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Happy Wednesday all! After an impromptu break, we're back this week with eleven Hurt/Comfort fics! As always, you can find them below the cut and if you check any of them out, I encourage you to leave kudoes and comments to spread the rarepair love 💕

Distraction by DEV0URMOUS (1,574 words, Explicit) Pairing: Eadwulf Grieve/Verin Thelyss (Verinwulf) Warnings: None

Verin finds his mind restless and can’t sleep. Wulf helps distract him.

Reccer Says: I love Verinwulf and this is very sweet <3

Reprieve by likeseriouslyellie (2,718 words, Mature) Pairing: Thorn/Vax'ildan Warnings: None

While on the way to a Clasp job, Vax pays Thorn a visit, seeking comfort amidst fear.

Reccer Says: The angst is sooooo delicious, the way they try to make it okay, even just for a moment, while knowing that that feeling isn’t going to last in the end.

Unbroken vows by CrownZero, Elk_rider (11,540 words, Explicit) Pairing: Shaun Gilmore/Vax'ildan (Vaxmore) Warnings: Safeword Use, Un-negotiated Kink, Wax Play

Vax pays Gilmore a visit after a while on the road. They have some fun with roleplay and things don’t quite so right, but it all works out in the end.

Reccer Says: It’s incredibly hot and tender and such a good take on their relationship 🖤💜

a dangerous game by jaskofalltrades (1,458 words, Teen) Pairing: Mollymauk Tealeaf/Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast (Shadowidomauk) Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Past Abuse

Preparation for an Empire-Dynasty ball leaves Caleb, and in turn Essek, in a rough mental place. Molly helps.

Reccer Says: It’s very sweet!! Ludinus is a Bastard but Molly is a very good partner who knows just how to help!!!

as in a mirror, dimly by yelenavasilyevna (4,563 words, Teen) Pairing: Eadwulf Grieve/Caleb Widogast (Widowulf) Warnings: Canon-typical discussion of child abuse

In the present, Eadwulf heals Caleb's bruises after a violent reunion with Astrid. In the past, Eadwulf tends to Bren's wounds after a mission where his hubris almost got Astrid killed.

Reccer Says: What if you had to be the only healer between your two crazy wizard lovers who think they're indestructible.

The Self in the Other by fjorests_of_wildemount (1,010 words, Teen) Pairing: Astrid Becke/Eadwulf Grieve (Blumenduo) Warnings: None

Eadwulf and Astrid in the aftermath of dealing with rogue volstrecker

Reccer Says: Something something the ones left behind in the bloody aftermath

To Repay What You Have Suffered by firefright (2,814 words, Mature) Pairing: Astrid Becke/Essek Thelyss, Astrid Beck/Eadwulf Grieve/Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast (Blumenshadow) Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Implied uncomfortable advances (the extent of which is left vague)

Astrid's concerned that Ludinus took advantage of Essek during their deal, and tries to talk to him.about it

Reccer Says: What's more Astrid than saying, if you need it I can and will spend myself to enact a bloodier vengeance?

A Hundred Gold (Don't Fuck It Up) by Clare_Hope (2,412 words, Teen) Pairing: Ashton Greymoore/Milo Krook Warnings: None

After the Solstice, Milo is overwhelmed by work, trying to fix things for everyone. Ashton makes them take care of themself before leaving again.

Reccer Says: It is sooooo angsty and sooooo good. Milo being completely overwhelmed with work and trying to help and just being a wreck because of it is way too relatable. All their feelings about who Ashton’s become since last they saw him are so juicy, as are their feelings for Ashton in general. And Ashton trying his best to get Milo back on their feet before leaving again to save the world… the dynamic between these two is just delicious. And if I had to be honest, I don’t think Milo’s crush is entirely unrequited.

keep following the heartlines on your hands by floralprintshark (8,014 words, Teen) Pairing: Fjord/Mollymauk Tealeaf/Caleb Widogast (Widofjolly) Warnings: None

Five times Molly tries to set up Fjord and Caleb with each other and one time Molly gets set up with them.

Reccer Says: Pining!!!

Vivere, Ridere, Amare by kidzbopmallcop (20,189 words, Mature) Pairing: Yeza Brenatto/Veth Brenatto/Caleb Widogast Warnings: None

Bren, recently escaped from Vergesson, ends up hiding with Veth and Yeza Brenatto under the cover of being their new boyfriend.

Reccer Says: I think there's an excellent balance between Caleb's paranoia and guilt and the peace and joy he feels as he grows closer to the Brenattos. This fic may never update again but I will always come back for these five chapters.

And we have two reccs for; she said "take care", but i take more than i bring by MouseInTheCastle (3,385 words, General) Pairing: Mollymauk Tealeaf/Essek Thelyss (Shadowmauk) Warnings: None

Essek comes down with a fever. Molly takes care of him. Molly and Essek are with Caleb but not with each other (yet). Essek gets sick and, unasked, Molly takes care of him

Reccer 1 Says: It’s super cute and sweet!!! I always love developing Shadowmauk in the midst of established SG and WM and this is such a lovely example of that 🥰 Reccer 2 Says: <3 <3 <3 warm soup on a cold day fic

Thank you for joining us this week’s recc list! All the love to everyone who submitted a fic 💕 All enclosed recommendations were submitted by the community via our submissions form, which you can find here. All fic information is as it was provided by the reccer, so it may not be accurate to the author’s intent or the precise contents of the fic itself. Please assume good intent from all parties 💕

Submissions for next week’s list are already open! We’ll be featuring PC x NPC. If you have any you’d like to highlight, you can send them in here. The week after that, the theme is Proposals & Marriages and the weeks after that we’re taking recommendations for Oneshots and Laudna Rarepairs! Submissions for all of these themes are currently open.

If you want more rarepair fic, check out @cr-summer-wildflowers and their event collections on ao3! If you want some friendship after all this romance, take a look at @critter-genfic-events and their recc lists! And if you’re interested in everyone’s favorite wizards, you can’t go wrong with the lists at @aeor-is-for-reccing !

Thanks all and have a lovely day/night/timezone! 💕

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Caleb is the most shipable character in Critical Role

[critter-rarepair-reccs]

Hello all! Hope your Wednesday is going well. Today we have nine Pre-Relationship fics for you to enjoy! As always, you can find them below the cut and if you check any of them out, I encourage you to leave kudoes and comments to spread the rarepair love 🩷

gravity-bound by hanap (7,591 words, Teen) Pairing: Jester Lavorre/Essek Thelyss (Jessek) Warnings: None

Essek writes poetry under a pen name, Jester is a fan, she writes to him and they start to exchange letters over many years.

Reccer Says: I love epistolary fic, and also its so cute. There's a lot of background details of canon events we can fill in the background through the letters contents, which is very fun.

in the pieces of what's left or what we've found by SeaWitchDreams (14,620 words, Teen) Pairing: Astrid Beck/Eadwulf Grieve/Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast (Blumenshadow) Warnings: None

Post canon, Astrid decides what to do with Ikithon's tower, and her life.

Reccer Says: Its a nice long read, and the character beats are complex and nuanced, bc that's what Astrid deserves <3

That Lucidian Glow by fjorests_of_wildemount (455 words, General) Pairing: Kingsley Tealeaf/Essek Thelyss (Shadowking) Warnings: None

Essek needs to put on sunscreen, Kingsley volunteers.

Reccer Says: It's fun and cute moment <3

to be in someone else's coat by jaskofalltrades (1,369 words, General) Pairing: Mollymauk Tealeaf/Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast (Shadowidomauk) Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

After Essek's dinner with the Nein at the Xhorhaus, Molly and Caleb walk him home. Flirting, of course, ensues.

Reccer Says: It's so fun to see how Essek responds to Molly's relentless flirting, filtering through Caleb's observations on how new Essek is to friendship. And how he can tell that Essek wants that companionship so badly! It's very sweet.

though we're tethered to the story we must tell (when I saw you, well, I knew we'd tell it well). by exhaustedwerewolf (4,535 words, Teen) Pairing: Polymachina Warnings: Mentions of backstory typical violence and character death

On one wrist is your greatest love. On your other, your greatest adversary. And for a certain group of fated adventurers, one of these follows a pattern.

Reccer Says: I'm always a sucker for a good soulmate AU and I *love* ones of this flavor. The angst of not knowing which name is which is delicious and the way this fic plays with that for each member of VM is so good! Also love that the love-bonds don't Have to be romantic, I always appreciate that when it comes to soulmate AUs. And the way it all comes together in the end for VM is just... so good. Also the character voices in the narration? Spot on.

know no shame by hanap (4,453 words, Teen) Pairing: Adeen Tasithar/Essek Thelyss Warnings: None

What if Essek and Adeen had crushes on each other as teenagers and were adorable, messy disaster about it?

Reccer Says: It's so cute. Like oh-my-god so cute. They're adorable with each other and baby wizard Essek trying to join the Aurora Watch so he can spend more time with Adeen has my WHOLE heart. The messy teenage feelings! The circumstances keeping them apart! Deirta and Dad Thelyss's reactions to them!!! It's all so so good.

The Sunny Side by dracoqueen22 (1,767 words, General) Pairing: Jester Lavorre/Beauregard Lionett (Beaujes) Warnings: None

There’s nothing Beau won't do if it’ll make Jester smile, even if it means fixing something as minor as a sunburn.

Reccer Says: Cutteee <3 Beau is just so smitten. Plus Cad being his odd self in the first half <3

Today I Love You Even More by wtgw (5,687 words, Teen) Pairing: Yeza Brenatto/Veth Brenatto/Caleb Widogast Warnings: None

Yeza Brenatto is a creature of infinite anxiety, but he’s not blind. He can see how much Veth loves Caleb. He can see how much Caleb loves her back. And he can also see that Caleb is really attractive. But it’s not like he’s not going to do anything about that…

Reccer Says: Yeza Brenatto is just a perfect sweetheart always and there's this scene where the three of them are sitting around drunk complementing each other that is just too cute

Just Between Friends by biorusted (3,624 words, Explicit) Pairing: Ashton Greymoore/Orym/Dorian Storm (Dashrym) Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Aspec Dorian talks with Ashton and Orym about how sex has always felt to him and they share their feelings in return. Things escalate from there. Just as friends, of course.

Reccer Says: Aspec Dorian my beloved <3 always love the dynamics between these three, they fit together so well.

Thank you for joining us this week’s recc list! All the love to everyone who submitted a fic 🩷 All enclosed recommendations were submitted by the community via our submissions form, which you can find here. All fic information is as it was provided by the reccer, so it may not be accurate to the author’s intent or the precise contents of the fic itself. Please assume good intent from all parties 🩷

Submissions for next week’s list are already open! We’ll be featuring Canon Divergent fics. If you have any you’d like to highlight, you can send them in here. The week after that, the theme is Keyleth Rarepairs and the weeks after that we’re taking recommendations for Polyamorous Ships and Enemies to Lovers fic! Submissions for all of these themes are currently open.

If you want more rarepair fic, check out @cr-summer-wildflowers and their event collections on ao3! If you want some friendship after all this romance, take a look at @critter-genfic-events and their recc lists! And if you’re interested in everyone’s favorite wizards, you can’t go wrong with the lists at @aeor-is-for-reccing !

Thanks all and have a lovely day/night/timezone! 🩷