To Love You, To Hurt You, To Lose You (To Know You’re Only Human)

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• I'm Only Human (I Do What I Can) by SilverSeptember

  Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  17 Mar 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Astarion/Gale (Baldur's Gate)
  • Gale (Baldur's Gate)
  • Astarion (Baldur's Gate)
  • Tav (Baldur's Gate)
  • Lae'zel (Baldur's Gate)
  • Temporary Character Death
  • Afterlife
  • Blood and Injury
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Angst
  • Nightmares
  • Hurt No Comfort
  • Guilt
  • Misunderstandings
  • Miscommunication
  • Mild Sexual Content
  • Mildly Dubious Consent
  • Consent Issues
  • Sad Gale (Baldur's Gate)
  • Hurt Gale (Baldur's Gate)
  • Gale Needs a Hug (Baldur's Gate)
  • Gale Has Self-Esteem Issues (Baldur's Gate)
  • Protective Gale (Baldur's Gate)
  • Gale is Bad at Feelings (Baldur's Gate)
  • Gale is Trying (Baldur's Gate)
  • Astarion is Bad at Feelings (Baldur's Gate)
  • Canon-Typical Astarion Consent Issues (Baldur's Gate)
  • Act 1 Astarion Being Act 1 Astarion (Baldur's Gate)
  • Astarion Is a Mess (Baldur's Gate)
  • Astarion is Not Nice (Baldur's Gate)
  • Sussur Bark & Blooms (Dungeons & Dragons)

  Summary

  Astarion has been distant from Gale ever since they slept together and Gale is left trying to figure out why. Will an incident in the Underdark provide the clarity he is looking for or make things even worse between them?

  Series

  • Part 1 of To Love You, To Hurt You, To Lose You (To Know You’re Only Human)

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  9,073

  Chapters:

  2/2

  Collections:

  1

  Comments:

  12

  Kudos:

  64

  Bookmarks:

  4

  Hits:

  728

• Emptiness is Filling Me to the Point of Agony by SilverSeptember

  Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  01 Apr 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gale & Tav (Baldur's Gate)
  • Astarion/Gale (Baldur's Gate)
  • (at least they would be if they could actually talk like normal people)
  • Gale (Baldur's Gate)
  • Tav (Baldur's Gate)
  • Karlach (Baldur's Gate)
  • Shadowheart (Baldur's Gate)
  • Bernard (Baldur's Gate)
  • Angst
  • Hopeful Ending
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Exhaustion
  • mention of nightmares
  • Panic Attacks
  • Crying
  • Sussur Bark & Blooms (Dungeons & Dragons)
  • Location: The Underdark (Dungeons & Dragons)
  • Gale Needs a Hug (Baldur's Gate)
  • Gale Needs Therapy (Baldur's Gate)
  • Sad Gale (Baldur's Gate)
  • Depressed Gale (Baldur's Gate)
  • Book Collector Gale
  • Minor Touch-Starved Gale
  • Gender-Neutral Tav (Baldur's Gate)
  • Supportive Tav
  • Tav is Trying (Baldur's Gate)
  • Hoarder Tav
  • Supportive Karlach (Baldur's Gate)
  • Shadowheart is Trying
  • Mentioned Astarion (Baldur's Gate)
  • he doesn’t show up but he’s important to the story
  • Past Astarion/Gale (Baldur's Gate)
  • not explicitly Bloodweave but it's there

  Summary

  After an explosive confrontation with Astarion and many sleepless nights filled with nightmares, Gale isn’t doing very well. Will a visit to a mysterious tower in the Underdark lift his spirits?

  Series

  • Part 2 of To Love You, To Hurt You, To Lose You (To Know You’re Only Human)

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  6,988

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  26

  Kudos:

  48

  Bookmarks:

  3

  Hits:

  407