Truly, I Love The Little Oh Moments And The Whispered Stay’s In Fanfic. I Always Eat It Up And I Always

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Shapeshifter Au masterpost

A03

Part 1 

Part 2 

Part 3 

Part 4 

Part 5 

Part 5.5 

Part 6 - Last wish special

Geralt POV 

Part 7 

Part 8 

Part 9 

Part 10 

Part 11 

Part 12

Ciri

Part 13

Part 14

Part 15

I was about to go to bed and was making scenarios in my head to help me fall asleep when my eyes shot open and I said out loud to no one "my bones are shaking" and had to start pacing around my room before I could settle down and have any chance of getting to sleep because the scenario I made was a bit too good

Steve is staring. That in itself is nothing new, he does that sometimes, and Eddie just lets him. He knows that Steve sometimes lets his mind wander off into a quieter existence, especially when they hang out together.

Secretly, Eddie likes it when Steve stares like that. In that quiet way of his, the safe way, projecting comfort and calm. It’s endearing. Eddie will read or grab his guitar and strum a few gentle chords, plucking at the strings in search for a new melody.

And then Steve will always come back and smile at him.

So, really, Steve staring is nothing new.

What’s new is that he’s staring at Eddie, his eyes far from unseeing, his mind not at all zoned out into another dimension where none of the bullshit happened.

He’s not even sure Steve is aware of it, but when Eddie meets his eyes for the fifth time in the past few minutes, he can’t help himself as he starts to squirm.

“What?”

And Steve just smiles. It’s hidden, like most of them, but Eddie can see the exploring wonderment in his eyes make way to affection and fondness. It makes his heart fucking flutter.

“Just thinking.”

“Uh-huh,” Eddie says, putting away his book and facing Steve properly where they’re both sitting on opposite ends of the couch. “And you need my face for that?”

Instead of an answer, Eddie only gets more staring, though Steve’s eyes are wandering now. Slowly. And decidedly non-sexual. Like he’s looking. Watching. Seeing.

The idea of being seen has always made Eddie uncomfortable, because no one ever had. No one ever tried.

And here Steve is. Staring.

Eddie looks away.

“Have you ever…” Steve begins, then stops. Tries again. “Do you ever just meet someone and they… They somehow make your entire life make sense? Like, your life never sucked or anything, and you never even knew there was anything missing, but then they’re they are where they weren’t before, and you just think to yourself. This is it. This is how my life is getting better, this is how everything, everything, will make just a little bit of sense. And you were never quite whole, and maybe you’re not whole now, but being a little bit broken is suddenly okay now because they get it? And they’re there. And just…”

Steve stops and shrugs like Eddie’s heart isn’t beating a mile a minute, like he isn’t saying what Eddie is pretty sure he’s saying right now. Like his voice hasn’t grown more and more tender with each word.

Steve swallows and finally, finally stops staring even though Eddie never wants him to stop.

“And then you realise this is it. This is it. You don’t want change anymore, you don’t want life to move on. You just want them. And suddenly nothing matters because they’re everything. And they’re here. With you.”

Silence falls, and an eternity passes before Steve meets his eyes again.

A small smile tugs at his lips and he adds, “Even though you never liked heavy metal.”

The laugh that bubbles out of Eddie might be more of a sob, but he doesn’t care. Now he’s the one staring, his eyes wet and his heart somewhere between heavy and light, beating as though it were trying to escape him and nestle itself inside Steve’s chest instead. It already has, months ago.

And for once in his life, Eddie doesn’t have words. Not on his mind, not on his tongue, not in the air between them.

There is only Steve. Steve, Steve, Steve. And his adorable little smile as he keeps looking at him, keeps seeing.

Eddie just nods. Slowly, haltingly, he nods. Because yes. Yes, he has met this person. Is looking at him, finding beauty where he should be terrified, finding hope where there should only be trauma, and finding love where there should be too much history.

“Stevie,” he says at last, voice nothing more than a whisper. “I am going to kiss you now.”

A full smile now, a grin, a laugh. “Yes please.”

I love you, Eddie thinks. Even though you never liked heavy metal.

For safe keeping

Witcher ficlets 2022

Look. It turns out I write a lot…… xD  And tumbl have link limits, so it’s probably just ….. easier to start a second one….  For both finding and keeping them! 

Please enjoy this new year of fics and ficlets <3

-Rough hands makes for soft songs  Jaskier is teaching Ciri how to play lute, and Geralt is weak

-A great excuse  Jaskier and Geralt hiding in a bathhouse and shoulderkisses

-Shards  Season 2 MCD, where the witchers have signs to protect them, but Jaskier does not….

-Perfect dissonance It takes some time, but Geralt finally realizes it was Jaskier missing all along (modern au) 

-Her weddingday It’s her weddingday, and she doesn’t understand why the witcher is telling her to go to rest (noonwraith pov)

-In the light of the stars Jaskier just wants to celebrate his birthday for once, with the people he cares about. But it doesn’t seem like anyone notices

-Like onions and Sad Silktraders Just Jaskier making Geralt smell his shirt, and Geralt pretending he doesn’t like it. Like normal people.

-Falling Where Geralt follows Jaskier to Oxenfurt and finally tells him how he feels. Cuddles and tracing of lips.

-Sun and stars Cuddling in a patch of sunlight, where Geralt kisses and explores Jaskier’s back.

-Promise? Promise. “I love you, I love you, I love you.”  Geralt is saying it like he is terrified out of his mind, like he is mourning, like he is alone in the entire world.

-The art of recovering Where Jaskier kisses Eskel for cover, but then it is really hard to stop kissing

-Burn butcher burn An observation about s1 and s2, and how the butcher burned

-That happy ever after The before and after Ciri came into Geralt’s life and helped him heal and remember that not all emotions are bad, a modern au. 

-Tease (Nsfw) Just Geralt’s hips against Jaskier’s inner thighs. That’s it.

-Neither petty nor possesive, but…. Jaskier saves Geralt from a flirty group of women by pretending to be his partner… until it is hard to pretend anymore (modern au)

-Cold fries Modern au where Bartender Geralt falls for lead singer Jaskier

-Under the stars Where Geralt and Dandelion watches each other and the stars

-Belleteyn and Birthdays Because it is both Ciri and Yennefer’s birthday and they celebrate with gifts and cakes

-Witcher mine Where Dandelion struggles to sleep and Geralt helps by being a human…witcher.. wheighted blanket

-Bittersweet Modern au, FWB but it’s bad for their friendship. (Geralt fixes it in the end I promise)

-If I kiss you tomorrow Belleteyn and Geralt is smitten with his bard

-Kelp forest and trinkets Mer!everyone where Geralt attempts to court Jaskier

-Ikea… Just Ikea Lambert and Aiden moves in together, that calls for a shopping trip!

-Turmoil Jaskier’s mind is so incredibly loud, but Geralt is there to comfort him

-Someone to you Jaskier sings something more personal that he intended, and Eskel soothes him

- Handshandshands Jaskier is but a humble mastermind with a plan to touch Geralt’s hand

-It is summer Where Jaskier is living his best summer life, despite the weather fighting him

-Tusks Monster!Geralt gifts Dandelion his tusks as daggers as a gift for affection

- Dance floor kisses Where geraskier … kiss on the dance floor

- War drama or cowboys? Where geraskier slowdances in the kitchen at 2am

- Scent of spring Where Eskel tried to court Jaskier, but he didn’t get it, and they reunite after winter

-To trust and to hold Where Jaskier gets very, very hurt, and Geralt’s only way of saving him is through a bonding bite 

- You always can Where Jaskier gets silly drunk, and good flat mate Eskel gets a little more than he bargained for

-Oh how his heart trembles Where Geralt comes back to winter with Dandelion in Oxenfurt

-The challenge of you Geskel in a competative cooking show falling head over heals for each other

-Back to you Eskel getting beat up by an arch griffin and Jaskier is there to pick him up.

-Lean against me Jaskier staggering away after Blood Origins, and Geralt looking for him

Thank you for reading! <3

Do you have any recs for druid king!merlin fics? Like, fics that Have merlin owning the role and meeting Arthur for diplomacy and all that jazz

1. and you held me tightly ('til the morning) by Imagined (@burglarhobbit)

Merlin ducks forward, grabbing Arthur’s hands. His are cool and soft, and Arthur is surprised by the feel of Merlin’s palm over his own rough knuckles. “Arthur,” he says pointedly. “I know my duty, and I don’t need you to remind me. Are you always like this?”

“Like what?”

“Annoying,” Merlin says, and leans back, appraising him more thoughtfully than his tone suggests. “So concerned with your honour.”

Or: Arthur must marry Lord Emrys for a year to create an alliance between their people. Except it isn't Emrys who comes to marry him, but the young druid Merlin, who soon turns all of Camelot upside down—and Arthur with it.

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this is kind of fits your ask? like merlin is the leader of the druids and he gets into an arranged marriage with arthur for diplomacy reasons

2. At Arm’s Length by sirencalls (@naydran)

“I’m sorry, there must be a mistake.” Uther furrows his brows. “That is my son’s manservant.”

“This is Emrys, the most powerful sorcerer who will ever walk the earth. It is our deepest honor to be able to offer his hand to your son.”

“Merlin?” Arthur asks, looking across the hall. Merlin looks the palest and the smallest Arthur has ever seen him. He looks like a scared animal that knows it’s about to be trapped, and that’s when it clicks for Arthur that no part of this is a joke. None of it. “Merlin, what are they talking about?”

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merlin is lowkey like druid royalty here? and also getting into a very angsty arranged marriage with arthur

3. Maybe This Time by Funkie_Moon

Three days before the time limit, King Arthur learns of an agreement. He must unite with, which he soon found out meant ‘to marry’, the Leader of the Druids, or the Old Religion would reclaim the magic that protects Camelot.

The problem is that the current Leader of the Druids is Emrys, a man he has never met. And this man seemed to be seeing Merlin, his old flame with whom he parted on poor terms but still had affections for.

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ok so no negotiations happening here, but we have oblivious!arthur

Ok but this gives me an idea: what if the other wolves figured out something was up because all of a sudden one winter, Lambert just stops being able to sleep properly. and when they ask about it (both of genuine concern...and because a sleepless Lambert is a dangerous, and annoying one) he gets all evasive or refuses to give a straight answer.(Eventually after a winter or two of this they do some further investigating and find out about Aiden what happens from there is up to you)

"Fucking, move over, it's too hot!" Lambert grumbled and pushed Aiden away to his own bedroll. Even at night it was unbearably hot, the air heavy with humidity. For a long moment their camp was silent, then Aiden shuffled around and turned towards him. "Hey, Lambert," his voice sounded smaller than usual, "I can't sleep without you anymore." Lambert let out a sigh and turned his head. "Yeah.... Me neither." Their hands found each other, fingers intertwined, connected.

Always reblog the philosophical blind dog post

it's really weird having a first dog be blind and then getting a second who can see...like how was I supposed to be prepared for this.

this creature can perceive when I put the treats up on the high shelf. or when I hide stuff behind my back. I can't fool her!! she's always watching me and she shouldn't have this much knowledge!!!

I walk around at night and I shine my flash light directly into her eyes and I'll just be standing there staring at her weird blue orbs for like 5 seconds until I realize it's probably extremely annoying to her, because she has eyes!! I'll turn on the light in the room and she gruffs and grumbles like ?? oh right!! light wakes you up!! the fuck??

For future use :]

Witcher!Jaskiers, anyone?

I’d say something about artistic license and freedom of interpretation, but the reason I got some of these designs to abysmally wrong is actually because I’m Jared, 19. I’m absolutely mortified at my utter idiocy and general sciolism :)

Anyways, the fics are as follows:

All the World I’ve Seen Before Me Passing By by @brothebro - 💚💚💚

Death to the Details by loser bastard idiot man who cannot read (me)

Demand an Encore by @theaceace - with daryshkart’s awesome design bc it’s awesome

Juniper Berries by @wingedquill - i am so sorry but i absolutely did base his design’s colour scheme off of actual juniper berries and now i want to die

How Many Secrets Can You Keep? by @kaermorons - i spent probably far too long trying to decode the descriptions and was halfway done before i realised that it was also probably supposed to be daryshkart’s design and now i feel extra dumb.

You’re all awesome, thank you 💚

Passing this holy text on

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

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