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Astarion still liked her even after he found out about the Urge. He still likes her, now, even as he sits just far enough away from her that their shoulders aren’t quite touching.
The thing is that Lenore loves him. Lenore loves Astarion more than she imagines she has ever loved anything, ever, past life of missing memories be damned. And it doesn’t matter if she wants to curl up against him. She doesn’t want to make him uncomfortable—it’s not something he wants, he’d said—and her own hands are too stained with blood for her to even try.
She’ll take it in stride. She’ll only touch him when he initiates it, and even then she will hold her breath until it’s gone.
She loves him, is the thing. She’s not going to do that to him.
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or: The Dark Urge doesn't know how to ask for comfort. Astarion figures it out along the way.
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02 Jun 2026
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Some part of him could picture it then, could imagine telling her everything - speaking til dawn on his whole history. Spending the next day in this same spot, diving into what he knew of hers. Asking how it felt to gore that bard. Instead, he mirrored her smile - his own wicked grin for seducing and scheming.
“I’ve wanted to taste you since I first felt that pretty neck under my blade.”
And as her head fell back in a laugh, the white expanse of her neck on full display at his easy, overused line, he watched the golden girl fall into the palm of his hand.
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COMPLETED.Astarion had known the woman's face immediately - Halia Dhune, the golden daughter of Baldur's Gate. The princess of the upper city. How many times had Cazador sent him after her - wanting to claim the socialite as a trophy to add to his awful collection? At least now he wouldn't have to go back to his master empty handed, should the tadpole situation not work out in his favor.
(or: what if the Dark Urge was a noble woman, perfect and popular, and her father's favorite fox in the henhouse. and of course, what if our dear vampire knew of her before the crash?)
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02 Jun 2026
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A bored Astarion waits for his lover, the only person he cares for in Faerûn, to return to their home, all whilst recollecting the various events of their relationship—and contemplating what might happen after it’s end.
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14 May 2026
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Nearly two years ago, Astarion and Valdrey missed their chance to get together after the fall of the Absolute. When Valdrey invites him to the city of Westgate to find the Ring of the Sun-Walker, they both see it as the perfect opportunity for a do-over. If only the hardest part of all this was confessing their feelings to one another or even finding the ring itself. Now they're off on another adventure across Faerun to keep it from falling into the wrong hands.
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07 May 2026