A Chaotic Neutral

Title: The Unknown Quantity
Universe: Critical Role, Campaign Two
Characters: Caduceus Clay/Fjord
Rated: M
Enticements: Sexual Content, Frotting, Handjobs, First Kiss
Description: Fjord has no reason to be nervous. It’s an opportunity to commune with the Wildmother after all. The fact that he’s in love with Caduceus Clay has nothing to do with it.

For FjorClay Week 2020, Day Seven, Nature

Fjord is nervous.

He doesn't have any reason to be nervous. It's just Caduceus. It's just their familiar roof with their familiar ridiculously large tree on top of their familiar home. He's in familiar comfortable clothes -- loose trousers, loose tunic, and the emblem Caduceus has given him on a thong around his neck. He’s unarmored, and unarmed in spirit, though he can call the Star Razor at a moment’s notice.

He has no reason to be nervous.

Maybe the tremble is excitement. Maybe the rapid flutter of his heart, the heat in his face, can be chalked up to excitement. Curiosity. Intrigue.

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Title: Refuge
Universe: Critical Role, Campaign Two
Characters: Fjord, Caduceus Clay
Rated: K+
Description: While shackled in the prison of the Iron Shepherds, Fjord dreams and his future reassures him.

For FjorClay Week, Day Five, Dreams

Jester's humming.

Even in this dark and dirty and dank place, Jester's humming and babbling behind the gag, and generally doing her best to put on a brave face. Fjord tries to return the favor, but he's beaten all to hell, exhausted, barely able to keep his eyes open.

Sleep isn't a refuge. Not with those dreams. Not with the eyes watching him. Multiple eyes. Yellow and luminous, the deep voice resonating words at him. Commands. Commands he can't follow.

Consciousness is worse.

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Title: Up the River
Universe: Critical Role Campaign Two, Alternate Reality
Characters: Caduceus Clay, Fjord
Rated: K+
Enticements: Fairy Tale AU, The Hermit and the Kappa
Description: Caduceus thinks Calliope must have been teasing when she said to be wary of kappas. Fjord, after all, seems to be as pleasant as they come.

For FjorClay Week, Day Three, Prompt: Myths and/or Fairy Tales

It's a sticky, humid day when Caduceus throws the two corked clay jars over his shoulders and heads for the river. He picks his way through the garden of haphazardly ordered plots of vegetables and fruits and herbs and flowers singing their sweet song into the air. A few bees buzz noisily, but leave him be.

True, he could always ask the Wildmother to create water for him, but there's a simple pleasure in fetching it for himself. It's only a few minutes walk, and perhaps while he's there, he'll indulge in a quick dip as a break from the day's sticky heat.

As it is, Caduceus has stripped down to a loose pair of linen trousers, snipped off at the knee. His bare skin is slick with a sheen of sweat. He's piled his hair on top of his head, in deference to the heat, and the sun warms the back of his neck where it peeks through the tree canopy above.

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Title: Generosity Provides
Universe: Critical Role Campaign Two, And Other Virtues Series
Characters: Fjord/Caduceus, The Mighty Nein
Rating: K+
Enticements: None
Description: Fjord notices things, too. And he notices that Caduceus needs to look after himself a bit more.

For FjorClay Week, Day One “Battle Couple/Post Battle”

Warmth washes over Fjord, followed by a ticklish tingle, and the last of his aches and pains vanish. He feels the smile of the Wildmother like sunshine on the crown of his head, and though he hadn’t noticed them, a few tiny scratches on his arm fade into nothing.

The battle had been more of a skirmish. These days, a few dire badgers are nothing the Mighty Nein can't handle, but one had gotten past Fjord’s guard when he'd been aiming at the largest of them bearing down on Caleb, and weak or not, badger claws are sharp. It cut right through a gap in his armor, slicing under his arm.

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Title: Patience Rewards
Universe: Critical Role, Season Two
Characters: Caduceus Clay/Fjord, The Mighty Nein
Rated: K+
Description: Fjord doesn’t know what to call this thing brewing inside of him, but he might just be brave enough to take a chance on it.

Chaos, Fjord thinks, is pretty much what the Mighty Nein is about. They don’t know how to function if they aren’t causing or existing in the midst of some kind of chaos. It makes for a stressful life, jumping from one bit of madness to the next. They don’t get a lot of downtime.

They’ve all learned to take what comfort and relaxation when and where they can. Nott drinks, despite their disapproval. Caleb buries himself in a book. Beau works out until she’s covered in sweat, and her muscles ache. Jester draws in her notebook and plays silly pranks. Yasha, when she was with them, stands out in the rain and does whatever it is Yasha does. Caduceus meditates.

And Fjord...

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