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“Anyway, I was wondering if you’d teach me. Magic, I mean.”
Gale froze.
“Why?” The question bubbled out before he could stop it. Every sorcerer he’d met had to be wrestled into magical education in the way a cat was wrestled into a bath. As far as he could tell, Octavia’s control of her magic was perfectly adequate and effective enough in combat, and any further instruction would be superfluous unless-
“I don’t know book magic, and I want to learn,” she said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. Octavia nudged him aside to add the carrots to their dinner. “And you’re the first wizard I’ve met who hasn’t told me to go fuck myself.” She thought for a moment. “Or tried to kill me, but that’s a low bar.”
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Octavia and Gale bond over their two very different relationships with magic
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Not Dead or Alive, but a Secret Third Thing by sistersorceress
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
29 Nov 2025
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Cursed to die on her thirtieth birthday, Lara has resigned herself to the life of a minor Faerûnian hero – an arcane hunter barely scratching the surface of her magical talents, a quick-witted drifter who avoids attachments like the plague.
Just as the curse is about to claim her life, Lara is infected with a mind flayer parasite. And that's not even the worst of it.
The road ahead is fraught with battles. Some are the kind you'd expect: the various beasts, bastards, cults and creeps of the Sword Coast and the planes beyond. Others are about to prove far more challenging: the mortifying ordeal of being known, entirely sausage-based dinners, and an unreasonably massive crush on an unreasonably attractive wizard.
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The tale of my storm sorcerer Tav and her journey through the events of the game, particularly her burgeoning friendships with her new companions and ESPECIALLY her romance with a certain Waterdhavian wizard.An overwhelmingly unserious fic for the most part. Rated explicit for frequent discussions of death and violence, language and sexual references. Also, actual sex.
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Painful to Watch by Galemancer (IAmJessicaJJ), Reeve Apologist (IAmJessicaJJ)
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
09 Jul 2025
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Gale of Waterdeep began to irritate her the moment he sauntered out of that cursed portal and into her life, and from there on Tav must contend with the self-important, blusterous, ticking-time-bomb of a wizard whose sole existence seemed at odds with her desire for peace and quiet. Will it be too late for Tav, when she realises the lines between love and hate can become very, very blurred?
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I wanted to write an enemies to lovers one-shot hate fuck, but this spiralled and is now multiple chapters. Help.
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Echo has lived her life tucked away in the forests of Tethir, learning magic through the pulse of nature and the songs of creation. She's good with magic, but not people, which isn't really a problem until she's scooped up by mind flayers and has to get along with six strangers lest they all share a tentacle-y doom. And she manages to get along with most of them -- but then there's Gale of Waterdeep. Despite a terrible first impression, she finds he is actually much kinder than all the mansplaining would suggest.
This is a series of relationship scenes about my weird little mushroom hermit, a wizard who shows compassion and arrogance really can coexist, and how academic rivalry is like first base for wizards.
Spoilers for the entire main plot and Gale's romance
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“What will it cost me?”
She narrowed her eyes at him.
“You know how pacts work, don’t you? You like to make deals. I will make you a deal. You give me the gloves, and I will give you whatever you like,” he said. The side of her mouth twitched. She did like when he begged. Almost as much as she liked the unnecessary firmness of his hand on hers as he prevented her from completing her task. Her jaw clenched at that thought, and she wrenched her hand away from him.
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In which a cruel and embittered warlock's tale of vengeance is disrupted by tadpoles and distracted by a charming wizard. After initially extorting him with magical items to assist her in a sidequest involving various hags and fey, she learns that she may also have a more efficient way to help with his orb problem. Unfortunately, this grows more complicated by the day, and Gale realizes that the warlock is not as cruel as she would like to be. (Or, Gale likes cats, and I decided to give him one.)
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- Part 1 of Quiet Rituals
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