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1. Trust and how to give it by Fr0g_k1ng

   Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   27 Oct 2023

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Astarion/Tav (Baldur's Gate)
   • Astarion (Baldur's Gate)/Original Female Character(s)
   • Tav (Baldur's Gate)
   • Astarion (Baldur's Gate)
   • POV Third Person Limited
   • Panic Attacks
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Astarion's Past Abuse (Baldur's Gate)
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Gift Giving
   • Past Rape/Non-con
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Self-Hatred
   • Non-Graphic Rape/Non-Con
   • Kind Of
   • the partner doesn't know in the main one that he's not okay with it
   • Female Tav (Baldur's Gate)
   • Tav is Not Described (Baldur's Gate)
   • Flashbacks
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • to a degree
   • Paranoia
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Astarion Needs a Hug (Baldur's Gate)
   • Men Crying
   • petition to let astarion have a good cry
   • I'm Bad at Summaries

   Summary

   It was stupid. She wasn't doing this to hurt him. He had agreed to this. Why was his mind so convinced he was in danger? The body keeps score, that's why.

   or

   (It was a normal night, until it wasn't, and Astarion had a fucking meltdown.)

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