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1. If you won't look at me, at least be man enough to kill me by citrusrouge

   Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)  

   • Mature
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   13 Aug 2025

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Astarion/Tav (Baldur's Gate)
   • Astarion (Baldur's Gate)/Reader
   • Astarion (Baldur's Gate)/Original Male Character(s)
   • Astarion (Baldur's Gate)/You
   • Astarion (Baldur's Gate)
   • Tav (Baldur's Gate)
   • Male Tav (Baldur's Gate)
   • Trans Male Tav (Baldur's Gate)
   • the trans part isn't really relevant
   • tav dies
   • Illithids | Mind Flayers (Dungeons & Dragons)
   • Illithid | Mind Flayer Tav (Baldur's Gate)
   • the ending for tav becoming an illithid to save the Githyanki prince was so dissapointing omg
   • this is me coping
   • literally didn't consume a single tadpole and still became a mind flayer
   • Angst
   • Hurt No Comfort

   Summary

   Two men bonded together by tadpoles making a home in their minds.

   One of them desperate to survive but not desperate enough to hope.

   The other, desperate to hope but not desperate enough to survive.

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   "Do you remember when you asked me how I'd want you to kill me if I ever transformed?"

   "You wanted me to use a dagger."

   Language:

   English

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