you were taken from him.
Hours before he was transformed into a beast of twilight, his village had been attacked by armed bulbins who wracked up a storm of chaos before closing in on the spirit residing in Ordon Spring, effectively throwing the area at the mercy of the twilight that befell upon it.
It was only when you both came back from the woods, hand in hand with Twilight as love-struck grins dotted your faces, that you crossed paths with the bulbins riding atop a giant wild boar, one having an explosive arrow readily nocked.
Twilight had pushed you behind him but the beasts were faster as they took advantage of Epona bolting due to the sudden panic. Being separated by mere meters, he had felt a painful pressure against the back of his head as the world around Twilight became a muddled canvas of colors bleeding into each other.
But before the world had gone dark, an explosion of yellow and red rips out before his eyes. He electric blue orbs catch onto your figure flying backwards, being blown over and into the ravine by the explosion, a scream ripping itself from your throat as you fell.
He now experiences the whole ordeal over again, only now conscious and fully prepared. But time was unkind and mercilessly slipped through his fingers quickly like fine sand.
He was late by a few minutes and as punishment, Twilight is forced to relive the very moment that kills him inside.
Twilight sees the same bulblin swing its club at his younger self but ignores it as his body carries him farther. He hears the Captain’s shouts of him to come back and regroup as his brothers quickly tear down the foes, but it’s all muffled and drowned out to the Hero of Twilight as his eyes latch onto you.
Confusion filled murmurs reach his sharp ears but he pains no mind, choosing to keep his pale blue eyes steadily fixated on you.
You’re the only thing Twilight could focus on.
But it’s too late.
The very same flurry of red and yellow flashes before his eyes and your pained scream deafens his ears, the heat from the explosion hot against his skin yet why does he burn when your eyes meet his so briefly?
You’re free falling to your death, the very same death he’s lived through and haunts him when the moon rises.
He had lost you before and he might lose you once more.
Hands shifting with the grapple connected to his arm guard, Twilight picks up the pace before he throws himself over the cliff.
The roar of the wind running past his ears deafens Time’s shout and the screams of worry from his fellow warriors of courage, but none of that mattered to him.
Twilight’s focus was solely on you.
And as the wind runs past him, he’s ripped from reality as his thoughts envelope him in a bitter embrace.
He wanted it all—everything related to you; a future together, a simple and safe life together.
Was it such a greedy wish of his?
Mercifully, time seems to slow and his heart breaks at the tears flying from your eyes as your limbs flail wildly against the wind rushing past you.
A flurry of thoughts rushes through his head once more yet one stands out from the rest: what were you thinking of as you fell?
Did you ever hope he’d come save you? Were you disappointed when you realized he wasn’t coming? Did you ever wish you had never met him?
The last thought is haunting, pain and anxiety prickling at him as he realized that it was he who insisted for you to come with him on that fateful day.
Twilight’s mind blanks as his fingers brush against yours and the contact alone sends bolts of electricity running atop his skin and all over his body.
It’s a familiar feeling Twilight had been yearning to feel again.
Your eyes snap open, riddled with unshed tears as they blearily focus on his blue seafoam colored eyes.
The eye contact ignites a fire in his heart and Twilight allows himself to finally admit that he misses staring into your eyes which twinkled with delight and love whenever they would meet his.
It’s a familiar occurrence that Twilight repeatedly wished for to happen again.
Twilight’s left arm wraps itself around your waist, pulling your body flush against his causing his heart to bloom at the contact and it sets off a chain reaction.
He catches a faint whiff of your scent and it throws him into the heartwarming memories of your halcyon days filled with obvious pining and poorly hidden love-struck gazes.
It’s a familiar scent that sends him reeling into memories of him placing soft kisses atop your head, interlacing your hands that always seemed to send sparks flying down his spine, and embracing you whenever he’d catch you after a game of tag with the younger village children.
Those memories—the scars of your love—left him breathless as he so badly wished for things to have happened differently.
Twilight had lost you before.
He’ll be damned if he did again.
Liftings his right arm, Twilight fires the hook before he tightens his grip around your waist.
A grunt tumbles from his lips as the grapple harshly tugs you both, finally latching onto something solid and only does he lower his guard slightly.
His heart stutters before a phantom pain fills his chest as you tightly wrap your arms around his neck, face buried securely in the juncture of his neck.
The smallest of touches causes tremors of lightning to dance on Twilight’s skin and when your eyes meet his, the eye contact alone lights his heart ablaze.
Despite the adrenaline coursing through his veins and the shocking effect you've always held over him, the ever so comforting smell of you leaves him relaxed.
Experiencing the things Twilight has repeatedly yearned for felt like a dream and now that you’re in his embrace, alive, deepens the scars of your love forever etched into his heart and the very being of his soul.
Twilight couldn’t help but feel that he could have had it all.
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Uhhh
So🧍♂️
I'm back after centuries of decomposing and I've gotten a new idea
And you guessed it
It's about Legend
I don't have much to say
I've been busy with school and all, and it's been months since I wrote, so this could be really bad
So let's just start
Prompt:
The Chain & You are staying at Lon Lon Ranch for a few days to rest. But you got sick on the way here. Mistakes were made, comfort ensued.
Notes:
Nb!reader | Grumpy Leg | just some cute comfy fluff
Also mentions of puke and other icky stuff
Not proofread btw (and never will be cuz I ain't readin all that again)
The sun was high up in the sky, the warm rays of light setting everything into a calm environment. Malon was cooking up some delicious lunch while the Links were outside doing some farm work, enjoying the sun and the refreshing wind of the late morning.
It was a peaceful day for all of the Chain, for once.
Well, for almost everyone.
You were stuck in the living room, wrapped tightly in a blanket, accompanied by an old musty bucket at your feet.
You had gotten sick just before your arrival, puking right at Legend's feet, which for the record, made him avoid you even more now.
You had only felt that sick once just now, and Legend was unfortunate enough to be right in front of you.
"I'm not risking to have more of their dinner remains on my shoes!"
As Legend phrased it to the others, refusing to get close to you in a 5 meter radius until you were perfectly up and running again.
You felt better now, but he was still as stubborn as a mule. It was incredible to watch.
Warriors was one of the first to be done with his work, as usual. So he decided to give you some company until lunch was ready.
You had only noticed him after the couch gave in slightly under his weight.
"How's it going? Feeling better?"
Wars tries to shoot up a conversation as he's stripping his armor off for the day. You still don't get why he's wearing it while working on a ranch, with no monsters ever in sight.
You gave a meekly "yeah" as your response, which didn't make his mood any better.
Just as the conversation was about to turn awkward, Twilight and Time had walked in to join the waiting progress, conversing casually before heading over to check on me.
"Ya' good, kid?"
Twilight asked as he leaned over the back of the couch to talk face-to-face, still with his usual country boy accent.
After saying the same reply over and over again to everyone entering in the living room, it was lunch time.
Legend had arrived late, only walking in as the infamous pumpkin soup was being served. But no one bat an eye, since everyone could trust him to be the responsible one out of the younger bunch.
All went quiet after everyone greeted Legend at the table, with only very few of Legend's responses served to his travel companions.
All 10 9 of them were all over you. Even if you told them you were doing fine, they would see it as the apocalypse.
The ranch finally started to settle down, each having their free time to spend with either other members, or being on their own on the ranch on in town.
The sky was quick to turn dark, with a clear night sky as the first stars were appearing just now. You could only sit and watch out of the window as the moon shone over this era of Hyrule. It was fascinating how every era looked uniquely different from each other, but the sky always stayed the same, unaffected by the wars and disasters that stuck Hyrule over the centuries.
Aftera short walk on the ranch and being called inside again by Malon to 'rest', you sat back down on the couch, the couch already remembering the spot on the cushions where you had sat all day.
You had planned to sleep on the couch and maybe get some more alone time rather than share a room.
It was great staying with the Chain, really. But sometimes, enough is enough.
The couch moved as someone put their weight on it. You look over, and right next to you was Legend, staring forward like a statue.
It left you puzzled as to why he sat there so suddenly. Maybe he was the one person who knew you weren't sick anymore? It would only make sense, it's Legend after all.
"... alright?"
You could barely make out what we're the first words he said, but you understood his message.
"Yeah. I'm better."
You thought that was it with the daily interactions between you two, but he didn't move, nor did he say anything else.
It wasn't hard for you to read people, and you could certainly sense that something was up...
You both sit there in an awkward silence, listening to the chirps from various bugs outside. But the silence was quite comfortable.
"Sorry.."
Came a mutter from the hero, which was the last thing you'd expect to hear, and from him of all people. Was he apologizing for something for once? But it did feel like he really meant it, which made you feel somewhat better about ruining his boots a few hours ago.
Nonetheless, you were stunned as you tried to come up with a good answer.
"It's nothing. You dont have to apologize." Was the only thing you would come up with, which only set him back to his unapologetic state.
After yet another session of unbreakable silence, Legend grabbed the unoccupied blanket that was draped over his side of the couch. He got comfortable and laid down, probably not in the mood to sleep with the others either, which wasn't uncommon.
...
"Do you mind?"
He eventually breaks the silence, cause you were sitting too close to him, so he was unable to get his legs up properly.
"Right, sorry."
Was your only response as you moved to the end of the couch. With a soft sigh, Legend got comfortable and closed his eyes to finally rest.
Now your space was taken up, and neither of you wanted to get up and sleep in the same room as the other Links.
So now you tried to think of a solution, eventually laying on your side and trying to squeeze onto the couch with him, facing away from each other to avoid any uncomfortable situation.
You could feel him stir a little to make space, but he clearly wasn't happy about sharing.
The space was too cramped for you to sleep comfortably, but you didn't want to move, even if you had no choice.
So against your will, you got up from the couch and immediately laid down again, now spread out on the carpet right by Legend's feet with a blanket and pillow taken with you to the floor to sleep with.
It wasn't even a minute before someone broke the silence.
"Get up."
The hero that had taken up the couch was now up again, not at all pleased to see you sleeping on the floor like a peasant.
"I'm fine."
You wanted to stay stubborn and let him sleep. But you could only watch as Legend got up from his spot and grabbed your wrists, pulling you frim the carpet right to your feet and almost giving you another nausea attack.
You wanted to protest, but he didn't bother to give you a chance to speak.
"Don't you dare do that when there's clearly space. Ya hear me?"
You could only nod as he plopped you down, obeying him without second thought as you lay down for the third time in one night.
"But I don't want you to sleep on the floor."
It's like you read his mind, since he stopped right in his tracks as he was about to settle down at your feet.
"I can handle it."
"So can I."
"No, you–"
"You know I can."
After a quick round of back and forth, you convinced him to not sleep on the old ragged carpet of the living room. But what now?
You could almost see the gears turning in is head. But he eventually came up with something, which was by far, the dumbest thing he's ever done, and something that he will probably regret forever.
"Move over."
He tried to make this quick and easy, and you only followed his command as he pushed you a hit to squeeze in behind you, now between you and the couch.
Being the nice person you are, you gave him some of your blanket, and he surprisingly accepted.
It was an awkward situation, with Legend pressed against your back in dead silence, squeezed together to avoid falling onto the well-aged carpet in the middle of the night.
At first I was hard to even keep your eyes closed, but exhaustion slowly took over as your eyes started to droop.
But something ripped you out of your peace that made your heart speed up.
The veteran had draped his arm over you, holding you close as you could feel his breath on the back of your neck. It was heavy and calm, which meant sleep probably took him earlier than you.
But you knew he was a light sleeper, so without any resistance, you held onto his arm before exhaustion finally took you into a deep sleep.
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You thought you had rested well, but turns out it was still way too early, since the sun wasn't even up yet.
And you weren't the first to notice, since Legend's arm was gone from your hold, but he was still there, probably trying to keep some distance between your bodies.
You couldn't resist the temptation anymore, imagining his drowsy eyes and his hair all over the place. You shifted your body carefully, slowly turning over to face him.
He was already observing you from the moment he was awake, but there was another awkward stare between you two.
And man.
He looked even better than you imagined.
Everything about him looked more appealing than ever. Or maybe you didn't notice until getting so close to him.
...
"Morning."
You attempt to break the silence of the early morning, wanting to stay on good terms with him.
"Morning."
He replied the same way. He never was much of a talker in the morning, and you didn't mind it.
It felt strange comforting to lay there with him. It warms your heart at just how nice he could be.
But you didn't expect him to do such a bold move.
He was now huddled up to you again, this time with his face buried in your chest. You could see his blush reaching all the way up to his long pointy ears, and my god was he cute.
The comforting space you created only got better as he seemed to relax against you, with your hand now placed on his back to keep him there.
"Hey?"
You tried to get his attention, which succeeded as he looked up at you, his face still flushed a reddish color.
"Is it okay if I rant a little?"
Legend agreed without much interest, bringing you forth to start rambling mindlessly to him. It was almost therapeutic having someone to talk to. And it seemed like he really didn't mind, just wanting to hold onto you.
It's kind of funny, how the one hero that is always so tense is cuddling with you at this moment.
Both of you lay there in silence for a long time, almost falling asleep again from the little comfort bubble you've created.
Legend's face was burried in your chest as you traced some nonsensical patterns on his back.
But then both of you started hearing the creaking footsteps coming from the guests room, where the other heroes are situated.
Before you could even say something to alert Legend, he sprung up from the couch, almost tumbling over you as he got up.
He was up just in time, as Time and Warriors entered the living room area.
"Morning. Where were you two even? I didn't see you at all."
Warriors mentioned as he walked over, just being curious.
"I slept on the floor while [Name] was on the couch."
Legend lied right in his face, but you could understand that he didn't want to be seen cuddling with anyone.
"Protecting the ladies, are we?"
Warriors started teasing again, which immediately broke out into a bickering fight.
But Time was watching this conversation with a big smirk before stopping them from causing any accidents.
Time had come to the kitchen at night to get some water. And on the way there, he spotted the two of you huddled up together.
But your secret is safe with him.
It's not as bad as I thought it would be, and that's wonderful👍
Now that the children have been fed, I must dissapear for another 3 months.
Peace✌️
—♡
Part of me has been freed from my writers block🙏
So have a sketch I cooked up in my notes app while working on a new fic
Okay I want to write another fic about watching fireworks and stuff, but I don't know with which character💀
Just keep in mind that I'm really bad at writing half of the characters–
But anyway, you shall have a pleasant day!
— ♡
HAPPY PRIDE MONTH YIPPEEE🥳🥳💥💥🎉🎉🌈🌈
Okay maybe that was a bit too much–
But you get the hype for this wonderful month
I'm really sorry for being gone for so long😔
But I'm back with another idea — and you guessed it! — the boys and their preferences in partner's or their genders at least
Also a quick reminder that these are my opinions! And Im not expecting any of you to think the same way! Thank you <3
This will be very short, but let's start anyway!
(This also isn't in any specific order)
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Legend
Raging bisexual, do I even have to say anything else?
we all know there's the situation with Marin, but then there's also Ravio and Ralph–
And he's also strangely aroace coded, but I love that about him<3
Twilight
born to say closeted bisexual, forced to say cis man😔
probably doesn't even know about his sexualtiy, but he definitely doesn't care either🤷♂️
Warriors
pansexual
you all knew it was coming
Not much to say about this guy since I don't know that much about him
Time
he's a bit more complex
all of us know that he's probably the most straight man out of everyone in the group
but there's still something that I can't quite put my finger on it
this mystery will probably have to remain unsolved
Sky
definitely straight
but he's also giving 💅
please don't ask me why I think like this.
Wild
my mind is telling me that he probably has no clue of it himself
I miss Sidlink🥲
But I still think Zelink is cute
Hyrule
probably also one of the only straights here
but he's the greatest ally ever :)
probably wouldn't turn down the offer from anyone though–
Four
1/4 of him is gay AT LEAST
I know that all of us are thinking of vio and shadow right now.
Wind
he's baby.
he probably knows like three sexualities and that's it–
I will have to spare my son from all this chaos
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All of these are probably such a stretch and I'm sorry😵💫
Please feel free to tell me about your own headcanons! I'm happy to hear them!
See you then! <3
Since you asked for some lu x reader headcannons, I think Time and Hyrule would be fae like in the way they court their beloved. Giving them foods, playfulling tricking them, trying so desperately to get their beloved to break any of the fae rules so they can have a reason to have them to themselves.
Oooh a very special request! <3
And also, I don't know anything about fae, so I'm really sorry if I get anything wrong🙇♂️
But what I'm guessing is that they kind of act like fae and have their special sort of rules(?)
And what I've gotten from my quick research is that if you break one of these deals/rules, you have to serve that fae for a specific amount of time (please correct me if I'm wrong I would love to know more)
I can edit this any time anyway, so let's start!
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Hyrule:
• I feel like he would be a little shy at first, but also a bit mischievous
• LOVES giving you his favorite berries and other things from the forrest
• doesn't really mind dirty water since he just grew up in a cave
• would be pouty for a really long time if you were to be impolite
• you would probably have to serve him for as long as possible, but he would still be nice most of the time
Time:
• I feel like he wouldn't be an actual fae, but would still hold up the rules in honor of all the faries he's met
• he can be a bit mischievous, so of course he would do anything to get you to break the rules
• loves teasing you about the fae traditions and all, but never reminds you of the rules
• good luck if you don't wanna be his servant for the next 1000 years🙏
• likes to give you more objects rather than food, like a shiny stone or a nice flower or something
I'm sorry if this is too short, but I don't want to add too much without knowing anything😔
But thank you for your request! It's a nice change from what I usually do
Let me know if I should add something specific! I'm always happy to hear your own headcanons and opinions!
— <3
Hello Hello! <3
I'm bored rn, so here's some teasers for the upcoming fanfics.
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Twilight is glad to finally be back in Ordon Village, his lovely home. He can't wait to see all of the familiar faces and places, and of course, his beloved boyfriend.
You two met not too long ago, but it sparked between you right from the beginning when you first moved to Ordon. Almost everyone in town thinks you two have something going on, and you do.
But the catch is that you haven't made it public yet, acting as 'roommates' when in reality you always snuggle up together or goof around while working on the ranch.
It isn't really necessary to keep it a secret, since most people would be really supportive, but you've decided to keep doing it for now until you've figured something out.
He might be home, but now he has the Chain in tow, hoping they don't find out just yet, even though he's sure that they would be accepting of his unique relationship. But there's always a what if that stops him from actually being open about his same sex relationship.
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Time wasn't feeling well.
He wasn't as happy as he used to be ever since he and his wife, Malon, found some old pictures in their storage room as they were cleaning up. There were pictures of Time in his mid 20s and another boy. They looked like the normal duo on most of the photos, always hanging around each othher and laughing.
... Until Malon stumbled upon an old foto of Time and the mystery boy kissing at a party. Ever since that happened, he can't help but keep thinking about his past love, even if it was just a simple earlier relationship. Now he feels like he's been growing distant from his wife..
It was a normal morning for Time and Malon. Everything was going smoothly, as always.
In the afternoon, Malon had gone to town to get some more groceries and other supplies while Time stayed at home. Not long after Malon left, he heard a knock on the door. He decided to go and open it to be polite, thinking its just the postman, only to meet a familiar face, his ex boyfriend. He wasn't even mad at them. instead, he felt his heart beat quicken at the sight.
...
This was not good.
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