Witcher Fic Recs 19
A Friendly Game of Gwent (coën/gaetan, explicit, complete, 4k) What was supposed to be a friendly game of strip Gwent quickly turns heated when Gaetan wins his second round and earns Coën's shirt on the floor. It's hard not to stare and even harder not to touch.
A Light No More (Warritt-centric, explicit, complete, 2k) Sometimes contracts go wrong, especially if you're a young, cocky witcher. There's always a cost, but for Warritt, the price was higher than expected.
An Open Door - The Other Side (eskel/lambert, explicit, complete, 5k) After preparing an herbal tea designed to nearly paralyze the user, Geralt asks Eskel to test it. It works swimmingly, so Geralt takes it to Jaskier's open door. Lambert stays with Eskel and works him through the night.
as the world comes to an end (coën-centric, teen, complete, 2k) There’s a wet, squelching sound behind him, and Coën ducks on instinct, rolls, scrambles back to his feet and dashes off at a right angle. He can hear wood splinter, close enough that the shavings rain down on his head, and he lengthens his stride to put more distance between himself and the low, guttural moan that he can almost feel at the back of his neck. Fuck. That was too close.
Beekeeper AUs - series (yennefer/jaskier, geralt/jaskier, aiden/lambert, eskel/letho, teen, 14k) several fics about different ships - and with bees!
Delayed (eskel, lambert, explicit, complete, 9k) When a liberating change of scenery at Eskel's fingertips is ripped away, Lambert steps in with comfort and a few ideas for how to make the winter palatable.
Free Bird (geralt/yennefer, teen, complete, 2k) Lambert's first visit to Geralt in Toussaint was heralded by angry screeching.
How Far We've Come (jaskier/lambert, mature, wip, 7k) Jaskier takes a summer job working on a farm to escape the disapproval of his father. He's struggling to fit in with the other young people looking to party and has resigned himself to a long, boring few months stacking rhubarb. He expects to go crawling home with his tail between his legs come autumn, but a chance meeting with another migrant worker changes all that.
If Tomorrow Comes (eskel & lambert, gen, complete, 3k) The Trial of the Grasses looms, and the knowledge of what's likely to come plagues both Geralt and Eskel's minds. They try to find some small comforts in each other, trying to decide on things to do should they both survive. If they both survive.
Of rookie mistakes and broken ribs (eskel/lambert, teen, complete, 4k) “Come on, we’re almost there. See? That’s the entrance. Just -- hold on, all right?” Lambert nods with a small huff. Bad idea: huffing sends a jolt of searing pain through his already hurting chest, knocking his breath off and making him see stars for a while. “‘M not dying, Eskel”, he objects, though gasping for air. Eskel shoots him a disapproving glance and shakes his head, probably amazed about how reckless he is, although being long past the appropriate age for such bullshit like activating a goddamn explosive trap while trying to scratch some silver from a rock. Now Lambert would like to chuckle again, but he’s afraid his knees will buckle for the pain if he just tried. “Shut up, please, before I finish the job instead of taking care of your sorry ass.”
Silver Moon Sparkling (arnaghad/erland, gen, complete, 2k) soft Arnaghad/Erland
Soft the Stars (aiden/lambert, explicit, complete, 2k) Lambert visits a certain cave outside Posada on two separate Saovine nights, each quite different from the other. He finds a bit of comfort in both.
The Comfort of a Bear (eskel/geralt, explicit, complete, 9k) Last week, I met a Bear... Witcher, Geralt wrote, adding the last word after a moment's pause. It wasn't an inaccurate description, but neither was the first. Eskel was a Bear in every sense of the word, but oh, he was so much more.
The Eighth Knightly Virtue (coën/lambert, explicit, complete, 6k) Lambert hadn’t known a lot of people like Coën. The Continent was a torid place full of people with dual purpose and multiple faces, and Lambert had grown up learning to navigate it well enough to protect his own interests; the trick was to always expect the double cross. No one could be trusted to mean what they said and there was always an ulterior motive. Even the most kindly face would screw you over at the first available opportunity, which is why Lambert had spent his first few years of knowing Coën waiting for the other boot to drop. Or: Lambert falls in love with Coën very fucking slowly, and then shakily confesses after getting railed (and then we see Coën's point of view too).
The Give Away (iorveth/roche, explicit, wip, 35k) Fifteen years after their conflict in Flotsam, Iorveth and Vernon Roche have crossed paths once more. It's not a happy union. Roche has a few new truths that Iorveth would've preferred he'd kept buried, and Iorveth has a ring on his finger that Roche would rather not think too hard about. Yet more worrisome still, they really need to find a way home. (And they've gotta do it before October 20th, but that's none of Roche's business.)
The Viscount de Fucking Lettenhove (geralt & jaskier, explicit, wip, 22k, non-con: please read all the tags!) Something (or someone) has killed the Viscount de Lettenhove and is picking off his heirs. Convinced to intervene by a cryptic message, Jaskier takes Geralt back to his childhood home. Now they have to untangle an ancient prophesy, forbidden magic, secrets and sibling rivalries to solve the murders before it's Jaskier's turn on the chopping block.
When Bear Stepped Clear of Bear (geralt/jaskier, explicit, complete, 26k) The nameless things Geralt wants and needs don’t have much of a place in his life until Jaskier shows up.
Wir 💛 Lebensmittel (geralt/jaskier, gen, complete, 1k, this fic is in German and I love it very much!) Geralt will eigentlich nur seine Pfandflaschen zurückbringen. Wer hätte denn ahnen können, dass ausgerechnet der Edekamitarbeiter, der sich um den kaputten Pfandflaschenautomaten kümmert, so verdammt attraktiv ist?
You Make Me Shiver, I Feel So Tender (aiden/lambert, teen, complete, 5k) Every day Aiden spent with Lambert, he was handed a single page drawing of foliage.
