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Wukong and Macaque had a turbulent relationship shrouded by a past of anger and distrust. For all the right reasons, Macaque cannot stand him, and he likes to make sure everyone knows that whenever he's given the opportunity. Yet somehow, against all odds, he finds himself by his side once more. Macaque can hardly believe it either, but one of Wukong's many talents has always been managing to shove himself into his life, so he can't really say he's surprised to still gravitate toward him even after everything they've been through.
Or, a very, very painful reconciliation in parts.
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Have I Found You, Flightless Bird? by skulltrot
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series)
27 Jan 2026
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Kingsley Tealeaf is not Mollymauk Tealeaf, yet every day he finds there's more Molly in him than he knew still remained. Emptiness lingers, but it does not damn him. It's a lovely thing, self-discovery.
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you're walking home to me by skulltrot
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series), The Mighty Nein (Cartoon)
22 Jan 2026
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For something so complicated, it is as simple as things come. Caleb's home is shared with hope and longing, but he understands Essek's fleeting presence better than anyone else. Essek can't stop himself from coming back to Caleb every chance he gets. Building a home, they find, happens in steps. Slowly. Carefully.
Especially when one of them is a war criminal on the run from two nations who may very well want him dead.
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“Are you in love, my friend?”
In the depths of his mind, he tried to reach the ghost of laughter on a beach, but the tide continued to sweep it away with hysterical laughter and the violent collision of staffs.
“I’m not sure.”
“Do you want to be?”
His silence was heavy as he contemplated the question. A choice. It’s always been one, he knows. Still, his answer came out forlorn. Vacant.
“I don’t know.”
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OR; Macaque becoming apart of Wukong's life again unearths some buried questions he never thought he'd have the chance to confront again.
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Caleb moves closer into his space and holds his shivering arms tightly, and rubs some warmth into his shoulders. “Essek, you can feel it, can’t you?”
Caleb noticed it as he left the cottage, once he consciously felt for the sensation. Or rather, a lack thereof. Typically, magic rushes around him like the wind itself, or an ambient scent, or music. It appeals to a different and entirely unnamable sense though, of course. He can feel it, touch it, and manipulate it. It is so constant that it becomes subconscious and beyond notice.
“You can feel it, Essek. It is gone.”Peace is a precious thing, and a fragile thing too. When the unexpected finally strikes Essek's delicate new life, he and Caleb are left adrift and alone and very, very, vulnerable. What are two wizards without magic to do?
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03 Apr 2026
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He thinks maybe it should make him more frightened, that he should worry about the liabilities he has allowed these people to become. It does nothing to temper the joy of being trusted, of being someone worthy of friend. It does nothing to diminish the memory of Caleb’s spellbook in his lap this morning, its owner sound asleep before him; the sweet press of concern behind Jester’s words in his mind the night before as she reached out with sending.
A rabbit walks into a snare. The snare closes around its throat, killing it. What is responsible for its death, the stupidity of the rabbit or the viciousness of the snare’s purpose?
The Shadowhand of the Bright Queen walks into the T-Dock, he thinks, and feels sick.Two months after surviving the ruin of Aeor, Caleb and Essek return to tie up loose ends.
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02 Apr 2026
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Really well written with a lot of additional fun Aeor details. It's a long read but it will have you hooked the entire time.
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An Account of the Research Expedition into the Ruins of the Floating City of Aeor Undertaken by Essek Thelyss and Caleb Widogast by elisekc
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
25 Mar 2026
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But, forgive me, I have gone off on a tangent: this account is for retelling the events of our expedition, not for musing upon personal matters. It will not happen again.
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Essek attempts to keep a professional journal of the progress made on his and Caleb's Aeor field trip, but as the days go by, he finds himself writing a lot more about his colleague (and his feelings for said colleague) than their work.
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17 Feb 2026
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Really cool concept and a fun read featuring Essek doing his best (and failing miraculously) at focusing on anything other than Caleb.
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After they explore Aeor together, Caleb asks Essek to move in. It takes Essek ... A while to figure out exactly what he means.
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20 Mar 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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15 Mar 2026