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    “Ah,” Gale startled, “Forgive me. I may have had a little too much to drink, I’m afraid.”

    The stranger chuckled, and the sound slid like silk down Gale’s spine.

    “What’s the occasion, may I ask?”

    “The worst day of my life,” Gale replied, louder than he meant to. He raised his glass in a mock toast and tossed the last of the bourbon back.

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    Professor Gale Dakarios loses his research, his magic, and his lover Mystra all at once and only has himself to blame. When he goes to drown his sorrows, he meets a pale stranger with mysteries of his own.

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    22 Nov 2023

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    A remix of Act 2 in which Gale gets more of a character arc resolution.

    “Gods damn it Gale!”
    Astarion leaps over him. The guard, poised to land an entirely excessive final blow to Gale’s skull, topples backwards with a knife in his gut. The second pierces his neck, sending him crashing to the ground. Astarion yanks his blades back, and drops to his knees beside Gale.
    “Oh no no no, you are not dying on me now.”
    Gale attempts to express something, but it comes out as a gurgle of bloody bubbles. The world swings to the side, black and spinning.
    “I swear, if it turns out I did just watch you spend the last of your magic sending your cat back to safety instead of saving your own damn skin-”
    The threat remains unfinished. A healing potion trickles between Gale’s lips.
    “Tressym,” Gale says, when he can finally trust his voice.
    Astarion is still crouched over him, cheeks flushed, sweat running down his brow and someone else’s blood smeared across his cheek. Gale has the sudden urge to kiss him.
    “What?”
    “She’s a tressym. Not a cat.”
    Astarion makes a noise of such furious, pained exasperation that Gale half expects the dagger to end up in his neck next.

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    14 Nov 2023

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    “I love you,” Gale says.

    “Oh,” Astarion answers.

    A compilation of moments that led to this point.

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    12 Nov 2023

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    The soft intricacies of love, reading this after i lost mine is both painful and healing. Reread when i am particularly sad

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    All Apollo wanted was to go right home after the legal conference in Seattle, instead of spending the night like his colleagues. He's never been able to sleep well in unfamiliar places. Unfortunately, circumstances beyond his control prevent him from returning to LA as planned, and in desperation he turns to Klavier for help. Klavier generously opens up his hotel room to him, which in turn leads Apollo to opening up his heart.

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    11 Apr 2023

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Literally me this is so me i agree apollo

  5. Public Bookmark 69

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    An unusually slow and quiet morning in the life of Israel Hands gives him the opportunity for his first lie-in in bed in decades.

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    02 Jul 2022

    Bookmarker's Notes

    This makes me happy