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A confession from Rand reshapes Mat's future plans and choices.
Mat had — against his will — gotten used to Rand appearing in the middle of the night. It was the safest time for them to meet without anyone knowing that they were communicating. Even though Rand and Mat had already talked out the plan and technically didn’t need to meet up anymore, somehow he still ended up in Mat’s bedroom at least once a week. He would talk about their plans against Illian sometimes, but it was just as likely to be him going on about how confusing women were, especially Aviendha and Elayne Trakand.
Not that Mat disagreed in particular. He’d often found himself perplexed by Aviendha and Elayne too, though certainly not for the same reasons as Rand.
Mat frowned, banishing the memory of red-gold hair.
Not for the same reasons at all.
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Falling Back To You by britomart
Fandoms: Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time (TV)
20 Apr 2025
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"A fresh surge of steely determination fortified Nynaeve against the wave of exhaustion looming over her. She was losing Rand. She had lost Egwene. But there would be no more death today—not if she could help it."
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In the aftermath of the Last Battle, Moiraine is tired. She has received an offer — but does she dare accept? The world has changed; the purpose that drove her since she took the shawl has been completed. What is left for her to do?
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Mat thought that his future was set in stone, whether he liked it or not, until a conversation with Elayne lets him realize he still has choices.
"You will join me in my tent tonight," Fortuona said coolly. “To celebrate the Empire’s victory over the Shadow.”
Knotai gave her that lazy grin of his that seemed to mean very little — he gave it out whether he was going to obey or disobey her — and asked, "Will I?"
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Gawyn opened his mouth to reject the offer, but he saw movement out of the corner of his eye. He whipped his head around to look, and panic overtook him as he realized there was an arrow headed straight towards him, too fast and now too close for him to jump out of the way in time—
The arrow bounced off something an inch away from him and fell harmlessly to the ground.
Gawyn stared at it, bewildered. It was as if there was an invisible wall in front of him, which the arrow had struck. How…?
He turned to glare at al’Thor, skin crawling at the realization that saidin was being used right next to him. “Stop doing that,” he said.
Al’Thor was staring at him, with something in his face Gawyn couldn’t quite read. “That wasn’t me,” al’Thor said quietly.
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Rand presses on and takes Ebou Dar, pushing the Seanchan back into the sea and discovering someone unexpected in the city.
The palace was in an uproar.
Mat carefully maneuvered around the rushing servants — both those wearing Tylin's House Mitsobar's colors and the barely-dressed slaves that the Seanchan had brought with them or… or created here.
"Lord Mat, what are you doing in the halls?" one of Tylin’s people fussed at him as she passed by — no broad grin on her face today. "I'm certain your things have been packed already, or the queen can have new clothes made for you. You must find her majesty. She will be most cross if she is forced to leave without you." But she was in no mood to grab him and take him to Tylin, off on her own hurried and panic-driven errands.
Forced to leave?
And Mat felt something that he hadn't felt since he'd woken up here in the palace, every part of his body sharp with pain and a looming dread at the back of his mind when the first sound he heard was Tylin's voice — he felt hope.
It had to be Rand and his Asha'man. Nothing else could cause fear like this.
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Moiraine and Lan, through the years, through many sacrifices, losing each other, and coming back together again.
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Rand tells a story to one of his children.
Written for Asha-mage for WoT Secret Santa 2023.
Cheana nodded solemnly, those green eyes so like Aviendha’s lit up with interest, and so Rand told her a story — not one of Thom’s gleeman tales, but one that Lews Therin’s mother had first told him when he was a child, not too much older than Cheana herself. The memories sat much more easily in his head now and it didn’t hurt or cause any stress to tell his daughter a story of a merchant in Comelle and her misadventures.
The great city of Comelle had many merchants, but Carlaene Dobaniel had something that none of the others had — a thirst for a third name.
“Why?” Cheana asked, in the loud whisper of a toddler.
Why did she want a third name? It was a sign of having done something impressive. Carlaene very much wanted other people to think that she was important. So she thought and thought, so hard, trying to think of something that she could do that would be impressive enough to win her a third name.
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Rand al'Thor's head has swollen to the size of an over-ripe watermelon, and he attempts to set conditions for his impending marriage.
The women are not impressed. Will the wool-headed fool lose them forever? Or will he end up with more than he bargained for?
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Three Words I’ll Never Hear You Say by Toast_And_Jam1757
Fandoms: Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan
02 Nov 2023
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In five years of marriage, Tuon has never said I love to Mat even once.
Or, Mat is traumatized by the last battle and very lonely while Tuon struggles to open up and be vulnerable.
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Fortuona Athaem Devi Paendrag contemplates what it means for the Empress to be judicious, prudent, and wise.
(Mat/Tuon/Rand - Judicious)
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- Part 6 of Scraps, Cuttings, and Snippets
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give me your trust (said the love of your life) by Butterfly
Fandoms: Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan
14 Aug 2023
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Mat Cauthon comes home.
He didn't need to bring a bag- most anything that he'd wanted to bring had been sent over months ago, save for the medallion around his neck. All he needed to bring now was himself.
The Gateway winked out behind him and-
-and that was the end of one part of his life, and the beginning of everything else.
Mat let out a breath, his last breath from the air of Seanchan itself, and went to look for Elayne. She'd told him that there was a surprise waiting for him, once he was finally done with the Seanchan for good, and he was looking forward to finding out what it was.
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“So, what are you doing here?” Egwene said.
“You didn’t think we’d let you get married without us, did you?” Rand said, and there was—there was nothing of the Dragon Reborn in him right now, only the sweet shepherd boy Egwene had once planned to marry. Perrin and Mat also looked like the boys she used to know, relaxed and smiling as they were.
Rand was missing a hand and Mat an eye, Perrin’s eyes were golden and Rand’s arms covered in scaly dragons, and yet, they still looked like her friends from home. They still looked like her brothers.
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A year after the Last Battle, Caemlyn celebrates the Queen's wedding.
Written for Polyship Week 2023, day 5. Prompt: dancing
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- Part 4 of Polyship Week 2023
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Rand made a tearful little noise and drew his knees up into his chest, burying his face in them. “Two soulmates. And neither of them is Egwene,” he said. “What am I going to do?”
Mat was reaching to pat him on the back, and his hand froze when he caught sight of the very edge of a black letter, almost completely hidden by the curls at the nape of his neck; he was in need of a haircut. Mat seized a fistful of hair and pushed it out of the way, making Rand yelp. “What are you doing?”
“Blood and ashes, Rand,” Mat said in amazement. “You have three.”
Written for Polyship Week 2023, day 4. Prompt: soulmates
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- Part 3 of Polyship Week 2023
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“Could you repeat that?” Egwene said, brow furrowed in bewilderment.
“Tell her that Rand would like to give Aviendha some feathers, but he won’t unless Elayne agrees,” Mat said, as if he were talking to a toddler. “Honestly, Egwene, it’s not that hard to remember.”
Rand was blushing like the sun, and even Aviendha seemed a bit flustered. What on earth was going on here? Why did Rand want to give Aviendha feathers, and why would Elayne care?
Written for Polyship Week 2023, day 3. Prompt: bedsharing, long-distance relationship, outsider POV
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- Part 2 of Polyship Week 2023
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On the eve of the Last Battle, Elayne and Aviendha encourage Rand to be honest with Mat.
Written for Polyship Week 2023, day 2. Prompt: second chances
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- Part 1 of Polyship Week 2023
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They weren’t officially betrothed. Yet. But before leaving Caemlyn, Mat and Rand and Elayne had all agreed that they wanted to marry, once they learned Aviendha’s feelings on the subject. Mat, however, already knew what they were; he’d spoken to her before she’d left for Rhuidean.
They weren’t married yet. But once the four of them were together again…
Rand, Mat, Elayne, and Aviendha prepare for the Last Battle, and what comes afterwards.
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- Part 6 of To Build a Home
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Written for matrimcauthon21 for the 2022 Wheel of Time Secret Santa.
After the Last Battle, Mat finds himself at loose ends until he runs across someone who leads him to a new purpose.
Pips greeted him with a soft whicker, and Mat stroked his nose. A good, sturdy gelding. Deep enough chest and strong enough legs to carry Mat through the Last Battle, but not showy. Tied up next to Pips, Jeade'en tried to nose in to get a pet as well. After a moment, Mat relented.
Jeade'en was too tall for his personal tastes, but he- he appreciated that Elayne had let him take the horse out of her stables.
Tai'daishar had gone missing after the Last Battle. Mat hadn't known him well but he'd been a stoic horse and trained for war, so Mat wasn't sure what could have driven him to run off. Hopefully he hadn't ended up facing Trollocs on his own. But at least Mat could take care of Jeade'en. He'd always had- he'd always had a soft spot for horses.
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After Tarmon Gai’don, there are a few things to wrap up before reclaiming a lost nation and rebuilding the Borderlands.
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- Part 4 of Here and Now