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Note: Graphic description of torture and non-con in chapter 1. If this is triggering for you or your mental health please do not read or skip to the second chapter after it is released. Please take care of yourselves and read with caution.
The sound that is torn from Rolan's aching chest resembles a drowning cat more than the pained screech of a man and it rang true through the darkness so loudly that his own eardrums felt as if they may burst. Fire lit the inside of his lungs and sent darkened embers along the back of his throat, burning a trail of scorched muscle and skin in their wake that made it impossible to swallow as saliva and blood dripped from his gasping mouth and rolled disgustingly down his chin and across his neck. He almost can't believe that the sound even came from his own mouth and if he were less delirious he might have even laughed at the absurdity and irony of it all. The once great wizard, Rolan, apprentice to the magnificent Lorroakan, lying debased and prone as he is assaulted in one of the most hideous ways imaginable.
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Astarion can't seem to run from his past, even if he is now protected by the tadpole. He keeps dealing with night terrors and memories of all the torment he went through, will he ever be more than his past?
Now he has to deal with the emotions of falling for someone again, and that scares him the most.
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Gale gave him a stare, head slightly tilted in a way that made Astarion’s heart flutter - how dare he look so sweet. “Well, if it's not that, then what’s upsetting you to the point of tears?”
Or, a quiet moment between two men just so helplessly in love with each other.
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Nothern Lights (Because I Want You To) by NobodysPoet
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
13 Oct 2025
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What was a bit of blasphemy if prayers fell on deaf ears.
“It’s not fair, isn’t it?” Astarion asked, eyeing the flower with a sombre kind of sadness. Gale didn’t say anything except a whispered “No, it isn’t.”
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“Nothing’s ever ‘simple’ with you. You’d get bored."
“Not simple then. Easy.”
“I would have to disagree because- This is all but easy for me.” Astarion admitted quietly.Something fragile and easy to break. Something too good to be true. Or at least that's what Astarion thought. Fortunately, Gale disagrees. Astarion really needs to stop it with the electric eel comparisons and Gale needs to pluck his eyebrows because they're distracting. Maybe Astarion will just look into his eyes instead.
Or: Astarion and Gale dealing with their past trauma and Astarion not wanting to be touch at times. Talk about consent, non-sexual intimacy, hurt/comfort, Astarion's genuine flirting and Gale being a hopeless romantic - the fic
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After the fall of the Netherbrain, Tav's home in Baldur's Gate was destroyed and Gale offers his tower as a temporary place for her to rest and heal. A very slow-burn romance starts to bloom, while Tav (named Iluviel) struggles to be ready after the things Astarion did to her.
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Lots of D&D lore and (mostly canonical) Waterdeep worldbuilding went into this fic that follows both Gale and Iluviel through their daily lives inside and outside of the wizard's tower.
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Readers said about this fic: "This fic has had me in a chokehold from Day 1. The most deliciously slowest of slow burns, yet with enough intensity and cliffhangers to keep me racing back to it as soon as a new chapter alert comes out. The world-building that has happened in this fic surpasses just about all of the other fics I've read to date, with the imagery and scenery so beautifully written I could imagine myself sitting right in the kitchen along with Gale, Tara, and Iluviel, dodging pots and pans 😁"
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Gwen has never been a woman to doubt herself. But there are moments where she need reminding why she chose Gale.
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- Part 3 of Fictober 2025
- Part 5 of Gale x Gwen (Single Mom!Tav)
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We Could Be Heroes (But Legends Must Suffice Instead) by Deathpetal
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
12 Oct 2025
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Obbryn Lothlyl, a cynical rogue assassin for most of her life, never thought the distinction between legends and heroes was something she would ever be concerned about, nor that it was going to hurt so much. Gale had tried to explain it before; what’s of utmost importance to note is that while both commit heroic deeds of bravery, heroes are alive and legends are dead. She was always more practical than scholar, but she never thought Gale would offer a real
lifedeath example, nevertheless that she could feel so desolate for being the one to survive. Mystra might have ordered his sacrificial death and Gale might have complied, but why does Obbryn have to live with any of that?Written for Whumptober 2025 days 10, 11, 12, 17, 21, 24, 25 (prompt details in notes because summaries have a character limit 🙃 )
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- Part 5 of Whumptober 2025
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After getting broken up with and going broke at 26 years old, Gale finds himself working part time at the Harper Cleaning Co as he works on completing his master's degree at Blackstaff Academy. His first job? Working for one Astarion Ancunin.
Astarion Ancunin, family lawyer at Ravengard Associates, has gone through four housekeepers in the span of a year and is expecting Gale to make number 5.
Two people from two different places, living totally separate lives, there's no way they could really get along...right?
Written in the style of a romcom-drama, follow Gale, Astarion and their friends as they get to know each other, overcome their personal struggles and trauma and most of all. Fall in love.
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When Astarion is finally freed of his vampirism, Gale decides to surprise his lover with a trail of notes.
Warnings: Mentions of depression and suicidal thoughts, so a bit of angst in the middle.
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Aurelia Tavis works at Fair Run University, where she is the assistant to the man she's been yearning after for eight years. When Gale announces his divorce from Mystra, the Chancellor of Fair Run, a spark of hope ignites within her. Will that spark lead to something bigger, something real, or will one or both of them give in to the fear of the unkown?
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Carrigan Beltront doesn't care much for destiny or purpose. She has her friends, her work at The Rising Tide tavern, and her very own flat in a halfway decent part of town. What else is there? Then a handsome, adorably nerdy Professor of Illusion walks into her tavern one night, changing the course of her life and her outlook on dreams long abandoned. The attraction between them can't be helped, but can she handle something deeper?
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Nature, Magic, and Everything in Between by LulaMillay
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
09 Oct 2025
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Gale and Tav’s relationship is great - they read in his magic library, have sex in an astral void, but Gale’s too worried about the orb to make their relationship physical.
Tav still has needs, though. Needs are getting harder to manage by herself.
As they leave the shadowlands, Halsin offers his skills to help them find balance.
Together, the three of them heal and create something none of them could have anticipated.
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Judgement by sapphic_september
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Baldurs Gate - Fandom
09 Oct 2025
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A year has passed since Tav and her companions defeated the Netherbrain. Starting a new life in Waterdeep with Gale, Tav tries to move forward with her partner. Unfortunately, her decision to help ascend Astarion during their adventure has plagued her with remorse, haunting her almost every night.
Little does she know, her ex-lover feels trapped in the past as well. Tav had ended their fling with compassionate intent, thinking he needed a friend and not a lover. In his ascended form, Astarion sees the world plainly: You either want him, fear him, or are mocking him. His resentment and sense of humiliation festers into something unbearable as he imagines Tav's perfect life with her new lover. He decides to take back what he sees as his...
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A team of Brotherhood of Steel was sent to an abandoned research facility. Their mission was to retrieve a still-active nuclear code, preventing it from getting into the wrong hands (i.e., anyone else). What they found at the facility was... an AI with a mission of its own.
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Set in Fallout4, the Commonwealth wasteland.Notes for talented artists:
I'm quite flattered by the interest, but I’m not looking to make a comic adaptation of this fic. Thanks for understanding! -
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Following the events of Thawing a Pale Elf's Heart, Xullra and Gale seek to find a cure for Astarion's sunlight issue behind his back, to surprise him. They find themselves in interesting territory when feelings begin to develop between the couple and Gale Dekarios along the way.
And nothing they do ever seems to go to plan.
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- Part 2 of The Love of One Pale Elf
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Sleep does not come easily these days. Not that Tav isn’t tired; she is, desperately so. But, between the intrusive visitor in her dreams, the parasite threatening to end her life, and the handsome – not to mention extraordinarily chatty – wizard who won’t leave her thoughts, sleep has become a luxury she fears she may never fully enjoy again.
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- Part 1 of Upon A Star
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It's 1980-something and the eclectic band Astarion and The Misfits has enjoyed moderate success so far. But as the band heads out on their first national tour, lead singer/songwriter Astarion is falling apart.
His traumatic past is catching up to him and it's getting harder to hide his worsening cocaine habit from his band. The only time he feels something approaching okay is when he's writing music, or around his keyboardist and best friend, Gale.
Will Astarion be able to pull himself together enough to deal with his painful past and out-of-control present before it's too late to save his future? Or is he doomed to repeat the cycle and end up as just another tragic rock and roll cautionary tale?
~~ Step right up! Come one, come all! We've got: excessive use of the f-word! Shameless (fair) use of songs recorded after the 1980s, from many genres, that have been shoehorned in to fit the story (or vice versa)! Belly-flopping face down into all kinds of trauma like it's Scrooge McDuck's money bin! More flashbacks than an acid trip! Angst and longing! Romance and smut! A side of Halstarion! A side of Karheart! A main course of Bloodweave! Frequent chapter updates, including Spotify playlist! ~~
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Gale Dekarios survived the impossible and found the love of his life. Unfortunately, his happiness would not last long. The night after their victory against the Netherbrain, he awoke to find his lover gone with only a note to soothe his broken heart. She told him to move on with his life, but how can he?
Elowen is a warlock bound to a terrible fate. As she seeks her freedom from noble house conflicts and the patron she sorely regrets, she must also atone for the way she left things with Gale. Can the future they hoped to share be salvaged?
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The Clarity of Death by DaleDikarios
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
04 Oct 2025
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Astarion had died. A dreadfully boring affair for the vampire, in theory. Yet, this death wasn't the expected blink of darkness turning to a swift revival. Nor did he finally descend to the Hells that most certainly awaited his tormented soul.
This death had the vampire plagued in a strange state of purgatory. He was a ghost, watching memory after memory, visions of the past and of strange events that never happened.
But while most of them made little sense to the vampire, there was one constant throughout it all... Gale.
Gale, that verbose fool of a man. Astarion's chosen target for protection should the others or anyone else turn against him.
In every vision, Gale was there, falling for his trap and becoming enamoured by the vampire. The wizard was clearly smitten—ever helpful, defending Astarion, and keeping his secrets close. And what confused Astarion most of all, so was seeing himself return the sentiment. Watching himself fall in love with the blattering human just as the human clearly fell for him too.
But these were just the deranged dreams of a dying mind. They couldn't possibly be real.
...Right?
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Ahlyna was never one to settle down, but when her brother left his child in her care and dipped, she didn't have much of a choice left. Trying her best to keep her secrets while starting her job as a History professor in the renowned Blackstaff Academy, she meets Gale Dekarios, the once saviour of Baldur's Gate, now a humble-ish Illusion magic professor. The tension between them is palpable, making it very hard for her to keep her niece safe and her heart closed.