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Well, say what you would about the bard, but he knew when a thought came to him— when things were really, truly fucked, when they were desperate— he could commit to it, body and soul, in an instant.
“Hey, remember when you used that little lizard to boil some water?” Yennefer grunted in response, and Jaskier watched the shadows of Nilfgaardians growing closer. He let his face fall into her hair. “Hear me out.”
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Stuck between a rock and a hard place (read: Nilfgaard or death) and Yennefer without her chaos, Jaskier struggles for options. Remembering that mages can exchange one thing for another-- burning up a whole person to fuel their magic, for instance-- he comes up with a brilliant plan. Only one of them will make it out, sure, but he'd rather it be her.
For normal reasons. Not love, or anything like that.
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Sway With Ease by ButterBard
Fandoms: The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
11 May 2024
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Her hand floats down to his, plucking his glass from his hands. “Dance with me.”
“You want me to stand up? Yennefer, I’ve got a blanket. I have ale. Speaking of which, give. Back, to me. Mine.”
She drinks it in one gulp. “You had ale.”
His eye twitches despite himself, and she laughs. Grumbling, he pulls himself to his feet, dizzy from the sudden change in position. “Fiiiine.”
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After a long and stressful week of traveling on the run, our favorite found family finally finds an inn to spend the night in. Geralt had immediately collapsed on the bed, Ciri close behind, but now she was snoring, loudly. With both their lover and their not-actually-a-daughter fast asleep, Yennefer and Jaskier have a night to themselves. And what are they gonna do? They're gonna dance.
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Move Like Grey Skies by ButterBard
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
24 Feb 2022
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It hadn’t been smart to leap into the fray like Lambert had. Luckily, he never claimed to be smart.
“Lambert?!”
He opened his eyes, met with the small remnants of the clear blue sky clouded with smoke, shots of magic, and arrows, and he smiled. Atta mage. Wouldn’t be long now.
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Lambert is hit with shrapnel from a blast. The ever-suffering Triss runs over to help. It's, maybe a little worse than she was expecting, and sometimes getting caught up in the moment means owning up to your inconvenient affections.
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- Part 3 of Febuwhump 2022
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So Much More Than Your Nightmares by ButterBard
Fandoms: The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
20 Feb 2022
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Jaskier plopped himself down onto the log to her right. “So, why’re you up?” Yennefer asked, bumping her shoulder against his gently.
“Oh, you know. Definitely not debilitating nightmares,” he replied, craning his neck to look up at the stars, the moon, the peaceful night that had given him no peace. He swiveled his gaze back to Yennefer; she looked so, so tired. He wanted to take her face in his hands, run his fingers through her hair, take away that weight, just— no, stop. Dangerous line of thought. “What about you?”
“Oh, definitely not debilitating nightmares either, no.”
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Jaskier awakens from a nightmare to find Geralt and Ciri asleep, but no sign of Yennefer. When he finds her, sat on a log, they talk about their dreams. Jaskier has some insights. Yennefer sheds some tears. They find every excuse to put their hands on each other.
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- Part 2 of Febuwhump 2022
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“Just one big happy family, eh?” He thinks it sounds like him. He thinks he feels something tickling the back of his neck.
“No,” the witcher responds bluntly. Jaskier nods.
“Right, yeah.”
And then Jaskier falls away from the world, and he’s not really thinking much of anything at all.
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Jaskier gets a concussion during the battle of Voleth Meir. While he's unconscious, Yennefer tries not to let her anxiety run away with her, Geralt accidentally eavesdrops, and the two realize their priorities are one in the same.
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- Part 1 of Febuwhump 2022
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Febuwhump 2022 by ButterBard
Fandom The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
24 Feb 2022
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FebuWhump 2021 by ButterBard
Fandom The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
01 May 2021
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- 27,032
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The Mortal Anniversary by mistyzeo for Vulgarweed
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
19 May 2026
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The Mortal Anniversary; or A ghost made them do it.
For the second year in a row, on the anniversary of her death, I saw my wife waiting for me. Holmes had been returned from his sojourn to Europe for nearly a year, alive and whole though worse for wear; I had sold my practice and moved back into Baker Street; and we had begun an affair. It had been since the start of the year, and now I felt the weight of that decision like a millstone as I tried to ignore my dead wife’s presence. I didn’t regret it. Not for a moment. But I hadn’t expected to look her in the eye five minutes after I’d kissed him goodbye.
“I need to know you’re all right, John,” she said.
“I’m all right,” I said, and it was even true.
“I need to know you’re happy.”
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Bookmarked by ButterBard
22 Jun 2026
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“Can’t afford it,” Geralt grunted.
“It’s not that expensive to rent a bed -” Jaskier started.
It stings to have it pushed in his face that his life isn’t normal, so far beyond normal that someone like Jaskier can’t fathom it.
“It’s expensive to rent a private room,” Geralt couldn’t keep the snarl out of his voice. “Or do you think anyone wants to sleep near a witcher?”
When Geralt meets Jaskier in Posada, he is jaded, bitter and so lonely some days he thinks he might kill him. Jaskier is young, bright, and not afraid of tarnishing his reputation by standing by a witcher.
Years later, Geralt repays the kindness.
Bookmarked by ButterBard
23 Jul 2025
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You Kissed Ridiculous Me. by Ashluv_Phoenix
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes (Downey films), Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV)
16 Jul 2025
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“Would it be mad if I… asked?”
“It would be mad if you didn’t.Series
- Part 45 of Mystrade Love Fluff (One Shots)
Bookmarked by ButterBard
17 Jul 2025
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No secret can last forever.
Bookmarked by ButterBard
06 Jul 2025
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When an away mission turns chaotic, Janeway is critically injured, and the phaser blast that takes her down... comes from Chakotay’s weapon. As she fights to recover, he’s left reeling, unable to shake the guilt of having pulled the trigger.
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Bookmarked by ButterBard
06 Jul 2025