I want an aroace Eskel. I want him to have conflicting emotions about people not wanting to have sex with him. On one hand he's relieved bc sex just really isn't for him. But on the other hand he knows how much his brothers feel hurt and frustrated that they can't find a partner
And then there's romance. 'witchers don't feel love' people say and Eskel feels so guilty about it because for him it's true (when it comes to romantic love). He feels like he's letting his family down by not falling in love because in a way he's proving the bigoted people right
I want an aroace Eskel who wonders if maybe the trials really did make him inhuman and broke him
And I want an aroace Eskel who comes back to Kaer Morhen each winter and feels overwhelmed with how much he loves his brothers
I want an aroace Eskel who is so kind to his horse and his baby goat and every animal he meets because he loves those adorable animals so much
I want an aroace Eskel who talks gently with children after he saves them and who mourns the loss of everyone he can't save because he loves people in a general sense
I want an aroace Eskel who gives the best hugs and who cuddles with his family and who is there for them to lean on whenever they need him
I want an aroace Eskel who learns that he loves so much and that he is loved by others and it doesn't matter whether it's romantically or not and that he can give and receive loving touches other than sex
Hello, I am here once again for more ace prompt. This time with an ace character being accepted and maybe even comforted over the fact that they are sex repulsed? And 🥺 and maybe. Maybe they're also aro, and they're accepted and comforted over that too? Told it's okay to love deeply and only platonically? That romance and sex aren't the end result, or the one, true thing that makes a relationship worthwhile? That friendship isn't a step below romantic relationships??
Hi I'm having feelings. I'm not picky about the character (Eskel, Geralt, Jaskier, your beloved Dandelion) or who maybe accepts and loves them anyway.
I'm running late so it doesn't get a banner but tada!
Halloween themed ace week fill!
Pairing: Geraskier (background) mostly gen Eskel Centric.
Rating T:
CWs: coming out, some slight misunderstandings, Jaskier being himbo cos he's not perfect (and I love him that way)
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“I do not want to be a sexy lumberjack, Jaskier,” Eskel groans, pressing his fingers to his forehead.
The musician turned cat just pouts, the eyeliner on his nose twitching as bright blue eyes widen. “Oh come on,” he whines as he wrings the long black tail between his fingers, wrapping it around his wrist. “It’s halloween and you look like sin in flannel. Just pop a few buttons, smear some fake blood in that gorgeous mat of chest hair, and throw an axe over your shoulder and Bob’s your uncle…” Jaskier flings his arms out wide and beams at Eskel “Sexy lumberjack!”
“I’d rather be a scary lumberjack, got the scars for it.”
“But-”
“No, Jaskier.”
“Geralt!” Jaskier calls, skipping away in his too high-heeled boots back into Geralt’s room. “Your brother is being mean to me.” There’s a pause as Geralt gives his reply, too quiet for Eskel to hear. “Oi! Darling, you’re supposed to be on my side. No! No, no, no, don’t look at me like that. Geralt! Put me down!”
Eskel sighs, buttoning back up his shirt from where Jaskier attempted to create his artistic vision of a sexy lumberjack. He looks up just in time to see Geralt carrying the almost six foot tall black cat back into the room bridal style. Geralt in contrast is dressed in a bright red t-shirt and khaki shorts. It’s subtle but Eskel can’t help but grin.
“Jake from State Farm!”
Geralt smirks, dumping his boyfriend onto the floor. “See.”
“Not as fun as a sexy werewolf,” Jaskier grumbles, “and who the fuck is Jake from State Farm? Is this one of your weird American things?”
“Jask, you’ve been living here for a year now, stop calling it weird.”
“Why is no one dressing up as sexy versions of things with me?”
A chill comes over Eskel and he feels himself tense up. It isn’t as if he meant to hide from Jaskier, but the musician is so open with his sexuality that it just never felt like the right time to tell him. Swallowing, Eskel meets Geralt’s gaze and scratches the back of his neck. His brother knows and has always tried to steer Jaskier’s rampant sexuality out of everyday conversations for Eskel’s convenience, but really he knows it's time to tell him.
“I don’t want to be sexy, Jask,” Eskel admits, his lips pulling into a half smile that he really doesn’t feel. “I don’t like sex, and I don’t want people to think of me like that.”
Jaskier falls uncharacteristically quiet, gaping up at him from the floor. “At all?”
“Jask,” Geralt murmurs in a low voice.
“It’s alright, Geralt. No, not at all. I’ve never found people attractive like that, and honestly it just… creeps me out?”
“Sex creeps you out?”
“Yeah.”
“But you called me pretty the other day? How do you know if-”
“Jaskier, don’t be an idiot,” Geralt growls, pulling his boyfriend to his feet and ruffling his hair. “You don’t want sex with Roach but you can tell she’s pretty.”
Jaskier’s jaw snaps shut and he glares at Geralt. “Fine, well then, when you put it like that… Can I still be a sexy cat?”
The three of them laugh, and they head out to meet Lambert and Aiden for trick and treating. Jaskier is thrilled when they turn up as a sexy nurse and devil, but Eskel’s confession is forgotten until the end of the night when they are all back at Geralt’s house, high off candy and shitty beer. Jaskier is curled up against Geralt’s chest when he calls Eskel’s name.
“Hmm?”
“Sorry… about before,” Jaskier says quietly. “It’s okay. If you don’t like sex, or don’t find people attractive.”
“And if I don’t want a relationship at all?” Eskel’s question surprises him, he hadn’t meant to ask it, but it’s something that has been bothering him more and more recently.
He’s always assumed that he stays single because he doesn’t want to worry about the whole no sex thing, but surely he’ll at least fall in love one day. Nearing his mid-thirties, that still hasn’t happened, and it’s making him wonder whether it ever will. For some reason, saying it aloud makes it real, and a lump comes to his throat.
It was a mistake to ask.
Jaskier couldn’t even understand not wanting sex, there’s no way he is going to understand not wanting love. The man is a musician, a romantic. His songs thrive on love and relationships and heartbreak.
But Jaskier just grins, nuzzling sleepily against his boyfriend. “That’s okay too. If I can fight for being able to love and fuck whoever I want, then that should include not wanting it too. You’re just as valid as I am.”
Tears prickle in Eskel’s eyes, and he wipes his face with his hand, smearing the fake blood and dirt onto the cuff of his shirt. Luckily, no one else sees it, but Jaskier winks lazily and they share a smile in the dim light of the room.
“Thanks,” he grunts, not trusting his voice to say more without cracking, but really it’s all he needed to say.
If you’re coming to this list from a reblog, please click through to the original post as it’s likely been updated with more content!
Please note I haven’t read everything on these lists, so I can’t speak to all they contain, ya dig? Mind the tags etc. <3
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General/Teen:
💚 For You, My Friend, Always - aro Jaskier having feels during the holidays with supportive Geralt - by @stinawrites
💜 A Little Human Contact - ace Geralt, professional cuddler Jaskier
💜 Always - grey ace Geralt - married Geraskier shower together (no smut, not horny) - by @kueble
💜 The Theory of Pleasure - ace Jaskier ep. 6 fix-it - by @innocentbi-stander
💚 Snowed In Gerlion - demi-aro Geralt and his friend Dandelion, falling in love? - by @jaskierswolf
❧ Much more under the cut!
💜 I am Looking Respectfully , Mistletoe & Lights - Yenfri meet-cute and holiday follow-up with very subtle grey ace Renfri - by @stinawrites
💜 A Moment of Madness - grey ace Renfri - somewhat established relationship, Yennefer and Renfri have a chat about sex and boundaries, nothing explicit, it’s soft - by @stinawrites
💜 normality - ace Geralt and supportive Jaskier, they kiss, talk about sex then snuggle - by @loralielo (tumblr won’t link)
💜 Pillow Fort - ace Geralt - Geraskier cuddles in a pillow fort - by @artistsfuneral
💜 Old Witcher Cuddles - ace Keldar - Guxart/Vesemir and Keldar have comfort snuggles in Kaer Morhen - by @rawrkinjd
💜 Oranges and Mischief - ace Keldar - Keldar/Guxart/Vesemir, Keldar adds a new arrival to the library’s collection and his two lovers prove that age doesn’t lessen a penchant for mischief. Kissing, brief reference to smut but nothing explicit; just love and soft - by @rawrkinjd
💚 Non Traditional - aro Dandelion - Dandelion is nervous about the usual relationship questions he’s going to get from over-nosey people at an event and Geralt puts him at ease. Kilts and fluff - by @hailhailsatan
💚 best friends can snog sometimes - aro Jaskier - non-romantic geraskier, supportive Geralt, banter, friends can kiss sometimes, as a treat - by @jaskierswolf
💚 St. Julian’s Day - aro Renfri - Modern AU, Renfri helps Lambert shop for a gift for Aiden - by @jaskierswolf
💚 Two Tries - aro Ciri - Modern AU, Ciri comes out to supportive Jaskier - by @kueble
💚 More than Enough - aro Jaskier - Jaskier is anxious and Geralt is reassuring and supportive - by @jaskierswolf
💜💚 Free - aro/ace Yennefer - character study of sex-positive aro/ace Yen - by @jaskierswolf
💚 Commitment - aro Dandelion - Dandelion and Jaskier are roommates, Dandelion comes out to a supportive Jaskier - by @geraltrogerericduhautebellegarde
💚 Curse - aro Jaskier - Jaskier has been cursed which can only be broken by true love’s kiss in this bullet fic - by @slythnerd
💜 our passion on this lonely sea - ace Keldar - With Ivar asleep at his side, Keldar writes in his journal, looking back on their relationship - by @lambertsmoonshine
💚 Hexer bullet fic - aro Geralt x Jaskier bullet fic based on the Hexer TV series - by @slythnerd
💚 I Am Yours - aro Jaskier - Geralt and Jaskier have a slight misunderstanding and establish being in a QPR - by @jaskierswolf
💜💚 A Bard Without Love - ace/aro Yen, grey aro Jask - Yennefer and Jaskier coming to understand each-other and the beginning of a yenskier friendship - by @jaskierswolf
💚 Arrows - aro Geralt - bullet fic, Geralt doesn’t celebrate Valentine’s Day but Jaskier gives him a present and puns abound - by @slythnerd
💚 I’d wait a lifetime - demiromantic Geralt - bullet fic, Geralt wants to invite Jaskier to Kaer Morhen for the winter - by @slythnerd
💚 Date Night - P1 & P2 - aro Aiden - Aiden and Lambert meet again after a few weeks separation, is this a date...? - by @slythnerd
💚 Eskel Dreams of Love P1 - aro Eskel - After Jaskier comes to Kaer Morhen and tells romantic tales of Courtly Love, Eskel can’t stop thinking about the stories and what it must feel like to be in love - so much so, he starts writing a book - by @slythnerd
💚 Heart of Stone - aro Jaskier - Jaskier finds a heart-shaped rock, feels anxious about being aromantic and Geralt reassures him - by @lokibus
💚 Still friends, always will be - aro Geralt & aro Jaskier - modern AU (with magic?) Geraskier QPR feat Yen/Triss - by @jaskierswolf
💜💚 cuddling - grey aro and ace Geralt & ace Jaskier - Jaskier discovers that Geralt needs a lesson in setting personal boundaries and how to cuddle, softness ensues - by @all-hail-the-witcher
💚 Courting Gift - demi-aro Geralt - Geraskier featuring courting gifts and a side helping of friends to lovers - by @jaskierswolf
💜💚 One Bed Shared (between friends) - aro Aiden, ace Lambert, them just being comfortable and cozy cuddling together - Just One Bed platonic prompt - by @officerjennie
💚 Dumbasses in Quarantine - aro Geralt & aro Jaskier - modern au, roommates, idiots being idiots during the plague, just fluff - by @fontegagrilledcheese
💜 (no such thing as) an uncompromised touch - ace Geralt - Geralt knows that Jaskier wants to get him into bed. Geralt is all too willing to go - as long as it doesn't include sex - by @asweetprologue
💚 Fem Jaskier AU - aro fem Jaskier - Geralt and Jaskier talk about feelings and expectations in this illustration/comic, Jaskier comes out to a loving Geralt as aro - by @spielzeugkaiser
💜 The Salami is a Metaphor - ace Serrit - Serrit has something important to tell Auckes. The words are hard to find, but the salami is there to save the metaphor - by @frenchkey & @jayofolympus
💚 Arrow - aro Milva & aro Regis - Regis talks to Milva about being aromantic - by @jaskierswolf
💚 A fool in love - demi-aro Jaskier - Jaskier sorts out his feelings and how they relate to how he identifies, with supportive Geralt - by @jaskierswolf
💚 It's Warmer With You Here - aro Jaskier - Platonic fluffy nonsense featuring Jaskier and Vesemir - by @funkylittlebard
💚 Gwent & Vodka - aro Eskel - Witcher buddy shenanigans at Kaer Morhen - by @funkylittlebard
💜 At the Stars - ace Lambert - Lambert needs to talk to someone about a new development between him and Aiden, and with no one else around, the night sky will just have to do - by @dsudis
💜 For you, I’d bleed myself dry - grey ace Lambert - Looking at the stars, Lambert finds comfort in the idea that the world is big, and we are small. It gives him the confidence to share something important with Aiden - by @stinawrites
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Mature/Explicit:
💜💚 Wolfie’s Ace Week Masterlist: includes recs for fics from various authors with ace & aro rep - *this list isn’t rated, may contain mature or explicit content*
💚 Better than a Valentine - aro Jaskier - Geralt & Jaskier are roommates and have Lambert and Renfri over for some (platonic) fun on Feb. 14th, mature only due to language - by @stinawrites
💚 Tinsel Bards - Dandelion is aro in this spicy smutty Jaskilion fic - by @jaskierswolf
💜💚 Warrior’s Blues - ace/aro Yennefer & aro Coën - military/bartending AU with romantic Geraskier & queerplatonic Yenralt featuring themes of found family, love, and healing from violence - by @ahh-fxck
💜💚 You Set My Heart Ablaze - Renfri is aro and Tissaia is ace in this amazing Geraskier-centered long fic - by @jaskierswolf
💜💚 Bartending AU - Triss is aro/ace in this amazing, heartbreaking, beautiful series that centers around Geraskier, Yenfri, Yenralt, and Ciri with her found fam in the third fic - by @yoursummerfrost
💜 Nothin Wrong With Me - ace Serrit - Serrit/Auckes, masturbation, casual mention of murder, and many, many feelings. Serrit is afab, intersex, and their gender is "Fuck you,” Auckes is loving & respectful - by @tumbleweedtech
💜 Switching it up - ace Eskel - Eskel and Geralt decide to switch things up with their position in bed, soft smut - by @officerjennie
💜 I've found my home within your arms - ace Eskel - Geskel in the same AU as Switching It Up, smut with a lot of feelings - by @officerjennie
💜 hold me, teach me, touch me - ace Jaskier - Jaskier seeks out a prostitute to see what this sex business is all about and instead learns a great deal about braiding hair and the importance of a hug - by @cassandrasdreamworld
💜 A solitary Planet - ace Geralt - Geralt is ace but thinks Jaskier will leave if they don't sleep with each other: they talk it out - by @sternenstaub28
💜💚 Platonic Pet Play - aro/ace Geralt - Bullet fic where Jaskier discovers, discusses, and explores a purely platonic and non-sexual pet play relationship with Geralt, with Jaskier as the pet - by @officerjennie
💜 In Your Arms - ace Keldar - Keldar/Guxart/Vesemir, Keldar’s partners respect his boundaries and his desperate desire for touch and affection is well attended; however, he cannot escape the biological inclinations of his body and struggles to reconcile it with the love he has for his partners - by @rawrkinjd
💜 How You Want - grey ace Geralt - Geralt comes out to a supportive Jaskier, getting together smut by @kueble
💜 Badger Run - ace Lambert - Aiden/Jaskier/Lambert in a space au, an argument with Jaskier turns into a journey of self-discovery for Lambert - @impsane
💚 Shower Sx - aro Dandelion - Jaskilion smut by @jaskierswolf
💜 You don’t need to answer - grey ace Jaskier - established geraskier, comfort object penetration by @hailhailsatan
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I'm not really updating this anymore, I’m tired y’all. Please feel free to reblog with your own additions, or make your own list and link this one on it <3
Hi, for the ace/aro week. Jaskier learns that touch starved Eskel ist actually Ace (though not sex repulsive) but engages in sex because he thinks it's the only way to get His fill in physical contact. Jaskier then shows him that He can be taken care of and even cherrised without it.
And maybe you can thow in some nonsexual praise kink? Eskel just needs some good selfless Love 💖
Jaskier had been following Geralt around like a lost puppy for just over a decade when his best friend, and yes he was using friend, invited him back to Kaer Morhen for winter. It had been partly due to Jaskier trailing after Geralt all the way to the bottom of the blue mountains and then proclaiming he would get lost on the way back to Oxenfurt. He wouldn’t, and Geralt knew that he wouldn’t. Geralt had rolled his eyes and hidden a smile as he asked Jaskier if he would like to make the trek up the mountains. Jaskier had been over the moon.
Fucking finally!
Geralt’s mood had changed almost as soon as they’d stumbled half frozen through the doors. He no longer allowed Jaskier the casual touches that had become as natural as breathing. Jaskier’s heart ached the first time Geralt shoved his hand away but then he began to watch. The witchers had hugged each other as a warm greeting when they’d arrived but Jaskier was sure he’d not seen so much as a handshake since unless they were sparring in the courtyard.
He was flabbergasted.
Two weeks and not a single hug. He was going insane. They were better when they were drunk. There was a bump of shoulders or awkward pats to arms when they were drunk but it wasn’t enough. Surely it couldn’t be enough. He knew that Geralt enjoyed the physical touches of their friendship so it wasn’t a witcher thing. He was sure of it.
He chose his moment well. White gull had loosened everyone’s tongues and inhibitions when he struck.
“I dare you!” He slurred his words a little more than necessary, really playing the part of drunken bard, and he bopped Geralt on the nose. “I dare you…. to hug me!”
Eskel and Lambert choked on their drinks and Geralt blushed as bright as the sweetest rose.
“I. We. Jask.” Geralt groaned.
Jaskier just pouted up at him. “I need a hug, Geralt please!” He whined pitifully. “Hug your very best friend in the whole wide world!”
“Best friend?” Eskel asked as Geralt nodded and Jaskier jumped into his witcher’s lap.
“In the whole wide world.” Jaskier agreed and he felt all the tension leave his muscles as Geralt embraced him tightly. “Oh sweet Melitele I have missed this.”
“Hmm.” Geralt agreed and buried his face in Jaskier’s neck.
“Wait so you’re not fucking?” Lambert asked.
Jaskier snorted. “No.” He drawled slowly. “Did Geralt tell you we were?”
Geralt hummed to say that he had absolutely said no such thing. Lambert and Eskel looked very bemused. “But all the touches?” Eskel asked.
“Between friends?” Jaskier furrowed his brow. “It’s not sex. It’s just a hug?”
“But you share beds!” Lambert yelled pointing at them as if he’d unearthed some great secret. “Geralt told us last year. He said you were low on coin so you shared!”
Jaskier laughed. “The White Wolf is a cuddler. Did you not know?”
“Jask!” Geralt growled and Jaskier just patted Geralt’s hair.
“But you don’t… fuck?” Lambert frowned.
“Holy mother of…. no!”
“Can… can I have a hug?” Eskel asked quietly. “Without the sex.” He clarified.
Jaskier looked between the three witchers in horror. Did they honestly think that a hug between friends had to lead to something more sexual? Fuck. He needed to fix this.
He kissed the top of Geralt’s hair. “Thank you, darling.” He murmured and extracted himself from Geralt’s arms. “Follow me!” He cooed at Eskel.
The witcher looked a little startled but stood up. “No sex?”
“No sex.” Jaskier agreed and led Eskel through the keep to the large warm living area where the best and most comfortable sofas were found.
He sat down on the largest sofa and patted the empty seat next to him. Eskel shuffled forward before sitting down. “I thought sex was the only way.” The witcher muttered.
“The only way to what?” Jaskier asked as he opened his arms and Eskel tentatively leaned in to his embrace.
“This. Touching.” Eskel sighed. “I never really wanted sex but we were always told it was the only way. No one would ever want to get close to a witcher unless they were paid to fuck us.”
Jaskier didn’t say anything. Rage filled his heart and he wanted to raise an army against every person that had ever hurt his wolves. Instead he bit down on his lip and gently guided Eskel so that he was lying in Jaskier’s lap. “I want that, my darling wolf.” He sighed as he threaded his hands through Eskel’s hair. It wasn’t as long as Geralt’s but it was just as soft.
“Hmm.” Eskel hummed and Jaskier couldn’t help but laugh.
“Careful, you sound like Geralt.” He let one hand rest on top of Eskel’s chest and the witcher reached up to hold his hand.
“We grew up together.” Eskel noted.
“Oh?”
“Yeah. We were just kids. Before the mutagens and the trials. We were just kids.” Eskel let out a heavy sigh. “There were more of us then.”
Jaskier hummed not wanting to interrupt Eskel’s story. His finger’s never staying still in Eskel’s hair, gently massaging his scalp and brushing out any tangles as he combed through the soft sandy blond strands.
“We were the only two to survive and then Geralt went through it all again. I thought I was going to lose him too.” Eskel’s breathing was getting deeper. Jaskier smiled fondly as his golden eyes fluttered shut.
“But you didn’t.”
“Didn’t I?” Eskel sighed. “He’s never been the same since.”
Jaskier paused his gentle movements through Eskel’s hair and frowned before gently trailing his fingers along the witcher’s cheeks and forehead. “He’s still alive.”
“Hmm.”
Jaskier rolled his eyes as he continued tracing patterns along Eskel’s cheeks and then slowly stroked his hand down Eskel’s chest to put his other hand on top of Eskel’s. “See, touch doesn’t have to be anymore than two people enjoying each other’s company. Are you alright, darling?” Jaskier asked quietly.
“Yeah.”
“You’re doing well. I know it’s not easy allowing yourself to be vulnerable like this.” He squeezed Eskel’s hand. The witcher groaned and a blush covered his cheeks. He rolled over onto his side and wrapped his arms around Jaskier’s waist. “Eskel?”
“Hmm.”
Jaskier sighed. “It’s alright, my dear. You’re alright.”
They stayed like that until time stopped really meaning anything to Jaskier. He might have dozed off at some point, he wasn’t sure. He hummed under his breath when he was awake, singing the lullabies his nursemaid had sung to him as a child. At some point Geralt and Lambert slunk into the room. They sat by Jaskier’s feet and after some gentle coaxing snuggled up together, Jaskier kept one hand in Geralt’s hair and one hand around the sleeping witcher in his lap.
It was Jaskier’s first time at Kaer Morhen but the dusty halls of the old keep would never be the same again.
*vibrates in Ace* I have so many prompt ideas but I don’t want to bother you. Can I have Ace/Aro Eskel with supportive family learning from Jaskier that it’s okay to not feel those things? (No, I’m not projecting, wdym)
You’re projecting, I’m projecting, we’re all projecting! Featuring Aro Jask and Demi-romantic Lambert.
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The first time Jaskier came to Kaer Morhen the witchers were confused yet curious. They had heard about Geralt’s on and off bard friend a lot over the years and were, overall, delighted to meet him. Geralt had spoken of him highly with such open affection and fondness that Eskel had assumed the pair of them were in a relationship. Lambert had Aiden, after all, and Geralt had his bard.
Eskel had… well he had his goats. He’d tried relationships in the past. There was a part of him that longed for the company. Whenever someone was kind to him and didn’t immediately run for the hills, there was bubble of hope in his chest, that maybe this person would be the one that made him feel those warm overwhelming emotions that all the best poet’s sung about.
Every time he was disappointed. Even when his partners had said that they loved him, or kissed him in the early morning light. There was nothing. Objectively he could see they were attractive. He could see it in their smiles and in the way their eyes twinkled when they laughed. He could see it in the thick dark curls of their hair, or the way the sunlight bounced off golden waves that fell to their waist.
But he wasn’t attracted to them not in the way he longed for, not in the way they wanted of him. Kisses were alright once in a while but he didn’t like it when it developed past that. He felt so indifferent in comparison to his lover’s passion that he just…
He felt lost.
So when Jaskier had thrown his head back and laughed after Lambert had called him Geralt’s boyfriend, Eskel had just stared at the bard.
“Oh ho ho! No.” Jaskier gasped out between laughs. “I’m not. We’re not… we’re just friends.”
Geralt rolled his eyes and crossed his arms in front of his chest, ruffling Jaskier’s hair. “Don’t sound so horrified by the idea of it, Jaskier.”
“Oh shush.” Jaskier swatted him away. “I love you, you bastard, stop fishing for compliments.”
“You just said?” Lambert ran a hand through his hair and furrowed his brow. “Fuck.”
Jaskier sighed and put both hands on his hips. “He’s my best friend. Do you not love your friends, witcher? Fuck, no wonder Geralt took years to bloody admit it. I love him. I’m not in love with him. I don’t go in for romance.”
Aiden cackled and swung his arm around Lambert’s shoulders, pressing a sloppy kiss to the redhead’s cheek. “Aww, he’s like you, wolf!”
“Shut up, kitten. Just takes me time. Not all of us fall in love in first sight. It’s gross fairytale shit.” Lambert grumbled but his cheeks lit up in a blush. Eskel frowned. He’d never heard Lambert talk about that before. As far as they’d been aware his relationship with Aiden had been romantic from the start. “What?” Lambert snapped.
“Nothing. Just didn’t know you felt like that.” Eskel grumbled as he scuffed his feet on the floor.
“The vast and beautiful spectrum of love!” Jaskier sang happily and leapt at Geralt. Geralt grunted but caught the bard in his arms. “Melitele knows it is a bard’s bread and butter.”
“Even if you don’t feel it at all?” Eskel muttered quietly.
Jaskier pouted and cupped Geralt’s cheek before jumping back onto the floor. He strolled over to Eskel with a tilt of his head. “Do you love your fellow witchers?”
Eskel frowned and nodded. “They’re family.”
“And the goats?” Jaskier smirked.
Eskel laughed. “Course I do. I’m their dad.”
“What about me? I know you don’t know me that well yet but I like to think we’re friends?” Jaskier looked up at him with wide eyes.
Eskel sighed at the bard’s dramatics. “Fine, yes. You’re not bad bard.”
“Not bad?! Geralt! Tell him.” Jaskier poked Eskel in the chest. “I’m a fucking delight, witcher!”
“Hmm.” Eskel rolled his eyes and swatted Jaskier’s hands away.
“The point is!” Jaskier announced with a flourish. “Love, sex, romance, it can be whatever the fuck you want it to be. Even if you realise that it’s not for you. You glorious witcher, you.”
Eskel offered Jaskier a broad smile and clapped him over the back. “Thank you, bard. That. That means a lot.”
Jaskier beamed up at him and patted him on the shoulder. “Anytime, my dear Eskel, anytime.”
