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Astarion and Rin have fallen for each other, and now they need to figure out what that means while also managing the to-do list of terrifying villains waiting to kill or be killed in Baldur's Gate, including the figure that's been hunting Rin for years.
This story focuses on the scenes in between and alongside the major canon story beats. It also expands quite a lot on Rin's history/sub-plot, so works best if you've read previous works in the series :)
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- Part 13 of The Parts They Won't Sing About
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The gang navigates the Shadow Curse, while Astarion navigates even more foreign and unwelcome territory - friendship. Or: two idiots in love try really hard to ignore their scary feelings.
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- Part 12 of The Parts They Won't Sing About
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Reconnaissance at Moonrise Towers is not a fun time for anyone. Astarion faces some truths about himself and his plan, and Rin gets hurt in the process.
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- Part 11 of The Parts They Won't Sing About
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The gang have reached the Shadow Cursed lands. In between the important stuff, there's time for chats, drinks, and horrifying injuries. And a group hug, finally.
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- Part 10 of The Parts They Won't Sing About
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Rin has a really terrible day, and Astarion gets another glimpse into her past. As usual, everyone is handling everything in very healthy ways. With violence and avoidance, mainly.
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- Part 9 of The Parts They Won't Sing About
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Rinoah really had enough going on already (with a suitably tragic backstory and a dark past on her tail), when she was abducted by the mind-flayer ship and thrown into a world-ending plot with a band of weirdos. The bitey elf was certainly not going to help matters.
This series focuses on the scenes in between the canon events of the game (and the relationship between Rin and Astarion) while also weaving in an extra story - because our heroes' to-do list wasn't quite long enough already.
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Astarion turned toward her, his eyes locked on hers.
A thousand thoughts raced through her mind at once, each one more painful and more pitiful than the last. I missed you, rang unbidden through her head, dampening the sparks of any anger she may have felt. If he had opened his arms to her she would have run to him without thinking, even through his terrible scowl. I missed you so much.
I love you, Tav wanted to wail. I wouldn't have done it if I didn't. I'm sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry.
But she didn’t. In fact, she didn’t say anything. Her mind went blank besides one command: run. And she did.
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It’s been three years since the fall of Netherbrain. Three years since Tav lost everything: her oath, her purpose, and the love of her life. Now, Tav has become adept at being no one: a life reduced to a shiny memorial plaque. Until the man who wished her dead shows up on Gale’s doorstep.
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03 Feb 2025
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A sequel to Mirror, Mirror. Snapshots of life for Emerie and Astarion post Elder Brain. There might be a plot or it might just stay as snapshots. I just couldn’t let them go yet.
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- Part 2 of Mirrors
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31 Jan 2025
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He stills for a moment, and then he murmurs against her skin, “Like that, do you? You utter deviant.” He licks a broad path over the bite, then whispers in her ear, “Tell me, darling, did you lure me here hoping for something more?”
---Astarion decides to manipulate Emerie into caring about him the only way he knows how- with sex. He miscalculates badly.
*an exploration of trauma responses and healing in a relationship. Angst with periodic relief and a happy ending.
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- Part 1 of Mirrors
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28 Oct 2024
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“Sir, I’m going to have to ask you--”
“Sir!” He said in a pitched facsimile of her voice, “ Is that all you can say?”
The young woman’s eyes were as dark as a lake, her lips tight and jaw tense. Astarion took a moment to admire his work, reveling in how easy it was to make her sweetness dissolve with his cruelty.
“Please, leave,” Imira said, finally able to get a word in, “I will not serve you today.”
Astarion bared his fangs at her in a cruel grin, “I can’t even eat these.”
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It's a donut shop AU, y'all!!
So, imagine a really good donut shop opened up in Baldur's Gate and Astarion develops a hatred of it for two reasons 1. He can't digest donuts and 2. His best friends in the whole wide world keep fucking talking about it like it's better than him.Meet Imira: the owner of the forementioned donut shop, which is totally going super well. She's a totally normal elf who just wants to make said really good donuts. Shenanigans, murder, and romance ensues. Unbeta'd.
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08 Oct 2024
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He was certain he’d gotten the body down, at least, with just enough fine tunings to quickly move him from ‘pleasant diversion' to ‘indispensible’, if he played his cards right. That much was simple, and not without its own small entertainments.
But the mind… the mind, he was beginning to worry, might elude him.
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Astarion and Rosalie think they understand each other perfectly, but they have each fallen prey to the other’s mask. As they both go forward with their adventure, will either of them dare to be honest?
[This is a blatant, self-indulgent novelisation of BG3 full-access, and Part 2 to my Early Access fic, A Bleeding Heart. I try to avoid directly retelling too many moments in the game, but occasionally fall into the trap of rewriting some canon scenes. Dual perspective because now my Tav has some issues to overcome! Come here for the vampire man, stay here for Rosalie's mental illness :') ]
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- Part 3 of Rosalie/Astarion "Canon" playthrough (sort of)
- Part 3 of Rat Bastard Boi (BG3)
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22 Jul 2024