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Caleb immediately clinked his stein against hers. "Prost. As promised, we are having our own hot girl bachelorette." Then he blinked and asked, ponderously, "We are the hot girls, yeah?"
Beauregard and Yasha are getting married, so it's time for one last wild night.
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It slips out, the first time, when Shane is lying in bed, drowsy and kind of fuck-drunk, half-watching Ilya as he rolls off of the bed and heads towards the bathroom.
"Thank you."
There's something new growing between them, and Shane has never felt so warm.
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wound repair by burningafterdark (burningdarkfire)
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series)
11 Jan 2026
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"Astrid," he said, his hand coming up to cover the scar. "What's this? Who hurt you?"
It's different with just the two of them.
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Incident Report: Cab 73, December 19, 6:23PM by quanshi (burningdarkfire)
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series)
29 Dec 2025
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The elevator gave a strange lurch—not enough to throw him off his feet, but enough that he was a little off balance, the bouquet and backpack suddenly more precarious than before—and stopped in its descent, and he instinctively looked at his companion in the cab.
Her lip had already curled. "Thelyss."
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The master's parting words to them were: "You two would do well to think on how we can recover Bren."
Astrid and Eadwulf debrief after a difficult night.
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the nights that never die by quanshi (burningdarkfire)
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series), The Mighty Nein (Cartoon)
22 Dec 2025
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Bren does a little leap and twirl across the threshold, holding his arms up with an imaginary partner. His bathrobe flares out around his hips and leaves absolutely no doubt that he's chosen to wear nothing else underneath—Astrid looks at Wulf, to see if he's seen, only to find him already looking back at her with raised eyebrows and a grin.
After infiltrating the Cobalt Soul, they have some time to themselves.
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"You're not real," Beau says out loud.
The halfling woman says, "No. You're dreaming." She has a wicked grin. "Better to get some sleep, monk."
Beau sleeps. Owelia follows.
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volatile assets by quanshi (burningdarkfire)
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series), The Mighty Nein (Cartoon)
07 Dec 2025
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The thing is, Essek thinks distantly as he unbuckles his pants, is that he has no one to tell him this is a bad idea.
Essek gets to know Astrid and Eadwulf.
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clone theory by burningafterdark (burningdarkfire)
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series)
02 Nov 2025
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"You are mad," Essek muttered, nevertheless happily running his hands up the simulacrum's body. He glanced over at Caleb, as if to reassure himself he was still there—they exchanged brief smiles, Essek's face radiant—and then jerked his head back as the simulacrum started to kiss his neck. "Mad and maddening."
Caleb has been working on a new spell. Essek finds out.
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Astrid perched on a bar stool, glad that her legs were long enough to still touch the ground. She had time for exactly two sips of beer, scanning the crowd, before Eadwulf slipped into the seat beside hers.
They like to make their own fun.
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"You shouldn't really lurk on other people's porches," Beau suggested. "I thought you were some—some thief or wastrel—"
"Wastrel?" This was apparently enough of an offense that Astrid rose again to standing and gave her a withering glare.
Beauregard finds someone unexpected in need of help.
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"Are you hurt?"
Eadwulf was slow to react—perplexed, perhaps, that Essek had asked the question at all. He blinked at him. "It's none of your concern."
Essek has few options and even fewer allies.
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and tomorrow, another day by quanshi (burningdarkfire)
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
06 Jun 2025
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In the farmhouse, the darkness was cool and quiet. Familiar shapes rose to greet Essek as he drifted through: the cramped writing desk by the overflowing shelves, the unoccupied kitchen table. Two mugs waiting by the sink for tomorrow's washing.
Essek finishes his trance and goes looking for an old friend.
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Bren is locked up in Vergesson. Astrid is barely speaking to him. Eadwulf needs answers.
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It was the kind of thing that could only work in the first few weeks of school, when everyone was still wide-eyed and eager and breathing potential.
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teacher's pet by quanshi (burningdarkfire)
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021), League of Legends
20 Jan 2025
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A year and a half teaching and Jayce still hadn't mastered the art of holding his coffee, his briefcase, and the keys to the classroom all at once.
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Caleb did not keep a book of appointments, but he entertained himself nevertheless by imagining Jester penciling in for him—Da'leysen afternoon: vibe check old friends for any signs of evilness. The entry would be completed with an all-too-appropriate drawing of a dick.
Three old friends getting to know each other again.
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pretty young things by burningafterdark (burningdarkfire)
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
30 Dec 2024
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"Bren," she said, and he was suddenly aware of the sour smell of alcohol on her breath, contrasting the sweetness of her tone. "You wouldn't leave me out, would you? Use your hands with each other. You and Wulf. Let me watch. I'll have a prize for whoever finishes first."
She was perfect. The only problem with Astrid, really, was Eadwulf.
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"This is kind of really weird," Beau said.
Now that they were out of the bed, she was feeling that awkwardness settle in deep.
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the grief that wears our faces by burningafterdark (burningdarkfire)
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
25 Nov 2024
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Caleb still doesn't know what to do with this Wulf, so different from the boy of his memories, while sharing his face, his mannerisms, his sense of humour. He is perfectly pleasant, he laughs at all of Caleb's jokes, he offers him countless hot beverages, and underneath the civility, there is nothing.
Caleb pays his old friends a visit before heading north.