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In trying to push everyone away, safely content in his own bubble, Astarion finds himself in a pickle. He's falling in love with the librarian he's been glaring at for the past 5 years, his friends are figuring their own lives out and finding happiness, and Astarion fears he might be disillusioned enough into thinking he may deserve to do the same.
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Astarion is a failed writer-turned english professor, and Gale is a soon-to-be divorcee librarian who is near content with just marrying his job at this point. The two men slowly learn self-acceptance by finding solace in one other.
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12 May 2024
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Tav saves the world and gets dumped in the same day. Astarion has an interesting solution to their problems.
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07 May 2024
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Kara Nilur, a struggling musician from Baldur’s Gate, has lived in Waterdeep for four months with little to show for it. But when she takes a job in a bookshop, just to tide herself over, a chance encounter with a flustered university professor changes the course of her path.
An AU where the events of Baldur’s Gate 3 never happened, Mystra is Gale’s human ex-wife, and Gale is really, really into romance novels.
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06 May 2024
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this beauty that pleases too well by PouroverPaloma
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
28 Jul 2026
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He unexpectedly turned as he closed the door and caught Daphne observing him. Their eyes met, she blushed in embarrassment, and—
Every time he smiled, really smiled with his whole face, the world around him seemed to dim in comparison. He made her want to take up painting again. Or pastels, or any of the other art forms she’d left behind when she graduated from RISD and started her first bookmaking apprenticeship. She’d never felt compelled to make representational art, but Gale Dekarios in the full bloom of joy was absolutely worth representing.
In which tiny, remote Icepeak College mysteriously hires a massively overqualified antiquities scholar in the middle of term, and its book arts workshop director finds herself inexorably pulled into his orbit. In her defense, he's really fucking hot.
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06 May 2024
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Life in a new city leads to an unexpected chance encounter with a colleague.
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05 May 2024
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Dealing with the stress of mindflayers, tadpoles, shapechangers, and other deadly villains has made you yearn for a night of relaxation with the one you love. You decide to take Astarion to the Elfsong Tavern where you hope to give him a night he won’t soon forget.
Takes place after Astarion’s romance/good ending but before the main ending of the game.
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02 May 2024
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22 Apr 2024
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Astarion works on his intimacy issues (with Gale's help, of course).
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15 Apr 2024
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The story of two broken people, haunted by their pasts, fighting for their futures, and trying to find a little light and love in the darkness. Will they help each other heal? Or make each other worse?
A novelization of the romance between Astarion and Tav as presented in the game, from Astarion’s point of view.
The story here focuses on the highlights of the romance, streamlined or expanded where appropriate, and glosses over most of the rest of the plot to avoid this being 1000 pages long.Series
- Part 1 of Cold Blood/Hot Blood
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- 27/27
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15 Apr 2024
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The vampire's eyes are wide and round, full of amazement. They dart wildly around the sights below, as if trying to see everything at once. The lights of the city reflect upon his face, soft shadows dancing across his elegant features. The very tips of his fangs are visible from his parted lips.
The radiance of the city pales in comparison.
✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* ✧･ﾟ: *✧
Two months after the brain falls, Baldur's Gate has picked up most of the pieces. The heroes that saved Faerûn have been there through most of it, helping the city get back on its feet. But now it's time to move on. Old lives and families to return to. Gale is going back to his tower in Waterdeep, back to the quiet, back to being alone; or at least, that was the plan. But plans change.
This is a story about falling in love.
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- Part 2 of Stumble and Fall
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15 Apr 2024
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“There are better ways to go about this if I wish to speak to someone anonymously,” Gale points out. Shadowheart shrugs, winking at him.
“Sure, but this is possibly the most satisfying one,” she says, and fine, Gale can’t argue with that. But still. Such conversations are surface level at best, and transactional at worst. Besides, it’s not in his nature to consume live internet pornography. He has no desire to share such an intimate act with a complete stranger.
“I would really rather see a therapist,” he says.
Fresh out of a messy divorce, disgraced academic Gale Dekarios finds himself biting off more than he can chew when a seemingly innocuous encounter with an enigmatic camboy, Star, leads him down a precarious path of lies, liberation and eventually—love.
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- 36/36
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15 Apr 2024
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For Tessa, Astarion coming to stay with her and Gale in Waterdeep has been a dream come true. Even Gale is learning to enjoy the taste of chaos. But nothing can ever really be that simple, can it?
Tessa looked over her shoulder at Gale. “What do you think, Gale? Should I sit on his pretty face?”
Gale blushed. He held the mug of tea carefully, but Tessa noticed the slight shake of his hands. He sipped from the cup once, swallowed, and then spoke, “Only if he asks nicely.”
Tessa glanced down at Astarion and smiled. “Can you do that for me, Astarion? Can you say please?”
Astarion growled softly. “Must I?”
“If you want to taste me, you will say please. Isn’t that right, Gale?”Bookmarked by Bootsie
13 Apr 2024
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Life couldn't be better for the acrobatic druid Gwyn now that she's married to Gale Dekarios. After thinking about their future, they both decide it's finally time to start a family. But their wish becomes quite the challenge and they must face many obstacles, including the wrath of gods. Gwyn worries that she will succumb to her partial Baahl blood too, putting their relationship to the ultimate test. This adventure in love and increasing of numbers proves to be a sharp thistle amongst lilies, but they can only hope that there is a light beyond the treachery and a beautiful future just waiting to bloom.
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13 Apr 2024
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Mystery Work
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This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
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12 Apr 2024
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Sakura and Kakashi are asked to go on a mission outside of the village that will ask both of them to be out of their comfort zones.
Aged up canon divergence where when Kakashi was leading Team 7 Sakura, Naruto & Sasuke were young adults (18ish) and this takes place about 10 years later. More of the tropey stuff and domestics, not really any major violence or overly stressful things.
Expect updates like weekly-ish? The fic is finished and I'm just posting over time :)
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11 Apr 2024
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“Every time I make love in your shape, you will know.”
There are two mistakes you regret more than anything. One, helping Astarion complete the ritual that changed him into someone you no longer recognize. Two, giving your body away to an incubus, an eternal pact from which you can never break free.
Haarlep has begun to take your form almost every night, making it impossible to forget your pact, impossible to forget the nights you shared with the man you once loved, all while a stranger ravishes you from beyond.
Only it isn’t a stranger at all.
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11 Apr 2024
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Gale sighed, preparing for the expected jest, but Astarion surprised him by closing his eyes and nodding thoughtfully before continuing, "Yes, best not to ignite the imaginations of young minds with such allure.”
"Naturally. We wouldn't want budding wizards succumbing to unethical temptations," He gathered his scrolls in a bundle close to his chest and looked up innocently, “Why are you here?”
"A desire to observe your natural habitat," Astarion replied, finding the sight adorable. "And... Tav suggested it might be beneficial for us to… bond."
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Gale and Tav live together as friends while Astarion is missing. Tav begins to fall for Gale. When Astarion returns, they realize he no longer remembers her and instead directs his attention towards a certain wizard.S Chapters:
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- Part 1 of Three's Company
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11 Apr 2024
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“Hello, wizard,” Astarion greets with a familiar grin. It catches Gale off guard — he’d forgotten just how disarming the elf could be.
“Astarion? I don’t— what are you doing here?” Gale’s brow furrows.
Astarion juts out his chin and crosses his arms over his chest. “Come now, darling. Is that any way to greet an old friend?” Then he turns, addressing a very short companion to his left. Gale hadn’t even registered her presence. “I should have warned you about his poor manners. Do try not to turn out like him, yes?”
“Okay,” she replies.
Astarion had brought a child to Gale’s front doorstep.
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11 Apr 2024
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Takes place shortly after Naruto The Last.
After a particularly rough year, Sakura discovers a time-traveling artifact and goes back in time — intent to prevent the Uchiha massacre.
Her plan is to find twenty year old Kakashi from the past and convince him to help her. She finds an ally in Shisui Uchiha instead. Anbu Kakashi isn't at all like the friend she left behind.
Meanwhile, the newly appointed Rokudaime Hokage Kakashi races after Sakura to stop her, not understanding his growing feelings for his former teammate. He knows that Anbu Kakashi of the past wouldn’t be swayed by a cute green-eyed, pink haired kunoichi. He can only hope that if she does find his past self— that he doesn’t kill her.
Or, if Shisui lives, the whole world is a much better place!
Very Uchiha-centric story. Lots of Team 7 love.🌸 🐺 ⌛
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- Part 11 of Kakashi and Sakura stories
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14 Aug 2023