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Rin lays there, her back against the grass as she stares resolutely up at the sky overhead, little drops of dew like tiny diamonds hanging heavy from blades of grass.
“I have nothing to say to you, just so you know.” She refuses to look over to the place where Astarion lays mere inches from her as she says the words, but it doesn’t stop her from moving her hand to rest it down in the small gap of space between their bodies.
It’s an offering, if nothing else, though it is one Rin doesn’t know if he will take.
“Well then, I suppose it’s a good thing that you so rarely have anything worthwhile to say.” Astarion’s words carry his usual unaffected haughtiness that has her eyes rolling despite herself, a small huff of annoyance escaping her lips.
But as she feels the coolness of his skin against her own, clever fingers intertwining with her delicate ones, she thinks that maybe, just maybe there can also be a little room for hope in whatever this thing between them is.
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In which Astarion and Rin learn how to bridge the gap, because perhaps all that distance between them isn’t quite so large as they once thought.
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- Part 1 of at first light
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20 Jun 2025
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“If…if the timing was different, if we’d had any of our shit together, do you think you and I could have been in love?”
He clenches his jaw before looking over at you with a faux-relaxed smile. “We were, darling.”
3 years after the defeat of the Absolute, you and your companions have your own lives (and a group chat) but get together for weddings and funerals. You (Tav) haven't heard from your best friend Astarion in a little while. Hopefully you'll get some answers at Alfira's wedding.
*formerly “Overlooked”
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06 Feb 2025
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Astarion has never needed anyone, but when he looks at her, he feels a need greater than he ever thought possible.
After six months of living together, Astarion is still struggling with intimacy issues, but Tav is patient and always willing to help. She suggests he try touching himself on his own as a way to reconnect with his body, but Astarion quickly finds that months of repressed desires finally catch up to him. It all reaches a fever pitch at the night of Withers’ party, where Astarion gets drunk and works up the courage to let his walls down and show Tav just how much he wants her. Can the vampire finally allow himself to have what he so desperately wants?
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24 Jan 2025
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The secret to surviving is simple. It’s the execution that poses problems.
Don’t die.
It’s that easy.
auri knows people, and that's how she can tell; astarion is deeply, deeply fucked up.
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22 Jan 2025
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Astarion didn't care much for you and your people-pleasing tendencies until he realized exactly what they could mean for him. If you were that desperate for approval—for the hard-earned praise of others—perhaps he could be the one to deliver. There were certainly plenty of benefits for him to reap.
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Preview:You looked so proud of yourself, drool pooling at the corners of your lust-drunk smile. Your hair was mussed and wild, but your expression was utterly tame, almost domestic.
Astarion worried, momentarily, that he might actually end up being the one to crawl back to you. You made him feel so in control, so powerful. And so, so good.