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1. It Started with Bruises by Lord_and_Lady_Strangehurst

   Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Multi
   • Work in Progress

   21 Apr 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Astarion/Tav (Baldur's Gate)
   • Lae'zel/Tav (Baldur's Gate)
   • Astarion/Lae'zel (Baldur's Gate)/Original Character(s)
   • Gale/Rolan (Baldur's Gate)
   • Karlach/Wyll (Baldur's Gate)
   • Astarion (Baldur's Gate)
   • Lae'zel (Baldur's Gate)
   • Gale
   • Wyll
   • Shadowheart (Baldur's Gate)
   • Halsin
   • Minthara Baenre
   • Astarion's Siblings (Baldur's Gate)
   • Karlach (Baldur's Gate)
   • Soft Astarion (Baldur's Gate)
   • Soft Lae'zel (Baldur's Gate)
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Mildly Dubious Consent
   • traumatized people trying to be better people and partners
   • past abusive relationship
   • working through trauma
   • People are happy and healthy at the end
   • Everyone Loves Tav (Baldur's Gate)
   • playing a little loose with the timeline

   Summary

   In which Lae'zel tries learning to be considerate, Tav tries learning to set boundaries, and Astarion doesn't intend to learn anything from this experience, thank you very much.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   22,207

   Chapters:

   5/?

   Comments:

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   57

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