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Ghost Lights Down the Chionthar by SnowKiter
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
18 Jun 2024
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After the defeat of the Absolute, Tav and the Emperor navigate a situationship.
Contains nebulous magnetism, comical circling, gentle bickering, and certainly no development of any feelings whatsoever, as that would be ridiculous.Post-canon, complete. Spoilers through the end of the game and naturally for the Wyrmway questline.
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- 20/20
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18 Apr 2024
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It's not exactly easy making the right choices when you're constantly torn between Arrogance and Despair.
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11 Nov 2023
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Garrosh Hellscream gets an idea - he would much like to put his position to good use for his own gains. High Overlord Saurfang sees an opportunity to both please his Warchief and work on diplomatic ties with the Alliance. An opportunity Lady Jaina Proudmoore immediately jumps on.
As for Aggra? Well… sometimes it's hard being married to a man with more ego than hair.Series
- Part 4 of Make Love Not Warcraft
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01 Oct 2023
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Garrosh Hellscream grows restless before the battle at Icecrown. Annoyingly restless. And being reprimanded by High Overlord Saurfang only worsens his predicament. Thus, he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands.
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- Part 2 of Make Love Not Warcraft
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24 Sep 2023
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Astarion never pictured himself falling in love. The very idea of it was absurd. But then he meets a man with too many secrets — one that accepts him for who he is, despite having every reason not to trust him.
And then Astarion realizes that for the first time, he wants to protect someone other than himself.
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14 Sep 2023
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Astarion feels like a starving fox released into a pen of chickens.
His lean fingers pick at his cravat, easing out invisible wrinkles, his tongue tracing along his own fangs. His eyes dart over the street, his head full of new scents and sounds, pounding at the back of his skull. He can taste the pulses of the people that pass him by, can smell the blood that rushes through their veins, intoxicating in its temptation.
He feels like a ravenous animal, a stalking predator just barely blending in amongst a sea of prey. But whoever he finds, Cazador had instructed for them to still be breathing by the time Astarion brings them back. He can’t rip the throat from the first thing he sees, no matter how much he finds himself aching to. There’s an impossible emptiness inside of him now, a growing abyss, and he finds himself wanting.
(Or, Astarion and the prince who swept him off his feet long after he had given up on happy endings.)
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- Part 10 of “I feel safe with you.” (Astarion Fics)
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- 13/?
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14 Sep 2023
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"Stop… being so nice to me." Astarion glares at Tav, and there's a sharp sadness in his eyes. “I might get used to it."
"You can get used to it. If you want." Tav's reply is simple and hopeful, and a few beats of pause pass between them. "Can I show you?"
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Tav can't sleep. Astarion is eager to help.
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13 Sep 2023
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suck the rot right out of my bloodstream by FlowerCitti
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
31 Aug 2023
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Astarion moves his legs just slightly to press against Casmir’s broad shoulder, a teasing point of contact. The tiefling doesn’t shift away.
But his hands still haven’t moved to tend to Astarion’s wound. “Can I touch you?”
Astarion stares at them for a few moments, meeting that burning gaze, fanned by thick lashes. People don’t often ask him that—they just do. It didn’t matter whether he wanted them to or not, only that he was a pretty thing they wanted to get their hands on.
He shakes his head before he can fade away into bad memories, blinking several times. He smirks instead, slipping into flirtation easily, eyes lidded and something like revulsion at himself bubbling in his gut, “As much as you’d like, my dear.”
(Or, Astarion has had his consent revoked for over two centuries. Then he meets Casmir.)
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- Part 5 of “I feel safe with you.” (Astarion Fics)
- Part 1 of Ebony and Silver
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31 Aug 2023
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Like instinct, Astarion finds the vein in Filraen’s wrist that connects his fingers all the way to his heart. The moment his fangs sink into the Drow’s skin, blood pools into his mouth, and Astarion feels like a man drinking water for the first time in weeks.
He sucks and pulls, lapping at every drop with his tongue to make sure none goes to waste. Filraen’s blood tastes syrupy sweet tonight from the mead, thick and warm as it works its way down his throat. It’s addicting in more ways than one—the taste is divine, but something more primal pools in the lower parts of Astarion’s stomach. The kind that makes him want to bare his fangs at anyone who dares get too close to his Drow, that might try and take this away from him.
There’s a careful hand touching the base of his skull, pulling Astarion from his degenerating thoughts at the perfect moment. The long fingers slip up the back of his scalp and thread into his wavy hair like a soft caress. It’s comforting, has Astarion sighing wistfully into Filraen’s wrist.
---Or, come read about a sad bard and a sadder vampire falling in love.
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- 10/?
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26 Aug 2023
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For a split second, Astarion thought he got lucky. He could stand in the sun again, free of the Master who had plagued him for two centuries, his own person for the first time in longer than he could remember. Yet his victory was short lived, reality crashing down like the mindflayer ship around him when he found out that the very tadpole that was protecting his freedom would eventually turn him into something even worse than the monster he already was. Now burdened with more than one type of unwelcome traveling companion, he couldn't help but yearn for a way to make his sun tolerance permanent, and a certain charming bard with unreadable golden eyes might just end up being the key to freedom.
Follows the ‘good’ Astarion romance track from Astarion’s point of view.
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26 Aug 2023
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26 Aug 2023
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To say the Detroit PD is having a peculiar month would be describing any month of its existence. But it's safe to say, in that weird spot between androids asking for rights and the government beginning to care, the month is being particularly peculiar, as androids begin turning up killed on purpose in what appears to be a game of cat and mouse with the law and its gray areas.
Counting their brief but unique experience with the deviancy cases, Lt Anderson and Connor are the first choice in navigating this maze. But instead of finding solutions, they find parts of themselves they'd rather leave buried.
And amidst it all, Elijah Kamski is dragged face to face with his shortcomings in the android projects.( Canon compliant on the "everyone lives - Connor deviates" path. Murder mystery in the classic sense. Romance goes hand in hand but the pure fluff/NSFW chapters are marked by a * and skippable without losing vital clues. Not really fetish heavy. )
( Please read the notes on the first chapter for a more detailed list of warnings etc. If you give it a go, hope you enjoy. )
( Please bear in mind this is basically an alpha version that will be brought in line and edited for homogenous quality later )Series
- Part 5 of Wolf & Raven
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11 Feb 2021
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To the naked eye they look no different from ordinary trinkets, lucky charms perhaps, simple objects the dead often keep on them in the grave.
Maybe they are. Maybe it’s Zagreus that makes them hold power.
(concept: god's keepsakes and blessings change zagreus' appearance and behavior during an escape. thanatos takes notice.)
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24 Sep 2020
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A moment of inaction ends Connor’s short life, dooming the revolution and leaving Hank a broken man. Hank returns to the DPD in mourning to discover that his ordeal isn't over; in a cruel twist of fate he must work with someone who not only looks like Connor, but who also was the one responsible for killing him. With the rise of a new threat in the wake of the Deviancy Crisis, a core question surfaces: what does it mean to be alive?
Everything comes down to choices. Choices that matter.
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Or: Connor-60 kills Connor at Cyberlife tower and is a far from ideal replacement. A bit of a character exploration (of Hank, and the differences between Connor-51 and Connor-60), with a healthy smattering of angst, hurt/comfort and eventual romance/sex. There's also an attempt at a plot in here, in the form of a background case.
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13 Aug 2020
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Connor starts to question himself after catching Rupert. Hank starts to question why he shouldn't just throw Connor off a roof. But after a split-second decision potentially ruins his relationship with his new partner and threatens the entire investigation, Connor is starting to realize that he might be more than just a machine.
The idea is terrifying.
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21 Jul 2020
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When Hank's wife abandons him and their young son, Hank struggles to adjust to single parenthood. He buys a second-hand domestic android to help keep his household afloat, an android with buggy software and an unusual amount of initiative. As Connor becomes an indispensable member of the household, Hank finds himself questioning everything he thought he knew about androids—and about authenticity, personhood, and society.
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- 23/?
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17 Jul 2020
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“This gang ain’t gonna last much longer. Anyone with sense can see that. And when it all falls apart, I want you to come with us. Me, Abigail, and Jack.”
The tree’s rough bark digs into John’s hand. Arthur’s eyes are wide, and he shakes his head. “John, the way that I am, I’m not gonna last – “
John cuts him off. “I don’t want to hear that. Just think about it. Please.”
(John and Arthur and what could have been, maybe.)
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05 Jul 2020
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Just another little RDR fanfic where I explore a means of curing Arthur's TB and discovering new trials for him and John Marston's relationship. Possibilities are endless here, as it doesn't follow a specific in game storyline so, join me on this journey and let's see where this goes together. :)
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04 Jul 2020
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Arthur wants to keep his relationship with John under lock and key, for safety.
John ain't having it.Bookmarked by SpectralFriend
03 Jul 2020
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In Pursuit of Greener Pastures by WordsAboutThings
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)
10 Aug 2020
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After Jack gets kidnapped, John decides to leave the Gang for good.
Leaving proves harder than he thought though, as problem after problem arises.
If he ever gets out for good, will Arthur by his side? Will he ever be safe from the gunslinger life?
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No TB
Rated for later chapters.Bookmarked by SpectralFriend
30 Jun 2020