Ace Lambert, who’s spent most of his life avoiding any kind of intimate touch for fear of what others would expect it to lead to, thinking that he just hates touch in general. Always has, always will. And then he meets Aiden, and he makes damn sure Aiden knows sex will never be on the table before they start anything, and Aiden just…gets it. He never pushes, never expects more than lambert is happily willing to give. And it’s good. So good, in fact, that over time lambert feels himself start to relax more. Hand holding is always nice, but lambert melts the first time Aiden brings their hands up and kisses the soft skin of his inner wrist slowly, reverently. At night Lambert allows himself to inch closer to Aiden until they’re eventually flush and he throws one leg over Aiden’s lap, clinging to him like his life depends on it. Letting the soft caresses down his back lull him to sleep. Spooning while Aiden peppers little kisses to his sensitive neck. Lambert feels greedy, always seeking out these touches, always wanting more. It felt like he was holding his breath his entire life, and Aiden helped him breathe again.
Lambert realizes that for once, he fully trusts his partner. He knows Aiden will never push, and he knows he’ll always be safe. So, for once, he lets himself touch and be touched in return.
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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
For your WIP asks, I'd be very much interested in whatever ace Lambert pt 2 is? Brb, I'm gonna hunt down part 1 💖
Hello!
Thank you! First one is here <3
I know the notes for a potential #2 came from chatting with a friend who suggested it, but I am awful and forget who I was chatting with 😭 It might have been @glittering-git ?!
It's basically just Lamb being soft and maybe blushy, holding hands and shit with Aiden, relishing in having that and knowing there are no expectations for anything more. And there being comments or things from others, teasing or ribbing about getting a room, dirty songs, and Lambert being rankled by it and Aiden shutting it down, being protective and reassuring.
Written for @tumbleweedtech and for the flash fic challenge. Thanks to @glittering-git and @lohrendrell for bouncing ideas & for their eyes.
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. Vague references of sex, Lambert freaks out a bit, ace feels, it’s pretty soft. 1,751 words
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Lambert lay in his bedroll, staring up at the sky. He’d been laying there for at least an hour, and sleep refused to come. His mind wouldn’t stop whirling, and after tossing and turning and fussing with the clothes he was using as a pillow, he’d given up and settled on his back, listening to Aiden’s soft snores and staring at the sky.
He finally decided to give up the pretence: maybe a change of scenery and some space would help. He carefully peeled back his blanket and rolled up to sitting, pulling on his boots. He walked across the clearing they were camped in towards a large boulder that thrust up out of the ground, like it was reaching for the stars. He climbed up onto it and stared out at the sky. It was a stunning sight. It was a crystal-clear night, the sky covered in millions of bitty twinkling diamonds, and splashed across the deep blue-black of night was an orange and purple glow. It looked ethereal.
It made him feel small and insignificant, but not in the usual way. This wasn’t a negative, misfit, outcast, unloved kind of feeling. It was seeing himself like just a tiny ant, in a hill, in a village, in a kingdom on the continent. Like maybe the things he’d been obsessing and worrying and mildly panicking over weren’t quite the end of all things, like they had perhaps started to feel like. He took in a deep breath and let out a long sigh, feeling tension leak from his shoulders. He let his mind drift, sifting through the last couple of weeks.
Something had changed between him and Aiden. It had started slowly, gently, quietly. They had been sitting in a courtyard outside a village market, eating lunch, laughing over something, and Aiden had reached over and tucked a stray strand of hair that had fallen into Lambert’s eyes behind his ear. Nonchalant, like he did it every day: not breaking eye contact or pausing his laughter. It had taken Lambert’s breath away, though he tried to hide it, acting like it hadn’t affected him. Their hands had seemed to brush against each-other more often, while walking the path, navigating through villages. When Aiden had passed him his lunch, when he had passed Aiden the water skin, the cat’s fingers had seemed to linger just an extra moment, sending sparks skittering up Lambert’s arm.
And then, three days ago. They had been sitting in front of their camp fire, shoulders touching, bellies full with the fowl Aiden had hunted and cooked for their dinner earlier. Lambert had been telling a story of trouble he had caused with Eskel and Geralt at Kaer Morhen the previous winter, and Aiden had been staring at him with fond eyes. It was horribly distracting, and so Lambert had been trying not to look at him while he spoke. When he finished the story, Aiden had continued to stare at him as Lambert looked down at his hands, still smiling at the memory.
“Lamb?”
“Hmm?”
Lambert had turned to look at him then, and Aiden had slowly leaned his head in. Lambert was transfixed, staring at his eyes, then down to his lips, looking soft and inviting in the gentle flickering firelight. Only at the last moment did his brain catch up and start to panic, and he turned his head at the last second, letting Aiden’s lips land on his stubbly cheek rather than his lips. Lambert had cleared his throat, announced the need to piss, and tried not to run out of the campsite in his panic.
He desperately wanted to feel those lips on his own, but he was terrified that that would lead to other things, things he was supposed to want but wasn’t sure he saw the appeal of. Things that surely a man on the path was supposed to be craving. He didn’t want to lead Aiden on, and was terrified of facing rejection at his hands. He didn’t know for sure that he wouldn’t one day want or enjoy those things, but the thought of a kiss inevitably leading to them the same night filled his stomach with dread, weighing him down like a sack of stones. He loved Aiden, had for a while: maybe longer than he realized. He couldn’t bear the thought of disappointing him, or worse, being rejected by him.
When he’d come back out of the trees, they had both acted like nothing had happened. Aiden hadn’t seemed any different than he always was, smiling and friendly and warm. But those extra touches had stopped. No more hair tucking, or fingers brushing. No more touches sending sparks. Lambert found he missed them sorely, like a part of him was suddenly missing. But he didn’t deserve them, hadn’t earned them. If he didn’t want to give Aiden his body fully, he surely hadn’t earned the right to have those.
It was fine. In a few weeks it would be like those things had never happened, and they’d be back to being friends and travelling partners, same as always. He hoped, at least. Travelling with Aiden with this faint ache in his gut was the quietest, mildest torture. Not that he couldn’t live with it. To stay by Aiden’s side, he’d put up with quite a lot, he’d found.
“Lamb?”
Lambert startled at the soft, groggy voice behind him. “Hey, you’re awake?”
“Mmm. Woke up and you were gone. Waited for you to come back from a piss, but seemed like too long, so I came looking.”
“Oh, I’m sorry. I’m fine. You can go back to sleep. I’ll come back soon.”
Aiden ignored his words and walked up to the boulder. “Can’t sleep?”
“Mmm.”
“It’s a beautiful night.”
“Yeah.”
“Something bothering you?” Aiden asked hesitantly. And that wasn’t right. Aiden was cautious, quite often, but the hesitance was new. Lambert quickly decided that he hated it.
“No, everything’s fine,” he said, trying to be reassuring.
Aiden leaned against the boulder beside him and picked idly at a nail. “Look, I’m sorry. I… overstepped, the other night. I won’t do it again,” he ended in a murmur.
“You, no, Aiden, you’re fine. You didn’t do anything wrong.”
Aiden snorted softly. “You practically bolted out of camp”
“I, I didn’t mean to, I’m sorry…”
“It’s ok, Lambert. Look, I… I made a mistake, ok? You’re my best friend, and… I really don’t want to go back to travelling the path alone, so—”
“What?! Why would you do that??”
“I mean, if I made you uncomfortable, if you didn’t want—”
“No!” Lambert practically shouted, then tried to temper his voice. “No, Aiden, I don’t want that either. I sleep better with you beside me. Fight better with you at my back. The path is hard and ugly and fucking lonely as shit. You make it bearable.” Aiden snorted again. “I mean, I didn’t mean it like that! You, you make it so much better. I never thought it could be… like this…”
Aiden looked up at him with wide eyes. Before he could think about it too much, Lambert shot a hand out to grab Aiden’s.
“I don’t want to do this alone. I don’t want to do it without you,” Lambert said.
“Me neither,” Aiden whispered. “I’m sorry I did that. I wasn’t thinking.”
“You don’t have to be sorry. It wasn’t… it wasn’t that I didn’t want to…”
“Oh?” Aiden’s eyebrows shot up.
“I just, I won’t be able to follow through, and that isn’t fair, so… so I figured best to stop, before…"
“Follow through?” Aiden questioned, furrowing his brow.
“I’m...I’m weird, or...broken. I don’t want the things you’re supposed to want, that everyone else seems to want.” Aiden squeezed his hand reassuringly, and Lambert decided to get it all out before he could think better of it and shut down. “I don’t look at people and think about getting into their drawers. I don’t daydream about taking people, men or women, to bed. I don’t even understand what most people feel when they see someone and call them hot. I just… don’t get it. And, I mean, sometimes I, you know, um, to myself, and that feels good, but I don’t know if I want to do that with anyone else, and—”
“Hey, hey, Lamb, it’s ok! It’s ok.” Aiden came to stand in front of Lambert, looking him in the eyes, rubbing reassuring circles into the hand he was still holding with his thumb. “There’s nothing wrong with you, alright? Gezras was like that, didn’t have any interest in anything physical with anyone, even aerséy, I don’t think. And I don’t want anything you don’t want! If all you want is to sleep close at night when it’s cold, that’s ok. If you want to hold hands when we walk, that’s great! If, if you want to kiss me, I’d like that, a lot.” Aiden looked up at Lambert through his lashes. “But I don’t want anything you don’t want to give me. Anything you don’t happily want to give. Doing any of those things doesn’t have to ever lead to anything else, and doing something once doesn’t mean it ever has to happen again, ok? I, I feel safe with you, and I always want you to feel the same.”
Lambert felt like his breath had been stolen away by one of Eskel’s blasts of aard during training.
“I do. I always feel safe with you,” he whispered.
Aiden smiled at that. “Good. I’m glad.” They stayed smiling at each other a moment, in awe and wonder. “Come back to bed?” Aiden whispered. Lambert nodded and slid off the boulder, keeping hold of Aiden’s hand as they walked back to their bedrolls. “Is it ok…would you like to just, cuddle? Nothing more.”
Lambert nodded again. “Yeah, I’d like that,” he rumbled.
Aiden grinned, and Lambert felt his cheeks heat up. They shuffled their bedrolls together, pulled off their boots and crawled under the blankets. Lambert shuffled over and Aiden reached out, wrapping an arm around his waist and pulling him close. Lambert snuggled in, curling around the slighter witcher, tucking his head under Aiden’s chin. Wrapped in Aiden’s strong arms, surrounded by his familiar, comforting scent, Lambert didn’t remember the last time he felt so safe, so at home. Euphoric. It felt too good to be true, but he would hold on as tight as he could.
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