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• When We Cherish The Cracks, They Start to Glow by TalkNerdyToMe42

  Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)  

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  21 Nov 2025

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  • Gale/Barcus Wroot
  • Gale (Baldur's Gate)
  • Barcus Wroot
  • Tav (Baldur's Gate)
  • Wulbren Bongle
  • Pre-Relationship
  • Friendship/Love
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Developing Friendships
  • Developing Relationship
  • Eventual Romance
  • Verbal Abuse
  • Wulbren Bongle Bashing
  • Barcus needs a hug
  • Mutual Pining
  • Wulbren Is Mean to Barcus
  • Protective Gale (Baldur's Gate)
  • Soft Gale (Baldur's Gate)
  • Drinking to Cope
  • Justice for Barcus
  • My First Ever Fic - Be kind!
  • Touch-Starved Gale (Baldur's Gate)
  • Touch-Starved Barcus (Baldur’s Gate)
  • Tinkerweave
  • Warning: Mystra (Dungeons & Dragons)
  • Mystra Being an Asshole (Dungeons & Dragons)
  • Mentioned Mystra (Dungeons & Dragons)
  • Mystra Bashing (Dungeons & Dragons)
  • Gale Needs a Hug (Baldur's Gate)
  • Gale Needs Therapy (Baldur's Gate)
  • Barcus Needs Therapy

  Summary

  We all know Barcus deserves better. Who better to give it to him than a certain sweet wizard from Waterdeep with a similar history (in terms of a one-sided relationship with a manipulative, exploitative ex)?

  This is the *beginning* of that story.

  Setup is pretty much canon. Tav & co. rescue Wulbren. Wulbren is a prick. Barcus is devastated but does his best not to show it. Gale has a soft spot in his heart for Barcus and does his best to comfort him.

  Pre-relationship, but all sort of clearly headed in that direction. Relationship (so far) is platonic in fact... but romantic in feeling.

  Series

  • Part 1 of Kintsugi Companions: A Gale Dekarios/Barcus Wroot Collection

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