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Wukong and Macaque had a turbulent relationship shrouded by a past of anger and distrust. For all the right reasons, Macaque cannot stand him, and he likes to make sure everyone knows that whenever he's given the opportunity. Yet somehow, against all odds, he finds himself by his side once more. Macaque can hardly believe it either, but one of Wukong's many talents has always been managing to shove himself into his life, so he can't really say he's surprised to still gravitate toward him even after everything they've been through.
Or, a very, very painful reconciliation in parts.
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Have I Found You, Flightless Bird? by skulltrot
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series)
27 Jan 2026
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Kingsley Tealeaf is not Mollymauk Tealeaf, yet every day he finds there's more Molly in him than he knew still remained. Emptiness lingers, but it does not damn him. It's a lovely thing, self-discovery.
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For something so complicated, it is as simple as things come. Caleb's home is shared with hope and longing, but he understands Essek's fleeting presence better than anyone else. Essek can't stop himself from coming back to Caleb every chance he gets. Building a home, they find, happens in steps. Slowly. Carefully.
Especially when one of them is a war criminal on the run from two nations who may very well want him dead.
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“Are you in love, my friend?”
In the depths of his mind, he tried to reach the ghost of laughter on a beach, but the tide continued to sweep it away with hysterical laughter and the violent collision of staffs.
“I’m not sure.”
“Do you want to be?”
His silence was heavy as he contemplated the question. A choice. It’s always been one, he knows. Still, his answer came out forlorn. Vacant.
“I don’t know.”
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OR; Macaque becoming apart of Wukong's life again unearths some buried questions he never thought he'd have the chance to confront again.
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I Could Share It With You if You Gave Me the Time by CitizenMocha
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
22 Aug 2022
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There are still many dangers in Aeor.
Other hunters and tomb robbers, and all manner of strange traps, but it's the cold (and his own pride) that threatens Essek when he and Caleb are separated after an exhausting day of adventuring.
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14 Jul 2026
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The first letter Essek receives from Caleb Widogast is secreted into his pocket at some point during a tense interview with the Bright Queen. For the life of him, Essek cannot figure out how it was done. He doesn’t recall so much as brushing against the other man as he escorted the Mighty Nein out of the Lucid Bastion.
Yet when he returns to his office, there it is, tucked into a nearly invisible pocket in his mantle — a piece of subpar parchment folded to vaguely resemble a cat’s face with tiny pointed ears.
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12 Jul 2026
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She had opened her mouth to say something about stepping outside, when the thought to share struck her like Exandria's most obvious bolt of lightning. The boy was clearly high-strung as all hell, maybe he could use some help? It had done wonders for her, and there was no harm in asking.
"Hey," She leant forward, catching his eyes as they flicked up towards her voice, "Have you ever had pipeweed before?"
"Hm? Ah-" His hand stalled where it had been fidgeting. "I don't believe I have."
Veth and Essek get fucking high babeey
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08 Jul 2026
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“I am pretty fucked, Essek.”
He doesn’t intend to let the spell go, but it unravels along with his concentration as the pain becomes overwhelming. Wincing, he lets his arm fall back to the ground. He’s been trained to take this. Nothing ambitious for a moment. Just breathe.
Prompt: Caleb and Essek are separated in Aeor and Caleb gets blinded.
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01 Jul 2026
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To Essek, the battlefield at that moment, went silent. He could hear nothing but his own heart hammering in his chest, the screams, the chaos, all of it was blanketed in sweet nothingness. Essek watched as Caleb, kind and honest Caleb. Wonderful and brilliant Caleb, a wizard unlike Essek had ever known. Fell to the ground, unmoving.
In his 120 years Essek is no stranger to death, it comes with the burden of a prolonged lifespan. However, this death, his death... Was not one he was ready for, not this soon, and not in this way.
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01 Jul 2026