14 Bookmarks by reallyzeb
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- Part 1 of Things Fall Apart
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- English
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- 154,795
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- 46/58
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21 Jul 2025
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Don't fret 'bout what's underneath by DrJJFaustus, laughingtoucan
Fandom Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
26 May 2025
Summary
In a seemingly poor streak of luck, eleven people are abducted by Mind Flayers in the midst of unknown chaos. When they escape, they are forced to ban together in the face of possible death, the whispering of cults, and dark gods drawing them into a struggle that could shape the fate of Faerûn.
Complicating matters are the two beings who seem to have lost almost all their memories, and yet bloody footprints seem to follow in both their wakes.
Series works listed in chronological order.
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- 27,715
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- 8
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Slithering From Eden. by thedrowlock
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Stardew Valley (Video Game)
23 Jun 2024
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This started a little bit as a joke, but now the dark urge is living in Stardew valley and that probably won't go well. This is not a cute or fluffy fic, please be warned!
"Sometimes there is a painful urge inside you when you stare at your new friends, at their bright laughter and brighter smiles. An urge to tear them open, peel their skin from their bones, see what makes them tick. See if their blood smells as sweet as their sweat. You swallow this down because you do not know where it comes from, this brutality. And it worries you. Concerns you. This life is so peaceful. These people are so nice."
Bookmarked by reallyzeb
27 Jun 2024
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Bookmarking until I’m resilient enough to cope with this one! 🤣
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“Do you want to go? I don’t think we have much time left and—”
“We should," Astarion interjected, rising to his feet. He dusted off his pants, oblivious to the dirt still staining his hands. If anything, he rubbed more soil into his nails to the point they blackened.
I meant to speak up about the matter, but something else caught Astarion’s attention. Not too far from where we stood rested his own grave.
Its worn stone stood out against the greenery, residing in its quaint spot with no disturbances. But then, a figure dressed in a fine blue cloak approached with a graceful stride. Her silvery-white hair cascaded down her back in a wave of feathery curls, and light green eyes subtly widened in a blend of surprise and confusion.
She stepped away from the stone, just as Astarion’s balance stumbled.
I passed him a puzzled look. “Do you know her?”
Astarion expressed shock, a sort of shock that somehow drained the remnants of color from his already pale features.
“She’s…my sister.”
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The story of my resisting dark urge, Ilara, and her relationship to her god, the people in her life, and discovering who she is. There will be a lot of Gortash, Astarion, Raphael, and Shadowheart in particular- along with a whole host of other companions and things going on. This story takes place both during the events of the game (up to chapter 70ish of daisies) and then goes into post game territory. It's often not canon compliant. 💕
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- 205,555
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- 3
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Bookmarked by reallyzeb
27 Apr 2024
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Halsin and Astarion meet under wildly different circumstances (semi alt u). Multiple chapter work, at my own pace (my first in 10 years so I'm rusty, "bear" with me). Overall work will be spicy, this chapter is SFW. Liberties taken with details of vampire biology and druidic magic.
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"I need to get you to shelter, but this wound will not keep. Forgive me, this will hurt." Halsin lays his hands on the man's wounds, his eyes glowing a yellow-white as he channels nature's power into the wound, willing the tissue to grow at a rapid pace and seal shut. Normally this process would take more time, and wouldn't hurt at all, merely aiding and speeding natural healing. But, with daybreak rapidly approaching, there is no time for slow and gentle.The man cries out in pain as the wound seals shut - he suspects it will leave an unsightly scar, but he will survive it. Halsin looks down at the pale vampire; eyes squeezed shut, the pain clear on his face. "I can carry you," he begins to say.
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- Part 2 of Branching Oaks
Bookmarked by reallyzeb
12 Apr 2024
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“Oh, gods forbid they respond positively to you doing a good thing,” Neve deadpans. She squeezes him a little again. “That’s sort of how it works, Astarion.”
She can’t even see it. Believes the best of them all so earnestly, himself included, that she can’t see how it would all fall away without her at the center. It’s enough to make a person feel like they might actually deserve it.
“And by it, you mean…?” he asks instead.
Her huffed laugh of disbelief ruffles the hair at his neck. “Friendship, you idiot,” she answers. “And the general acquisition thereof.”
Astarion cuts a sideways look at her as best he can with her still nestled so close. “And is that what we are? Friends?”
He’d meant it to tease her, and yet finds that the silence before her answer twists his stomach. Because…he doesn’t actually know, either.
“Yes, Astarion,” Neve says gently, after a moment. “I think we’re very good friends.”
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Neve and Astarion, continued. She's not a victim. Not a target. Not just one night it's better to forget. But then...whatever in the world could she be?
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- Part 2 of Mercurial World
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 96,994
- Chapters:
- 17/?
- Comments:
- 1,065
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- 6,014
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- 1,462
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Bookmarked by reallyzeb
12 Feb 2024
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we can live forever if you've got the time by aevallare
Fandom Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
23 Jan 2026
Summary
auri and astarion are much more alike than either of them quite understands.
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- 384,095
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- 12
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- 120
Bookmarked by reallyzeb
02 Jan 2024
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One night every year. She is always there waiting and he will always come.
A story that was supposed to be shameless smut but as usual, morphed into something with feelings. As a vampire lord, Astarion could not posses the woman who made it all happen for him. So a deal is made, one night a year. One night in her presence and passion. One night to push the blade in that little further....
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- Part 1 of The Game
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 282,335
- Chapters:
- 51/51
- Collections:
- 1
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- 764
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- 182
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Bookmarked by reallyzeb
02 Jan 2024
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"You are an incredibly broken man, Lord Enver Gortash." Aryte said simply, looking at him directly, although the curses held in his eyes made it difficult to tell when he was looking directly at something. "I saw that upon our first meeting. I feel it is my sacred duty to my goddess to heal you."
In which a Cleric of Loviatar decides to use every technique and teaching he has learned to help free Lord Gortash from the chains of his past.
Bookmarked by reallyzeb
27 Dec 2023
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a crooked touch (Astarion x m!Tav) by eyes_of_the_lamb
Fandom Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
16 Nov 2024
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“Make it hurt, then. Kiss me like you want to kill me.”
“I can do that.”
Two broken stars in a decaying orbit, passing closer and closer together until the inevitable, devastating collision.
Or, Tav is fucked up and down bad for Astarion, who doesn't quite see the appeal (but he's getting there). Sexual frustration, sloppy handjobs, a heavy dose of masochism, and way too many failed Insight checks ahead. Tav falls first, Astarion falls harder (eventually).
Or, a tragic-but-hopeful romance told through a series of incredibly ill-advised sexual encounters.
If you want to read a story where Astarion is sweet from the start and Tav is here to fix him, this isn't the one. If you want to read about two terribly broken men spending a good long while making each other worse before they make each other better, this might be for you. If you thought the in-game romance was a little too easy and it should have been ten times more painful and difficult to convince Astarion he's worthy of love, this is definitely for you.
Set during the canonical events of Baldur's Gate 3.
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- 33
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24 Dec 2023
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(Baldur's Gate Non-Dark Urge)
Majin Buu was among the handful of people captured and infected with an illithid parasite from Baldur's Gate. As a monk, she was free of vices and worked tirelessly at the Open Hand Temple to provided for her last remaining family member.
She felt like an alien among her own comrades from the Nautiloid crash, slowly traversing their stories and challenges as she struggled to find her place among them.
Majin sought comfort in Astarion as he manipulated her kindness for his own gain, but as they adventured together for a cure for the parasite that plauged them, he fell for her unending patience and willingness to decipher the poem carved into his back by his master.
Bookmarked by reallyzeb
17 Dec 2023
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“Well,” he croons, “The fun doesn’t have to be entirely one-sided. Our time could very well be limited. You help me with my condition…and I could help you with yours.”
“My condition?” she asks, her eyebrows now arched to maximum height.
Astarion tilts his head. “Darling, it’s bad enough that we might burst into tentacles any day now. I would hate to see you die a virgin.”
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Neve already had her hands full, what with trying to keep her companions from killing each other and pushing forward in the face of an uncertain fate. Then the vampire had to go and decide she was sweet enough to want to sink his teeth into.
Another take on how things unfold post-bite.
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- Part 1 of Mercurial World
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 15,981
- Chapters:
- 3/3
- Comments:
- 206
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- 1,347
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- 120,578
Bookmarked by reallyzeb
17 Dec 2023
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Bookmarked by reallyzeb
17 Dec 2023