this was recced to me by an anon a few weeks ago AND I DIDN’T SEE IT UNTIL JUST NOW AND I’M SO SORRY ANON!!!!! clearly i haven’t stuck to my resolution of keeping this blog up more, but i found it now, and i’m super glad i did
Set in Campaign 2, post episode 26. This is from Caleb’s point of view, as he struggles with Molly’s death, and all the possibilities that were lost when they died (the author uses they/them pronouns for Molly). It brings Caleb close to Fjord, who’s also dealing with the same loss, which I think is just a really fascinating idea- that these two people who are clearly trying to keep themselves together might naturally fall towards each other. I also thought the description of the rest of the Nein’s processes of grief were really stunningly well done considering how short this fic is. They all rang super true, and overall, the writing was really striking.