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    "First," said Gale. "Do not kill any thinking creatures in Waterdeep unless you must to protect yourself or you have my express permission."

    As Gale spoke, he could feel the weight of his words sinking into the person sitting across from him. It was like casting a spell, but took no effort. Astarion had been staring hollowly into his goblet of blood, but at this he made a faintly interested noise. As if the rule were novel and he was considering the shape of it.

    "Second, you will obey me in all things," said Gale. There didn't feel like there was any honest way of softening that. Astarion didn't make any sound at all.

    "Third, do not leave the tower without permission." Astarion made another speculative noise, considering this one too. But then his shoulders hunched and his eyes skittered down, as if he didn't want to look at what was about to happen.

    "Fourth," Gale said, and paused. He started with some context: "There is a tressym upstairs."

    Astarion's head twitched. He looked up at Gale, blinking, startled. He had the air of someone who had been bracing for a blow and instead had just been handed a balloon animal.

    "A what?" he asked.

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    It was supposed to be easy. All Astarion had to do to pass his Astronomy course was get his project partner under his thumb. Flirt with the man, pretend to care, even feign a friendship— anything for a good grade.

    Then, he’d discard him— block his number and pretend he never knew him— just like he’s done so many times before. Getting this wildly intelligent man at his every beck and call would have many, many benefits, and Astarion was nothing but a visionary.

    But nothing could ever be so textbook, could it?

    Gale, however— the project partner in question, and the smartest man in the Astronomy Department— had a secret. He was doing his Bachelor’s Degree all over again, in his 30’s, just because of one mistake he made in his past; a mistake he doesn’t even remember making.

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    One knows he’s being abused by his partner; the other doesn’t. However, both could agree on two things: the first being that getting out was the hardest thing they’ve ever done, and the second being that they couldn’t have done it without each other.

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    Gale tried again. “I—yes,” he said, finally. “This might be my last night alive. You’re right.”

    “I’m not right,” sniffed Astarion. “I don't approve of the idea. I’m onto you. There’s a difference.”

    The night before they reach Moonrise Towers, Gale's simulacrum fetches Astarion from his tent. He doesn't come quietly.

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    “You were never that good of a liar, Mr. Dekarios,” she continues, “Not to me, at least. Your mother might fall for your boyish charms and sweet smile, but you’ll have to try harder than that if you want to convince me that there’s nothing I should be concerned about.”

    Gale exhales through his nose, dragon’s breath, and thinks of impossibly deep kisses, recalls recurring dreams of unanswered pleas for mercy.

    “There isn’t.”

    Lonely, painful days.

    “Isn’t there?”

    The soothing balm that arrives each night. His own blood staining the sheets. Bliss.

    “No.”

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    "I'm exhausted," Gale admits, rubbing absentmindedly at his chest, "but I can't sleep."

    "That makes two of us, then," Astarion sighs, studying Gale from beneath his lashes. "Is it the orb?"

    Gale finds himself nodding tentatively, "It aches."

    "I suppose a little divine pain relief is too much to ask for," Astarion scoffs.

    -OR-

    Gale is exhausted, but he isn't alone.

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    In a momentary lapse in Cazador's compulsion over him, Astarion flees Baldur's Gate. The moment he does, Cazador's second line of defense takes over, and he transforms into a small bat with no real way to defend himself against the sunlight or the wildlife around him. Then he meets a wandering wizard in need of a traveling companion.

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    Knowing what his reaction would be before she spoke, all Alaw’Ryfel could bring herself to spit was, “Fuck Mystra.”

    He gave an expected long-suffering sigh and carefully closed his book, “Please refrain from hurling obscenities at deities, it generally doesn’t end well for us mortals.”

    She squeezed the edges of the tome against her chest tighter and felt her temper flare, “If all the gods are good for is smiting us when we do something they don’t approve of and giving us impossible tasks they could easily solve themselves they’re no better than tyrants.”

    A small smile graced the corner of his mouth, and she felt him trying to lighten her mood, “A confusing view on the gods for someone with a cleric for a sister.”

     

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    [Author is a burned-out audhd grad student coping with the failing state of their country's democracy at the ripe age of 25, so this is more of a collection of one-shots with the same characters/character background as opposed to a fully-fledged fic. Posts will be chronological in the context of the game, but I'm really just here to write the specific scenes I have inspiration for, so it'll have time gaps and vague references to what happened in previous chapters.]

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    The Shadowcurse creeps into undead flesh like frost. Gale applies the most logical solution to save Astarion: full-body contact. For science. Obviously.

    Gale can cuddle Astarion warm through their first night in the Shadow-Cursed Lands—but if he thinks he gets to save someone else while planning to sacrifice himself, Astarion has a few objections to make.

    Canon compliance: Takes place in Act 2 just after arriving in the Shadow-cursed Lands and is mostly compliant except for the way the shadowcurse works (see notes)

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    Gale was a beta. He only needed Astarion’s pillows and blankets because his body ached from sleeping on the ground. Surely it wouldn’t kill the vampire to part with a few comforts?

    Alternatively: Gale has an uncharacteristic bout of thievery and Astarion, like a hypocrite, confronts him for it.

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    Madeline McTavish is a struggling writer who lives in central LA and works at Sweetgreen.

    Gale Dekarios is a disgraced wizard with a malignant orb in his chest, exiled in his tower in Waterdeep.

    When the orb ruptures, Gale thinks he's dying, but instead, a mysterious force flings him into present day Los Angeles, and when his and Madeline’s paths cross, both lives are changed forever.

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    Lae'zel forces Gale to face a truth: his life has value and worth.

    febuwhump day 19. death wish

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    Mystra uses a moment of haunting intimacy to draw Gale back into her service.

    febuwhump day 18. living weapon

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    Gale turned out to be a lovely surprise.

    Obedient, easy to please, very ingenious when it comes to his mouth. And perhaps the best part was that he was willing to let Astarion utilize that mouth together with any and all of his powers, be it in battle or otherwise, needing only the smallest of gestures on Astarion’s part.

    Perhaps Gale knew he would be generously rewarded for his efforts. And perhaps he truly wished for Astarion’s well-being. He wouldn’t complain either way.

    He could spend hours with his new toy, playing and tying and tugging at all the right spots to make Gale cry out in pleasure.

    But not once did he kiss him.

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    Izar wakes, and remembers nothing but how to kill.

    In Gale and Minthara, she finds herself confronting two visions of who she could become-- assuming she can become anything but what Bhaal means her to be.

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    “Or…” Astarion continues, his voice heavy with promise, “did you want me to take you properly?”

    Gale's breathing stutters. “Yes, that,” he answers quickly, like he's worried he'll lose the ability to speak. “Please?” he begs, like Astarion would ever deny him.

    Astarion slides his hand to Gale's waist, dipping under the wizard's ridiculous velvet shirt. “And when I take you,” —Astarion says Gale's euphemism in the filthiest tone he can muster— “will we be fucking or making love?”

    Gale's eyes are wide and desperate as he looks at Astarion, it's almost as if he's been struck.

    --

    Astarion doesn't know what he wants, not really, but he doesn't want Gale to die.

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    Gale runs out of options when Tav has no magic items she's willing to spare and has to make a deal with the resident vampire spawn. Meanwhile, Astarion thinks he's stalking the wizard like prey, but he's actually falling in love.

    This story follows the events of the game, but make it Bloodweave.

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    Gale Dekarios had spent decades writing letters to prepare Astarion for the inevitable day they would part, imagining his words being read centuries later, echoing through the empty halls of their home. But fate had other plans. Astarion, the immortal vampire who had endured centuries of torment, was gone, leaving Gale—the mortal wizard—to face the silence of their shared eternity. Now, with only his carefully crafted letters as a guide, Gale must navigate his grief and find solace in the words he once wrote for Astarion.

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    "My dearest starlight sovereign,

    If you’re reading this first letter, I’ve likely committed the gravest of social faux pas by dying without properly scheduling it. I can already hear your indignant protest: “Really, darling? And after all those lectures about proper planning and preparation.” I know how you despise impromptu departures, my love—particularly the permanent kind."

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    Gale has a rather concerning penchant for martyrdom, but Astarion fortunately holds the solution in the palm of his hand. He will stop at nothing to wind back the clock and make sure Gale understands that what he’s doing is really, extraordinarily stupid.

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    “So you should be able to come now that the orb is stabilized, right?”

    After more than a month of travelling together, he has yet to have a conversation with Astarion which did not induce whiplash. It just typically happens in the middle of a conversation. It doesn’t set him at ease to have it happen up front. Heat crawls up his face and he sits up because he’s not sure lying down while having whatever in the Hells this conversation is going to be is advisable.

    “You know, most people announce themselves before entering someone else’s tent, and perhaps even start conversations with a greeting,” Gale scolds, snapping his book shut.

    Astarion plasters on one of his sharpest artificial smiles and says, with that pleasant, hollow affect he knows Gale can’t stand, “Hello, Gale. What do you think about this weather we’re having? Shadows with a chance of raving cultists for the foreseeable future! Now will you answer my question?”

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    A collection of Bloodweave scenes that fit into my Wyll origin run.

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    Gale's lips quirk up into a small smile, like he's trying not to laugh. “How terrible,” he teases. “Our resident hero has taken it upon himself to protect his friends without compensation. Such a shocking turn of events.”

    Astarion pouts a little, just for show. Gale enjoys the back and forth as much as he does. “Well, he could at least pretend to be moved by my beauty.”

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