Wesper

Wesper is the slash ship between Wylan Van Eck and Jesper Fahey from the Grishaverse fandom.

Six of Crows
Wylan and Jesper met at a tannery in Ketterdam about a week and a half after Wylan left his father's house. Wylan had been working at the tannery to earn money to survive, and Kaz Brekker sent Jesper to recruit Wylan for a job, which Wylan initially refused, only to accept the next day when the first of his father's letters, which Wylan could not read, arrived. When Wylan first meets Jesper (shown during a flashback), the first thing he notices about the other boy is his perfectly shaped lips.

On the ship to Fjerda for the Ice Court job, Wylan and Jesper have a conversation in which they discover that they do not have many shared interests; Wylan turns away, his "disappointment obvious". Jesper notes that he feels disappointed as well, hinting at their mutual attraction. While in a jail cell in the Ice Court, Jesper tells Wylan to pull his shirt over his nose, which is part of the plan to escape. When Wylan asks why, Jesper tells him to stop being dense, and that "you're cuter when you're smart". When Wylan makes an intelligent remark a few paragraphs later, Jesper says "Definitely cuter when you're smart". Jesper remarks internally that flirting with Wylan might even be more fun than annoying him.

While waiting to disable the gate at the Ice Court, Jesper and Wylan talk, and Wylan reveals that he doesn't even like chemistry, instead opting for music and math, saying that "Numbers aren't like words. They don't get mixed up." Jesper remarks that it's "Too bad you can't talk to girls in equations", to which Wylan responds "Just girls?" Jesper restrains a grin as he answers, "No, not just girls", thinking that it was a shame they were all probably going to die. On the boat ride back to Kerch, Jesper wonders why he hasn't seen Wylan at all, unaware that Nina Zenik has tailored Wylan to look exactly like Kuwei Yul-Bo. Jesper is worried that Wylan doesn't want anything to do with him. He later realizes that who he thought was Kuwei standing with him every night was really Wylan.

When Jan Van Eck later reveals that Wylan cannot read, Jesper is infuriated at the man for being so cruel to his son; Van Eck had sent Wylan letters that all said variations of "if you are reading this, you know how much I wish to have you home". Jesper became extremely distressed when he thought Wylan had died when the ship blew up. He was relieved to find Wylan alive, but was not happy that his face had been tailored by Nina in order to trick Wylan's father. When Wylan asks why, Jesper says "I don't know, maybe I liked your stupid face!" Wylan defends him when Kaz is angry at a mistake Jesper had made that nearly cost Inej Ghafa her life at the beginning of the job, and they sit together while Kaz tries to figure out what to do now that Inej has been kidnapped.

Crooked Kingdom
During the Cornelius Smeet job, Wylan thinks about his reasons for sticking with Kaz and his crew, and reveals them to be Inej, who had risked her own life for his countless times over the last month and whom he wanted to help save. He also needs money desperately, and he internally remarks that "If there was another reason, a tall, lanky reason with a too-strong taste for games of chance, he wasn't going to think about that right now." This is a description of Jesper.

In Black Veil, Wylan asks Jesper why Kaz won't admit that he wants Inej back. When Jesper asks if Wylan has even met Kaz, Wylan remarks that "She's one of us." Jesper then says, "One of us? Does that mean she knows the secret handshake? Does that mean you're ready to get a tattoo?" He then runs a finger up Wylan's forearm, causing Wylan to turn pink as usual. When Jesper's father, Colm Fahey, comes to Ketterdam, Wylan comes along to see him with Jesper, for which Jesper is very grateful. Jesper mentions the possibility of "naked orgies on the floor of the exchange". Wylan is flustered by this, and Jesper thinks to himself that the other boy is easy to rattle. When they are attatcked at the university, Wylan gets them out through a secret passage, and Jesper remarks that one day he's going to stop underestimating him. Wylan responds by saying that then Jesper will be a lot harder to surprise. They take Colm back to Black Veil, where he confronts Jesper about his studies, Wylan lies to cover for Jesper and shares in a later inner monologue that the reason for this is that he can't bare seeing Colm's disappointment towards Jesper.

In preparation for the Sweet Reef/Van Eck seal job, Jesper goes with Wylan to buy the chemicals Wylan needs and accompanies him to visit his mother's grave. Upon learning what Jan Van Eck did to Wylan's mother, Wylan breaks down and cries, while Jesper comforts him and gets them both back in time for the job. That night, before the teams leave for the job, Wylan asks Jesper if the life of a criminal is really the life he wants. Jesper responds by saying that yes, this is what he wants. He then reaches out to untwist the strap of Wylan's satchel, and he doesn't let go as he says "But it's not all that I want." When the night goes horribly wrong, Wylan is extremely scared for Jesper's fate. When he finds him safe, he states that he simply wants to stand as close to Jesper as possible.

Jesper and Wylan were attracted to each other from the start, and Jesper stated that he had wanted to kiss Wylan, since he had seen him in "that gruesome tannery". After Jesper gets in a big fight with his father after he confesses as to what he's doing, and because he is distracted and rattled, Jesper accidentally mistakes Kuwei for Wylan and kisses Kuwei, but immediately acknowleges that the kiss does not feel right. Wylan walks in to tell them about a meeting and sees them kissing, and is obviously hurt, but says nothing and chooses to ignore Jesper afterwards.

During the meeting, Wylan blows up, saying that it does matter that his face was changed and he wants it tailored back, hinting that he likes Jesper. After the meeting, Jesper talks to Wylan and says there is nothing going on between him and Kuwei. He gives Wylan a portrait of him (that Wylan's mother painted) for when he'll get tailored by Genya Safin. When Wylan asks why he had taken the portrait, Jesper says "I told you, I like your stupid face." After it's done, Wylan looks like himself again. They go back to the rooms the crew is staying in, and Wylan presents his theory that Jesper's Grisha powers are the reason he shoots so well; this theory is disliked at first by Jesper, even though he realizes that his mother, who taught him to shoot, was also a Fabrikator, supporting Wylan's argument. During the conversation, Wylan says that he's thought about this, to which Jesper responds "Thought about me? Late at night? What was I wearing?" After the conversation, Jesper feels restless and in need of escaping, but Wylan puts a hand on his shoulder and tells him to breathe. Jesper can't look away from Wylan's "clear water blue gaze", so he breathes. When he opens his mouth to inhale for the second time, Wylan leans forward and kisses him. Jesper's mind goes blank except for the feel of Wylan's lips and his hair in Jesper's hand, and he describes the kiss as being akin to a gunshot, a prairie fire and the spin of Makker's Wheel. He looks into Wylan's eyes and says that he really hopes they don't die.

Later, when Wylan has to get beaten up for the auction job, Jesper is alarmed by how many injuries he has. When they expose Van Eck as a criminal, and Wylan becomes heir to the company, Jesper says that he will stay with Wylan and read the papers to him. Jesper remarks that it's not a hard decision, to be able to have servants, money, a large house, and to spend "quality time" with Wylan. He says that he "Charges a pretty steep fee", to which Wylan responds that he hopes the medic will get there soon to fix his ribs, because he'd "like to make a down payment".

Shadow & Bone (Netflix)
Jesper's and Wylan's relationship in the Netflix's adaptation of the Grishaverse deviates greatly from the books, since the characters are aged up and are introduced to each other long before the events leading to Ice Court heist.

Wylan first appears in season two, but it is stated that the bombs Kaz used to escape from the Darkling in season one were Wylan's work. In the first episode of season two, Wylan is recruited by Kaz as a demolition expert for the Pekka Rollins job and his laboratory becomes the place for the crew's first meeting. Jesper is the first to arrive and, much to Wylan's disappointment, doesn't seem to recognize Wylan, but there are hints that the two have met before.

Jesper is displeased that Wylan is their new demo man and that the two are later sent on a task together. Wylan notices Jesper's reluctance to work with him and tells Jesper that he can trust him. Unfortunately, they are ambushed by Rollins's henchmen. While taking cover from flying bullets, Jesper recognizes Wylan while lying on top of him, finally recalling that they have hooked up before. They manage to escape to Black Veil to meet up with the rest of the crew. The following day, Kaz pairs them together again to investigate one of Pekka Rollins's factories, which turns out to be a country estate where Rollins keeps his secret son, Alby. Wylan and Jesper briefly talk about their first night before they are discovered by the estate's staff. They disguise themselves as piano repairmen and Wylan plays the piano, to Jesper's amazement. On their way back to Black Veil, Wylan pleads with Jesper to withhold the information regarding Alby from Kaz, which the latter agrees. However, when Jesper is later pressured to tell Kaz about Alby, Wylan is visibly upset.

Moving forward with Kaz's plan, Wylan synthesizes a chemical compound that can mimic firefox and Jesper helps him transport the vials. Jesper flirts with Wylan, saying he "kinda likes Wylan's face". That night, after the job is done successfully, Wylan and Jesper discuss their relationship. Wylan states that after they hooked up for the first time, he ran away because he thought Jesper would not develop any serious feeling for him, which Jesper admits is a possibility. Jesper then expresses that he does want to pursue something more with Wylan, despite not being able to make any promises and not knowing himself where this relationship may lead them. Afterward, the two share a kiss and proceed to have sex.

Some time passes, Jesper and Wylan are shown to be happily flirting and kissing in bed. Kaz interrupts them to annouce a new job for Prince Nikolai of Ravka, which requires them to travel to Shu Han to retrieve a blade and bring it Ravka. Kaz hands them passport counterfeits and Wylan asks Jesper what the name on his passport is. Jesper finds out that Wylan cannot read and accidentally makes Wylan uncomfortable. Things become awkward as Wylan distances himself from Jesper. Jesper tries multiple times to relieve the tension between them with compliments on Wylan's intelligence and expertise on explosives, to no avail.

As the crew breaks into Ohval's home to steal the blade, Jesper tries to apologize again and assures Wylan that illiteracy is nothing to be ashamed of, but Wylan snaps and tells Jesper that the latter has no business to give advice on shame, given the fact that Jesper is hiding his Grisha powers. This causes more tension between them and before they have the chance to discuss further, Jesper has to join the rest of the crew to enter the home, while Wylan stays in the garden and keeps guard. Wylan comes across some cyan morpho butterflies pollinating rare Datura Meloxia flowers, likens the symbiosis to "a little love story" and mumbles to himself "as if he cares", implying that he is thinking about Jesper.

The crew managed to obtain the blade. On their way out of Ohval's home, Jesper rushes to Wylan to share that he doesn't want to hide the fact that he is Grisha anymore, "for a million reasons, including [Wylan]". Wylan also says that the first thing he wanted to do when he saw the rare Datura Meloxia flowers was to tell Jesper about them and hold his hand. Jesper declares that he wants to stand with Wylan "in front of all the Daturma Ox things to come" and they kiss.

The crows travel to Ravka, where they have to fight the Darkling's nichevo'ya. At one point, Wylan temporarily neutralizes a shadow monster and Jesper proudly cheers "Yes! My man!" After the Darkling is defeated, the crows are paid and four of them (except for Inej) go back to Ketterdam. In a deleted scene, Jesper and Wylan are seen together in Jesper's bed. After Wylan's remark that Ketterdam never really feels like home to him, Jesper fabrikates a key to his room at the Dregs club from a coin and gives it to Wylan, which Wylan claims was "the kindest thing that anyone has ever done for [him]", The scene ends with them sharing a kiss.

Other
Author Leigh Bardugo, in response to a fan's question on Tumblr, said that now, Wylan and Jesper are "Cuddling or blowing shit up. Possibly both. Probably both."

Behind the Scenes
"For the Six of Crows readers out there, of all the Six of Crows characters, I'm the one who hasn't got their other half yet. So obviously, I would love to meet Wylan."

- Kit Young

Fanon
The ship is well loved by the fanbase. It's one of the more popular pairing in the series. Many Wesper fans were disappointed when the casting for the Shadow & Bone Netflix series, didn't include Wylan. However, most were assured that he would come in during the second season.

On AO3, Wesper is the most written ship for Wylan and Jesper. It is also the second most written ship in the Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo tag, the fifth most written in the Nikolai Series - Leigh Bardugo tag and the seventh most written in The Grish Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo tag.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Jesper/Wylan tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Jesper/Wylan tag on FanFiction.Net

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