#oakfire

bear and ember are literally just two lonesome spotty boys

i really wish pine had more interesting events, he’s so fun to draw !!!

POV: Wander

Word Count: 1,120

Summary: On the way back from finding Kagha’s correspondence with the Shadow Druids in the Putrid Bog, Wander and Karlach have a talk about trust.

Author’s Note: Wander really doesn’t know what to do with their feelings, so these two are going to be pining after each other for a while 😅. Sorry this took me this long to update for such a short chapter, but I’ve got some other stuff with this series in the works!

Chapter 4 is here

First Chapter is here

Full Series is here

Taglist (feel free to ask to be added): @optimisticgrey @quinthebard

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Footsteps approach from behind me, fast and heavy. I look over my shoulder, tensing and reaching for my staff, only to relax when I see who it is. Karlach hops from dry patch to dry patch, humming to herself, seemingly unbothered by the hazardous terrain. I suppose she’s used to much worse. Gale and Astarion, however, are slowly slogging their way through the mud a ways back. Right, I should probably slow down for the city people.

Karlach catches up to me, matching my pace to walk at my side. It’s a routine that’s rapidly becoming familiar; nearly every time I’ve left camp in the last few days, she’s offered to come along, and I can’t say I’ve minded it. Seems like she really is making good on her promise to look out for me. It’s surprisingly comforting, especially in a place as twisted and foul as this.

Oakfire really thinks she's gonna get that Mother of the Year award.

Thanks for the tag @tociminna!

This one is a snippet from the next chapter of Love in Bloom (which can be found at the bottom because I still can’t get links attached to words to work well 😅).

~ ~ Karlach’s POV ~ ~

After what feels like an eternity later, we finally step out into the fresh, woodsy air of the grove, and I take a deep breath. I don’t think I’m ever going to get used to this. The others don’t seem as pleased: Shadowheart and Lae’zel each immediately stalk off to gods-know-where, while Wander lingers for a moment, shoulders slumping, before heading off to a more secluded part of the sacred pool. I briefly reach out a hand (as if I could even touch them) before letting it fall back. Frankly, I’m impressed they managed to keep themself together this long, what with all of the other druids either cursing them out or trying to kill them. The thought of Wander agreeing to take that poison makes my stomach pull oddly tight.

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No pressure tag for @quinthebard if you have anything you’re working on!

Tagged by @optimisticgrey!

Here’s a snippet from part of my big post-game BG3 fics. It’ll probably be a while before I get around to posting any of it because I need to set up a lot of what happens in-game to contextualize it, plus allowing for people to get to know Wander as a character and how they relate to the rest of the party.

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Our bedroom is dark and quiet, illuminated only by the glow of Karlach’s engine and a small lamp by the entrance that someone else must have lit for us. Its light casts flickering shadows across the furniture and over the other tiefling’s body. She stands in the center of the room, shoulders bowed, glancing around warily.

I close the door behind us with a flick of my tail and a soft click. “Are you alright?”

She turns and looks at me, eyes wide and full of emotions that I’m far too tired to read. Dried blood still streaks across half her face, covering the new web of scars that radiates from her temple. “I… yeah. I will be.” She clears her throat, although her voice still comes out cracked. “So, you’ve been staying here?”

I halfheartedly hang my scimitar and sickle on the rack by the door. “Yes.”

“Big room for just you.”

“The others figured we would want to bunk together once we got you back. You can take whichever side of the bed you want,” I say. I pause for a moment. “….you do want to, yes?”

look. at. the. oakbreeze. KITS!!!!!! sorry it looks a bit messy with their names lol

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