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A brain fell from the sky, the city is healing, life slowly returns to the normal and our spawns find it harder and harder to find a place for themselves. Where do monsters fit in a life of normalcy? When you have a constant hunger for blood, how can you pretend to be normal?
And what do you do when people find out that you're not?
This is a follow-up to the Broken Bastards fic, containing a continuation and some cut content. (Is currently being broken-up into smaller arcs and put into a series.)
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- Part 2 of Here be monsters
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Our spawns tries to find their place in a society not meant for them. Elias knows he’s a monster. He knows he’ll see his friends walk towards a lighter future, one with no shadows for him and Astarion to hide in.
While Elias and Astarion tries to find a life, a normal, for themselves, their friends grow more and more suspicious of them. Especially over the bounties they accept and the remains they turn in… with teeth marks…
(This is a part of Healing Heroes, divided into smaller chunks to make it a less daunting read.)
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- Part 3 of Healing Heroes - divided
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For the first time they can remember, they have a home. The nightmares aren't over just yet, vampires and Bhaalspawn have their urges and hungers to quench and they must balance the edge between monster and man if they are to keep their new home.
But to their surprise, they aren't alone in doing so.
This is a part of Healing Heroes, divided into smaller chunks to make it a less daunting read.
(Smut in chapter names "Mine," if you're here for that. You're welcome ❤️)
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The brain had fallen, the day was saved and they were off to live their happily ever after...
But how? How can you build a home when you have no idea what it looks like?Elias was still a Bhaalspawn. Astarion was still a vampire, and they were both still hungry.
A follow-up to Broken Bastards.
(This is a re-post of Healing Heroes, divided into arcs because honestly, it got to long.)
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The Dark Urge was innocent once, until the Urge sank its claws into his soul. He wasn’t even a teenager when he murdered his foster family. That child was easy to fool, trick and influence, control with the promises of affection from an evil father. Elias forgot everything when he fell from his former life, his brain scrambled, soul broken, memories taken, years and years of manipulation hacked away.
But his subconscious remembered. Affection hurts. Love makes you weak. Trust is a currency. Smiles and kindness are tools to be used, masks you use to manipulate and hide.
He never planned for anyone to look beneath his carefully crafted mask. He never expected anyone to sympathise with the cornered monster they discovered. He never dreamed for anyone to fall in love with it.This is my writings about these two trauma trainwrecks, they're at their happiest when they're elbow deep in gore and they bond over it.
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“We would like to offer our sincere condolences regarding the passing of your husband,” Ethrand states in a lofty drawl.
Julien sees Aranessa’s jaw go taut. “Thank you for thinking of us in our time of mourning,” she grates out.
“Of all Houses, House Tachonis would never seek to downplay or invalidate the importance of a mourning period. However, certain circumstances warrant a loosening of the proscribed timelines.”
Julien’s jaw falls ajar. He can't possibly mean...?
“I fear I fail to understand you," Aranessa hisses. "Elaborate.”
“All this recent unpleasantness was the consequence of years of unfortunate misunderstandings between our two houses. In contravention of what one might expect, I am pleased to say that I am here with an entreaty of peace.”
Aranessa allows a long silence to transpire, one that seems to make even Ethrand uncomfortable. “I will hear the details.”
“In exchange for a lasting peace, we only seek to solemnize this new alliance with a vow.” Ethrand smirks. “Accordingly, my father offers you the hand of my brother Occtis in marriage.”
Julien looks down at the rug. If he doesn’t look down at the rug, he’s going to start shouting.
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Father blesseth us with more twink food.
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[SPOILERS TO C4E5.]
Occtis is still holding his head up high, but now that they’re in better lighting, Julien realizes he looks a bit unsteady. Nonetheless, the boy's voice is steadfast. “I have some work I need to get done this evening. If you want to stay in this stupid room while that happens, I can’t stop you, but I expect you to be polite about it.”
Deciding the unsteadiness is only to be expected, Julien tries to muddle past it. “What kind of work?”
Occtis’s jaw goes tight. “I… have to start making some adjustments, or else I won’t ‘heal’ properly. Is that going to be a problem for you?”
Julien doesn’t know what he’s supposed to respond to that, so he defaults to setting some parameters. “There’s a sorry excuse for a curtain that you may use as a partition if you desire. I’ll take this bed; that side of the room is all yours to do as you see fit.”
Occtis just stares at him. “You’re… fine with this?”
Julien rolls his eyes. “Yes. I am extremely fucking fine with everything that is happening. Everything is extremely fucking great with me.” He flops down on the nearer of the two beds. “Do what you must.”
“Thank you for being so kind.”
Julien’s eye twitches.
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18 Nov 2025
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[SPOILERS THROUGH C4E4.]
“Honor is not just a word,” Julien retorts.
Occtis is too tired not to scoff in his face. “It’s just a word, and it’s a fickle one. Never trust a silent ‘h.’”
Julien’s brow furrows as he processes this, and his look of incredulity only increases. “So your family wants you back, and now—”
“My family wanted an undead thrall,” Occtis snaps. “They got half that. When Bolaire and Dr. Mag’Nesson took the stone out of my chest, the process that had started couldn’t finish. Now I’m stuck with the same problem I had before all this: I have to figure all of this out for myself!” Overtaken by a sudden fit of anger, he jabs his finger into Julien’s chest. “You of all people should relate!”
Rage flares to life in Julien’s expression, and he presses forward, making his superior build evident. “You are going to stop right there,” he snarls.
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“Val, do it.” She recognizes the popping static of ghost speak. Danny raises his head and the pain in his eyes is gone, replaced with grim, angry determination.
She opens her mouth to respond, but he stops her.
“Don’t reply, just shoot me. If you do it, you’re free.”
He couldn’t survive this. Not unless there's something major he isn’t telling her.
And then she remembers there is.
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Valerie and Danny are kidnapped by the GIW due to their anomalous ectoplasmic radiation readings. In the lab, they're put trough testing to determine whether or not they still count as human. Danny struggles with the cost of keeping his secrets to avoid hurting Valerie, while Valerie grapples with the real ramifications of her suit’s technology and how ghostly she's becoming. Together they must both face their truths if they want to get out alive.
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Essek has barely begun to cement his place in Caleb’s life when they bring Mollymauk Tealeaf back from the dead. Slowly, the three of them adapt together.
He would have scoffed at this, once upon a time. But now he kisses Caleb with something close to reckless abandon, breaking boundaries between the three of them again as Caleb has Mollymauk pinned to the bed, and Essek is leaning over him to kiss their wizard in question.
The three of them are well and truly connected. Light, he should be uncertain, but he is not.
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