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Essek is very used to hiding, to obfuscating, to enduring silently and gritting his teeth. But in close proximity, both physical and emotional, there is nowhere to hide.
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- Part 3 of Shadowgast Week 2025
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22 Feb 2026
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my scars remind me by TaraLaurel
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series), The Mighty Nein (Cartoon)
08 Feb 2026
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There had been a time when Caleb carried his past like a wound. Now he carried it like truth.
In the frozen quiet of Eiselcross, old scars begin to ache.
Essek has spent his life studying the forces that govern the world. Caleb Widogast teaches him something far rarer: how to live with the weight of what cannot be undone.
Febuwhump 2026 || Day Two || Old Injury
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22 Feb 2026
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You're the moon to my stars and we compliment each other perfectly by LunaSakamoto
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
03 Jun 2023
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Essek wakes up with a high pain day and at first plans to keep it to himself. Caleb easily figures it out and not only that, convinces Essek to let him help.
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22 Feb 2026
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Touching Sentiments (Chronological) by Chanse (SpottedEnchants)
Fandom Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series)
08 Feb 2026
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The Mighty Nein are very comfortable with one another, boundaries established and reconfigured and settled well before Essek finally joins them.
Casual touch is a given with them; proximity was a necessity for safety in their early days. This, however, stands in stark contrast with Essek’s many decades. Walls, barriers, layers, space. Separation kept Essek safe.
It’s not that he hates touch, no. It had simply grown unbearable after so long without. Unexpected or held for too long, it burned.
And then they won him over, slowly, over time, as they are wont to do. Rather, he is one of them now.
(Now in chronological order - posting order found here)
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26 Jan 2026
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Rosohnans call it the rainy season: a time of humid days, heavy showers, and suffocating heat.
Caleb, who feels less and less like a stranger in the city he recently decided to call home, finds it's also a time for revelations.
(or: the porn-with-vibes fic)
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21 Dec 2025