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[OLD] It's Not My Past; It's My Everyday by spruce56, ThePaladinProse (shockdowndefiance)
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
22 Jan 2024
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[Needs a Rewrite]
“When was the last time you ate?”
She didn’t need to look to feel Astarion’s raised eyebrow, and he regarded her question with cool detachment. “Two nights ago.”
That was the night they’d had the shared nightmare, after the disaster that was him feeding from her. Add on the days they’d spent in Baldur’s Gate with very few options for Astarion to feed, and Jenrila was surprised he seemed so nonchalant about it.
“Do you…need to eat?”
Astarion snapped his book shut with a sharp thump. Footsteps sounded across the floor and Astarion appeared in her field of vision, eyebrow still raised.
“Do you not recall the last time you asked? Or are you so keen to recreate that scene in such wonderful lodgings?”
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Killing Cazador may have freed Astarion, but the scars – both physical and mental – are still fresh and raw. While Jen's trauma is the focus of the group's attention, the impact on Astarion is unintentionally brushed to the side. At the Last Light Inn, with tempers fraying and too many missions to do, cracks begin to emerge in Astarion and Jen's relationship. With thoughts of the dark ritual in his mind, what path will he choose?
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- Part 10 of The Blood That Sings In Your Veins (Astarion/Tav)
- Part 2 of Careful With Your Vulnerable Heart
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Zada Ban, Xe Cha system. If the 94°C external temperature doesn't get you, the radioactive dust storms will. In a sheer-sided crevice with a precipitous drop lies a Blood Pack weapons facility. And all Wolf Shepard has to work with is two snipers and a mercenary hiding behind a crate.
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Lieutenant Sebastian Shepard, a ruthless soldier, slogs through the tunnels of Torfan - getting the job done, no matter the cost, just as the higher-ups ordered.
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Kaidan Alenko finds himself back on the Normandy, reconnected with Darcy Shepard, but still learning about what Cerberus made her into. Flesh, blood, and some extra bits and pieces. (This is a rewrite of Construct to improve character placement and motivations.)
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Kaidan Alenko finds himself back on the Normandy, reconnected with Darcy Shepard, but still learning about what Cerberus made her into. Flesh, blood, and some extra bits and pieces.
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The Blood That Sings In Your Veins (Astarion/Tav) by shockdowndefiance, spruce56, ThePaladinProse (shockdowndefiance)
Fandom Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
20 Sep 2025
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The last thing a high half-elf paladin expected to do was befriend a vampire spawn, let alone find herself falling for him. And yet over days and hostilities, she senses something deeper beyond his casual flirting and feels herself reciprocating, much to the disquiet of some of their fellow adventurers.
Whether these are adventures told at the beginning of their journey, many years past, or alternative takes they will be present here for all to see
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Careful With Your Vulnerable Heart by spruce56, ThePaladinProse (shockdowndefiance)
Fandom Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
22 Jan 2024
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"Master has always known where Astarion was."
Cazador had been spying on Astarion almost from the moment he landed on the beach next to the crashed Nautiloid. Through spies, thralls, and other means he learns of the group's leader, Jenrila, and of Astarion's growing affection for her. What's more tormenting - capturing Astarion and bringing him to heel, or hurting him through Jenrila?
Unfortunately, while Jenrila is saved from Cazador's clutches, the repercussions and after-effects linger, and Astarion beings to question his relationship with her, and also the question over recreating the dark ritual...
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A few minutes more and they wouldn’t have even been on the ship. The Mako was scheduled and ready for drop, both of them suited up and ready with the final checklist completed.
A few minutes more, and they would have watched the Normandy burn from the surface of Alchera.
But they didn’t get those minutes.
Alchera, and the two year gap.
Follow up to Sonata.
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- Part 6 of Opus
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11 Jan 2023
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Sam Shepard and Kaidan Alenko through the years.
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16 Oct 2021
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Explorations, variations and off-camera moments from the Mass Effect 2 storyline. Multiple character POVs.
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- Part 6 of Mass Effect: Kye Shepard's Story
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