Chasing Godrays
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Tav wants nothing more than for Astarion to walk in the sun again.
Astarion just wants to be able to have sex with her without wanting to throw up.Post-canon epilogue of adventures. Tav and Astarion (and sometimes friends) wander the Sword Coast and beyond in search of a cure for Astarion’s allergic reaction to the sun. Astarion works through his shit, slowly.
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- Part 1 of Chasing Godrays
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“I want you,” he growled. “I want your body. I want your blood. I want the little sounds you make and I want your scent and your heat.” He groped at her roughly, teeth grazing her skin, and she shook with desire. He pressed his forehead into hers softly. He was breathing hard, heaving breath in and out, and it billowed her hair across her cheeks.
Astarion and Tav head back to the shadow-cursed lands and take shelter in the dark. PTSD idiot babies.
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- Part 2 of Chasing Godrays
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“I see you are alone,” Halsin remarked, “but surely you are not out here by yourself. Where is your Tav? Your friends?”
Astarion gestured vaguely in the direction of the camp. “Tav and I are…taking some time to ourselves right now. We’ve been sheltering in a nearby cellar.” Astarion looked him up and down thoughtfully. “And are you alone?”
“One is never alone in nature, my friend.” Astarion rolled his eyes, and Halsin laughed. “As for physical company, at the moment I have none.”
“Well I expect Tav would like to see you. Shall we surprise her?” Halsin smiled and nodded, his eyes hungry. He gestured to Astarion.
“Lead the way.”Astarion realizes that maybe three is company after all. This will certainly not have any effect on his mental health at all.
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- Part 3 of Chasing Godrays
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“I will soon have enough power to cast a Wish spell. I would like to offer the use of it to Astarion, so that he may regain his mortality.”
Tav’s jaw fell open in surprise, but Astarion did not move. She looked from one man to the other, Halsin’s warm eyes casting over the two of them curiously. Astarion seemed stiff, agitated, like he was braced to run. Tav ghosted her hand over his shoulder, but he rolled away from her touch as if burned by it. She winced internally, confusion and frustration bouncing around in turns.
“I’m afraid I will have to…decline,” he said at last. Halsin’s brow shot up as he registered shock.
“I do not understand,” he said haltingly. “I thought this was your purpose in traveling.”
“I told you,” he hissed, “Tav and I are taking a moment to simply exist.” He regained his composure and shrugged nonchalantly. “Thank you for the offer,” his words dripping in venomous sarcasm, “but, no.”Series
- Part 4 of Chasing Godrays
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Tav had been gone for hours, collecting supplies for their trek into the underdark. Astarion was restless, wondering what took her so long, and wondering if she actually planned to come back.
His ear twitched and he stilled, listening for the sound he hadn’t quite registered. There was some muffled scraping sound followed by a quiet thud. It could be people in the nearby tavern, rising from their chairs and stumbling off. But then he smelled blood - Tav’s blood.Series
- Part 5 of Chasing Godrays
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“I’m looking for a drow girl, hair like fire. She was brought here a day or two ago.” The boy held out his hand and Astarion dropped one gold coin in his palm, but did not release him. The boy laughed.
“Haven’t seen any kidnapped girl,” he said, “but I can tell you what’s new. Word is Nimor Imphraezl is making moves on House Faen Tlabbar again. Some folk say he’s planted a fake Elistraee priestess in the Temple of Lolth up in the high city. Nobody knows why.”
Astarion scoffed. “I don’t care about the petty foibles of the ruling houses here.”
“You ought to, if you’re looking for someone. No one who can help you find her better than the Assassin.”Series
- Part 6 of Chasing Godrays
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Aumon Baenre was smaller than she expected, but he was not lithe and sleek like his female family. His strong jaw was wide, framing out his square face with a wide brow. His eyes were light, their red seeming as if lit from within. His hair was lavender, and he stood out from the others in this aspect alone. His face was placid and calm, like an unbroken pond’s surface. He seemed almost like an empty vessel, awaiting orders without prejudice or preconceived notion. He seemed incredibly boring, Tav mused. She had heard no tales of his activities, but she knew he had until recently attended Tier Breche. As for his primary discipline, if the large sword at his hip was any indication he had excelled at Melee-Magthere. She wondered if he was disgraced somehow, to accept a betrothal from her inferior house. House Baenre was famous for its wizardry; perhaps he had flunked magic school.
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- Part 7 of Chasing Godrays
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“Something funny?” She whipped her words at Aumon, but his smirk did not disappear. She watched his lips, soft and plush as they formed a reply.
“Of course not, darling.”
Tav’s face flushed, blood rushing to the tips of her ears. His voice was dark and sultry, but that was not the cause of her discomfort.
“Don’t call me that,” she snapped. His eyebrow raised, but he knew better than to look at her.
“What shall I call you?” He was cautious, careful. He didn’t know her yet, but judging by his family he expected her to be every bit as mercurial and vicious as his mother and sisters.
“You may call me by my name.” He did look at her then, his eyes registering mild surprise. It was unusual for a patron to call his matron by her name, but she was not a matron and he was not her patron. There was some uncharted territory here that they had to navigate. Eventually he nodded, his eyes returning to his plate.
“As you wish, Nymanore.” She bristled at the name, but did not correct him. Better to keep him as distant from her true self as possible, lest he find out she wasn’t planning to stick around.Series
- Part 8 of Chasing Godrays