Love your ficlets!! Could you do some kid Lambert and papa vesemir plis? I just love that idea of Lambert being turn to a kid again or something and having a heart to heart with vesemir. Thank u so much!
Thank you for your kind words!! It warms my heart to know people actually enjoy this!!! Also, I had no idea that they counted as ficletes so now I am pleasantly surprised!
Anyway, on to business. We got the goods.
So, idk if everyone really knows about Lambert’s backstory before Kaer Morhen, but I’ll just refresh y’all because it’s obviously gonna be the same, only difference is that he goes to a foster home after.
Lambert, as a young child, lived in an abusive home, the abuser being his father. He spent a lot of his childhood wishing him dead. At some point though, when Lambert is around 8 years old, social services ended up doing a full investigation on Lambert’s case and take him from his dad. He gets placed in foster care and gets sent from home to home. Sadly, some homes ended proving a lot like his original home.
Vesemir is a single father to two 15 year old boys at this point, the boys being Geralt and Eskel obviously, both adopted. Lambert’s around 12, or turning 12, when Vesemir takes him in.
At first he doesn’t trust Vesemir because, well, why should he? Vesemir’s an adult and all adults have ever done for him was lie and hurt him. He’s been labeled a trouble child throughout his time in foster care and has been tossed back into the system for that same excuse on multiple occasions. And some of the people that sent him back were people that he actually enjoyed being around. So ofcourse he’s not going to just trust another adult that is holding his hand out to him.
Thankfully, though, Vesemir understands. He gives Lambert time to adjust. He dealt with a similar situation with Geralt, being abandoned by the only person he loved and trusted. So Vesemir takes his time with Lambert. He notes little things like stuff he does and doesn’t like. It’s heartbreaking to notice how the moment he does something ‘bad’ and he thinks Vesemir’s mad about it, he shakes. It’s especially heartbreaking when the ‘bad’ thing he did was something as small as tipping over a glass of water.
Luckily, Lambert quickly warmed up to Eskel and Geralt, choosing to stick at their sides when they go out somewhere new, coming to them for help with things, even seeking out comfort from the older boys.
After a while, Vesemir notices how Lambert is warming up to him. Notices how he’ll stick to his side when he’s somewhere new. Notices how Lambert can get mouthy and gain a bit more of an attitude when talking to his family. Notices how Lambert will let him comfort him when he’s scared or anxious. He’ll notice that Lambert talks a lot more around him and how he’ll just be a lot more open to Vesemir in general. It’s the longest Lambert has stayed in a home while feeling safe and actually wanted.
Physical contact used to be a big no for Lambert at the beginning but now he’s initiating said contact. He laughs a lot more than he did in the beginning as well. Both of these accomplishments showing themselves brightly when he’d run into Vesemir’s room with his brothers to wake him up by jumping on his bed and laughing when he plops down on top of his new dad. Or when he clings to Vesemir’s leg when Vesemir’s cleaning, giggling excitedly when Vesemir walks around in big steps with the youngest pup attached to his leg. 
Lambert is the happiest he’s been in years. That doesn’t stop the memories from showing themselves though. This doesn’t stop the nights where he thinks he’s back in another home, or worse, back with the man that ruined his life. But, thankfully the biggest difference is he’ll wake to find his new family next to him or not be worried about bothering anyone when he’d crawl into bed with them after one of said nightmares. There will be nights were he’ll have a nightmare and Eskel or Geralt will wake him up and take him to the kitchen and they’ll stay up and make comfort foods like grilled cheese sandwiches or cookies and just eat while talking about dumb things. On those nights Vesemir will come back from work to find them in the kitchen and just join them.
If you asked Lambert about it, he’d tell you something like they’re all a pain in the ass. Tell you that Geralt’s a drama magnet and Eskel’s way too soft for his own good. Tell you that Vesemir’s a Karen and that living with rabbits would be better than the group he’s ‘stuck’ with. But deep down, he’d want to tell you how they’re the greatest people he’s ever met and that he couldn’t ask for a better family. A better life.
Hope this was up to your standards!! I was honestly just rambling on and I think these guys deserve the happy little family they’ve got. Little Lambert is one of the softest and warmest things a could write about and I thank you for giving me the opportunity to do this. I love him and I would die for him. <:)