Witcher Fic: Quid Pro Quo

[dira]

Hey, so remember that thing where I wrote an entire 20K+ Witcher fic last week? This week I posted it! :D

Quid Pro Quo (25348 words) by Dira Sudis
Chapters: 5/5
Fandom: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Emhyr var Emreis/Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia, Eskel/Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia
Characters: Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia, Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon, Emhyr var Emreis
Additional Tags: Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Power Imbalance, Relationship Negotiation, Strategy & Tactics, First Time, Multiple Orgasms, Bathing/Washing, Hand Feeding, Ciri Has Two Dads, witcher family
Summary:

The only thing he isn't wrong about is how easily Emhyr var Emreis could destroy him if he chose to. Geralt has already left him far too many openings.

In which Geralt has the Wrong Idea, Emhyr has Plans, and Cirilla has (At Least) Two Dads and isn't giving up on them.

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Also, if you are looking for brief explanations of who's who and what's going on in the Witcher-verse, this primer is not the worst possible introduction: https://www.polygon.com/2015/5/18/8620223/witcher-3-guide-witcher-2-witcher

It's intended to get people up to speed to play Witcher 3, and this story (like most Emhyr/Geralt stories) is set after  Witcher 3, which means you kind of only need to know that everything turned out mostly okay and the universe was saved so we could get on with sorting out happy endings. :D

Comments

[lazaefair]

*screams into hands*

The pairing. The tags. The author. I’m not sure you could have written a fic this personally customized for me if I’d filled out a triple-page order form.

[dira]

:D :D :D I hope it lives up to the hype! :D

[lazaefair]

It did! The entire negotiation in the rose garden - oof. Maybe it wasn't arousing on a physical level in the same way as the sex scene, but it was almost intensely arousing on the feelings/emotions level, if that makes any sense. Like, it was so satisfying to follow them as they delicately, deliberately threaded the needle between both of their histories and complicated power dynamics, bolstered by their mutual respect and desire for each other.

Ciri and Emhyr combining forces to provide comfort for Geralt's hurt. Geralt being treasured and honored in ways he's never experienced and not knowing what to do with it. The entire apology issue, goddddddddd. (Evidently we both love to read/write about tough masculine protector characters getting their turn at being protected, and this is such a stellar example.)

I love that you alternated POVs between Geralt and Emhyr, too. Almost all the fic I've read has been from Geralt's POV, and while it's all been excellent, it's really nice to see things from Emhyr's side.

[dira]

Yayyyy, thank you! :D

Writing Emhyr POV was intimidating, but as soon as I started thinking about this premise, I knew I had to write the switch to his side after the Misunderstanding, to really show both that Geralt wasn't actually in danger from him and that he genuinely took Geralt's obvious fear seriously and was going to make it better, so I'm glad it worked!