the scent of grass
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Selfishness and Other Maladies by Ostentenacity
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
13 Nov 2025
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Geralt’s shoulders were stiff, and his grip on Jaskier’s wrist was like a vise. Between them, the bite mark on Jaskier’s forearm still oozed blood. Just a tiny little puncture. He’d gotten worse from stepping on a sharp rock in camp just last week. The dead fox lay three paces off, its head facing away. From this angle Jaskier couldn’t see whether or not he’d imagined the foam at its mouth.
Geralt still wouldn’t look at him.
“Don’t say it,” Jaskier begged one last time.
“It was rabid,” said Geralt flatly.
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At long last, Jaskier's luck runs out, and he acquires a mortal wound. It's lucky for him, then, that Geralt is far too selfish to let him die.
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- Part 1 of the scent of grass
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Lilacs and Other Entanglements by Ostentenacity
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
25 Nov 2025
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After a close brush with death, Jaskier finds himself altered in subtle ways. If anyone can help figure out the long-term effects of his ordeal, it's Yennefer of Vengerberg—but involving Yennefer means inviting complications, especially when it turns out Geralt's been keeping a rather important secret.
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Or: With Geralt temporarily absent, Jaskier and Yennefer plumb each other's hidden depths.
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- Part 2 of the scent of grass
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Frailty and Other Nightmares by Ostentenacity
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
12 Dec 2025
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“You said you wouldn’t let me die,” hissed the wraith with Jaskier’s face, its cold fingers closing around Geralt’s throat. “You promised!”
Geralt’s eyes snapped open. The night was quiet and still, with not even the slightest hint of wind to stir the leaves on the trees. His medallion was likewise still, but it lay beside his ear on the bedroll instead of on his chest, and the section of chain across his neck was chilly instead of skin-warm. He must have moved while he was dreaming and dislodged it.
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Jaskier survived an ordeal that ought to have killed him, and seems to have come out the other end no worse for wear. So it would be silly for Geralt to still be having nightmares. Ridiculous, even. It would be the absolute height of foolishness to go days without sleeping when everything is fine.
Because everything is fine.
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- Part 3 of the scent of grass