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  1. Public Bookmark 25

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    Astarion stopped mid-step, his expression caught between amusement and incredulity. “Questions?”
    “Questions,” Gale repeated firmly. “Twenty-one, to be exact. It’s a popular, albeit clichéd, way to get to know someone. The questions I chose are designed to spark conversation.”
    Astarion snorted, jutting his hip out as he crossed his arms. “Fine,” he said with mock exasperation. “Let’s hear it, then. But if this turns into an interrogation, I reserve the right to leave.”

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    astarion and gale getting to know each other through some sleepover games (:

    written for the bloodweave brainrot 2024 secret santa!

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    22 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 48

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    Astarion and the spawn have been dragged to Waterdeep by Cazador, no longer able to stay in Baldur’s Gate. On Lliira’s Night, Astarion sneaks out to see the fireworks, and meets a mysterious mage on The Rise.

    Unfortunately, he is left with more than the memories of that night. With Waterdeep’s draconian laws and social expectations, he is forced to look for a solution. Some scapegoat mage to marry and pin said reminder on.

    Enter Gale Dekarios, an Archmage in need to a spouse…

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    22 Jul 2026

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    Astarion wouldn't dare compare Gale’s very clearly lovingly maintained kitchen to a campfire and a chest of pilfered cheese and stale bread. But the feeling of it, the easy companionship, sharing the day’s burden of woes with someone who understands? That's familiar. And that, he didn't even realise he missed. Only now, watching Gale potter around his kitchen and chatter in much the same way he used to potter around the cookpot, Astarion feels… settled.
    Maybe even comfortable.
    Oh.
    Oh dear.
    Before he can stand and take his leave, go back to the contract in Calimshan and pretend this embarrassing little episode never happened, Gale sets a goblet down in front of him.
    Just in passing. Drops it off on his way to the teapot. Like he thinks nothing of it.
    But it's blood. Fresh, too. Pig, if Astarion's nose can be trusted, which obviously it can. He takes a tentative sip. Then downs the rest before Gale has finished pouring his tea.
    “It's warm,” Astarion says, nonplussed, staring at the now-empty goblet. It would be beneath his dignity to lick it. He's no starving wretch now. But it is tempting all the same.

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    22 Jul 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 16

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    Astarion has been incredibly well behaved all day. Surely he deserves some kind of reward? Instead he's losing his mind over Gale performing mundane kitchen tasks. Perhaps his patience will pay off?

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    20 Jul 2026

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    After a year spent in seclusion, former professor Gale Dekarios is convinced by his tressym to travel to Ioma. Not just to research the magical crystals there, mind, but to pick himself back up following a string of failures.

    Suddenly freed by the death of his master Cazador, Astarion has fled as far as possible from Baldur’s Gate to seek solace for the first time in two hundred years, armed with nothing more than a broken sunwalking ring.

    At a romantic seaside getaway, the last thing either of them expect to find is love.

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    20 Jul 2026

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    It is a truth universally acknowledged that a gentleman who returns from war after eight years must be in want of a spouse. When rumours of Captain Gale Dekarios's exploits in battle become the talk of the ton, disgraced Mr. Astarion Szarr can only hope that his closest friend, and the secret holder of his heart, might come to return his long-buried affections.

    With stunning art inside from the incredible Calolily!

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    18 Jul 2026

  7. Public Bookmark 11

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    For years, Astarion has been a session musician working with Gale and Mystra’s band, House of Wonder. After Gale and Mystra’s divorce, the band falls apart and Gale retreats into anonymity.

    Astarion pays him a visit.

    BWBR Weekly Wheel Prompt: Rumors

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    17 Jul 2026

  8. Public Bookmark 61

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    There are few people in the world more annoying than Astarion, but unfortunately he also happens to be the only vampire Gale has ever met. Gale is nothing if not a scholar. And so what if he stares at the fangs a little bit too long?

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    16 Jul 2026

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    After the tadpoles are gone and everyone goes their separate ways, Astarion and Gale realize they can still hear each other’s thoughts. Probably because they’re soulmates.

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    14 Jul 2026

  10. Public Bookmark 73

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    “The book,” Gale urged. “Open up the damned book! Find out what this is.”

    Astarion nearly dropped it trying to retrieve it from his pack. “Are the spores dangerous??”

    “I don’t know.” Gale tried to wipe off as much as he could, but his skin felt like it was on fire. In fact, his whole body had begun to feel rather feverish.

    Astarion skimmed the words, rapidly turning the pages. “Red cap… pink stalk… trumpet shaped…” his finger suddenly landed on a line, eyes widening. “This! Lushcap. Sometimes known as Nymph Blush.

    “It releases spores that, upon contact, affects the body almost instantly,” he read, his expression growing a bit more nervous. “Symptoms include warming of the extremities, shortness of breath, increased heart rate, dizziness, and decreased spatial awareness. This is because Lushcap acts as a powerful…”

    Astarion trailed off suddenly.

    Gale stared at him, waiting for him to go on. Astarion opened his mouth and shut it a few times.

    “What?” Gale pressed.

    A powerful what? Toxin? Paralytic? Parasitic organism?

    “Astarion.”

    Astarion finally looked up at him, looking both amused and on the edge of a nervous breakdown. “… Aphrodisiac.”

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    12 Jul 2026

  11. Public Bookmark 77

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    The Shadowcurse creeps into undead flesh like frost. Gale applies the most logical solution to save Astarion: full-body contact. For science. Obviously.

    Gale can cuddle Astarion warm through their first night in the Shadow-Cursed Lands—but if he thinks he gets to save someone else while planning to sacrifice himself, Astarion has a few objections to make.

    Canon compliance: Takes place in Act 2 just after arriving in the Shadow-cursed Lands and is mostly compliant except for the way the shadowcurse works (see notes)

    Now with incredible fan art in Chapter 2 by the amazing Minui8!
    See their Tumbler post here and give it some love: Art Post

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    12 Jul 2026

  12. Public Bookmark 38

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    No longer a slave, no longer a puppet under his master’s command, Astarion at last had tasted freedom. And with that freedom he claimed the desires that had burned within him for so long: to live without fear, to choose his own path, and above all, to walk beneath the sun – with a little help from Gale.
    And yet…
    Yet, even after all he had conquered, something remained beyond his grasp, something Astarion had never truly claimed: his own body. Freedom had given him the sun, the agency, the right to choose, but it had not given him comfort in his own skin. The thought of touch still unsettled him; the brush of another’s hand, the intimacy of a kiss... Anything could summon shadows of shame, leaving him feeling tainted, dirty, unworthy.
    But truth was, he longed for more.

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    Astarion wants to reclaim his sexuality, and Gale offers him an agreement that is going to change both of their lives.

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    11 Jul 2026

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    Astarion has spent more than his fair share of time in and out of hospitals and emergency rooms, and one thing is always guaranteed : no one knows what to do with him. He's used to being misunderstood, questioned, and flat-out accused of lying or exaggerating.

    But he's sick. He knows he is. He just doesn't know why.

    Dr. Gale Dekarios has always loved a challenge. A chance encounter with a beautiful - and mysterious - patient leaves him thinking about the man for days, and when the man appears in his office a week later, Gale is determined to find the answers he deserves.

    A story about being seen, being cared for, and falling in love.

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    11 Jul 2026

  14. Public Bookmark 34

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    A fetching color rises to his face. Of course they both know the answer already. Astarion waits for him to come to it.

    “...I’ll not deny I have quite the active imagination,” he says at last, as if the words are something to be confessed. He sees that soft wanting there again. A hunger that hooks something hot and starving in his own gut. “There are quite a number of things I have… imagined. In great detail.”

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    In the wake of Cazador’s death, Astarion discovers he isn’t the only one in need of a proper reintroduction to the pleasures of mortal love.

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    07 Jul 2026

  15. Public Bookmark 16

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    When the Netherbrain fell and the Absolute was defeated, Astarion lost any chance he had at a peaceful life.

    To avoid having to look after 7000 spawn alongside his once siblings, he turned his hand to mercenary work. Murder, stealing blackmail evidence, anything that nets him enough coin to survive.

    But when those jobs dry up, and he has plenty of money to live off of for a while, he entertains himself with purloining jewels from establishments that are far less deserving than himself of owning the precious gemstones.

    Which is why he's currently dressed to the nines, invitation to a museums benefit in hand. He plans to use the event as a distraction so he can steal the star attraction of an upcoming exhibition.

    The Crestalian Ruby, the most gorgeous necklace Astarion has ever seen. And the only place it belongs is upon the only person who could possibly rival its beauty. Himself.

    Until a familiar face appears, and his plans for the night get a bit more complicated than he planned for.

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    07 Jul 2026

  16. Public Bookmark 25

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    Gale is in love with Astarion

    Halsin is also in love with Astarion

    Somehow, they meet in the middle

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    07 Jul 2026

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    "The way the body reacts after birth is unavoidable. All his siblings experienced it: searching for a baby that was no longer there, raging and screaming at everyone and everything in the vicinity as if the child was hidden like a sick parlour game. They all knew what would happen after the first time, but every subsequent time might as well have been the first.

    What would’ve happened if one of those children had survived?"

    Or: what if the spawn having spawn was a requirement for the Black Mass? What if the mindflayers captured Astarion with one of those children in tow?

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    07 Jul 2026

  18. Public Bookmark 48

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    "Gale's body is changing, his hormones shifting, and the effects are becoming clearer in him. He's softer, rounder, and though there has been no visible change to his abdomen thus far, Astarion cannot help but press his hands into it and imagine their child growing there. An impossibility, a scenario beyond his wildest fantasies, and yet it's real."

    An unexpected pregnancy does not mean it is an unwanted one. Gale and Astarion find this out for themselves and try to cope with impending parenthood (by having a lot of sex, mostly).

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    04 Jul 2026

  19. Public Bookmark 12

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    After the Elder Brain falls into the Chionthar, after the storm has passed, Astarion lets himself look over the hill and see what he finds there.

    It's love. Love has been waiting for him patiently, smiling and ready to take his hand.

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    04 Jul 2026

  20. Public Bookmark 24

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    Astarion has spent his entire life scamming people. He's also done a good job of convincing himself he doesn't care, and that they're just as awful as he is, and maybe they deserve it. Even if they don't, he can't get away from it. He's trapped under Cazador's thumb. He doesn't think love exists.

    Gale has spent the last few years convincing himself that he doesn't need love. Really, he's happy with his day job and his mother and his son. That's enough. Putting himself out there again could hurt. He doesn't think love is worth the risk.

    Fate has a funny way of not caring what a person thinks.

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    Last Chapter goes up on New Year’s Day!

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    03 Jul 2026

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