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Nightmare Comfort
Part 2
Okay ya'll, it's been a very long time since I've found a character that has made me want to write like this. Once I got to romancing Gale in the second act I was hooked. I've read so many good stories lately that I decided last night to write and see what comes out. Please keep in mind I am still only in act 2 of the game so I don't know the ending. So some details may not be accurate.
I will warn you, it's a little depressing to start but apparently it's something my brain needed to get out. I would probably label this as sad, mixed with fluff and if enough people want me to continue, there could be a spicy second part.
To set the scene, picture this: It's been a few months since you returned to Waterdeep with Gale after the end of your travels. Ever since slowing down your mind has been racked with guilt, feeling like you don't deserve comfort you start to push Gale away.
Please be kind:
First person
Gale/Reader
Word Count: 2332
Nightmares had, in some way, always had a hold on you. But once returning to Waterdeep with Gale, they seemed to have gotten worse. It started with small, repeated dreams of the battles you fought together that pushed you to do things that normally would have been out of character for you. Haunted by lives you couldnât save, the people you had failed. They would slip into your dreams every few weeks, reminding you of where you had been. It didnât matter how many you did save, in your mind, only the ones you failed mattered deep down.
When you would wake, for just a moment, you would think you were back there, in the heat of battle. But as your body regained its senses and youâd open your eyes, youâd see Galeâs slumbering face, listening to his soft breathing. Just having him so close would bring you back to reality. It made you glad that you didnât move much in your sleep. The shame you felt over this, you couldnât tell him. You knew heâd listen but you also knew he would want to fix it but in your own way, you felt like this is what you deserved. So you let the dead haunt your dreams, doing your best to hide your growing exhaustion.
As the nightmares became more frequent, it felt almost like it was becoming a ritual to wake up and just take in Galeâs sleeping face. You would spend hours just gazing and scanning every wrinkle, dimple, freckle and scar he had. The thought crossed your mind that if you did this long enough you could memorize the slope of his nose and the curve of his cupid's bow and maybe, just maybe, the picture perfect image of him in your mind could chase away the bad dreams.Â
Tonight's nightmare was especially bad. You stood there, the day you thought you had lost Gale forever. The moments replaying in your mind as you watched him die, shedding tears over his body because you werenât sure he could be brought back. While your party had found a way to revive the love of your life, the feelings of mourning were still all too real. When you awoke, you felt tears on your face and when you opened your eyes the comfort you sought wasnât there.
Panic arose in your chest as you sat up quickly to see where he could be. Your eyes scanned the room, coming upon the open doors that lead to the balcony. There, in the pale moonlight, you could see Gale standing shirtless, leaning slightly against the door frame, his back to you as he gazed upon the stars. While you couldnât see his face, his body language and the energy you felt from him, you could tell something was wrong.
Quietly you removed the blanket that covered you on the bed you shared. The air was warm on this night so you had gone to sleep with nothing on other than one of Galeâs tunics. Slowly you raised yourself off the bed, walking slowly up behind the tall striking man in front of you. As you reached him you wrapped your arms around his waist, your hands gently placed on his belly, leaning forward just enough to rest your forehead against his back. In automatic fashion Galeâs big hands rested over yours as a long sigh left his lungs.
You could feel the guilt in your throat coming up like bile, wanting nothing more than to tell him everything you had been feeling but you still couldnât bear drowning him in your issues. You need to be strong, perfect, beautiful, all the things he tells you you are every day. If you couldnât do that then you failed him too. So instead you pressed close into his back, tightening your arms around him, worried that at any minute he could just drift away into a cloud of smoke.
âWere you ever going to tell me?â He asked, ever so softly. So softly that you almost missed it but you had felt that familiar rumble from his chest as he spoke.
âYou knew?â You asked. A lump in your throat forming as you try not to speak louder than a whisper. âWhy didnât you say anything?â
âI wanted you to come to me⌠I⌠I knew something was wrong but I could tell that you wanted to handle it yourself so I didnât push. You are beautiful beyond comparison but you are also stubborn and bullheaded. But the longer this has gone on My Love, your nightmares arenât as silent as you think they are. It breaks my heart to see you struggling like this and I canât just sit back and wait anymore,â He said, turning around to face you, still holding your hands. âIâm starting to think you donât trust me.â
Gently he raises each of your hands to his lips, leaving small kisses along your knuckles before placing each one so you're holding him around his neck.. The hair on his face tickling your skin almost made you smile but you found yourself still looking at the floor, your heart at your feet. With another sigh, Gale laid one hand against your waist, keeping you close to him. The other carefully raises your head by the chin to look at him. Galeâs eyes look longingly into yours as his hand cups your cheek.Â
For a moment you relax, tilting your face into his palm, feeling your body relax for just a moment. The heat from his hand felt comforting against your skin.Â
âIâm sorry, none of this is your fault. You have done so much for me. I didnât want to add another burden to your plate.â you say, lip quivering. âI must look pathetic⌠I am pathetic.âÂ
You watch as Galeâs brows furrow and the corners of his mouth point downward. His thumb brushes against your bottom lip to calm its quiver. His eyes search yours for understanding, recognition. âWhere is the strong brave Druid that I fell in love with on the road?â
You can feel your gut clench, you didnât have an answer, he was right, this wasnât you. âIâm afraid I lost her,â You replied, your fingers twisting curls with the hair on the back of his neck. You were sure Gale was going to end this, ask you to leave because you werenât the girl he fell in love with anymore. Tears flowed freely down your cheeks now. It felt like a dam had burst behind your eyes.
At the sight of this, Gale wrapped both arms around you, with one smooth motion he lifted you into his arms, carrying you back to bed. You were sure he would just lay you there and walk away but instead he sat on the bed, resting you carefully on his lap, cradling you in his arms.
âEvery day you tell me how you love me, you reassure me about the choices weâve made. Why wonât you let me do the same for you?â He asked softly. âYou canât keep bottling up all these feelings. I donât understand why you insist on suffering in silence but if thatâs what you need thenâŚ. I want you to cry for as long as you need to and I will hold you for as long as you need me to.â
With his words, suddenly a flood of emotion burst forth. Pressed against his chest you let yourself sob, groan, and scream. Muffling yourself against his skin, you let out the rage and anxiety that pent up for the last few weeks. He was right, you shouldnât have bottled this up, the heat in your chest made you feel like you were in the throat of a dragon.
It took a few minutes but you soon realized Gale was whispering in your ear. Straining your ears to hear the soft words he spoke. Between your sobs and frustration, you could hear him say, âI love you.â âmy heart has never ached more for anyone than it does for you.â âI will be here for you always, you just have to let me in.â
For the first time you could admit the truth. âIâm scared,â You said, finally regaining control of your breathing.
âWhat are you scared of, my sweet?â Gale asked, now rocking the two of you back and forth.
âOf everything.â You said, taking deep long breaths now as you come down from the all too embarrassing tear filled journey you just took in Gales arms. Moving ever so slightly you rest your head on his shoulder, wishing your nose wasnât now stuffy so you could breathe in his scent.
Softly you let your lips kiss the soft skin of his neck, admitting to yourself that this really had gone for too long. So, you started to let it all go.. There in Galeâs arms you tell him your whole story. You admit that before the whole venture started you had been alone for quite some time. It has made you view sharing things with others a burden because who could you trust when you were mostly alone. You spoke about those you failed and how they haunt your dreams but the biggest fear of all, was the fear of waking up and realizing Gale had only been a dream the whole time.
At the mention of himself, Gale chuckled. âYou arenât going to lose me. The road we traveled was a rough one, and even with everything I know, I would trade all the stars in the sky, all the air in my lungs, even all my books just to spend every last moment I live with you.â
Your eyebrows raise as he mentions his book collection. âYouâre really serious,â you said, lifting your head to look at him with surprise. You search his face for anything other than the serious look he now wore.
âI donât joke about my book collection sweetheart,â he said, gently placing a kiss on your forehead.
âI donât deserve you, I feel like all Iâve done is trick you.â
This time Gale placed his lips against yours. Slow and soft, his hand moving to rest on the back of your head, his fingers running through your hair. Youâve known Gale was one who showed his love more than he spoke about it, but he was good at both nonetheless. You could feel the pure emotion he put forth in his kiss. He took his time kissing each section of your face, wanting you to feel as loved and precious as he viewed you. When his lips found yours again it was like your heart was suddenly being filled with more love for this wizard than you ever thought possible.
Once your lungs ached for air you finally pulled away from his lips. Gathering your composer you finally explained the rest of your insecurities, you finally explained your fear of losing him and how it felt to feel your heart break into a million tiny pieces from the uncertainties of his survival that day.
âEvery day I get with you feels like a dream⌠and when I sleep⌠the nightmares are my reality. Everything has just felt too good to be true. Iâm sorry Gale⌠I know this side of me isnât what you signed up for,â you tell him, your eyes meeting his.
Gale leaned forward, kissing your forehead for a long moment before pulling back and resting his own against yours so you could share each other's breath. âMy love, when I asked you to marry me, I meant it. There is no one in this world or in the heavens that I have loved so fully and who has made me feel like just being me is good enough. I want to stay beside you, no matter what life brings. Be that nightmares, blissful dreams, fights, love making, every moment I get to spend with you makes me feel like the luckiest man alive.â
âI have never loved someone the way I love you,â you say in return. âThatâs why it scares me so much. Now that all of that is behind us, itâs like my mind wonât just let me be. Weâve been through so much, weâve shared so much. What if I ruin this?â
âI wonât let you,â he said simply. âI will just have to remind you how loved and cherished you are.â With that Gale tilted his head and caught your lips in another kiss. Gentle and sweet. You could feel love move through him, making your heart skip. âI have an idea that might help⌠maybe not right away but with time I think we can change the way your mind has tried to trick you.â
âIâd do just about anything to make this end and get to just live⌠here with you,â You say softly.
Sitting up straighter Gale smiled down at you in his arms. âGood, I love you⌠weâll do this in two parts. First, every morning, I want you to tell me five things that make you happy. It doesnât matter what they are or why they make you happy. You just need to remind yourself that there are plenty of things that bring you joy. Then second, I want you to tell me something we could do together that would make you feel better.â
Your cheeks flush from the first thought that crossed your mind when he said this. A small smile creeping onto your lips as your teeth start to lightly chew on your bottom lip. âLike making love under the stars like we used to?â You mumbled. Sex felt like it should be the farthest thing from your mind, but the stolen nights the two of you shared on the road were some of the most comforting and happy moments you remember having in your whole life.Â
With a smirk and a chuckle Gale nodded. âThat my love, I can provide.â
#fanfiction#bg3#gale dekarios#gale of waterdeep#bg3 gale#bg3 fanfiction#wizardboy#manwife#gale fluff#squishy wizard#gale bg3 x reader#gale romance
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Dragon age inquisition inspired tarot for Gale of being water deep.
Hes water deep from waterdeep
#gale of waterdeep#gale dekarios#bg3 gale#baldurs gate 3#fanart#baldurs gate fanart#Dragon age inquisition art#Dragon age inquisition tarot#dungeons and dragons#artwork#Silly wizard#Squishy wizard
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@quiddie is just like me fr
#critical role#cr spoilers#caleb widogast#whats sexier than wizards? nothing#who doesnt love squishy wizards tbh?
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"gale sucks" this and "gale dies all the time" that. have you considered you just suck ass at playing a wizard?
#yes he's squishy! but if he's dying THAT MUCH... girl you just cant play wizards or sorcerers or bards then.#cause bro. he gets downed the same amout as karlach gets downed for me.#which is not that often#you just really need to work on playing a wizard...#maybe start with abjuration wizard gale and then figure it out from there#anyway gale is wonderful and i love him so there.#gale of waterdeep#baldur's gate 3
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The Krew works out together, usually honing a particular skill that they wish to work on (agility, weight lifting, defensive maneuvers, etc). Gideon is always extremely excited about it, and as the only one who's actually into fitness, he likes to hype up everyone especially when they beat their PB.
He'd never admit it but seeing Gideon happy is the reason Kremy actually gives a shit rather than phoning it in. The rest, while it's a bit of a struggle, do enjoy having a skill to get them out of a bind.
Hootsie gets put in a little coach outfit too, she's not helping really but isn't she cute???
#i dont think any of the Krew are weak tbh but unfortunately frost is probably a squishy magic user and gricko and kremy may be as well#not as squishy as a wizard but stats speaking usually strength is a dump stat for wizards/sorcerers and#unless you are playing pact of the blade i think strength isnt that important to warlocks (but they dont get too many spell slots either so#druids are wis based but i think gricko dumped his intelligence stat so his strength may be good /hj#anyway but imagine Gideon going 'okay clearly something needs to be done you all are weak as hell'#beat him in an arm wrestling match and you get to skip training that day#nobody has managed but torbek wasnt that bad at it#i think i lied about the blade pact thing actually you use char with those weapons my b#once upon a witchlight#ouaw#legends of avantris#text#this is a true fact#my own hc#gideon coal#kremy lecroux#torbek#morning frost#gricko grimgrin#hootsie grimgrin
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gog i still can't get over minish cap vaati's Everything. He is So Fucking Stupid (affectionate)
Like. This guy's establishing character moment is, in order:
he's introduced as having won an entire tournament to get to touch a magic chest and get a cool sword, which was the prize for said tournament
turns around and does a goddamn evil soliloquy TEN FEET AWAY FROM THE GUARDS who were about to hand him his macguffin on a platter
(like this man fucks up his own horribly planned daylight heist because he cannot keep a lid on the dramatics for FIVE FUCKING MINUTES, IN PUBLIC)
(THE BAR WAS ON THE FLOOR VAATI, FUCKING GANONDORF PLAYS THE PIPE ORGAN FOR HIS OWN BOSS INTRO AND HE STILL KNOWS BETTER THAN THIS SHIT)
proceeds to fight the guards (it is, admittedly, a curbstomp for him, but it still clearly wasn't his plan, because otherwise why bother with the tournament)
gloats evilly
opens chest, unleashing a whole bunch of monsters
exposits out loud about Zelda's powers like a nerd while she is actively charging up her magic powers to kick his ass
RECOGNIZES and IDENTIFIES said magic as the special power carried by the female royal line
completely fails to recognize it as the light force he is currently trying to get his hands on (he spends like 99% of the game not figuring this out.)
petrifies her
(i have no idea if link could have deflected this spell if he had managed to get the right angle with his shield but i like to think somewhere there is a very short and very funny alternate timeline where it happens)
(more importantly: no part of vaati's original presumed plan would have involved doing this. he 100% created this situation for himself by being an dramatic idiot and picking a fight for no good reason.)
looks in the chest
there's no light force
considering his stated goals he might be as confused as you are about the monsters tbh
uhhh
evil laugh
teleports the fuck out
He then proceeds to spend the rest of the game trying to figure out where the light force is and ends up having to wait for Ezlo and Link to figure it out first because he was, as far as I can tell, GENUINELY stuck on this part. He fucking kidnaps and impersonates the King, not for access to Zelda, but to⌠send guards to go look for the Light Force, presumably because he was either running out of ideas or genuinely thought that would work.
None of the guards even had any idea what he was talking about. He's not even good at impersonating the King. He's already sent like twenty people to the dungeon by the time you get there and it hasn't even been a week. Somehow the game spins this as a cunning plan and clever manipulation or something.
(Meanwhile the guards are just. Poking around in random bushes and shit hoping to find the light force. One of them asks you what you think it might look like.)
Zelda is literally right next to the throne and Vaati does not figure it out until you find an actual honest-to-goodness LORE TABLET spelling out that the Light Force is Stored in the Zelda, at which point he's like "ahahaha you've done my work for me this was definitely my plan all along" and takes over the castle and throws a bunch of monsters at you to stall for time while he figures out how to extract the force from her. Somehow he still doesn't think to actually lock the fucking door.
#vaati#minish cap#loz#mc#he's my stupid little squeak squeak and i love him#meta#op#sorry this got long but i have So Many Words about this little bastard#i think he's a really fun foil to ganondorf tbh -#ganondorf looks like a brute force guy but in practice tends largely toward manipulating and long cons and cunning#the appearance of dumb muscle but is actually refined and clever and skilled while also still being built like a brick wall#vaati looks like a classic scheming squishy wizard guy but actually is just cheating and does almost all his nonsense very directly#and his plans tend to be either Do X / ??? / Profit stuff or barely exist at all#to the point where og four swords is gated primarily by your ability to convince great fairies to help you rather than vaati stopping you#ganondorf is a guy given power who wants a magic wish granting artefact#vaati is a guy given a magic wish-granting artefact who decides he wants more power now actually#vaati has had a significant minion approximately once (shadow link) and that was in shared custody with ganon
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#first meeting with the githyanki did not go very well hehe#sen is honest perhaps to a fault and has no rizz so she just told lae'zel to tell Voss the truth about the mindflayer tadpole#so the gith attacked and almost obliterated us đŹ#but we just barely scraped through (gale had to be resurrected my poor squishy wizard)#gale dekarios#shadowheart#lae'zel#tav#gale x tav#bg3#bg3 screenshots#baldur's gate 3#baldur's gate 3 screenshots#my tav#bg3 tav#bg3 oc#weavewolf#my oc#cleric of mielikki#ranger tav#nature cleric#druid tav#shar.jpg#oc: senna
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Ayo don't think I'm gonna finish this one but it was a bit too much fun to not share. This was a value/shading experiment as well as an exploration of some combat poses for Kiran. If anyone has some fun suggestions for how I could clean it up, I'm super down to hear it.
#Kiran in combat is SCARY you cannot convince me otherwise#As long as they have orbs#Which they often do not#When your life saving ammo is your gacha currency#But portable randomized army in your pocket sounds like so much fun I wanna draw more of it#Also just a god damn gun. Kiran is effectively the super squishy party mage until Veronica shows up to be the actual mage.#In the wonderful words of Critical Role; two wizards#feh#fire emblem heroes#kiran#feh kiran#feh summoner#fire emblem#art tag
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The blood 𩸠and the weave đŽ
#baldur's gate 3#gale dekarios#astarion ancunin#bloodweave#pics#my post#if astarion isnât absolutely drenched in blood 24/7 and gale isnât pristine in your game i donât wanna hear it âđźđ¤#heâs protecting his wizard bf and making sure no one lands a scratch on him bc heâs squishy#(not really my gale has 21 ac)#although gale covered in blood is đĽ´#also kissing in front of the mystra statue is a must as soon as i land in act 3#i redid my gale origin run bc i messed up but 2 funny things happened in this one and im mad about it#id be fuming rn if it wasnât so funny
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I was just thinking again about how much I love the idea of D&D Elizabeth/Darcy as a sorcerer/wizard spellcasting duo.
I particularly like storm sorcerer Elizabeth/abjuration wizard Darcy, with Elizabeth as an offensive powerhouse and Darcy a defensive one, and both kind of judgy about each other, yet sorcerers are famously (in fact definitionally!) versatile and a skilled wizard is scary at the best of times.
(Elizabeth is always ready to use Silvery Barbs and Hold Person against Jane's foes and Darcy carefully prepares Lightning Bolt every morning.)
#kind of love the idea of them as squishy spellcasters who just have great stats otherwise#such fantastic dex and con that it's not immediately obvious how bad their str is. lol.#they decline to have intellectual dump stats despite being charisma/intelligence casters#(elizabeth's weakest is wis and darcy's weakest is cha but they're still decent)#anghraine babbles#austen blogging#anghraine's gaming#otp of otps#dungeons and dragons#...i was thinking wickham might also be a sorcerer turned sorlock but i'm also tempted by oathbreaker. hmmmm.#either way he's scared of an 8 str wizard ;)
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some ppl mad abt the solavellan kiss as if the archdemon wasnât passing solas around like a blunt had ol boy squealing like a pig đ
#he still won tho but thatâs why he said he couldnât fight elgarânan bc he wouldâve gotten molly whopped#I like how in the other endings if you fight solas he weak as hell đ squishy wizard#he can take a punch but he has to use magic to get the upperhand#da:tv spoilers#veilguard spoilers#datv spoilers
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Yeeeess soft body Gale and Astarion mod my beloved!
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adaine was my number two guess for going down first, although i perked up like a dog when murph said he might go down lmao
#d20#dimension 20#fhjy#fantasy high junior year#fhjy spoilers#fantasy high junior year spoilers#look wizards are squishy and rogues are more tactile nosy wizards. i said what i said#ESPECIALLY arcane trickster. rip inquisitor rogue you are my fav rogue class#adaine is still a div wizard so. win for me
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By the Fire Light (AKA Who Would Win In A Tickle Fight?)
Summary: mighty nein shenanigans. relatively early campaign fireside party chill time⌠you know how it is with silly tieflings when theyâre bored.
A/N: based on this fan question and the subsequent answer ehehe (link to vid clip)
[AO3 Link]
Words: 3026
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Nott and Caleb are gathered rather close, not unusual for them on an evening around the fire. Sheâs going through some of the trinkets, treasures, and other little things she stole over the last few days. A few gold pieces, someoneâs pen, a daggerâŚ
Caleb turns from examining her spoils, looking at the rest of their party across the flames. Jester is smiling, wriggling in her seat a bit as she animatedly speaks with Mollymauk. Fjord is sitting not far from them, though he doesnât seem to be contributing to the conversation. Beau is gathered up as near to Yasha as she can be without looking too desperate, pointedly not looking directly at her to avoid losing her train of thought or saying something stupid. Caleb feels a warmth settle in his chest, a strange contentment he has not felt for a very long time.
âCaleb! Do you and Nott want some wine?â Jester asks sweetly, holding out a bottle that she and Molly are sharing.
Calebâs mouth lifts a little on the side. âSure. Thank you, Jester.â He answers for both of them.
Nott reaches into one of the coin purses she had snagged, and finds it goes much deeper than she thought. âOooh!â She exclaims. âI think weâve got something interesting here!â
Jester brings over 2 cups of wine for the pair of them. âWhat is it, Nott?â
âFeels like a bag of holding! Wonder whatâs in here!â She stands, wiggles her fingers. âMoney? Perhaps?â And places them into the opening.
She pulls nothing out. âWell thatâs a shame. How about weapons?â And she dunks her hand again.
This time it connects with something. A smooth, heavy handle of a weapon. She pulls it with a grin, and finds a large black mace.
âCool! Can you swing that?â Jester claps. âAre there more?â
âLetâs see!â Nott thinks again of weapons and puts her hand in again.
âŚ
A few minutes later, several daggers, arrows, and a shortsword, are all she has pulled from the bag.
âShould we try to like, dump it?â Jester asks. âThat canât be it.â
âUm. Maybe not here⌠nowâŚâ Nott suggests.
âAw, ok, later then.â She climbs back over near Molly and Fjord.
âHey, what do you guys think would be like, the weirdest thing we might find in there?â She asks.
âI dunno. Whoever had it seems like they were kind of boring.â Molly says, glancing at the small cache of weapons Nott has removed.
âMaybe like⌠a big, huge sex toy!â Jester theorizes. âNott try thinking about sex toys and try to pull out something.â
Nott laughs a little. âI am not going to do that⌠Be my guest though!â
âAww. Donât be shy.â
âNot shy. Iâm just- who knows where something like thatâs been.â She shudders.
âThere could like, definitely be blood and guts and brains on the weapons you pulled out.â Jester teases. âBut fine⌠um. What were we talking about before Molly?â
âWho do you think could handle the most ale?â
Jester turns to the others, smiling and raising an eyebrow as to direct the question to them.
Nott smirks. âI think I-â
âI think Yasha probably could drink the most.â Caleb looks at Nott as she squints at him. âI mean, physically. Without getting sick or passing out.â He holds his hands up in a small defense at Nottâs small scowl.
Beau nods in agreement, and Yasha lets out a small laugh.
âUmmâŚâ Jester taps her finger on her chin. âWho do you think would win if you were wrestling? Beau or Yasha?â
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A few more hypothetical questions go by, and a pattern seems to form.
âIs every answer just gonna be Yasha?â Molly laughs. âWe need to ask about some other people.â
âOoh ooh I have one! Who do you think would win in a tickle fight? Nott or Caleb?â
âInteresting.â Molly says as he turns to regard the pair sitting opposite the fire.
Caleb stops drinking, just managing not to cough, and fixes Jester with a bewildered stare. It takes a moment for the words to process in his mind. He replies, somewhat snarky. âHmâŚwhat a question.â
âIs there already a victor? Care to share?â Mollymauk waggles his eyebrows.
âWell I, uh,â Nott begins, turning to look at Caleb, âI guess it never came up in our time together?â
Jester leans in. âBut didnât you guys ever snuggle real close when it was cold? You never ever tried to tickle him?â She seems to be in genuine disbelief. âBut, like, heâs so grumpy all the time.â
âJa, we were not wasting our time with such childish things.â Caleb speaks pointedly.
Nott catches a hint of pink creeping up the back of Calebâs neck and ears that did not seem to be there a minute ago, something not from warm brightness of the fire.
âJust, what was it? Conning people and stealing?â Mollymauk laughs. âYes, very mature of you.â
Caleb moves his eyes over to Molly. âWe did what we had to, to get by.â
âOkay, but like, smiling and laughing is very, very important!â Jester insists with a bit of a whine. âDid you at least tell jokes?â
âI can be funny.â Caleb huffs at them.
âWe are losing track of the question!â Jester declares. âI think that Nott would probably win, her sleight of hand is crazy.â She turns from Molly to Nott. âI bet you make a good tickler. Are you ticklish?â
Nott smiles shyly, ducking her head. âTo be honest, I used to be, but it was, uh, a long time ago.â
âWhy donât you guys just have a tickle fight right now?â Jester suggests excitedly. âOr we all could, I mean-â
âYou.â Calebâs voice is deeper as he fixes his friend with a glare at her suggestion, pointing at her accusatorially. âShut the fuck up.â Thereâs a tiny wiggle of his mouth, a falter in his stern expression. Itâs gone in an instant.
âAre you ticklish though?â Molly prods on. What a team they make, these two strangely colored, trouble making tieflings.
Caleb rolls his eyes, looking petulant like an unhappy child. âI am so done with this question.â
âNo youâre not.â Mollymauk chides.
Calebâs eyes light up with something akin to fear, though not as serious, nervousness perhaps. They flick to Molly.
âSeriously,â The tiefling wiggles excitedly. âAre you ticklish?â
If Caleb could cast using his eyes, Molly is almost certain that he would be six feet under from the look the wizard gives him. Caleb takes a breath, steadies himself, tries to take control of the situation. âIâm sure that I am, and Iâm-â
Mollymauk snorts and laughs along. âWhat do you mean youâre âsure that you areâ?â
â-and Iâm also holding a mace.â Caleb finishes harshly as he points the weapon Nott had just found a few minutes earlier out at the group, slowly panning between them.
âOh.â Beau laughs. âAre you gonna take me in melee?â Sheâs suddenly much closer than she was a moment ago.
âNo offense, Caleb, but youâre not very strong.â Jesterâs smile conveys some hint of sympathy despite the clear overtone of mischief. âI think we could probably all take you in a tickle fight, really.â She wiggles her fingers at him and he jumps back an inch.
âWellâŚâ Caleb canât keep up the angry facade in the face of the trickster tiefling. He deflates a bit. âIt seems, then, that you have an answer. Is your curiosity satisfied?â He takes a step back.
âNope.â Molly answers instead of her. âWho knows? You could surprise us.â
âYou know thereâs only one way this conversation is going to end.â Beau rubs her palms together.
Caleb swallows a whine in his throat. His eyes dart between his companions, looking for an opening to rush far enough out of the way to get his hands into his component pouch. And then still, if they got to him before he could get the verbal components outâŚ
An hopeless groan falls from Calebâs lips as he finds himself cornered, pinned under each of his friendsâ intense gaze. âWhat can I do to convince you to let this go?â He tries.
âYou can let us tickle you!â Jester supplies with an impatient whine.
âWell that rather defeats the..â Caleb trails off. He sighs.
A mage hand appears above his own grip on the mace. âI think Iâll be taking this back.â Nottâs voice interrupts. âDonât want you falling on it and hurting yourself.â
A small smile is working itâs way into Calebâs slightly exasperated expression as he looks at his goblin companion, then lets go of the mace, which is swiftly carried out of range.
âWell, well. No more mace, Magic Man, now youâre just⌠what was it?â Molly continues in a chopped attempt at Calebâs accent. âSure that you are ticklish?â
Not knowing what else to do, Caleb backs away from the group slowly. He only makes it a few steps before Beau is on him in a flash. A millisecond of struggling before Beau has him grappled from behind, his arms pinned out to the sides in a full-Nelson. A desperate, strangled sound comes out of his throat as he is held steadfast, a grinning monk pressed against his back. âBeauregard.â He tries. âI will kill you.â
âYeah, how are you gonna do that?â
Caleb panics for a moment when he realizes he cannot pull his arms in enough to cover any part of himself, his torso, his face. Gods, what he must look like, blush ripening on his face.
Jester practically pounces in front of him. âOooo where are you ticklish, Caleb?â She contemplates giddily.
Caleb catches the start of a laugh in his throat; the silly absurdity of his companions has been growing on him. He stares up at the sky and pointedly not at any of the Nein. âThat seems very unwise to tell you right now.â
âAre you ticklish here?â She presses on, prodding into the softness of his belly a few times.
Calebâs breath hitches. âMist- Jester!â He bites his lip, squirming already under just a few pokes.
âThat would be a yessss.â She giggles, continues teasing. âWhat about here?â Two fingers walk over to his side to pinch a few times. âYouâre so soft, Caleb!â
Calebâs legs are practically dancing in place as he tries to wiggle out of the path of Jesterâs fingers. âPlehehease-â He gasps as he chokes back a laugh.
âYeah you are pretty ticklish there too.â She turns to the rest of their party. âAre you guys gonna help me or what?â
âNein! No- plehease do not!â Caleb almost shrieks out as Jester pinches up his ribs. He feebly kicks out as she climbs higher.
Yasha puts a hand on Mollyâs shoulder when he starts to creep closer to Caleb. She looks between him and Beau. âListen, Iâm all for finding out, but he might not have the same⌠tolerance.. as you or I for this type of mischief.â She squeezes Mollyâs shoulder and he turns to look at her, a little disappointed somewhere in his mind that he probably wouldnât see what the wizard looked like completely breathless, ravished, unable to stop laughing and smiling tonight. She continues. âWe donât want him to run away on us in the middle of the night.â He gives her an understanding look.
Jester is deterred temporarily by his leather and books, thank gods, but then she just moves right up under Calebâs arm. His arms flail about (as much as they can), absent any pattern, an outlet for the nervous, ticklish energy building up what feels like exponentially in his system.
âAlright, fine, donât have to ALL get him right now but, likeâŚâ Jester wiggles the fingers on the hand not tickling under Calebâs arm. She continues talking as he fights unsuccessfully against his laughter. âIt really would be faster finding out all his spots if I had a helping hand or two.â
âNoho- Whyhyhy!â Caleb chokes out between what are dangerously close to full on laughs.
Fjord is snickering to the left of them. He holds his arms up defensively. âIâm not trying to get on the bad side of our wizard.â He takes a step back, content to observe.
Caleb feels Jester pull back from under his arm. Heâs still frantically fighting to keep his eyes shut or pointed upward, to will his blush to die down, to squelch the laughter bubbling up in his belly and into his throat. Then, there are fingers against the side of his neck and Caleb is scrunching down as best he can. âNohohoho-â Caleb whimpers giddily, a smile plastered on his face.
âYour neck is really ticklish, Caleb!â Jester cheers. âWell, like, pretty much all of you is so far, but-â She brings her other hand over to trace a path down his other side from under his arm to his hip. Caleb shrinks away from the contact, still awkwardly curled in on his neck as much as he can. âI guess earlier I should have just asked if there was anywhere you werenât ticklish.â
Calebâs mind is swirling with the teasing words from Jester. He canât stop thinking about how everyone can see him, hear him, is watching him right now. He feels - heâs not sure.. Itâs intense and silly and unbearable and tingly. Some part of him grasps at the word fun. Still, everyone is looking at him.
âHey, can you?â Caleb barely registers Mollyâs words, luckily heâs not talking to him. Beau seems to pick up the gesture and question Molly is asking of her as Caleb feels a nod behind him. âI wanna try something.â
Caleb is vaguely aware of his legs shifting and his body moving closer to the ground. His knees bend as Beau sits down behind him, keeping his arms in place, and tucking him easily into her lap despite his wriggling struggles.
Caleb kicks at the air while Jester leans back in from the side to poke and prod at different little spots along his torso. He jumps at each touch. Giggles start falling out almost freely.
Molly grips firmly on Calebâs ankle and for the first time his eyes make contact with a member of the Nein. âDonât.â Caleb grins at him nervously.
âIâll be nice.â Molly assures him with a wink, tugging off his shoe. He can feel Caleb attempt to kick a little, but it seems more for show than anything. Maybe the wizard is just that weak.
Molly scribbles three claws against the ball of Calebâs foot and he wails, tugging his leg inward a bit harder. âPlehehehease- ScheiĂe! Beau, let me, let me gohohoho!â Caleb cackles, trying to roll himself over and become one with the dirt. His eyes squeeze shut.
âHey Jes!â
âYeah, Molly?â
âFeet are a pretty good spot.â He reports to his devious partner in tickling. âIâm gonna try his legs.â
Caleb is rocking back and forth, squirming in Beauâs grasp as Molly tickles along the different parts of his sole. He pinches a toe, earning a little yelp. Then his fingers tickle lightly along the tops of his feet and up to his calves. He pinches lightly along the back, toward Calebâs knee.
This one surprises Caleb. Heâs been tickled in all of the, what he would consider, usual places. Friends and lovers long ago had taken advantage several times. No one had ever tickled his calves before. He didnât know they could be ticklish. Where else were they going to find heâs ticklish?
Calebâs free leg is desperately trying not to kick Molly directly in the face, but heâs not sure how long he will be able to keep it up.
Thankfully, he doesnât have to worry about that much longer as he feels Yashaâs hand close around his free ankle when it swings a bit too close for comfort.
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âH-Help!â Caleb cries out as Beauregardâs fingers flex deftly in his armpits. He slams his now freed arms down, but itâs far too late to do anything about Beau or Jesterâs hands.
âAlright, alright. I think youâve established heâs ticklish.â Nott puts a hand on Jester. âYou kill him and Iâll have to kill all of you.â
Molly and Yasha set his legs down gently, smoothing a palm over his shins. Jester starts to mimic the motion on his arms.
Beau laughs. âWell youâre gonna have to give me my damn hands back, if you want me to stop.â She taps a few times. Caleb shudders.
âN-No youâre-â He lets out a giggle and a whine. âYouâre going to-â
âGuess Iâll just stay like this forever, then?â She pinches under his arms and Caleb shrieks.
Still shaking a bit, he slowly moves his arms away from his sides.
She slowly starts to pull away. But, really, how can she resist? She wiggles her fingers when Caleb lets the arms move away from his sides just a bit more, and he immediately slams his arms back down with a shout.
âHey!â Nott pushes a little at her. âThatâs enough!â Sheâs smiling as she scolds.
Yasha stands, giving Caleb a hand sitting up as she moves over to Beau behind him. âThat wasnât very nice.â
âWait.â Beau pales, scrambles to get up.
Yasha has her caught around the waist in a flash. Molly and Nott help give her a little taste of her own medicine while Jester plays with Calebâs hair.
âYou okay?â She asks him tenderly, a smile on her face.
âYes, yes. Iâm- itâs just.â He laughs, smiles bashfully. âItâs been a while.â
She brushes the last hairs out of his face and pinches his cheek. âThat was pretty cute.â
He elbows her away playfully.
âI think you would probably lose in a tickle fight against, like, any of us.â Jester teases, looking over to where Molly, Nott, and Yasha have Beau squealing beneath them. âMaybe not if everyone gangs up on someone else.â She shrugs.
âOh, I still have some tricks up my sleeve. You never know.â Caleb shoots her a wink as he lays back against her thigh, partially exhausted. He closes his eyes, content to relax into the positive touch and influence of his friends.
#critickle role#the tickle fight is hypothetical and yet Caleb still loses#ticklish!caleb#briefly also ticklish!beau#tickle fic#tickling#mighty nein#dnd#mine#fluff#Caleb widogast#beauregard lionett#nott the brave#jester lavorre#mollymauk tealeaf#the gang finds out Calebâs ticklish#enjoy my critters#critical role#critical role tickling#letâs be real itâs not really a fight wizards are squishy#Calebâs friends as so mean#tsk tsk#but itâs ok heâs just learning to have fun ok#one of these days heâs gonna crawl his ass into Mollymaukâs room and be like um. remember that thing you did. by the fire. the other night.#but heâs gonna have to be drunk or just coming out of a polymorph to do it lol
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