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1. ceremony by eraser_spiral

   Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   27 Jun 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Astarion/Gale (Baldur's Gate)
   • Astarion (Baldur's Gate)
   • Gale (Baldur's Gate)
   • Astarion's Siblings (Baldur's Gate)
   • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
   • Fake/Pretend Relationship
   • Weddings
   • Dysfunctional Family
   • Inspired by Succession (TV 2018)
   • Mutual Pining
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Astarion's Past Abuse (Baldur's Gate)
   • Gale Needs a Hug (Baldur's Gate)
   • Implied/Referenced Abuse
   • Mystra is her own Warning
   • Eventual Smut
   • Frottage
   • Anal Fingering
   • Anal Sex
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
   • past suicidal ideation
   • cazador is dead
   • Miscommunication
   • There Was Only One Bed

   Summary

   "You’ve been pining over him for years. Just… promise me that this isn’t some twisted way of torturing yourself.”

   Gale resents that. Mostly because it might just be true.

   Aurelia's wedding. When Astarion baulks at the prospect of facing his estranged family again, he asks Gale to pretend to be his partner. Complications arise, along with other things.

   Series

   • Part 2 of diminishing returns

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   60,523

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