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Lora wakes to birds singing, Scratch's faint barks, and… someone holding her close. She registers ruffled linen and pale skin, oddly cool but warmed by her own; the faint scent of blood and pomade; an arm around her waist, almost protectively.
Oh.
"Well hello," she says, rather than You stayed.
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- Part 5 of to hear such singing
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"Is that a human Chantry thing? Why do they care so much if you…?" She makes a tiny little hip-thrust movement.
He blinks and tries not to stare at that, and his ears have gone pink. Hard to see if you're squinting up at him through the sunlight, but definitely there. "Well, they're meant to be pledged to the Maker. Almost a kind of marriage. It stops you getting distracted by… baser matters." He raises a brow, voice turning wry. "So they say. But I've heard bored brothers."
"So they're only meant to screw the Maker?"
On Orzammar's caste system, Rica, and trying to talk to your raised-in-a-monastery fellow Warden about cultural sex norms without him panicking.
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- Part 4 of Nat Brosca
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Glimpses into the business of Magister Pavus and an ex-Inquisitor who's doing his best to sneak around. Post-Trespasser, Veilguard-ish.
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- Part 12 of Shield Raised
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Merfolk tend to be terribly offended if you call them “sirens” - how dare you. No, they protest, they’ve never drowned an idiot landwalker in their lives. They’re perfectly upswimming, reasonable citizens who only eat fish and perhaps the odd whelk, if it’s been a slow day.
Astarion isn’t one of those good citizens. The difference between a merman and a siren is sharp fangs, the distinct lack of a heartbeat, and a taste for blood. That and the whole singing thing.
A slightly post-canon AU in which Astarion is still flirting desperately, trying to escape his master, and good with a blade. He just happens to have a tail. And a sea-devil sniffing around him for a deal.
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- Part 8 of to hear such singing
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Any coquettish effect is mostly ruined by the three layers Astarion's wearing - undershirt peeking out from under his collar, another shirt, and some kind of robe he must have stolen along the way - and his miserable little nest of blankets. And the subtle redness to his nose, the tension in his shoulders to stop the shakes. Gods, there’s barely anything in here, for all the hedonistic treasure trove outside his tent. He’s all but slee – trancing on the ground. Elf or not, he’s got to be freezing.
In which the Shadow Curse means it's cold as hell, and Lora tries to help her dead, dainty lover warm up. (Inspired by Astarion's lines about cuddling and missing his partner's body heat.)
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- Part 4 of to hear such singing
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Shield Raised by TrulyCertain
Fandom: Dragon Age, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition
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The young acolyte learns three things about Astarion very quickly.
Firstly, he’s not a cleric—if there’s such a thing as the opposite of a cleric, Astarion is probably that.
Secondly, he knows a startling number of Ilmatari clerics anyway. He claims Brother Kycus owes him money.
Thirdly, and perhaps most pertinently, he knows how to pick a lock.
“That’s the value of an independent contractor,” he says breezily, tinkering with a back-alley door. “Your Revered Mother is a practical sort. Likes to use the tools she has.”
(Or: Astarion romanced a cleric. After, they live in the space between absolutes.)
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- Part 5 of still the river
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“I have figured out where Karlach is,” announces Lae’zel with poorly concealed glee.
Sul crams in beside the window to make room for Astarion, who hops off his bed and shoots over to join them. She can mostly make out the shadow of three and a half horns pushing to and fro with what looks like vigorous kissing.
“Well.” Astarion rests his face in both hands, lips pulled up to show his fangs. “Good for her.”
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- Part 3 of sul and star's excellent adventure
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Perhaps a little too effective by MomImBusy
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types
17 Jun 2025
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Inspired by this Tumblr post by abcdefghjklmpqrobin: Au where Batman doesn't want to tell the Justice League his secret identity but it's because he's really embarrassed about the things he's done as Bruce Wayne.
5 times Bruce Wayne made Batman miserable + 1 time he made the Justice League miserable.
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You Will Take the Long Way Down by the_oncoming_stormageddon
Fandoms: Superman - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types
10 Aug 2025
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Clark and Bruce get hit with a spell that lets them read each other’s thoughts and emotions. The problem is that any time Clark so much smiles at Bruce, Bruce starts thinking about Kryptonite and being dangled over a pit of acid.
Title taken from "Foolish One" by Taylor Swift
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- Part 21 of alfie's superbat oneshots
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Isn't It Delicate? by the_oncoming_stormageddon
Fandoms: Superman - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types
19 Sep 2025
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When Clark Kent is tasked with writing an article about Batman, he accidentally slips in a little too much fondness--resulting in everyone from superbat shippers on Twitter to the Riddler thinking he's dating Batman. Unfortunately, there are a lot of villains who are very eager to kidnap Batman's new boyfriend.
Title taken from "Delicate" by Taylor Swift
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