Life as a scribe post-graduation at Oxenfurt Academy is a good one. When your old friend Jaskier comes looking for somewhere to spend the winter, you accept him with open arms and, unwittingly, an open heart. A reader-insert Witcher series, wherein 'you' are an old friend of Jaskier's from school. Eventual Jaskier x Reader. Part 1 of the 'what we choose to keep' series. Set in a weird and nebulous timeline where I don't have to think too hard about /when/ things happen, because otherwise I'll never actually get to write this. This is entirely self-indulgent, and self-beta'd. All mistakes are my own. CHAPTER 5 CONTAINS EXPLICIT MATERIAL

Go back to Oxenfurt for the winter, he thought. It'll be convenient, he thought. or, Five times Jaskier thinks he has a handle on his crush, and one time he gives up. a fic to accompany 'to grow a winter garden' from Jaskier's POV! if you haven't read that already, things make more sense to start from there. part 3 of the 'what we choose to keep' series.

Feelings revealed and relationship consummated, perhaps it shouldn't be a surprise to you that Jaskier has a great deal of sexual experience. Or, perhaps the surprise instead is that he wants to share it all with you. A reader-insert Witcher series, taking place in the interim between chapter 5 and 6 of 'to grow a winter garden' -- read that first! Part 2 of the 'what we choose to keep' series. Do you have an idea for something you would like to see happen in the coming chapters? Feel free to let me know! If I can make it make sense, I will happily incorporate it. This is entirely self-indulgent, and self-beta'd. All mistakes are my own.

Listen. If you don't want a really, really long story full of angst and romance, skip this one. It's rare for me to not write a fic in one go, but this one took me two days to bash out. I have no idea why; the idea teased me, and it just... went in a direction I didn't expect. I borrow from the Witcher universe/games as always, but I also make shit up, so not canon, and I do refer to Jaskier as Julian in this fic because it makes sense. Anyway, I hope you enjoy! And that someone actually reads it omg I must be stopped help. Not my gif. I put this here because it's 18k+ words and Tumblr was having a breakdown. My fics are at witchernonsense.tumblr.com