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Of all the sights Verso Dessendre had expected to see when he stepped into an alley two filthy corners away from the Rue Laplace, it was not this: an omega with his back to a medieval wall, sword held in one steady hand, holding two alphas at bay.
Or: It's midsummer in fin de siècle Paris and Verso Dessendre's strange, half-lived life starts to change forever, while Gustave Auclair only hopes his changes for the better--and that the annoying alpha who's suddenly turned up to disrupt everything would just go away.
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A series of mostly Gale-centric ficthings written for the Comfortember Challenge. I am extremely slow so this may end up being a Comfortanuary self-challenge as well.
All replies to the challenge will be posted in this work, so tags may (read: will) change. Not all chapters will be related to or follow from one another, so please read the notes/chapter titles for characters, pairings, and warnings.
In which we have (so far) comforting musical moments, shared happiness around a campfire on a cold night, a day out at an orchard (with sex), Morena and a surprise bb!Gale, Gale and Tav coming home, Tara visiting Gale on the road in Candlekeep, a sick bb!Gale who's needing his tressym, some sad stuff with a hopeful conclusion, Gale and Tav comforting each other, two women (and a tressym) go looking for something that fell from the sky, an old book, Gale waking up from a dream, our favorite wizard trying to get ready for Founder's Day, Gale letting someone take care of him for once, Gale having a guest lecturer come for a few days, tea being had in a haunted library worlds away, and Tav helping Gale end a cycle.
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The warmth woke him up, or brought him to the edge of waking so he hovered right at the brink of it, not quite able to tip over. It was something, he thought hazily, to luxuriate in, nothing to rush, this simple being in-between. On the other side of his eyelids the light was golden and insistent, and the bed was soft underneath him, and the body next to his was also soft but sturdy and a hand was sliding across his belly and—wait.
Or: Emmrich goes on vacation and makes some Questionable Choices. Written for the DA Kiss Week 2025.
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“So I can have my knife,” Shirin held her patience with both hands, “but where will I keep it?”
“In your gown, of course,” Myrna said.
“IT HAS POCKETS,” Vorgoth boomed.
Or: the fancy dress ball we could have had but didn't because the world is an unfair place. Rook and Emmrich dress up all fancy and infiltrate Johanna Hezenkoss' ball to stop her nefarious plans.
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- Part 4 of Wanderfade
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“There are no illusions here,” Emmrich told her. He was halfway down the braid now, fingers weaving soothingly through her hair. “Not between us, my dearest one.”
Shirin let him finish the braid in silence, though words, kept back, thrummed in the tension of her shoulders.
“I’m just tired of it, y’know?” she asked, seeming to speak more to her reflection than to him. Anger crackled under her quiet. “Cleaning up the so-called gods’ mistakes, seeing innocent people pay for those mistakes over and over again.”
Or: Emmrich imagines a future for himself and Rook, and Rook tries to imagine that future too.
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- Part 3 of Wanderfade
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“All right.” Harding straightened her shoulders. “But I think I should also say I wasn’t entirely worried about you. I mean, that was a part of it, definitely, and I’m sorry for that.”
“What was the other part?” Shirin felt the last of her patience slipping through her fingers like reins about to drop. “Harding!”
It was Harding’s turn to look at her as if Shirin were the mad and perplexing one. “Emmrich, of course.”
Or: Rook finally gets tired of everyone making Assumptions.
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- Part 2 of Wanderfade
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There was no ceremony, only Emmrich raising his staff and one hand tracing a sigil in the air. Between the two the air solidified, took shape, and became a sphere of fire and incandescence. The center of it gleamed whitely, shading through yellow and orange and back to blue in the corona so it was as if Emmrich had the sun cupped in his palms, the only true piece of light in this place.
Or: Emmrich has a rough day. Rook decides to comfort him and they end up comforting each other. As is to be expected.
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- Part 1 of Wanderfade
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Zwei südlichere Tage by aesc
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Critical Role (Web Series)
14 Jul 2024
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Gale Dekarios had been well finished with adventuring when he pulled the strange wizard out of the sea.
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A photograph.
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- Part 66 of Nantucket AU
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Stargazing.
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- Part 50 of Nantucket AU
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- Part 21 of Nantucket AU
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Rodney decides.
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- Part 15 of Nantucket AU
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October and sweaters.
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- Part 39 of Nantucket AU
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After.
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- Part 38 of Nantucket AU
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Low-key happiness.
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- Part 31 of Nantucket AU
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A conference.
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- Part 29 of Nantucket AU
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Rodney with glasses and John with dirt under his fingernails.
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- Part 28 of Nantucket AU
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A piano.
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- Part 26 of Nantucket AU
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Rodney's stung.
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- Part 22 of Nantucket AU
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John's knee.
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- Part 20 of Nantucket AU