Adult Content Warning
This work could have adult content. If you continue, you have agreed that you are willing to see such content.
-
The Star You Rely On by stainedglasstrenchcoat (sushiroll13)
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
22 Sep 2026
Tags
Summary
“I’m no consort to you, no matter how many times you try to convince yourself. I’m simply a spawn. We are not equals, and you knew from the start that we wouldn’t be. All you wanted when you turned me was to keep your favourite plaything close at hand.”
“Are you quite finished with your little monologue, darling? We have an event to attend and we must look our best. It won’t do for you to get so worked up. Do calm down before we greet our guests.”
“I have no interest in playing Consort tonight.”
“You’ve got such a sense of humour about you, my dear, for believing that you have a choice.”
Serious regrets linger after Effigie witnesses how much Astarion has changed following his ascendance. He barely resembles the man they had met so many months ago. Nothing like the kindred monster they had grown to care for, to love. The vampire lord has taken page after page out of Cazador’s playbook, and his reluctant consort has begun to wonder whether anything can be done to alter this fate, whether choices could be revised. Could time itself be rewoven to bring their beloved vampire back into the fold? Perhaps more importantly, should it be?
Series
- Part 1 of Lusus Naturae