In place of August Ninth, Promptapalooza 2/
Geralt has brought Jaskier to Kaer Morhen, and Jaskier couldn't be happier. It's on the second night there that he says it.
Jaskier wakes up and Geralt has left their room. He ignores him the whole day. Jaskier thought that- What with Kaer Morhen- And how close they seemed- Maybe he could- It's pointless...
Jaskier waits in their room for Geralt to come back, but he never comes back that night. Jaskier stayed up all night waiting for him to return, but he never did.
Jaskier sleeps away the day, since he stayed up all night. He wakes up around dinner time and decides to skip it. What if when he goes down for dinner, that's when Geralt decides to come back? He'll be alone again.
But he doesn't come back.
Again.
The door eventually opens and Jaskier looks over with pure elation only to dim when he sees it's Lambert.
"...Uh, Birdie, you haven't left your room."
"Our room."
"Right. Are y'sick?"
"...I'm waiting for Geralt to come back. He hasn't come back ever since I said it."
"Said what?"
"...I- I told him I love him. And he left. He won't come back. I thought we finally were close enough. I thought after all the years he'd be able to hear me out. I knew deep down he'd never love someone like me, but I didn't think he'd just... Abandon me for the whole winter."
Jaskier sighs and turns to look at Lambert, only to see him crying.
"Lambert?" Jaskier asks in confusion.
"Fuck-"
Lambert whispers in horror, before scrambling out of the room.
Lambert finds Geralt and shoves at him like a true brother. "Go find your bard, Asshole!" "What?" "He's in your room sobbing over how you left him cause he's unlovable!" "What!?" "Go fix it! I'll see you next winter."
Geralt's brow furrows. "What do you m-" "I have to leave. I have to see someone. I'll tell you all about it next winter- We- We'll tell you all about it next winter. I have to go."
"Lambert, what-"
"I did the same thing, you idiot! He said he loved me and I panicked and I ran-"
"Jaskier?"
"NO! Aiden! Idiot!"
"Who is Aid-"
"NEXT WINTER!"
And without another word, Lambert barrels out towards the horses.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 4/?
Fandom: Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game), Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Lambert/Keira Metz, Aiden/Lambert (The Witcher), Aiden/Lambert/Keira Metz
Characters: Lambert (The Witcher), Aiden (The Witcher), Keira Metz, Eskel (The Witcher), Triss Merigold, Bertram Tauler | Jad Karadin, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Fix-It, Post-The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Post-Blood and Wine (The Witcher 3 DLC), Love Triangles, Witchers Have Feelings (The Witcher), The Witcher 3 Spoilers, Canon-Typical Violence, Bisexual Lambert (The Witcher), Aiden (The Witcher) Lives, Not Beta Read
Chapter 4 summary:
Aiden’s return forces Lambert to face what he’s spent years burying, while Keira is chasing answers of her own, determined to solve a puzzle that demands more from her than she’s willing to admit. And if there’s one thing Lambert knows, it’s that when sorceresses start making deals in the dark, trouble is never far behind.
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Aiden’s return had turned everything upside down. What they’d shared before—before Karadin had decided to fuck it up—had never been defined. But it didn’t need to be. It had been raw, intense, and vital in a way Lambert couldn’t put into words, even if he wanted to. Which he didn’t.
Witchers weren’t taught to name their feelings, let alone express or manage them. Quite the opposite. Every school—no matter its methods—drilled the same lessons into their recruits: feelings were a weakness. A distraction. Better to bury them. Forget them. Feel nothing. The less you feel, the better a hunter you are, and the better you hunt, the longer you live.
And sometimes, that worked. They said some witchers genuinely felt nothing. But for every one of them, there were dozens who weren’t hollow at all—witchers who felt everything too sharply, too painfully. And because they were never taught how to handle it, became dangerously unstable. Or worse, unable to read their own situation or the intentions of others, which could be deadly for them.
Of course, the experience taught them fast enough when to trust and when not to, but even the oldest veterans, who’d seen it all and been burned more than once, still felt that emptiness. That hunger for something more.
That’s why Lambert had never been able to define his bond with Aiden, but he knew that Aiden’s presence had filled that emotional void in a way nothing else had. It was as if some missing piece had finally clicked into place. And the best part? He didn’t have to explain it. He didn’t need words he didn’t have. Aiden just knew. He’d always known exactly what it was like.
When he lost him, anger became Lambert's refuge. It was the only emotion he knew that didn’t leave him vulnerable, the only one sharp enough to keep the grief at bay. Fury pushed him forward, and gave him purpose, while sorrow? That was a slow poison, draining his strength. He’d thought vengeance might fill the void—killing the bastards who’d taken Aiden, recovering his swords—but it hadn’t. Neither had drowning himself in bottles until the world blurred. The emptiness lingered, gnawing at him with a quiet ferocity he couldn’t shake.
It wasn’t until he met Keira that something shifted.
Lambert never trusted sorceresses. Too many had danced around Geralt, weaving their webs of lies and manipulation, for him to think they were anything but trouble. They were proud, selfish, and maddeningly calculating—the kind of people who lit a short fuse in Lambert every damn time. And yet, Keira Metz had come to him, bluntly stating what she wanted. She was selfish, argumentative, and wildly ambitious, no doubt about that, but at least she didn’t try to pretend otherwise. She amused him, intrigued him even, but what really sold him on the arrangement was how clear she had been from the start: fun and a few samples for her experiments, nothing more.
He could respect that. Hell, he could even appreciate it.
And besides, he owed her. She’d saved his life during the fight with the Wild Hunt, and the debt still sat heavy on his conscience. It wasn’t like he had anything better to do, anyway. His world was unraveling, thread by thread. Vesemir was gone, and with both Geralt and Eskel deciding to leave Kaer Morhen for good, there wasn’t much left of his old life to cling to.
So, when Keira offered him something—anything—Lambert figured, why not? He had nothing left to lose and, if nothing else, the sorceress knew how to keep things interesting.
He hadn’t even noticed when Keira began to fill the void left by Aiden. He liked her company—her fiery spirit, her sharp tongue, even the way she fussed over him. Though he’d sooner swallow his tongue than admit it. For the first time since Aiden’s death, he’d dared to think that maybe, just maybe, life didn’t have to be completely terrible for a witcher.
He wasn’t stupid enough to make plans, though. Life had a way of spitting in the face of optimism. Witcher's luck was notoriously rotten, and he figured his recent good fortune would run out sooner rather than later. He just hadn’t expected it to blow up in his face like this.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aiden/Lambert (The Witcher)
Characters: Aiden (The Witcher), Lambert (The Witcher), Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon, Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia, Eskel (The Witcher)
Additional Tags: Mild Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, mostly - Freeform, Alive Aiden, 5+1 Things, Smile, Not Really Character Death
Series: Part 14 of Witcher Rarepair Summer Bingo
Summary:
5 + 1 of Lambert's smiles.
For the Witcher Rarepair Summer Bingo!
The prompt was tearful smile.
Note that I’ve made a new series just for the post-W3-timeline stuff with Keira and Lambert and... this newly-introduced character, note the tags, !!!!
I named it Trust, and it’s still nested within meet Death Sitting but I figured it was time to organize it that way as well.
Anyway we’re in it now, watch the tags for some dark shit.
She let go of his arm. “Of course,” she said. “You just-- reminded me, of someone.” And she gestured lightly-- she was a mage, it was a spell-- an illusion spell.
A little illusion floated above her hand, sheltered from the view of the street by her body-- an image. It was-- ah, it was Lambert, gesturing as he talked, and then throwing his head back a little in laughter, and Aiden stared at it in naked longing, completely transfixed. Lambert. Oh, by the Gods, he’d-- that had been his life, and he hadn’t even let himself think of it in so long, it had been buried deep down with his name. A little noise came out of his throat, without his volition, circumventing the compulsions. Lambert.
“You do know him,” she said. “He thinks you’re dead.”
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aiden/Lambert (The Witcher)
Characters: Aiden (The Witcher), Lambert (The Witcher)
Additional Tags: Mentions of canon typical violence, Secret Identity, Fix-It of Sorts, Alive Aiden, Mentioned Jad Karadin, Reunions, I'm Bad At Tagging, Established Relationship
Series: Part 6 of Save A Witcher Bingo
Summary:
"This person is known only as ‘the Alchemist’ and neither I, nor any of my associates, have been able to gather any more information on him. I require someone to locate this person and… dispose of the problem.”
In which, Lambert is offered a contract and finds what he thought he'd lost forever.
Written for the Save A Witcher Bingo!
The prompt was secret identity.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aiden/Lambert (The Witcher)
Characters: Aiden (The Witcher), Lambert (The Witcher)
Additional Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Non-Graphic Violence, Temporary Character Death, The Witcher 3 Spoilers, barely there but it's there, Getting Together, First Kiss, Hurt/Comfort, Alive Aiden, Soft Aiden (The Witcher), Aiden Loves Lambert (The Witcher)
Summary:
He knows it’s stupid and he knows they won’t come true, but every time he sees a shooting star he stops and he closes his eyes and he makes a wish.
In which, Lambert makes a wish that comes true, even when he doesn't think it has.
