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Trapped, bleeding, and about two seconds away from collapsing, I have to drag myself forward to save Cardan — because apparently letting him figure things out on his own is too much fun. Bound, panicking, and generally losing it, he clings to me like I’m a lifeline he didn’t deserve — but hey, I’m not complaining… much.
In a world designed to make us miserable, it turns out stubbornness, love, and my utter refusal to let him die first are the only things keeping us alive… and somehow still together.OR
Jude and Cardan have been kidnapped, and now they’re fighting to save each other — clinging to whatever scraps of strength they have left. -
The King of Elfhame's untold tales by Cloudysgarden
Fandoms: The Folk of the Air - Holly Black
31 Oct 2025
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Have you ever felt drawn to the lasting untold tales in the perspective of the High King? Well, congratulations, you have been wrapped into a journey where—if you beg adequately for it, you shall receive as Cardan Greenbriar is many things but not a fae to starve one's curiosity.
(In which I do my best to embody Cardan’s pov during the whole trilogy including offscreen moments i. e. TwK 6 months timeskip & QoN scenes with some non canon details or perceptions <3)
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AU, what if Cardan's letters where recieved by Jude?
Cardan sighed. He was falling apart. All this distance from Jude exhausted him. He was way past his breaking point, and he just wanted his wife.
He was in the middle of writing another letter to Jude, begging her to reply just once. What good is one more letter anyways? He crumpled this one and stared at his wine glass.
It's been months of utter silence, surely she must have received his letters by now. He thought himself so clever when uttering those wretched words that drove them apart.
Until and unless she is pardoned by the crown, let her not stop one foot in Faerie or forfeit her life.
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She won’t have to feel this. A heavy weight that’s not quite agony, but not light enough to be less than a burden. She won’t have to feel haunted, won’t have to feel the remnants of the events she’s endured.
Just a bite. Just a little while, in the safety of her orchard. Just a bite and she won’t have to be so scared.
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It’s a year after the Battle of the Serpent, and in the midst of dishing out punishment and learning how to rule, Jude Duarte has found her footing. The first mortal queen of Faerie, the first to ever be chosen by the king and the land. It’s a title she intends to hold onto for years to come, even if the blood running through her veins will expire long before Cardan reaches his middle age.
But despite being crowned with the power she had dreamed of her whole life, there are some parts of her that can’t seem to leave. She might be a queen, but she can still feel pain. There are days where power can’t chase it away.
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Jude never really talked about her trauma during the events of FotA, and she gets a horrible idea of how to deal with them
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After Oak's abdication, Jude is left to wonder about a very queenly question: what would they do about heirs?
Set after the events of The Prisoner's Throne, right after the scene in which Cardan is bandaged and sulking after being stabbed (or rather: throwing himself on a knife, iykyk)
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- Part 2 of Young and Beautiful
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Ember Duarte-Greenbriar has been a princess respected throughout the land. Now going to school, she meet an infartuating, annoyingly hot guy. How will things turn out?
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Everyone writing pregancy fics but ive nvr seen one where the god damn child actualy grows up so here's one!( the names r like from some of my fav pregnancy fics! See notes for the names!)
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The Bodyguard by LoreLorelay
Fandoms: The Folk of the Air - Holly Black, The Cruel Prince, Jude/Cardan-fandom, jurdan - Fandom
28 Sep 2025
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When Jude Duarte was given the task of protecting rising rockstar Cardan Greenbriar from a dangerous stalker, her intuition already told her it would be a tricky mission. But the capricious, irresponsible and annoyingly attractive boy seems to make everything even more difficult.
As if being threatened by a crazy stalker who wants to destroy his life wasn’t enough trouble to deal with, Cardan Greenbriar could never have imagined that having a scary bodyguard and a breathtaking girl would make him even more out of his mind.
None of them were prepared for what was to come.
The synopsis is terrible, but give me a chance.
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yours beyond this night by ilspoopi (orphan_account)
Fandoms: The Folk of the Air - Holly Black
27 Sep 2025
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“Tell me, Jude,” Cardan purred, “when have you ever been able to leave me?”
A revel spirals into jealousy, sharp words, and glitter-stained kisses.
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It's been a long week, and between the long, arduous council meetings and the never ending requests and treaties and complaints, Jude and Cardan have had little time for each other. And one night it all boils over when they fight–-but that's fine, they can always make up in the morning. But it's not fine and they don't make up in the morning because Cardan gets poisoned, and will be paralyzed for the next five days.
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Jude and Cardan live with their two year old baby and everything is fine, when they receive a note that will force them to make a sacrifice. A sacrifice that will kill both of them in the process but one will have to continue their life.
OR i enjoy making them suffer and i consider we're lacking Cardan whump fancfics
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The High King is pouting, which is ridiculous, because high kings don't pout. Jude could see it clearly on his pink lips, pouting and frowning harder every time she glanced at him.
Jude and Cardan cuddle and he's a big baby for her. That's it. That's the fic.
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All The Time We've Lost (to being pining idiots.) by demonratthing
Fandoms: The Folk of the Air - Holly Black
15 Aug 2025
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Four times Cardan tried to confess, and the one time he succeeded.
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- Part 1 of Pining idiots (the multiverse)
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This story follows Jude and Taryn Duarte as they navigate through Faerieland during their youth. Over a collection of short tales, some narrated by Jude and others by Taryn, we get to see glimpses of their lives, and how certain experiences in their childhood molded them into the starkly different teens we see in the Folk of the Air series. There are ten chapters, each meant to represent a different year that they spent in Faerie (ages 7-16). I hope you enjoy!
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‘What he notices most is how young Jude looks. She is young, but he can see a difference between her and Taryn. A moment later, he wonders if it was only the fancy of the moment that made him think that. But another part of him wonders if Jude is quite as mortal as she once was.’ Oak in The Prisoner’s Throne (p223).
A fic exploring the question of Jude’s (im)mortality.
Alternatively: the sight of Jude’s first white hair sends Cardan in a spiral of panic.
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- Part 1 of Young and Beautiful
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“It was as though [the court] could not see that the very land around them moved with the pair of them. Could not see that a better life had arrived with their union.”
inspired by the beatles song of the same name, cardan reflects on the relationship he has with jude.
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Placed after "The queen of nothing". Jude has to face who she really is and how that affects her relationship with Cardan. Will he accept the dark sides of his wife? Will she?
A lot of angst and dealing with childhood traumas.
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Cardan Greenbriar has separation anxiety and misses Jude a lot when he's away on a meeting by himself. Lot's of fluff, a tiny bit of angst.
Hints of Cardan and Vivi's sibling relationship
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Alice's Adventures Under Ground by amity_oh1_cramity
Fandoms: The Folk of the Air - Holly Black
13 Jul 2025
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He sat up and rested his back against the headboard, his eyes trained on the partition. He loved seeing Jude fresh from the bath. Her skin slightly flushed from the hot water, her hair wet, droplets spilling down her shoulders. Sometimes he could convince her to come back to bed for a few stolen moments before duty called them both.
or: there's only one book and he reads it to her
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- Part 2 of Only One Book
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Jude Duarte, Grand General, Princess of the Court of Teeth, Stewardess of the armoury, Keeper of Keys and Royal Advisor to the king, is the crown jewel of the North. But when she is sent to the High Court as a bride, she sets off on a mission to understand where her loyalties lie.
TFOTA AU//All characters belong to Holly Black
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Jude is 5 months pregnant and feeling unsure how to feel about the changes in her body. Cardan wants Jude to know he worships her.
(Contains major spoilers for The Prisoner's Throne)