The Witcher Headcanon - Chords
The time comes when Ciri decides to leave Kaer Morhen and go on a solo adventure. Jaskier notices that everyone gets more and more sullen and short tempered as the day draws closer. Jaskier can tell, by the way Geralt is being such a Dad and practically smothering the poor girl, that he is having a hard time dealing with the thought of his daughter leaving home. Yennefer is doing her best to be supportive of Ciri, and keep Geralt from being a complete mess, but she is struggling too. The other Witchers are almost as much of a mess as Geralt, but they manage to hide it better. Jaskier can still tell though. Lambert is so short tempered with everyone, but is actually being nice to Ciri. It kind of creeps her out. Grandpa Vessemir knows Ciri will be just fine, but just can't seem to convince his "sons" of the fact.
So, while the Witchers spend most their evenings getting blackout drunk and getting into drunken fights to deal with all the sads, Jaskier spends his time composing "Chords" to make everyone even more sad.
He plays it (with Yennefer's help) the day Ciri heads out, and everyone is so quiet. Geralt doesn't even make it half way through the song before he's wrapping Ciri in a tight hug and just holding her the whole time. The song ends and there is a moment of silence, broken by the odd quiet sniffle, and then they all rush over and start hugging their little Witcher Princess, and everyone is crying, and holy crap, Lambert is ugly crying!
Mom Yennefer, Dad Geralt, and Uncle Jaskier see Ciri off with tearful smiles, and then they spend the next few months teasing Lambert.
