Modern AU geraskier with ahem,, ABBA
Jaskier is a frequent performer at a local night club and he’s been seeing Geralt, one of the barmen, for a while,
Geralt’s a bit insecure about being openly in a relationship with Jaskier and so they never really talk about what they are, Geralt just thinks that their relationship is fwb rather than almost-boyfriends
Jaskier finds this out when he catches Geralt kissing a girl backstage after work, and his whole world just shatters because he loves Geralt and Geralt clearly doesn’t give a shit and betrays his trust
So they have a big fight and Jaskier severed the relationship between them, Geralt being an awkward bastard who’d like to avoid any emotional confrontation, swaps his shifts so he can avoid the performer.
Months go buy, Jaskier still isn’t really over what happened, still hung up on the idea of what could have been between them. But he makes a promise to himself if Geralt ever works the same night he’s performing again, he’ll become THE pettiest ex and sing the winner takes it all by ABBA (or alternatively, if you really wanna get extra extra petty, he sings the king has lost his crown).
And then— the club is short staffed, Geralt is free to work and he’s still not ready to see Jaskier. He gets to the club and Jaskier is setting up on stage, and he glares over at Geralt,
Geralt remembers. And his heart clenches.
But nothing else really happens, Jaskier’s set is a bit more pent up that usual, he does a few more aggressive songs than his usual hits. Geralt sighs with relief—
Jaskier’s getting ready for his last song, and the first piano notes start ringing out. He grins, mischief in his eyes, and he stares right at Geralt, from his seat on the keyboard,
“My last song is dedicated to a special man in the back of the room,”
Fuck.
Jaskier winks right at him, and all the audience heads turn to look at the white heard barman, who tries to duck out of view.
Triss is laughing at him from somewhere.
Oh and Jaskier sings the song beautifully, the whole club absolutely loving the 80s hit rammed in with the rest of his set. After that he says goodnight, packs his stuff and leaves without a second thought to Geralt waiting for him backstage.
[cue Geralt softly calling ‘Jask’ and longing grasp to the air as something so good walks right past him]
Geralt goes back to the bar, Triss giving him a knowing look and just tells him to get his shit together, because Jaskier misses him and he obviously misses Jaskier. So she kicks him out of the bar to go chase after the performer,
Who’s sat in his car sobbing. And Geralt softly knocks on the window,
“What the fuck do you want?” He says, wiping a tear with his shirt sleeve,
Geralt thinks for a moment, breathing deeply, before he uses the mist in the car window to write “To start over” backwards with his finger.
And Jaskier just thinks it the dumbest shit, but oh his heart flutters nicely as he reads the scrawled writing on his window.
He cracks the window a little, but Geralt doesn’t really give a shit about it as he tentatively opens the car door. Jaskier just watches, hiccuping a little and his breaths spurred.
Then Geralt’s pulling him into his arms and just saying he’s so fucking sorry over and over and over, whilst petting his hair,
It takes them sometime but they build up the communication again, their relationship becoming more solid and they actually become boyfriends this time. [imagine: Geralt and Jaskier doing the big hand holding swing, as Jaskier smiles brightly over at Geralt, who looks sheepishly in love] and then,
they get engaged and married and Triss is standing there all smug at the wedding, holding Geralt’s cat, roach, in her arms, whilst the two of them finally fucking tie the knot,,,
