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Anarchy by AvoidingAverage
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game)
13 Oct 2025
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Jaskier died on a sunny day.
And it was all Geralt’s fault.
______________________________________Or, the angsty continuation of the Villainous Universe.
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- Part 5 of Villainous Universe
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An Offer You Can't Refuse by AvoidingAverage
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game)
09 Feb 2024
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“Are you one of the Butcher’s pack? I don’t smell him on you.”
The question sent a frisson of unease through him. The truth was that if he did belong to the Kaer pack, he would be marked by his alpha. An alpha’s mark would ensure his safety and add legitimacy to everything he did. A pack and a family, all in one. Even the Butcher of Blaviken would keep the members of his pack safe or die protecting them.
Once upon a time, Jaskier had had that. Once upon a time, he’d imagined the day when he would become an alpha himself and care for his own pack.
Now he knew, all of those dreams were nothing more than a fairytale.
_______________________________Or, the Mafia/Werewolf AU no one asked for.
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The Rake and his Husband by AvoidingAverage
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game), Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski
10 Jan 2024
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“Was any of it real?” Each word is perfectly even, carefully laid out as though a master artist was at work.
It feels horrific compared to the visions of Jaskier Geralt was now accustomed to. A version where laughter came quickly and Geralt dared to believe love would follow.
Now it lies barren.
_____________________________In an effort to reclaim his family's power, Geralt pretends to be in a relationship with the Viscount Jaskier. All he needs to do is keep it from becoming real.
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Searching in the Shadows by AvoidingAverage
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game)
30 Jun 2023
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When Geralt of Rivia disappears, it's up to his former partner to find him. Even if it means acknowledging the heartbreak that made Jaskier leave him behind.
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Anti-Hero by AvoidingAverage
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game)
20 Jan 2023
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“I’m sure your wife will be interested in some of our community activities we offer. We’ve got a lovely knitting group if she—“
Her words trailed off as Geralt padded up behind Jaskier, looking rumpled and delicious in a thin shirt and shorts. The Witcher had taken to retirement easily and proven to be especially lazy when it came to mornings doing anything besides cuddling in their large bed.
“Who’s this?” Geralt asked in a voice that also conveyed his displeasure at waking up in an empty bed.
“Joyce from the HOA,” Jaskier murmured, delighting in the way Geralt leaned close to press a kiss against his cheek instead of acknowledging the older woman. “She was just telling me about a knitting class you might like.”
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Life away from Novigrad is noting like Jaskier expected. Somehow he's found a new enemy to meet in a battle of wits.
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- Part 4 of Villainous Universe
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Malefaction by AvoidingAverage
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game), Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski
11 Nov 2022
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Geralt closed his eyes and prayed for strength. “Let me out of these cuffs before someone figures out where you’ve taken me.”
“I’m not afraid of–”
“Yes, we’ve already covered that you aren’t intelligent enough to understand cause and effect,” Geralt interrupted impatiently. “Listen, I’m doing the kindest thing I’ve ever done and giving you a chance to run before he gets here.”
_________________________________**This work can be read as a standalone story or as part of the Villainous Series**
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- Part 3 of Villainous Universe
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I'll Be Yours by AvoidingAverage for ghostinthelibrary
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
06 Nov 2022
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“Who the fuck are you?” the sentinel demanded.
It shouldn’t have been charming to watch the stranger glower at him while he dangled by one leg. Especially not when Aiden was still trying to decide how or if he should go about killing him.
The guide gave the other Witcher a wicked smirk. “I’m the man hired to kill you.”
_______________________________Or, Aiden takes a job that ends with him bonding with two Wolves.
**This can be read as a stand alone fic, or as part of the Sentinels/Guides universe.**
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- Part 3 of Sentinel/Guide AU
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Heroic by AvoidingAverage
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
24 Oct 2022
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There was a word echoing in his mind with each step of the guards in the hallway outside his cell. It radiated through his bones and into the tattered soul beneath. Over and over again with each beat of his heart until he could scarcely breathe through it.
Betrayal.
Geralt had betrayed him.
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- Part 2 of Villainous Universe
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Villainous by AvoidingAverage
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
26 Apr 2022
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Another knock interrupted his scrutiny of his–apparently faulty–security system. He huffed out a breath and mentally consigned himself to a cold breakfast. Biting into his toast, Jaskier reached under the table to retrieve the glock he kept there for exactly this possibility.
He checked the chamber as he walked over to his door and glanced through the peephole. Nothing. Guess he’d have to do this the hard way.
Thumbing off the safety, Jaskier yanked the door open and felt a thrill of surprise burn through him at what awaited him.
Geralt of Rivia lay bleeding on his front porch.
“Well, well,” Jaskier purred, leaning against the door jam. “Who do I have to thank for this gift?”
_______________________Or, What if Jaskier was a super villain and Geralt was his nemesis?
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- Part 1 of Villainous Universe
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Fading Heartbeats by AvoidingAverage
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
25 Feb 2022
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Happiness was a fragile thing.
It lived between heartbeats and quick smiles. A coy wink tossed across a ballroom amidst the sound of strings and strangers’ laughter. A hand, rough with callouses on each fingertip from years of bringing happiness to others tracing the scars from a lifetime of war.
A Witcher knew better than anyone that such things never survive.
_______________________________In the midst of battle, Jaskier is buried alive.
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“He doesn’t have much time now,” the demon observed, “Even Witchers need oxygen. This is your only hope of saving him.”
Jaskier’s face went firm and determined, turning back to the creature with no sign of his earlier hesitation.
The demon looked amused. “Are you sure he’d worth giving up so much?”
“All that and more,” Jaskier whispered.
Then he stepped into the circle.
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To save Geralt, Jaskier lets himself be possessed by the demon he was hunting. Will there be anything left of the bard for Geralt to save? -
A Witcher's Heart by AvoidingAverage
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
04 Jan 2022
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In books and songs, there are always clues that warn the audience that a great tragedy is about to occur. A spot of blood against the clean floor. A broken window, perhaps, or a darkened home. Their hearts would race with anticipation only to gasps as the true horror unfolded.
For Jaskier, the tragedy looked like this:
Two bodies moving awkwardly off the tumbled bedspread.
Dark hair tumbling over shoulders bared by a shirt that was far too large for a woman’s body.
Familiar scars left behind by a life of war joined now by a deep bruise along one collarbone in the shape of a mouth.
Yellow eyes meeting his with agony marring their depths—too much emotion to belong to the man responsible for the way Jaskier’s chest seemed collapse around the shards of his broken heart.
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Dying for You (Again and Again) by AvoidingAverage
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
24 Oct 2021
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By his understandably shoddy memory, Jaskier had died over 1300 times since he first drew breath several hundred years ago.
Somehow, none of those deaths ever seemed to hurt as much as the dreams of Geralt.
___________________________________Or, the Old Guard AU no one asked for, but I wrote.
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Lark of my Heart by AvoidingAverage
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
18 Oct 2021
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“What do I smell like to you?”
Geralt looked up from where he was sharpening a blade to frown at the bard. “What?”
“You’re always sniffing around me,” Jaskier explained with a smile that covered the sheepish blush on his cheeks, “And I've read that Witchers have a keen sense of smell so tell me, what do I smell like to you?”
Home.
___________________________After the mountain, Geralt faces the reality of what his temper has destroyed and tries to pretend like he's fine with that. (He isn't.)
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I'll Be Your Ruin by AvoidingAverage
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
16 Oct 2021
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“You can’t….” Aiden gritted his jaw and looked away from him when honeyed eyes shifted towards the source of the sound. “You can’t keep doing this.”
“Doing what?” Geralt sighed, scrubbing a hand over his face and wincing at the sensation of dried blood flaking away. He must have missed it in the cursory scrub he’d attempted to clean off the evidence of the brief skirmish.
“Acting like your death won’t be devastating.” A deep breath. “Acting like Jaskier would want you to do this.”
__________________________The Sequel to I'll Be Your Shelter
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- Part 2 of Sentinel/Guide AU
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“We’re dating.”
The world seems to go quiet around him.
There’s nothing but the beat of his heart in his chest, pounding like a betrayal. His jaw clenched around the wounded sound trapped in his throat.
He wants to go back to the moment before this became reality. He wants warm afternoons with unfinished crosswords. He wants laughter and floor stained hands reaching out to tousle his hair.
He wants and wants and wants—
“—ae? Are you alright?”
Taehyung blinks and swallows until he feels like he can taste the longing that will never escape now. It’s better like this, he thinks with the desperation of a drowning man reaching out for a rope. At least I didn’t make a fool of myself.
At least I know what’s out of my reach.
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I'll Be Your Shelter by AvoidingAverage
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
24 Apr 2021
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Jaskier was half way through a lackluster rendition of one of his least popular songs when his world went static.
In his ears, a foreign heartbeat thundered, ragged and wounded. It felt as though his lungs had gone sideways with the sensation. Even the air itself tasted like it was charged with lightning, bright and bitter as ozone. Deep in his gut, he felt something urging himself forward, pulling him like some invisible string towards an unknown destination.
Something brushed across his senses, rough as tree bark, and sinking into his skin to crawl like ants beneath. He froze, eyes darting around the room like he could spot whoever it was that had sent his senses scrambling against the hard earned shields he was always careful to maintain. In his hands, his fingers faltered, melody disappearing beneath the wave of wrong that felt like it was choking him.
The answer was simple--and impossible.
There was a Sentinel here.
______________________________A Sentinel/Guide AU
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- Part 1 of Sentinel/Guide AU
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The Fixer by AvoidingAverage
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game)
10 Apr 2021
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In the world of the wealthiest members of society, there is only one man who you call when there is a problem that needs to disappear. Whether it's killing off your competition or ensuring you have the blackmail you need to keep your enemies at bay, Jaskier--better known as Dandelion--has made a living getting his hands dirty.
So, when the offer comes to track down the missing child of a billionaire CEO, Geralt of Rivia, Jaskier is more than happy to go undercover and get the information they need to ensure Geralt doesn't become a problem.
But what happens when he starts to have feelings for the kind, smartass barista and his strange family?
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Call Me Sunshine by AvoidingAverage
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game)
28 Mar 2021
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It becomes a habit to keep an eye on the front door every Wednesday. Jaskier told him after the second week that he tries to grab the flowers on his lunch break. It’s how he found the shop in the first place.
“I tutor a kid near here,” he tells Eskel as he watches the florist trim the thorns off some David Austen roses. “He’s a menace, but his mom wants him to learn piano and is willing to pay for all the grey hairs I’m getting.”
“You play piano?”
“And a few other instruments. My favorite is the lute.”
Eskel grins a little. “A lute? Do you moonlight as a bard too?”
___________________________Or, a florist AU with enough misunderstandings and pining to fill an entire season of a CW show.
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Star Crossed by AvoidingAverage
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
13 Feb 2021
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“It’s not true.” The man’s voice is rough as a knife over gravel and is short enough to make the bard falter at his tone. It takes him a moment to realize he’s referring to the story he’d told as part of the festival.
“You don’t believe in the lost lovers?” he asks, offended to the very core of his romantic heart. He stands a little straighter to glare up at the larger man. “I’ll have you know that my story comes from the works of Master Essi herself--she knew the lovers herself. It's the foundation story of our whole town and this festival! How can you say the story isn’t true?”
A shadow crosses over the stranger’s face and eyes that flash gold flick away from the bard to stare at the trees and the lonely hill. Despite himself, the bard feels his heart ache at the grief in his expression.
“He didn’t come back.”