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   On the tip of the tongue by dunadancy

   Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/F, M/M, F/M
   • Complete Work

   26 Nov 2021

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast
   • Essek Thelyss
   • Caleb Widogast
   • Veth Brenatto
   • Beauregard Lionett
   • Jester Lavorre
   • Yasha (Critical Role)
   • Fjord (Critical Role)
   • Caduceus Clay
   • Verin Thelyss
   • Deirta Thelyss
   • Mutual Pining
   • friends to idiots to lovers
   • nightmare creatures as trusty steeds
   • Slow Burn
   • Actually it's more like flashburn and then edging?
   • I don't know man
   • Background Relationships
   • Verin relearns to love his brother
   • and then dunks on him constantly
   • Essek and Caleb learn their mutual love language is spell crafting
   • No main characters are permanently harmed in the making of this fic
   • RIP side characters
   • Resolved Sexual Tension
   • Explicit Sexual Content
   • canon divergence from ep109

   Summary

   It starts like this: Essek, in a fit of lonely idiocy, agrees to partake in a honeypot scheme with the Mighty Nein. It goes about as smoothly as he should have expected.

   It evolves to this: by decree of Deirta Thelyss, Verin is tasked with protecting his brother and his brother’s friends(??) as they parlay with the Children of Malice over the diplomatic incident they caused. Verin remembers his brother being much more of an aloof douche and much less of a floating disaster.

   Or: In a reality where the Mighty Nein do a stop in Xhorhas prior to meeting up with DeRogna, Essek agrees to help with one side quest and ends up with a lover, a brother, and a fight with a god.

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