MarsBar2019
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the golden thread around your neck whispered visions of my undoing by MarsBar2019
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
12 Mar 2024
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Caleb Widogast does not belong here.
The world of sharp suits, board meetings, and billion dollar budgets is a far cry from Caleb’s preferred domain: the research lab. Where nobody cares about his faded T-shirts and raggedy jeans. But a year of industry experience will look good on his CV, and the hefty pay bump wouldn’t hurt either. How hard could a secretary gig be?
What he finds behind the glittering edifice of Auriga, Wildemount’s leading name in arcane technology, is CEO Essek Thelyss, who maintains his domain with an acid tongue and an iron fist. It’s difficult not to find him intriguing, this handsome, guarded, brilliant man. It’s even more difficult not to want to please him.
Caleb knows to keep it professional, though. Working late nights together at the office and lingering glances here and there don’t cross the boundaries of propriety.
That is, until they do.
Or: the one where Essek Thelyss loses focus and has a consensual workplace relationship.
Updates weekly on Mondays.
E-rated chapters: Ch. 4, 9, 13, 14, 17, 18, 22-23, 26, 32, 38
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and i have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature by MarsBar2019
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
22 Aug 2022
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Caleb and Essek have been seeing each other for a few months now, but Essek feels like something is missing. He never put much stock in the complicated courting rituals of Dynasty elite, but maybe it's exactly what he needs to feel like he's done this right.
This is sappy and self-indulgent. Just roll with it.
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Caught up in the trial of Trent Ikithon and in the aftermath of a falling out with Essek, Caleb isn't doing well. He's reaching out for help, but not all his reaching out is wise, and he's falling further into a hole he doesn't know how to dig himself out of. Alt title: Questionable coping methods, the Caleb Widogast story.
The tags make it sound way worse than it is but I swear it's a happy ending!
**SPOILERS**
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1 very brief Astrid/Caleb scene
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breathe me in, exhale slow by MarsBar2019 for cassiem9009
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
24 Jun 2022
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Essek's trips to the Empire leave him itching to blow off some steam, and he happens to find a very convenient way to do that in the form of a, shall we say, side hustle. No mess, no fuss, and everyone gets what they want.
Caleb needs to blow off a little steam too, or at least his friends think so. They arrange for a bit of companionship for him for the evening. Neither of them is at all what the other expected.
(Set during the two-week break in Zadash post-Iron Shepards arc.)
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If nobody knows, tell me, what’s the crime? by MarsBar2019
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
24 Apr 2022
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(Now a multi-parter by request!)
Ch. 1: Essek has a lot on his mind, not least a certain Empire wizard. Stewing alone at his desk, trying to ignore the demands of his body, Essek is sure that Caleb's heart is someone else's already. He knows he shouldn't take that as a challenge. He knows that shouldn't make him more aroused. Essek Thelyss has never been particularly inclined to keep his hands off what doesn't belong to him.
Ch. 2: New love, new beginnings, new firsts. Archive warning is for a short scene in this chapter, properly marked so it can be skipped.
Ch. 3-5: For a master of subterfuge, Essek hasn't been so great at hiding that he might have some specific interests in the bedroom. Caleb is more than happy to oblige.
(If you're just joining us, I do think all the chapters except the paired ones (3-5) stand on their own, so feel free to jump in where you're interested! They're part of one story but let's be real, it's not plot-heavy.)
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love, love is gonna lead you by the hand by MarsBar2019
Fandom: Critical Role (Web Series)
31 Dec 2021
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Words of a Sugar-Sweet Waitress by musicaldork
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series), Waitress - Bareilles/Nelson, Waitress (2007)
14 May 2020
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Jester’s just trying to find her happiness.
A loveless marriage, an accidental pregnancy, and a particularly kind-hearted gynaecologist all serve to make it a far more complicated endeavour than she ever could've imagined.But she's ready to show them all just how goddamn happy she can be.
And on her Mama, will she bake her way to it.Bookmarked by MarsBar2019
22 Apr 2020
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They say your school days are the best days of your life. The Blumentrio may have a few thoughts on that.
Caleb’s origin story, as seen through Astrid's eyes.
*COMPLETE*
(Canon compliant with Campaign Two, but not with Caleb's Darkhorse origin comic which came out after the fic was completed.)
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Bookmarked by MarsBar2019
21 Apr 2020
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You Should Never Know How Easy You Are To Need by smokeandjollyranchers
Fandoms: Critical Role
28 Mar 2019
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“We see you.” She laughs, her hand waiting for his. “We watch you stare at us. At him. You’re not a very good at being subtle. So come on, let’s go.”
Fjord knows he shouldn’t. He’s smart enough to know that he’s being thrown to some barely hypothetical wolves with this, and it would be much safer if he stayed here, in the tavern, at the bar. His fingers find Jester’s, hers cool between his as she smiles, and tugs him up the stairs.
Bookmarked by MarsBar2019
11 Feb 2020
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A Magnetic Attraction by Eclaire-de-Lune (RoyalHeather)
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
08 Jan 2020
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Professor Caleb Widogast has enough to worry about when the new semester starts. With a recently-broken heart, a tight budget, and pressure from the administration, he wasn't expecting to become invested in Jester Lavorre, daughter of a famous movie star. But the more time he spends with her, the more he finds himself captivated by her, against his better judgment...
After the death of a close friend, Jester Lavorre feels lonelier than ever. What started out as a crush on her cute physics professor has started to become something more, a hunger for someone who understands her and wants her the way she desires. Can she find that in Caleb, or will this forbidden romance end in disaster for them both?
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- Part 1 of A Magnetic Attraction
Bookmarked by MarsBar2019
05 Dec 2019