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1. Prey for the Hunter by noodlefrog

   Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   23 Aug 2024

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Astarion/The Dark Urge (Baldur's Gate)
   • Astarion (Baldur's Gate)/Original Male Character(s)
   • Astarion (Baldur's Gate)
   • The Dark Urge (Baldur's Gate)
   • Baldur's Gate 3 Ensemble
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Developing Relationship
   • Friends with Benefits
   • Not a slow burn but an unsupervised trash fire
   • Trans Male Character
   • The Dark Urge is named Tav
   • Blood Drinking
   • self-destructive behaviors
   • Passive Suicidal Ideation
   • in a "the backup plan is to die I guess" way
   • Violent Thoughts
   • The Dark Urge Resists the Urge (Baldur's Gate)
   • Touch-Starved Dark Urge (Baldur's Gate)
   • Possession
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Canon-Typical Body Horror
   • Implied/Referenced Cannibalism
   • Consent as a Theme
   • Past Abuse
   • Past Sexual Abuse
   • Trauma
   • Astarion Has Complicated Feelings About Sex (Baldur's Gate)
   • (so does Tav tbh)
   • Manipulation
   • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
   • "Plotting Their Abuser's Death" as a love language
   • Explicit Sexual Content
   • Eventual Smut
   • Unsafe Sex
   • (in several ways lol)
   • Consensual but Not Safe or Sane
   • Under-negotiated Kink
   • what if instead of talking about any of this we all just Assume
   • the body as both the murder weapon and the crime scene
   • Working Through Sexual Difficulties
   • (through the power of ignoring them and hoping they go away)
   • erotic bloodletting is not recommended as a treatment for vaginismus
   • but that doesn't mean they won't try
   • Pull-Out King Astarion Ancunín
   • Flogging
   • but only because of that one scene with Abdirak
   • Background Relationships
   • Canon Compliant
   • ish
   • sweeter than it sounds
   • Trans Dark Urge (Baldur's Gate)
   • Don't copy to another site

   Summary

   As a vampire spawn, Astarion needs to consume blood. As the host to the Urge, Tav needs to keep himself from slaughtering anyone else in his sleep. Being drained of blood leaves him feeling weak, dizzy, and sluggish in both mind and body.

   It’s a perfect fit, really. Sustenance in exchange for safety. Each of them has what the other one needs, and they’re both willing to trade. Tav can’t help but marvel at the symmetry of it. Their arrangement is straightforward in a way that precious little else is, especially compared to the chaos they must weather elsewhere in their daily lives. But this? Some days, this is the only thing that feels like it makes sense.
   

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   With danger closing in on every side, Tav struggles to find a way to keep the Urge under control, and Astarion tries to figure out how to live as a free man. Along the way, their simple friendship gets a lot more complicated.

   Part of an Astarion/Dark Urge series, but can be read as a standalone story.

   Series

   • Part 3 of My Dagger-Happy Friend

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   English

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