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He’s almost looking forward to either falling from the top of the Netherbrain into the River Chionthar, or watching it fall from a safe distance. It’ll be over, then! It’ll be done. He can go hide in the dark, forget this ever happened twice. Astarion can forget Tav. He can move on. Learn to love the dark again, or something.
Astarion wakes up in a pod on the Nautiloid.
(COMPLETE! <3)
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Humans can go weeks without food. As long as they have access to water, some can even last months without biting into a hamburger or tasting the sweetness of strawberry jam on a biscuit hot out of the oven. There are drawbacks, of course, to skipping meals. Dizziness, fainting, weight loss too quick for the body to adapt to.
It’s Astarion's first table of the day. The dull, slow thump of his heartbeat rushes past his ears. His knees buckle with every step. He’s falling apart, he knows this, but with ten cents in the bank and another few days to wait until his paycheck comes in, all Astarion can do is keep putting one foot in front of the other and hope he doesn’t collapse. There’s no time to think about the metaphorical hand tightening around his stomach and throat.
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Bookmarked by Platypus_is_me
10 Sep 2025
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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.
(Fanart included)
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- Part 2 of Stumble and Fall
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- English
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- 162,384
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- 25/25
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Bookmarked by Platypus_is_me
07 Sep 2025
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Gale and Astarion spend a week in a rental cabin on the prairie, dancing around both each other and their friends.
Sequel to "Bison".
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- Part 2 of Montana
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- English
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- 34,297
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- 6/6
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20 Aug 2025
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The gang decide to take a thousand mile road trip in a rented van, and they did not anticipate how much luggage space they would need. They run out of room and are one seat short. The solution? Obvious.
Astarion will just sit on Gale's lap. It will be fine, right?
It will be fine, right??
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- Part 1 of Montana
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- English
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- 23,211
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- 6/6
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Bookmarked by Platypus_is_me
13 Jul 2025
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Astarion gestures to his screens. One is switched on with Outlook on display, and the other is blank.
Gale nods, leans over to the back of the monitor, and plugs in the loose HDMI cable.
The display jumps to life, and Astarion sits back, looking amazed.IT Manager Gale Dekarios meets the technophobic new Executive Assistant, Astarion Ancunín.
They shouldn't cross paths at all, yet Gale finds himself responding to each call up to desk five-oh-seven.
Bloodweave Brainrot's 31 Gays of Summer - Day 4 - Heatwave
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- Part 4 of 31 Gays of Summer 2025 - Haarlec
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- 1/1
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Bookmarked by Platypus_is_me
05 Jul 2025
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The world is too vast, these days. Pessimism runs as rampant as dating apps; the notion that someone could find the one in a thirty-mile radius of their hometown positively ridiculous. Further still, the idea that one person could possibly be a perfect match, that you would never disagree and always be in harmony with someone for your entire life…
Well.
Gale and Astarion run into each other, quite by accident. Oh, and they're soulmates.
Bloodweave Brainrot's 31 Gays of Summer - Day 1 - Road Trip
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- Part 1 of 31 Gays of Summer 2025 - Haarlec
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05 Jul 2025
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The story of how Gale and Astarion end up sleeping together, told from Gale's point of view. Starting with Gnolls, following the events of Act 1 up to the day after the Tiefling Party.
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- Part 3 of Bloodweave dual origin shenanigans
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04 Jul 2025
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In the crumbling depths of the Underdark, Astarion has carved out a fragile sanctuary for the spawn he freed—and now leads. Gale, no longer a divine errand boy and with no adventure left to occupy him, arrives seeking purpose—and finds only rot. He tells himself it’s altruism. It might even be friendship. But Gale’s never been good at lying, not even to himself.
Can he survive what the Underdark demands of him? What Astarion wants from him? Or is he simply chasing redemption in all the wrong places?
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01 Jul 2025
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a gentleman who returns from war after eight years must be in want of a spouse. When rumours of Captain Gale Dekarios's exploits in battle become the talk of the ton, disgraced Mr. Astarion Szarr can only hope that his closest friend, and the secret holder of his heart, might come to return his long-buried affections.
With stunning art inside from the incredible Calolily!
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- English
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- 17,109
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Bookmarked by Platypus_is_me
29 May 2025
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Gale comes back from war
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When Gale asks Astarion to meet him in Sharess' Caress one night, Astarion is expecting a 'night of debauchery' based on their recent banter in the city streets. Gale has something different in mind.
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Astarion thought he'd escaped his past. Then he inherited it.
Summary: When Astarion learns that he has inherited both Cazador's title and his horror show of a palace, Astarion wants to ignore the whole mess in the worst way, but Gale insists they return to Baldur's Gate and do the paperwork to truly rid themselves of the last of Cazador's ugly legacy. However, the house is haunted and has its own agenda for Astarion. Between a bureaucracy more convoluted than the schemes of the Dead Three, corrupt Patriars who want Astarion to step into Cazador's old shoes, and a tax bill large enough to crush Waterdeep, Gale and Astarion learn that Cazador is almost as much trouble dead as he was alive.
Canon Caveats: Plausible as post-canon canon-compliant fic, with some magical realism and exceptions to strict 5e magic rules.
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It was supposed to be just the two of them. Why did HE have to be here?
Gale swore he'd behave.
(written for my friend groups Anonymous kinkdrink activity)
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- Part 1 of Dirty Dining
Bookmarked by Platypus_is_me
29 Mar 2025
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Gale dates shadowheart but sleeps with Astarion
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Dinner for Two by ayvaines, cweepa, ForeThot, Lunarwench for Calolily
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
24 Mar 2025
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“Is everything alright in here?”
Surprised, Astarion breaks away from the kiss, turning over his shoulder to see a second, identical Gale peering in from the balcony, wide-eyed as he watches.
Astarion looks at the Gale in his arms for a moment, still breathless from the kiss, before turning back to this unwitting voyeur with a mischievous grin.
Hm. Maybe that’s my Gale…
Astarion wakes to an empty bed. When he seeks his beloved out, he finds himself getting more Gale than he'd bargained for.
Bookmarked by Platypus_is_me
29 Mar 2025
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Two simulacrums and then real Gale story
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Astarion is a successful wedding planner faced with the biggest crisis of his career. A high profile wedding where the cake has been lost by his go-to bakery. He is faced with only one choice, he must rely on his ex-husband, Gale the pastry chef.
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12 Mar 2025
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Driving his orchestral leader home from rehearsal, Gale was mortified when he saw a notification on his phone for a particular special order that was delayed. But Astarion was not only intrigued, he had an idea of his own.
(Or, Astarion sounds Gale with his own conductor’s baton.)
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- Part 1 of March of the Elders
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11 Mar 2025
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The Chosen Aquatics: Splash Your Way To Better Health!
You don’t have to be a kua-toa to explore these waters, join today and improve your balance, build muscle, and increase your mobility. In Chosen Aquatics, each and every one of you can be “chosen”!
Today’s Instructor: Gale DekariosAstarion stares at the giant sign with distaste, already frustrated by the poor use of colors. It’s an awful mix of blues and teals no doubt used in the hopes of simulating the color of water or something equally boring, but the only effect it achieves is pain as Astarion looks at it.
He’s not looking forward to his very first water aerobics class.
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Gale has a crush on the cute barista that makes his morning coffee every day, and can't quite believe it when the man seems to return his interest.
It's just difficult to understand why he won't talk to him in person.
Bloodweave Brainrot's 31 Gays of Summer - Day 31 - Language Barrier
*Now with additional Part 2 - Cacophony*
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- Part 31 of 31 Gays of Summer 2024 - Haarlec
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It Happened One Night by pretty_sick_actually for Never_Everhart
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
14 Feb 2025
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Astarion needs a date for museum gala. Gale is happy to oblige, as long as his feelings don't get in the way.
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Bookmarked by Platypus_is_me
02 Mar 2025
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“Boo!”
Gale flung back in his seat, heart shooting up to his throat and he nearly flipped back out of his chair.
Astarion’s floating head cackled from the window, soon becoming his shoulders and arms, and then the rest of him as he climbed into the room. “You should have seen the look on your face—”
“You know I hate it when you do that.” Gale fought to keep his voice even, gulping down the sudden dryness in his mouth.
“And yet you always leave your window open.”