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1. Astarion's Nice, Simple Plan That Fell Apart by UsuallyDyingInside

   Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   12 Apr 2024

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Astarion/Tav (Baldur's Gate)
   • Astarion/The Dark Urge (Baldur's Gate)
   • Astarion & Tav (Baldur's Gate)
   • Astarion (Baldur's Gate)
   • Astarion's Siblings (Baldur's Gate)
   • Tav (Baldur's Gate)
   • The Dark Urge (Baldur's Gate)
   • Scratch (Baldur's Gate)
   • Karlach (Baldur's Gate)
   • Shadowheart (Baldur's Gate)
   • Gale (Baldur's Gate)
   • Lae'zel (Baldur's Gate)
   • Wyll (Baldur's Gate)
   • Owlbear Cub (Baldur's Gate 3)
   • Raphael (Baldur's Gate)
   • Minthara Baenre
   • Bhaal (Dungeons & Dragons)
   • Cazador Szarr
   • Romance
   • Angst
   • Emotional Manipulation
   • Past Sexual Abuse
   • Non-Sexual Intimacy
   • Trauma
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Pining
   • Falling In Love
   • Work In Progress
   • Denial of Feelings
   • Slow Burn
   • Slow Build
   • Fake/Pretend Relationship
   • Pre-Relationship
   • relationship
   • relationships
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Eventual Romance
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • Eventual Relationships
   • Eventual Sex
   • Friendship
   • Love
   • LGBTQ Character
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst and Feels
   • Feels
   • Feelings
   • Astarion's Past Abuse (Baldur's Gate)
   • Past Abuse
   • Friendship/Love
   • Blood
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Consent
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Magic
   • Spoilers
   • Tags Contain Spoilers
   • Light Bondage
   • Bondage
   • Bondage and Discipline
   • Torture
   • Implied/Referenced Torture
   • Psychological Torture
   • Aftermath of Torture
   • Blood and Injury
   • Developing Friendships
   • Male-Female Friendship
   • Manipulation
   • Dehumanization

   Summary

   Astarion had a plan. A nice, simple plan: seduce Tav, sleep with her, manipulate her feelings so she'd never turn on him.

   All she had to do was fall for it.
   And all he had to do was not fall for her.

   Which is where his nice, simple plan fell apart.

   - - -
   Exploring Astarion's POV throughout the game while romancing Dark Urge/Tav. Canon is followed in most cases, including with lines of dialogue from the game, but Act 2 and 3 break off from canon a few times in fun ways.

   Content warnings are listed ahead of the more intense chapters. Overall this fic (like the game) explores what healing from abuse looks like and has a lot of references to those themes.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Astarion Isn't the Best at Planning

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