Robinade

robinade



Recent works

Recent bookmarks

  1. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    A Modern day Merlin AU set at the University of St Andrews, featuring teetotal kickboxers, secret wizards, magnificent bodyguards of various genders, irate fairies, imprisoned dragons, crumbling gothic architecture, arrogant princes, adorable engineering students, stolen gold, magical doorways, attempted assassination, drunken students, shaving foam fights, embarrassing mornings after, The Hammer Dance, duty, responsibility, friendship and true love...

    This story was inspired by the thought of Prince William of Wales (and indeed the current Max von Hapsburg) studying at the University of St Andrews; it is also, as the title suggests, at least a little inspired by the operetta 'The Student Prince'.

    Grateful thanks to Lamardeuse and DarkEmeralds for Beta and cheerleading!

    ::2019 note: This story was written BEFORE the TV show introduced the character of Gwaine. It's not that I can't spell, or that I'm perversely writing him out of character - I incorporated other characters from Arthurian legend (Kay, Gawain etc) into my story, and lacking prophetic abilities, my versions naturally don't mesh with the versions subsequently introduced into the show.::

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    145,222
    Chapters:
    35/35
    Collections:
    11
    Comments:
    3,098
    Kudos:
    24,950
    Bookmarks:
    8,768
    Hits:
    962,489

    12 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    It’s strictly a business trip. Ilya’s her client, not her friend, and they have meetings with Porsche. She’ll probably see him for a few hours here and there, and she’s content to amuse herself for the rest of the time.

    Ilya seems to regard her trip differently.


    Ilya Rozanov: Have you heard of Berghain?
    Yuna: No, what’s that?
    Ilya Rozanov: Berlin cultural institution
    Ilya Rozanov: Bar and art and music
    Ilya Rozanov: Very iconic
    Ilya Rozanov: I think you will like it
    Ilya Rozanov: I go with my friend a bit later
    Ilya Rozanov: Come to dinner with us, then come for drink?

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    14,166
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    244
    Kudos:
    1,562
    Bookmarks:
    189
    Hits:
    8,610

    11 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Ilya clapped his hands decisively, the same way he did when the team was about to hit the ice. "Let me be your wingman. This will be fun."

    He meant it. He wanted to encourage Shane to embrace this, to see if it could help take some of the edge off this tense, tightly wound man sitting across from him.

    Shane bit his lip, and Ilya found his eyes fixating on his plush mouth. Ilya would have to organize a line, complete with a velvet VIP rope the first time he took Shane out on the town to get laid. He was stunning, and he seemed to have yet to realize it.

    ***
    Shane is drafted to the Centaurs two years after Ilya. Ilya takes it upon himself to be rookie Shane's bisexual fairy godmother/wingman, and then immediately regrets it because he catches feelings.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    64,795
    Chapters:
    15/15
    Comments:
    934
    Kudos:
    2,658
    Bookmarks:
    913
    Hits:
    76,901

    10 Jun 2026

    Bookmarker's Tags:
  4. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    “Am not a coward, Hollander,” Rozanov interrupts his rambling, and even his eyebrows manage to look—not displeased but disapproving? Shane is not quite sure what to make of the current expression on his face.

    “Um,” says Shane. “What?”

    Rozanov gestures between the two of them, almost impatient. “I can pretend to date you for a bit to please the monkeys in the circus. Everybody thinks we are dating now, anyway, so we might as well use it. And paparazzi are stupid. Even though Scott Hunter is a prick, he is a prick that does not deserve this kind of negative attention.” He shrugs, almost casual, and looks Shane up and down. “Plus, am into boys as well as girls. Is honestly not a problem for me.”

    or: Shane digs himself quite a big hole, and now everyone believes he is dating none other than Ilya Rozanov. This would be no problem if he and Ilya 1) were indeed dating and 2) could actually stand each other.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    50,168
    Chapters:
    7/9
    Comments:
    300
    Kudos:
    889
    Bookmarks:
    310
    Hits:
    23,384

    10 Jun 2026

    Bookmarker's Tags:
  5. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Shane skated forward with an intensity he was lacking before, and saw Rozanov closing in towards him fast. His jaw was now so locked that Shane thought it might snap. They stopped short at their mark, their skates kicking up ice. Shane stared at Rozanov’s face, then looked into the man’s eyes. Their sticks thwacked down between them. His eyes were full of an emotion Shane couldn’t decipher, but he could feel the vehemence rolling off him. Rozanov was looking into his eyes right back, and…
     
    Everything was still shades of grey. Nothing happened.

     

    or; their world is black and white until they look into their soulmate's eyes, and then they see color. One of them might be hiding something.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    55,804
    Chapters:
    9/9
    Comments:
    122
    Kudos:
    954
    Bookmarks:
    258
    Hits:
    26,120

    10 Jun 2026

    Bookmarker's Tags: