Something Better
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Halsin keeps returning for the same drink, the same seat, and the same bartender. For two weeks, Astarion mixes him the perfect Gold Rush while pretending not to notice the lingering looks, shameless flirting, and the fact that Halsin refuses to order from anyone else.
When Halsin stays until closing one rainy night, Astarion finally decides to find out whether he has been coming back for the bourbon–or for something better.
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- Part 1 of Something Better
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One-night stands are easy. First dates, apparently, are where things become dangerous.
Only hours after leaving Halsin’s bed, Astarion finds himself changing his shirt four times, overthinking a perfectly simple dinner, and insisting to Karlach that it is absolutely not a date.
Then Halsin arrived with flowers.
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- Part 2 of Something Better
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Halsin promised better wine, an unhurried evening, and absolutely no health-food restaurants. Astarion intends to hold him to all three.
What he expects is dinner, flirting, and perhaps another night in Halsin’s bed. What he gets is a second date full of dangerous questions, unexpected honesty, and the unsettling discovery that staying does not have to come with a price.
By morning, leaving one shirt behind feels far more intimate than taking another home.
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- Part 3 of Something Better