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The trouble with Waterdeep was exactly what Gale had glibly told Shadowheart: that he knew with perfect clarity what he was returning to.
The sum of his life had been the sum of his dreams. That was all his home amounted to – an effigy to all the ideas that had ruined him. The shrine-to-be for all the hopes that had yet to sour. Facing up to it now left a pit at the bottom of his stomach.
or; Gale returns home and is faced with the harrowing challenge of figuring out his life and his new relationship, both of which are wrapped in difficult history
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That part was easy. Imagining purity, imagining walking into a new life clean, imagining answering the pain of loss with losing even the reason to care. The hard part came with the world outside of his mind and all the rules that had to be followed. He had to survive and to take joy from living. Any long term plans had to be tossed aside to keep the fire burning in the present.
Alternatively; the long and turbulent process of relationships, distance and Astarion getting his undeath un-done. With complications
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friends, love and halloween as narrated by G. Dekarios by vertigo_cycle
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
31 Oct 2025
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In fact, when Jaheira had first brought him over on a playdate and then brought him over the second time to sheepishly return the silverware and random clutter Astarion had stolen, Gale had resolutely decided to not like this new intrusion to their neighbourhood.
But it was like trying to avoid chickenpox. He thought he had been doing so well and then suddenly the Astarion-liking was all over him like a sea of itchy bumps and regardless of how much it drove him out of his mind sometimes, he couldn’t seem to get rid of it. Besides, an itch was annoying but scratching the itch was an euphoria almost worth having it in the first place. Gale was really starting to confuse his metaphors.alternatively: lonely teen Gale plays D&D, makes new friends, contemplates changes and goes trick or treating
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“If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, who would it be?” He read. “If you were able to live to the age of 90 and retain either the mind or body of a 30 year old for the last 60 years of your life, which would you want? Alright, Gale, what is this? Are you making me take a personality quiz?”
“Nothing of the sort. I found these in a book a few years ago. They’re called the thirty-six questions to fall in love.” Suddenly, he felt oddly self-conscious. He cleared his throat. “I just thought… You offered me something cheap and untrue and I took you up on it. I wanted an escape and that wasn’t fair either. But if you meant what you said and if you want something real, we can start here. With the truth, even if it’s ugly.”or: after Astarion confesses the motivations behind his seduction, Gale wrestles with his own conflicted feelings and tries to find a way to make things work
Written for BWBR Tarotversary. My card was Justice.
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The attendant fixes his spectacles. His moustache twitches with irritation.
“My dear Madame, please keep an inside voice. I assure you they have a fair reason to assume that. Very fair, indeed. You see, Mr. Dekarios has been found to be behind the deity known as Mahkloompah. This new God has been preached about by some alarmingly zealous Kuo-Toa and as it often happens with religious affairs, innocent blood has been spilled. But alas, a Kuo-Toa deity is not, in the eyes of the law, a real God and any crimes committed by his apostles are reflected solely on the individual behind the charade. In addition, the Kuo-Toa are protected by law pertaining to the sovereignty of arcane-touched species.”Or: Gale Mahkloompahs too close to the sun, Morena and Astarion embark on a rescue mission
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Astarion can walk in sunlight and cross thresholds without being invited.
Healing magic, though? Better to not try his luck.
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01 Feb 2026
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Shadowheart is on the road, drifting between shrines and temples to the Moonmaiden, when she has a dream; time spent with her mother and father as a young child, before things inevitably went wrong.
When she reunites with Astarion by chance, left to scrounge and steal to survive, she wonders if maybe, just maybe, there’s a chance she can return to that time—even if for but a moment.
Essentially, Astarion and Shadowheart have a depression road trip across the Sword Coast.
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01 Feb 2026
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A new crisis pulls Gale and Shadowheart away from the life they have been building together in Waterdeep, and forces them to confront whether they're as happy together as they think.
(Illustrations in Ch.2 and Ch.4!)
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What Lurks in the Dark by kaisamalleen for roshytsunami
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
30 Dec 2025
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Left unsupervised by the responsible party members, Karlach and Astarion venture out into Baldur's Gate to get a drink, and maybe catch up with some of Karlach's old mates. But the city has dangers lurking around every corner both fantastical and mundane. And just how much trouble can two people get up to in one afternoon out?
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31 Dec 2025
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"What," Lae'zel says, "is that."
Her voice sounds severe—but then again, her voice always sounds severe, and at least there's no accompanying sound of a greatsword being drawn. Shadowheart lets her hand drop from the handle of her glaive and turns around.
"What's what?" She glances up and down the street, but there's nothing out of the ordinary to be seen: just another street in the Lower City, thrumming quietly with everyday activity. There's a pair of kids whacking each other with sticks—a steel-gray dragonborn hawking potions and dyes—a noblewoman with a stupid little purse dog, the two of them turning up their noses at a selection of vegetables—a drow wobbling on his feet, supported by friends who seem nearly as unsteady as he is—
"That." Weeks of journeying together mean that Lae'zel doesn't outright point at people anymore, but the tilt of her head is just as obvious. "That—creature."
OR: Team Tadpole plays a game. Lae'zel confronts the complexities of taxonomy.
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26 Dec 2025