Monthly Fic Round Up March 2022

[treefrogie84]

This monthly roundup includes fics written (at least in part) during the 1k1h sprints and/or the Weekend Writing Marathon events.
Fics are ordered first by fandom, then by word count from smallest to largest.

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That Time The Big Bad Acquired Minions by Eriquin
Dragon Quest Builders 2 || Malroth/Female Builder || Explicit || No Major Warnings || 91383 words || Complete
Summary: Part 3 of the "Forgotten, But Not Gone" series. Sil and Malroth arrive in Burrowell, separately, and have to find each other. This goes poorly.
Other Tags: Fantasy/Steampunk AU, Vampires, Hurt/Comfort, Miscommunication

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Have You Heard the One About the Whistler? by WonderfulMax90
My Hero Academia || Class 1-A & Shouji Mezou || General || No Major Warnings || 1583 words || Complete
Summary: Class 1-A is sent on a camping trip to bond and share ghost stories.
Other Tags: Horror Adjacent, Based on a Reddit Post

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Cross My Heart by Chaosdrifting
One Piece || M/F, Multi || Mature || Author chooses not to give major warnings || 18990 words || WIP
Summary: "She’s not sure how she ended up here: on the run, without a place to return to, and with pirates as her only refuge.

She is sure that their captain is probably wondering the same thing.

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He’s not sure how he got pulled into this mess: helping a stranger, a government agent pursuing them, and a daft bear as his conscience.

He is pretty sure one more idiot on the crew isn’t going to make much of a difference."
Other Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Action/Adventure, Friendship, Romance, Slow Burn, Canon-Typical Violence, Original Character(s), Phobias, Survivor Guilt, Emotional Constipation, Drama, Sarcasm, Worldbuilding, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Fandom Blind Friendly

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The Meaning of Home by Tris Lawrence (tryslora)
Original (Welcome to PHU) || M/M/M (Colt/Leo/Pawel) || Teen & Up || No Major Warnings Apply || See Chapters for Word Counts || WIP

Chapter 17 2603 words
Summary: Pawel’s second night in the Papa/Harrison household is interrupted by a thunderstorm. Nine anxious children makes it an interesting night.

Chapter 18 3748 words
Summary: Colt is impulsive. Pawel promptly panics.

Other Tags: Magic, Shapeshifters, Polyamory Negotiations, Single Parent, Foster Kids, Mystery

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Baby Steps by Pherryt
Supernatural || Dean/Cas/Benny/Alfie || Explicit || No Major Warnings Apply || 12426 words || Complete
Summary: Life doesn't always run smooth, but communication can help you weather just about any storm... So Alfie's been learning and so he's going to remind them.
Other Tags: Smut, Feels, hurt!Dean, Communication, Cas tries to take on too much, Hospitals, Off Screen Violence, Fluff, taking care of each other, Car Sex, Proposals, dean's a romantic, Hurt/Comfort, Polyamory, Light Dom/sub, Top!Cas, Top!Benny, bottom!alfie, Rimming, Blow Jobs, top!dean, Anal Sex, Established Relationship, Cop!Dean, Doctor!Cas, Chef!Benny, writer!Alfie


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Chromaggia by Hermit9
Supernatural, Shadowrun || Castiel/Dean Winchester || Mature || No Major Warnings Apply || 24,462 words || Complete
Summary: Castiel has carved out a life for himself in the shadows of the Seattle Sprawl. The street clinic he keeps afloat by the skin of his teeth is a source of comfort for the community that accepted him. He’s married to the man he loves and who loves him back.

But happiness is the most dangerous drug on the street, it numbs your instincts. So when his past comes calling Castiel is defenceless and can only watch as his perfect life shatters in moments.

Now he has to claw it back or break trying.
Other Tags: Street-doc!Castiel, Shaman!Castiel, Alternate Universe - Shadowrun Fusion, Cyberpunk, Dystopia, Bobby Singer lives, Dark secrets, Confrontation, sometimes sacrifice is another name for suicide, Castiel needs to use his words, Castiel whump, misuse of opioids.

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Every Night I Burn by Treefrogie84
Untamed, MDZS || Lan Zhan/Wei Ying, Lan Zhan & Mo Xuanyu || Mature || Graphic Descriptions of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/ Non-Con || 23835 words || Complete
Summary: A year ago, Lan Zhan and Wei Ying were brutally murdered. But the dead come back sometimes.
Other Tags: non-graphic non-con, almost everyone dies/ no one lives, The Crow (1994) fusion, Jin Zixun is his own tag, murder, vengeance vs revenge, broken!LWJ, other tags on the fic

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So Far From Home by Pherryt
Witcher || Lambert/Aiden || Mature || No Major Warnings Apply || 12263 words || Complete
Summary: Aiden's been trapped in this hell for far, far too long. He longs for the days when he was happy at Kaer Morhen with Lambert and his clan. He misses his prickly Wolf terribly, but he has to finally admit to himself that his odds of ever getting home again are pretty fucking slim...
Other Tags: Captivity, Torture, non graphic torture, Angst, Fluff and Angst, reliving memories, Memory Issues, Escape, worried lambert, Rescue, hurt!aiden, Cats, Wolfblood AU, Foul Language, Aiden believes he's hallucinating, Visions, smelling emotions, Aiden and Lambert are so in love, honorary mention of the hot springs, mention of other characters, drugged, Insecure Lambert


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The Homecoming That Almost Wasn't by Pherryt

Witcher || Aiden/Lambert/Coen || Teen & up || No major warnings apply || 3922 || Complete

Summary: It's getting later in the winter than Aiden wants it to be and he's eager to be back at Kaer Morhen with his new family, but especially with Lambert and Coen.

He's not expecting anything like what he finds when he gets there.

Other tags: Season 2 aftermath, Some angst, Hurt/Comfort, Aiden POV, Kaer Morhen, Medallions, medallion tree, Found Family, Hot Springs, tub sharing, references to the sackings, mentions of losing people, nothing on screen, remnants of monster bodies but no descriptions, Disassociation, Worry, Hope, adopted by wolves, Panic, Cuddling

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A Knot for a Knot by Pherryt

Witcher || Geralt/Jaskier, Lambert/Coen/Aiden/Eskel || Explicit || No major warnings apply || 3390 || Complete

Summary: Jaskier agrees to tie with Geralt in an older wedding tradition with some Witcher twists thrown in - but he finds that he's more than okay with those twists.

Other tags: Smut, Knotting, not a/b/o, Witchers have knots, Wedding, Exhibitionism, Voyeurism, Biting, soft, Public Sex, consensual public sex, Humor, Smut and Fluff, No Angst, heightened senses, a lot of smut

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Second Time’s the Charm by Pherryt

Witcher || Eskel/Geralt || Teen & up || No major warnings apply || 2548 || Complete

Summary: It was bad enough that Eskel and Geralt were the only survivors of their cohort, but then Eskel wakes up and Geralt's gone too - and no one will tell him where he is. He can't lose Geralt.

He can't.

Other tags: The Trials, trials of the grasses, young Eskel and Geralt, powerless Vesemir, Budding Relationship, I Shook A Witcher And Intergenerational Trauma Fell Out, mages are the bad guys here, Angry Eskel, hurt Geralt, Hurt/Comfort, Eskel taking care of Geralt, Screaming, non-graphic depiction of Geralt going through trials, the trials low survival rate, Angst, Lots of Angst, off screen mentioned canonical deaths

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To Yearn From Not Quite So Far by Pherryt

Witcher || Eskel/Geralt, Eskel/Geralt/Jaskier || Mature || No major warnings apply || 2506 || Complete

Summary: Jaskier's had feelings for Geralt for quite a long time - why else would he continue to follow the Witcher so faithfully? - but things are only made worse when he finally gets a long coveted invitation to Kaer Morhen and he meets Eskel.

Now he's in love with two oblivious Witchers - who are already in a relationship with each other. How is he going to survive this winter?

Other tags: Established Relationship, Yearning, Kaer Morhen, Kaer Morhen's Fanon Hot Springs, Jaskier arguing morals to himself, polyamory – eventually, Pining, Lots of it, oblivious Witchers, non-descriptive jerking off, Geralt and Eskel think he's sick, Jaskier overhears them, and it's driving him crazy, sleepless Jaskier

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Lost: One Cat by Pherryt

Witcher || Aiden/Lambert || Teen & up || No major warnings apply || 2501 || Complete

Summary: Lambert hadn't even known Aiden was in trouble but he should have. It'd been a while since they'd last seen each other. A lot could happen in that time. So honestly, he wasn't surprised that Aiden was in trouble - he was a Cat, after all - but he hadn't expected this.

Other tags: Missing cats, tiger, Animal Transformation, curse, worried!lambert, Confession, Accidental Confession, true loves kiss, pick your lambert, Lots of Cursing, Fluff, some denial, Curse Breaking, Humor

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Northern Lights and Secret Truths by Pherryt
Witcher || Geralt/Jaskier/Yennefer || Teen & Up || No Major Warnings Apply || 2441 words || Complete
Summary: Jaskier sees the Aurora for the first time and is entranced, waxing poetic as bards are wont to do. Normally, Geralt and Yennefer would simply grin and bear it, but somehow some life changing truths come out in the wake of Jaskier's admiration.

Jaskier's still confused how the one thing led to another, but since it netted good results, he was just going to roll with it.
Other Tags: Established Relationship, Aurora Borealis, Magical tents, insecure!Jaskier, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, creature!Jaskier, the others didn't know, it's something of a revelation, Angst and Fluff, mention of past hurts(the mountain), Implied Smut, Kissing, Jaskier waxing poetic, Banter, everyone is soft, Accidental Secret, Northern Lights


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The Path is a Lonely Road by Pherryt

Witcher || minor Aiden/Lambert, minor Geralt/Jaskier || General || No major warnings apply || 2176 || Complete

Summary: The Path is a lonely road and no one wants to walk it alone, but in this age of dwindling Witchers and anti-Witcher sentiment, there just weren't very many options for alleviating that loneliness.
This is a story of how a few Witchers found themselves a faithful companion after all.

Other tags: lonely Witchers, Loneliness, Minor Angst, Fluff, Companionship, Vesemir POV, Introspection, Denial, Kaer Morhen, Winter at Kaer Morhen, Accidental Dog Acquisition, Minor Aiden/Lambert, Minor Geralt Jaskier, Mentions of the trials, scarf

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It's the Citrus Scale Baby! by Pherryt

Witcher || Lambert/Jaskier/Eskel/Geralt || Explicit || No major warnings apply || 2114 || Complete

Summary: When he'd brought Jaskier home for the winter, Geralt had never expected anything like this. While he and his brothers had regularly indulged each other of their bodies in the past, he had never thought, even as free as Jaskier’s love could be, that they would all end up here together.
And yet...

Other tags: Smut, soft smut, Light dom/sub undertones, insatiable Jaskier, Anal Sex, Blowjobs, Geralt POV, Touching, grounding through touching, Kaer Morhen, nebulous timeline, Long Haired Jaskier, Red-Haired Lambert Lemons, lemonade, Kaer Morhen secrets, Aftercare, Cuddling, PWP

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Appearances Can Be Deceiving by Pherryt

Witcher || No Ships || General || No major warnings apply || 2044 || Complete

Summary: Lambert has met the White Wolf's bard and can't believe it's the same man that's gone around repairing Witcher reputations for the past 20 years.

Other tags: Lambert POV, season 2.8 aftermath, Misconceptions, Healing, Misunderstanding, slow self worth, Burns, Mention of Canonical Death, hints at Yenn/Geralt/Jaskier or any combo of, PTSD, Jaskier has it, Jumping to Conclusions, Angst, Hopeful Ending, Realizations

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Of Flowers and Frotting by Pherryt

Witcher || Jaskier/Vesemir, Implied Jaskier/Wolf Witchers || Explicit || No major warnings apply || 1801 || Complete

Summary: A day out for a picnic becomes a heart to heart and then a lovely little interlude where Jaskier shows Vesemir his appreciation for all that the Wolf Witchers do - for him and the Continent.

Other tags: Frotting, Picnics, Flower Braiding, soft moments tm, brief moment of low self-worth, Jaskier doubts his place at Kaer Morhen, but they truly cherish him, Tiny amount of angst, Fluff, Mild Smut, hair appreciation, A/B/O, Omega!Jaskier, no other designations mentioned