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Some folks in the @i-can-read-to-him server were talking about how fun (and horrifying) it would be to have an AO3 wrapped showcasing all the stats for the fics you read that year, including your top tags and your most unhinged genres. So I present to you...
Shoutout to all the lovely people I've met through this server and the amazing friendship we've built... furbies and all 🤣 (iykyk)
The last line never fails to give me chills. Like Jesper, honey, are you alright? 😢
Also, this part is one of the reasons why I believe that Jesper might suffer from symptoms of depression, as one of the side effects of addiction.
I can't fully explain it, but maybe that's because I can personally relate. 😬
YOU CAN SEE HIS FACE THE EXACT MOMENT HE FALLS IN LOVE IM-
“Cheesecake,” says Wylan, handing him a box. “Brownies. More brownies. Some ginger cupcakes, because the recipe sounded like it might be good fun. Oh, and some more brownies.”
Kaz looks down at him over the small mountain of tupperware. “You have issues, Wylan.”
“I’m stressed. I do a lot of baking when I’m stressed.”
Had the absolute privilege of commissioning @thakidro to do this lovely lovely illustration of Wylan on his way to Black Crow and I’m still losing my entire mind over it <3 Look at him go! He has no functional brakes! Just perfect, thank you so much again :’)
[Image ID: An illustration of Wylan Van Eck riding a bike as he rushes to work. He is dressed in brown slacks and a green jumper with a red scarf flying out behind him as he races his way down the street, and has a very panicked expression. The front of the basket is filled with boxes full of cake; several more are stacked up at the back of the bike, neatly tied together with a string. The background suggests a cobblestone street with autumn leaves scattered across the pavement, one flying through the air as Wylan rushes past. End ID.]
Pairing: Wylan van Eck x Jesper Fahey Summary: “Alright, as much as I would love to spend more time with you, we both need to get some sleep.” If Jesper told anyone that he was the voice of reason here, they probably wouldn’t believe him. “Yeah, you’re right,” Wylan admitted sheepishly before he rose to the balls of his feet to press a gentle kiss to Jesper’s cheek. “Text me when you get home, Jes.” “I—” Jesper was actually speechless for a moment, so taken aback by the boldness Wylan had just displayed, that made his cheek heat up, while he swore he could still feel Wylan’s lips linger there. “Will do,” he eventually managed, a smile on his lips that stayed there all the way home.
Three dates that left Jesper very happy until a little miscommunication - or rather no communication - seemed to destroy everything they'd built up to.
W: But yeah so I kinda have a crush on you J: Have we not been on like 3 dates already? Or did I completely misread what we were doing?
Warning/Tags: POV Jesper Fahey, fluff, angst with happy ending, first kiss, falling in love, miscommunication, no beta we die like my sanity sometimes does
Jesper couldn’t believe that this was already their third date, his smile showing just how happy he was about the fact. He’d first seen Wylan one morning when he’d gotten a coffee from his favourite coffee shop on the way to work, and Wylan had just been opening up his flower shop. Jesper had been pretty sure that it had been new because he’d never seen it before - and one conversation with Wylan had proven him right, because he’d really only opened the shop a few days ago. And that morning? Jesper had been the one to help him up after he’d tripped and face planted. Sadly, Jesper hadn’t been quick enough to catch him, but at least it had stopped him from overthinking whether or not to talk to the cute florist. Of course, he hadn’t been able to just leave him to his own devices with his hands slightly bloody, right? Right.
It had been the best decision he’d made in a long time, because he’d taken care of Wylan’s injuries, had gotten to talk to him, and that had led to his mornings dropping by Wylan’s shop to check up on him until he’d worked up the courage to properly ask him out. Now, Jesper was someone who’d dated a lot, but normally with no intent. He’d just enjoyed going out, getting to know people, having fun. With Wylan, though, he’d wanted to get to know him better, unravel every little thing there was to know about him. Of course, he wanted this to lead somewhere, but he wanted to take his time, because Wylan wasn’t the kind of person he just wanted to have in the sheets. He’d realised that after talking to him a few times. Sure, at first he’d just thought that he was cute, but every little conversation they’d had, had intrigued him more and more. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have asked him out to get to know him better. Even his flatmates had been surprised - Inej positively and she’d definitely been happy for him, whereas Kaz had been rather skeptical and sarcastic, but that was something Jesper had been used to already.
After the first date, Jesper hadn’t been able to stop smiling. He’d gone through the day grinning all the time, and not even work had tainted his mood, no matter how annoying some people had been. He’d found himself reaching for his phone the moment it had buzzed to see if it was a message from Wylan, and he’d had to stop himself from answering straight away all the time. That evening, Inej had called him out on it, and over a glass of wine, they’d talked it through. Well, Jesper had told her everything about the date, all the little things he’d found out about Wylan. The big things as well, like the fact that Wylan was dyslexic, which seemed to have been a problem in the past, but Jesper couldn’t care less about it. He liked him for who he was, and that just meant that he could read to him, which seemed to have delighted Wylan when he’d told him, judging by the way he’d said: “You have a very soothing voice.”
i made this like, 2 years ago for a friend
Prompt game 19?!
Hi friend! Sorry this took so long, I’m afraid the creative juices have dried up :(
The mattress dipping is what rouses Wylan from his slumber, but it’s just Jesper getting back into bed with a yawn. He grumbles at being awoken, even as Jesper murmurs an apology and wraps his arms around him. Outside, he can just about make out the sound of birdsong over the patter of rain.
“What time’s it?” he mumbles, somewhat muffled by the pillow.
“Early,” Jesper says, sounding halfway to sleep again himself. “Go back to sleep.”
“‘m cold,” says Wylan. He pulls the blankets tighter around him and presses closer to his furnace of a boyfriend until they’re completely tangled together in a mess of limbs, Jesper’s warm, large hands sneaking underneath his sleep shirt to gently stroke over his lower back.
Wylan tilts his head up just enough to blindly press a kiss to the corner of Jesper’s mouth as sleep tugs at him again, hardly registering the way Jesper hums softly and kisses him again. It’s barely there, just a brush of lips against lips but it warms Wylan just as much as the blankets do.
“Love you,” he manages to say, before tucking his head under Jesper’s chin and letting the sound of his breathing lull him back to sleep.
went from wanting to draw wylan to studying baroque portraiture so umm here's what I imagine would be hanging in the Van Eck mansion
The honorary Crow, Milo.
Wylan Van Eck is a rising star. Jesper Fahey is hoping to make ends meet each month with poorly paid gigs. Five years ago they met in a band called "The Crows" and for two years, their dreams were becoming a reality. That was until an offer to get signed fell only on Wylan, resulting in a bad breakup of both the band and Jesper.
For the next five years, Wylan grew in popularity as The Crows faded from memory. Though, not everything about celebrity life is as glamorous as Wylan makes it out to be. Something darker is at play.
With a past intertwined together, what will happen when fate inevitably draws them back together again? How much of a difference can five years really make?
CHAPTER 3 OUT NOW - READ HERE ON AO3
Jesper agrees to help Kaz fix up the club he has been working on when some news breaks. Jesper is sure Kaz knows something. But what?
Sixofcrowdaydreams here! Could you answer 2 and 12 for the Character Ask Game, please? For both Wylan and Jesper. ❤️
Hi!! Thanks for asking! 💖💖
2. Favorite canon thing about this character?
Oooh I’m horrible with favorites
Wylan - I love that he’s an artist/musician. I LOVE that he really cares and enjoys music and art and that that’s an important part of his character just as much as him being good at math/chemistry etc. part of what makes him such a good demo man IS his creativity and ingenuity, and he has more than one outlet for it! That’s so cool!
Jesper - hmmm… again, picking a favourite is impossible for me, but if I’m going with my first thought it’s that he has adhd in canon and that it’s not some speculated thing in the fandom, it’s just a fact about his character. So many things we learn about him really line up with the profile of someone with adhd (speaking as someone with adhd lol) i.e., addictive personality, poor time management/time blindness, bad memory for small things but amazing memory for specifics—the list goes on.
Also this is only canon for the show but I love that he’s friends with Poppy. She made such an impression in season 1 even if it was only for one scene and just the implication that he tries to go to all her shows and probably knows a lot of the performers at the different clubs is so fun.
12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?
Wylan - well, the first thing that comes to mind is him being autistic, and also that he steals Jesper’s rings all the time (along with his shirts ofc)
Jesper - that one reason (not the main one but I sure bonus) why he loves reading stories to Wylan is because it helps HIM read. He can’t focus on reading when he’s alone because he gets distracted/bored/under-stimulated, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t WANT to read. Having Wylan there means they’re body doubling… plus he gets extra stimulus from reading out loud (and playing with Wylan’s hair/holding his hand etc.
The question should have been which headcanons I’ve I projected onto them lol
They were halfway back to the dock before he could bring himself to speak. "She knows what he did to her. She knows he had no right to take her money, her life." Van Eck, she'd said. She was not Marya Hendriks, she was Marya Van Eck, a wife and mother stripped of her name and fortune. "Remember when I said he wasn't evil?"
Wylan's legs gave out and he sat down hard, right there in the middle of the road, and he couldn't bring himself to care because the tears were coming and there was no way he could stop them. They gusted through his chest in ragged, ugly sobs. He hated that Jesper was seeing him cry, but there was nothing he could do, not about the tears, not about any of it. He buried his face in his arms, covering his head as if, were he to only will it strongly enough, he could vanish.
He felt Jesper squeeze his arm.
"It's okay," Jesper said.
"No, it's not."
"You're right, it's not. It's rotten, and I'd like to string your father up in a barren field and let the vultures have at him."
Wylan shook his head. "You don't understand. It was me. I caused this. He wanted a new wife. He wanted an heir. A real heir, not a moron who can barely spell his own name." He'd been eight when his mother had been sent away. He didn't have to wonder anymore; that was when his father had given up on him.
Crooked Kingdom, pg. 222
we are on twenty four hour wylan van eck lockdown!!! if you don’t wylan van eck that is your problem!!!! rip to you but i’m different!!!!!!
It’s basically a given, but Jesper is a finger-guns bisexual and Wylan is an awkward-thumbs up gay
