The Light We Shut Out
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The Blood on My Hands (Scares Me to Death) by vividiana
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
11 Aug 2024
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Starting immediately after the duel with Orin, this story follows Eve as she tries to deal with the aftermath of rejecting Bhaal, come to terms with her past, and decide what this all means for her and Astarion's future.
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“I want to talk to you. I want to tell you all of these horrible things, I just– I don’t want you to hate me for it.”
“Gods damn it Eve,” he pulls away gently, only far enough so he can look her in the eyes as he speaks. “You tried to kill me and it didn’t make me love you any less. You told me you were Bhaal’s favorite child, that you led a murder cult and conceived an evil plot to take over the world. And yet here we are. What could you possibly tell me that would make me hate you?”
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- Part 1 of The Light We Shut Out
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Come along with Me (and Put Your Mind at Ease) by vividiana
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
08 Dec 2024
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Flirting seems hard enough even without a voice in your head urging you to eviscerate anyone who gets too close. So when Astarion approaches Eve with a proposition, she's... a bit frazzled, to say the least. But despite what she promises herself, she can’t seem to stay away from him.
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An exploration of Eve and Astarion’s act 1 dynamic from the first time he propositions her, up to the tiefling party.Series
- Part 2 of The Light We Shut Out
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What a Wicked Thing to Do (To Make Me Dream of You) by vividiana
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
23 Aug 2024
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"Eve was a risk that got harder to justify with each passing day and at some point Astarion had to face the alarming realization that he just did not care about the danger."
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In which Astarion realizes he's caught feelings and his first instinct (naturally) is to run.Series
- Part 3 of The Light We Shut Out
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She's an Undiscovered Element (Either Born in Hell or Heaven-Sent) by vividiana
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
25 Sep 2024
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“I need you… to stop me…” Speaking seems to require a tremendous amount of effort from Eve, as if each sound were a scorching ember lodged deep in her throat. "It will happen... again.” She cries out in pain and hides her face in her hands.
“What will happen again?” he asks, fearing he already knows the answer. He reaches for her hands to peel them away, finding them trembling and strangely cold.
“Alfira… but… you.”
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Astarion's POV of the night the Urge tells Eve to kill himSeries
- Part 4 of The Light We Shut Out
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"So what do you need the ring for?”
“I don’t.” Lae’zel stops and turns to face Eve, a strange intensity in her gaze. “But I know of a man who yearns to remember the face he lost centuries ago. And a woman who will stop at nothing to bring him solace. I suspect they might have use for it.”
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In which the gang takes a well-deserved day off at the circus and Lae'zel finds a way to show Astarion what he looks like (for the small price of 300 gold and threatening a kobold with bodily harm.)Series
- Part 5 of The Light We Shut Out
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The Netherbrain is defeated. The Sword Coast is safe. So... now what?
Picking up right after the Brain's defeat, this story follows Astarion and Eve (The Dark Urge) as they try to figure out how to live a semi-normal life after saving the world and nearly dying a hundred times in the process. A cozy, domestic fic where these two get the happy ending they deserve.
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- Part 6 of The Light We Shut Out
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“Well, all of that’s to say that if you would like to… indulge, this might be your one and only chance to do so.”
“Oh. I see.” Astarion’s eyes light up at the idea and Eve’s breath hitches when he takes a couple steps closer, his face just inches away when he says: “Then I suppose we better make it count.”
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Eve gets her period and Astarion loses his mind. That's it, that's the fic.Series
- Part 7 of The Light We Shut Out