welcome oblivion

CADUCEUS: Veth was right. At the risk of sounding like a salesman, I told the group that we needed someone who could appeal to all demographics. To sell an illusion of unity and repair what had been broken. FJORD: Someone who knew Kingsley’s complicated parts already, or could learn in an obscenely short amount of time. WIDOGAST: After his psychotic break and quasi-kidnapping—it’d have to be an ally positioned against Volstrucker Records and Ludinus Da’leth. JESTER: Someone we could trust. Or at least that some of us could trust, and that the others could squint at really hard. VETH: Safe for our image. Fit the vibe. Buzz-worthy. YASHA: Exciting, hot, but just as messed up as us, in a good way. FJORD: Someone our fans have been begging us to work beside. WIDOGAST: Perhaps even someone we already had the experience of sharing a stage with, to the approval of the masses. VETH: (She laughs.) Really, it was obvious. He had those freaky little pianist hands.

Chapter: 12/30

Rating: E Fandom: Critical Role (Exandria) Ship: Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast, implied Blumenshadow Word Count: 87,936 Tags: Epistolary, Oral History, Inspired by Daisy Jones & The Six, Rockstar AU, Alternate Universe - Modern with Magic, Angst with a Happy Ending, Slow Burn, Political Intrigue, Court Drama, Drug Addiction, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Implied Underage Sexual Abuse, Warning: Trent Ikithon, Mental Illness, Verse Caleb Widogast, Verse Essek Thelyss

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Julien coughs and rubs a bruise on his thigh. “Whatever they told you… Occtis. It was not nothing for me.” A minute shift of fabric. Julien spies from the corner of his eye how Occtis stiffens at that, though he does not turn to face him. “I know,” he replies tightly. “It served a very specific purpose for you.”

— On the road to the Golden Orchard, after the second-worst week of their lives, Occtis and Julien play stupid games.

Chapter: 5/5

Rating: E Fandom: Critical Role (Aramán) Ship: Julien Davinos/Occtis Tachonis Word Count: 25,113 Tags: Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, Forced Proximity, Road Trip, Sharing a Bed, POV Julien Davinos, Character Study, Mutual Pining, Denial of Feelings, Bonding, Question Games, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Substance Abuse, First Time, Sex Experiments, Undernegotiated Kink

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Just as he remembers the marvelous fact that he has a dick appointment pending, there’s a knock at his door. Occtis slides in with his shoulders around his ears. “H-Hey.” “No chit-chat,” Julien says, dragging him to bed. “You want it now? Tell me what you want. On with it.” “Wait, wait, hold on!” Occtis springs away. He looks more ruffled and abashed than any time Julien’s ever seen him, and it only makes him hungrier. “Okay, so. I told you I had a plan.” Julien is already stripping. He grunts.

— On the road to the Golden Orchard, after the second-worst week of their lives, Occtis and Julien play stupid games.

Chapter: 4/5

Rating: E Fandom: Critical Role (Aramán) Ship: Julien Davinos/Occtis Tachonis Word Count: 20,505 Tags: Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, Forced Proximity, Road Trip, Sharing a Bed, POV Julien Davinos, Character Study, Mutual Pining, Denial of Feelings, Bonding, Question Games, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Substance Abuse, First Time, Sex Experiments, Undernegotiated Kink

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He doesn’t know when the instinct to tell the boy not to cry formed. Worse even, it happened without his notice. “I’m really sorry,” Occtis whispers. “It’s not your fault,” Julien says. As if run through, Occtis cries out and keels over.

— On the road to the Golden Orchard, after the second-worst week of their lives, Occtis and Julien play stupid games.

Chapter: 3/5

Rating: E Fandom: Critical Role (Aramán) Ship: Julien Davinos/Occtis Tachonis Word Count: 14,450 Tags: Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, Forced Proximity, Road Trip, Sharing a Bed, POV Julien Davinos, Character Study, Mutual Pining, Denial of Feelings, Bonding, Question Games, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Substance Abuse, First Time, Sex Experiments, Undernegotiated Kink

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WIDOGAST: We were trying as hard as we could to keep the band in one piece. There was a sanctity to our lineup. If something compromised it and forced one member to leave, the dam would break open and the rest of us could step out without having to be the first one to do so. Obviously we all had our own grievances, however small, and the idea of leaving the group had floated by my mind early on. But we had attached ourselves so intrinsically to each other that breaking up seemed as terrifying and painful as death itself.

Chapter: 11/30

Rating: E Fandom: Critical Role (Exandria) Ship: Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast, implied Blumenshadow Word Count: 81,277 Tags: Epistolary, Oral History, Inspired by Daisy Jones & The Six, Rockstar AU, Alternate Universe - Modern with Magic, Angst with a Happy Ending, Slow Burn, Political Intrigue, Court Drama, Drug Addiction, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Implied Underage Sexual Abuse, Warning: Trent Ikithon, Mental Illness, Verse Caleb Widogast, Verse Essek Thelyss

Content warnings for the fic are described in the tags and elaborated in the Author’s Note.