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the hardest place to be (is right where you are) by rnelody
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series), Critical Role: Campaign 2 - The Mighty Nein (Web Series)
12 May 2026
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After being spotted by the Bright Queen in Vasselheim, Essek desperately needs to be reminded that he's safe.
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12 May 2026
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“We ventured too far, considering our unexpectedly low number.” Essek turns his face against the light, as if to let it cleanse some unwanted quality from his expression. Instead, he looks carved in bone, immortalized in frowning marble. “There were … traps. Perfectly clever ones. Still functioning.”
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Essek tries and fails and tries to save the man he loves.
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30 Apr 2026
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If Essek were to kill Caleb, he would do it with a spell.
None of the intimate agony of feeling the last flutters of his heart with his own skin. He cannot even afford himself the painful honesty of knowing that if he were to do it, it would be impersonal and practiced, something Essek has done to many before and will do to many others. This knowledge is not enough to stop him imagining it.
In the months following the events of Cognouza and the Somnovem, Essek fails to come to terms with the fact that he is a dangerous man.
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27 Apr 2026
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Through a process of some trial and (thankfully minimal) error, Essek learns something new about Caleb's desires, and possibly his own.
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27 Apr 2026
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with its wings pinned by goldenthunderstorms
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series)
19 Jan 2026
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When Essek first pitched this, Caleb was not opposed. The idea of being bound did not arouse him the same way that binding Essek does, but it wasn't abhorrent to him. He was willing to try. He could tell, despite Essek's carefully neutral tone as he asked, that the idea appealed to him very much. Caleb wanted—always wants—to make Essek happy. So, even as Essek assured him that he would not be upset if Caleb refused, Caleb agreed.
Now, Essek sits perched at the end of their bed, grinning wickedly as he unwinds a length of glistening silver silk rope
"Excited?" Caleb teases, raising an eyebrow.
Essek bites his bottom lip, which does nothing to stifle his smile. "Perhaps. Are you?"
"I am intrigued, certainly," Caleb says. "It will be a learning experience one way or another."
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Essek wants to try tying Caleb up for a change. It dredges up unwelcome memories for Caleb in ways neither of them expected.
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27 Apr 2026