The Spaces In Between Pt 6: Jayâs 400 Follower Celebration Bingo
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Kaer Morhen wasnât anything like Jaskier had expected. The halls were winding and crumbling and the rooms were either kept sparse or filled with centuries of witchersâ weapons and tools and journals. The courtyard within the keep was cobble and grass in equal measure. He could see how magnificent it would have been in its day even as he looked out onto the crumbling keep.Â
He spent most of the day wandering between the outbuildings, his fingers tracing along the weathered stone and boards. He found himself between two sheds, at least one shed, and one wall that used to be part of a shed. The space was narrow and the walkways between them well worn but that wasnât what had brought Jaskier there.Â
He had been strolling aimlessly when he had come across the bricks, etched over and over and over again with tiny scribbles. He squinted in the shade of the roof shingles and realized they werenât scribbles after all, but names. Hundreds of names, etched in careful barely legible hand. It reminded him of when he had first learned to write his own name.
The gut punch of realization left him shaking. They were the names of children. The names of the boys brought to Kaer Morhen that would either become witchers or would die in the process. He let his fingers trace carefully over the letters of one then another. He didnât realize he was looking for one name in particular.
âFurther down towards the bottom,â Geralt said softly. Jaskier jumped, spinning and nearly smacking right into him.Â
âGeralt! I swear, Iâm going to put a bell on you!â he huffed but softened immediately. âVesemir said you wouldnât be back for a few more weeks.âÂ
After the raid and after a few touchy hours in the woods as Geralt kept Jaskier from bleeding out, he had brought the bard home. The continent was quickly falling into war and Jaskier was known to follow a certain White Wolf around that Nilfgarrd wanted to get their hands on.Â
âCame back early,â Geralt shrugged, looking over the wall. A series of emotions flitted over his face before he sighed and kneeled down, looking for one brick in particular.Â
âThere are so many,â Jaskier whispered.Â
âAnd now there are so few of us left. Look here,â he tapped a brick by Jaskierâs knee. âThatâs Eskel there. Lambert wrote on the very corner stone when he got here,â he pointed further down.Â
They were close enough that their knees bumped for a moment. Jaskier adjusted his stance slightly, trying not to curl over on his still fresh scar.Â
âAnd where are you?â He asked, but he wasnât looking at the bricks, he was looking at Geralt.Â
When Geralt looked back, heat burned through him and he rubbed his palms against his pants nervously.Â
There was a slight tilt to Geraltâs lips that meant he was up to something. âIâm right here,â he answered softly. His eyes were soft and then there was an arm around Jaskierâs waist, pulling him into his lap as he sat with his back against the far wall.Â
They were both a bit scrunched up but Jaskier wasnât complaining. He reveled at the feel of warm hands on his thighs keeping him steady as he looked down at Geralt. He looked smug and warm and open and it was all the invitation Jaskier needed.Â
He closed the distance between them before he could second guess himself, before Geralt could turn him down, before he could make a joke of it. He kissed Geralt before someone came by looking for them, though he seriously doubted that anything outside of death could have stopped him.Â
Geraltâs lips slotted against his perfectly, warm and chafed. He hummed happily as one of the hands left his thigh to tangle in his hair and Jaskier thought he could die happily. The only reason he stopped was to catch his breath. Geralt for his part simply leaned his head back against the wall, looking up at him.Â
âTook you long enough, witcher,â Jaskier teased, leaning back in to nip at Geraltâs lips playfully before he was tugged into another deep kiss.Â
There, in the tight little alleyway between the out buildings of Kaer Morhen, Jaskier knew he would never get enough of being aloud to kiss Geralt.














