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to arrive where we started (and know the place for the first time) by rosesarebest
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
01 Apr 2021
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A man stood by the door. He was tall and broad, lips drawn in a thin line below eyes that swirled grey like a storm brewing, fists clenching and opening at his sides. The man took a stiff step forward.
“Just. Stay.”
“Yes, stay with us.” The woman glided to the man’s side, reached out to touch his arm. He flinched.
Odd, Jaskier thought.
“Safe,” the man gritted out.
Home, Jaskier thought.After winter ends, Jaskier and Geralt set out to meet up. But first there is Eskel, and a place that feels like home.
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- Part 2 of I'd walk a thousand miles with you
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I’m an open book (but only you can read me) by rosesarebest
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
11 Feb 2021
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Jaskier opened and closed his mouth. This was fine. He lay down on his back, every muscle held taut. He could not, must not, overstep his boundaries. That was an inviolable rule, never to ask for more than his bed partner was willing to give but oh, this was hard. No, that was the wrong word entirely, this was, this was perfectly, absolutely, definitely doable, he’d just keep a few inches of space between them, all night, even in his sleep, even when he wanted to—
“Relax, sleep.” The words were little more than a rumble.
He could not. This was torture.
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- Part 1 of I'd walk a thousand miles with you
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All good prophecies rhyme (shame destiny's no poet) by rosesarebest
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher (TV)
28 Oct 2020
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“Times are changing, Julian.” Malec frowned, deep lines around his eyes and mouth making his face all at once old and tired. “When the south boils, the north melts. I thank you for your service, and would not detain you any longer than you choose. You’re meant for more.” He leaned forward, dropping his voice. “Remember walls have ears, there are eyes everywhere, and a nightingale who does not sing may yet evade the hunter’s cage.”
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Zola looked at the girl with undisguised longing, and Geralt thought of another woman who wept for a child before leaving him bereft and alone. He was alone no longer.
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The vortex of fate swirls around Geralt and Jaskier; they'll have to fight for their peace and it's a long trek to Kaer Morhen.Series
- Part 4 of The Witcher's Way With Words
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who, God-like, grasps the triple forks, and King-like wears the crown by rosesarebest
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski
15 Jul 2020
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But first, a bath.
He was built from marble, beautifully proportioned, and lacking any false modesty which left her free to gaze upon his muscular body wrapped in pale, scarred skin. She stepped into the bath and didn’t ask about the scars, glancing down at the four marks adorning her own wrists. Scars told the story of a survivor, someone who met a harsh world head on and kept going despite the pain.
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Here I stand, and hope that you will see me by rosesarebest
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher (TV)
25 Jun 2020
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Jaskier let himself melt into Geralt’s strong embrace, but he felt oddly off-balance. On the one hand, he wanted to stay forever in that moment, so reminiscent of the dreams he sometimes indulged in on his bedroll; Geralt wrapping him in safety and warmth beside a crackling fire, and the promise of more. On the other hand, nothing had been resolved. They couldn’t simply return to the way things were before. How could he give up all he had built in Oxenfurt and risk everything going back on the road? How could he let Geralt go again without assurances he didn’t feel able to demand?
When he tried to step away a firm grip on his wrists and three whispered words held him captive. Please. Don't leave.
But he wasn’t really captive when staying was all he wanted. The witcher he knew never asked, never said please, never showed any weakness. He was a man of determined action. Mere politeness was definitely not his style so did that mean—“Jaskier.”
Gods, but the sound of his name in Geralt’s mouth never failed to thrill, especially when rumbled close to his ear, close enough to feel the vibrations in the witcher’s chest.
He was truly fucked.
Or: Jaskier has his apology. What now?
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- Part 3 of The Witcher's Way With Words
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I'd walk a thousand miles with you by rosesarebest
Fandom: The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
01 Apr 2021
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The Witcher's Way With Words by rosesarebest
Fandom: The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski
28 Oct 2020
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Hob Gadling was halfway through his third drunken karaoke rendition of "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" when he learned that he had a husband.
A husband who was apparently trapped in a jar.
In 1389, Hob married a man in his dreams, a lover conjured only by his imagination -- or so he thought. Five hundred years later, a mysterious ransom letter has Hob questioning everything he knew about his dream husband, who coincidentally disappeared from his dreams seventy years ago.
Several miles away, trapped in a glass bowl, said husband is really regretting letting his marriage be only a story in dreams.
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17 Nov 2024
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Hob does not forget his dream husband in waking hours, then saves him
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It's 1916 and Hob Gadling, while serving with the Canadian Infantry, ends up on the wrong end of a rather vicious curse. One that will cause flowers to grow inside his lungs unless he obtains a confession of love from his most beloved.
Too bad the last time he saw that person was in 1889, when his Stranger walked out into the rain. And that had been because Hob had dared to call them friends.
Hob's certain he'll be alright though. He's resilient, smart, and stupidly stubborn. He'll figure out a way out of this mess.
(Even if he has to use a bit of magic to do so).
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Hob takes a very long nap after becoming too invested in Horticulture.
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Hanahaki (Maleficent's Version).
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Come, O Love, Whene'er You May, And You Are Welcome, Welcome by Ralkana for Starlighter_Varda
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022)
11 May 2024
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Hob's mysterious stranger has finally returned, and has declared them friends. Now, they have to learn what that means.
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16,000 words of Hob & Dream getting to know each other.
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Moon Dust Doesn’t Close Portals. by GilliganGoodfellow
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, Gwent: The Witcher Card Game (Video Game)
30 Mar 2021
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Geralt is famous as the White Wolf.
Eskel is famous for his prowess with signs.
Lambert works on bombs, determined to find his own fame. -
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“What I’m saying is— I understand.”
He catches Dream’s hand in his. His touch is careful, soft like a summer breeze. It makes Dream’s breath catch somewhere under his breastbone.
“I know how it is to live against everyone’s expectations. How to live in spite of them.”
Dream stares at their intertwined fingers, feels Hob’s pulse in his fingertips. It’s a beautiful, quiet thing; it’s the first time he’s felt quiet in ages.
(Or: Dream de Endless was suppose to be his family’s most prized jewel, but when he is taken, he loses the last thing the world considered valuable about him. Broken down to his core, he does not expect anyone to want him again. Until Robert Gadling walks into his life.)
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28 Jun 2024
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Alpha Hob becomes a place of safety for abandoned omega Dream.