#jeskel

"And what exactly do you think you're doing there, *insert your choice of endearment here*?"

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"And what exactly do you think you're doing there, Songbird?"

Eskel opened the door that Jaskier had his ear pressed up against, making the bard fall into his room.

"Nothing! No, no I was just uh... I was just passing... on my way to um, the kichen, I'm hungry, oh so hungry, I think I'd better-"

Eskel lifted Jaskier up, scruffing his collar.

"Oh dear, sorry to hear that... I was going to ask if you'd like to stay, seeing as though you've been following me about the keep all day like a lost little puppy, but if you're too hungry-" "NO... no, I could stay... maybe just for a little while..."

Jaskier is fae I'm p sure and goes to kaer morhen with Geralt.

Geralt and Eskel ask him to help make gifts for each other, and Jaskier's dying inside bc he loves them and wants them to be happy.

so i have this dreadful habit of 1. never bookmarking anything and 2. always reading on ao3 when I'm not logged in. however. i have very talented friends and i can recommend the following:

these are all witcher fics

Dandelion's Gift by @officerjennie: geralt x dandelion, T, complete, 7.7k, soft husbands being soft

Warrior's Blues by @ahh-fxck: geralt x jaskier, E, WIP, 111k modern military au (mind the tags)

That Unwanted Animal by @softdarlingjaskier: eskel x jaskier, T, WIP, 8k, eskel takes care of jaskier

You're Safe With Me, I Promise by @funkylittlebard: geralt x eskel, E, complete, 10k, injured eskel, trans!geralt, sexy times (mind the tags)

He's Not Important by @geraltrogerericduhautebellegarde: jaskier x valdo with past geralt x jaskier, E, complete, 1.5k, toxic relationships and jaskier is conflicted

Can't by grassylampshade: geralt x jaskier, T, complete, 5k, geralt tells harmless lies to jaskier about witcher biology and it gets out of hand

Dead I Live by @dapandapod: geralt x jaskier, E, WIP, 20k, jaskier dies and is resurrected by a necromancer (mind the tags)

Aflutter by @wolf-and-bard: geralt x jaskier, E, complete, 9.5k, fake dating and jaskier is rich.

A Sight For Soft Eyes by @kuripon: geralt x jaskier, G, complete, 500 words, geralt gets glasses and jaskier helps him clean them

The Apple Of My Eye by @professorjaskier: geralt x jaskier, G, WIP, 72k, modern au where geralt and jaskier are both teachers (mind the tags)

Young Corpses Will Always Haunt Me by @unremarkablegirl: yennefer, T, complete, 1k, yennefer's thoughts and feelings about the beach scene in 1x04 with the dead child

I Shiver In Gold by @kueble: geralt x jaskier, E, complete, 3k, jaskier wears lingerie and he and geralt have fun

Christmas Downhill by @avengeful-bunny: geralt x jaskier, T, complete, 66k, a fake dating, christmas, modern au based off of hallmark movies

All I Ever Wanted by @jaskierswolf: geralt x dandelion, G, complete, 750 words, geralt and dandelion retire to corvo bianco together

Biting Snake Isn't Better Than Knife In Your Back by @damatris: geralt x jaskier, M, complete, 280k, slow burn, geralt and jaskier go through some things but in the end they have each other (mind the tags)

All You Have Is Your Fire by @king-finnigan: geralt x jaskier, E, complete, 65k, a modern prison au turned flower shop au with a slowburn (mind the tags)

Tell Me About The Light Behind My Eyes by @natskier: geralt x jaskier, M, WIP, 40k, after the mountain yennefer asks jaskier to come to kaer morhen as ciri's emotional support bard

They were a pleasure to work with, and you can never have too many bathing Eskels, especially as a parallel to all the highs and lows the Path has to offer.

Whoops, let's call it by the end of July. Got distracted by fluff.

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"First, kneeling on the hard stone floor, and now this?!" Jaskier's strained voice rose and fell with his dramatics, his body unable to follow suit pinned under his partner's sprawling bulk. 

"It was a thick rug and a pillow, Jask."

"Covering hard and winter-cold stone floors."

"...you said your knees and feet were okay earlier. Anything change, sweet thing?"

Jaskier huffed but his dramatics softened, as they always do, under the warmth of Eskel's gentle concern.

"Physically they're fine, thank you, dear heart."

"Only physically?"

"Oh yes. Spiritually they feel quite dejected," Jaskier's voice trails off as he stared into the distance, "practically depressed."

"Could this perhaps be physically —literally— depressed rather than spiritually? As they are being practically pressed down into the mattress," Eskel's voice was fond and his body still bonelessly sprawled.

"Perhaps if someone could remove their considerable bulk off of me and cease using me as a mattress my legs could be freed and we could find out the truth."

"Alas—" Eskel's dry commentary was ruined by a drawn out yawn—"I am spiritually depressed by your eagerness to be rid of me. Too dejected to move. Tragic, truly."

"I'll show you tragedy!" Jaskier's renewed squirming only showcased, perhaps, his tragic failure. 

"Shhh, bedtime for bards."

"It's no such thing!"

"You're tired and in bed."

"Yes, and it is past time for you to either stop lounging on me like a colossal house cat or to roll up my chest a bit higher and put me out of my misery."

"Shhh, misery loves company. Go to sleep, sweet thing." 

Jaskier's mumbled I resent this, sounded an awful lot like—

"—I love you too, Jask."

Chapters: 1/52 Fandom: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Eskel/Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia, Eskel/Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier | Dandelion Characters: Jaskier | Dandelion, Eskel (The Witcher), Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia, Lambert (The Witcher), Vesemir (The Witcher), Keira Metz, Yennefer z Vengerbergu | Yennefer of Vengerberg, Fringilla Vigo Additional Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Book-Canon Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia, Game-Canon Eskel (The Witcher), Netflix-Canon Jaskier | Dandelion, Humor, Non-binary character, Nonbinary Character, Nonbinary Jaskier | Dandelion, Adventure & Romance, Political Alliances, Tags to be added, Characters to be added, Pairings to be added, and please for the love of all that is holy read the a/n before proceeding, Attempted Sexual Assault, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, gender corrective surgery - but make it magic Summary:

Fifty-three years ago the Purge of the Witcher guilds were committed. The idea initially introduced to various monarch by a shadow cabal within the Brotherhood of Mages who feared the renegade sorcerers creating the witchers would one day turn their monstrous creations against them in a play for power. 

After the Purge the witchers seemingly disappeared apart from a few stragglers and the cabal congratulated themselves on the great success, believing that the few monsters who still roamed the Continent could be dealt with by other means should it prove necessary. 

But their glee was to be short lived. 

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