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07 Feb 2026
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There's Gold Under the Rust, Figuring Out Just How to Live by SilverSeptember
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
31 Jan 2026
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“How did you know I was here?” Gale asked, confused.
“My dear wizard, I saw Tav return to camp alone and knew that a bad decision had been made. Forgive me for my curiosity, but I just had to see what caused it,” Astarion spoke as he examined his fingernails nonchalantly, obviously not feeling sorry about anything.
“I did not realize that my intentions were so transparent,” he mumbled, looking away from the vampire.
“Darling, I never said the bad decision was yours."
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- Part 1 of Do You Know I Love You So?
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07 Feb 2026
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Time Eternal by FitofPaige, ShadowViking, Wizzzzard_minui8 for eilu
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
03 Feb 2026
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Finally making a breakthrough in all his effort and research, Gale obtains a very rare tome that's incredibly hard to come by-- and it isn't cheap either. He's certain it's the key to helping Astarion feel the sun's warmth again, and Gale sets events in motion to make that happen.
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06 Feb 2026
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Corporate tech lawyer Astarion accidentally fosters two cats and gets tangled up with a local pet rescue and its manager, Gale.
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- Part 2 of Who Rescued Who?
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10 Jan 2026
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It all starts with Eddie having a terrible month, missing his uncle on a sad and lonely Christmas Eve, and a card sent on a whim to a stranger now living in his childhood home.
Somehow, it ends with Eddie spending New Year's in the arms of Steve, the unbelievably sweet man who received his card and made it his mission to find Eddie via the power of the internet.
In the middle of it all, the winter holidays come and go, but the story isn't about that; it's about life that keeps on going between the cracks of holiday cheer. It's a story of texting for miles, processing grief, accepting kindness, attempting self-growth, falling in love so hard and fast it feels almost impossible, and a very cute emotional support cat.Bookmarked by Duraffinity
09 Jan 2026
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When Astarion temporarily comes to Waterdeep for work, he ends up fostering two cats for Mystra's Chosen Rescue, and finds himself entangled with the rescue's manager, Gale.
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08 Jan 2026
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Consent by ShapeshifterNextdoor
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Forgotten Realms (Roleplaying Game)
15 Dec 2025
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"It occurs to him suddenly that if he but says the word, she’ll deny her own desires and give him space, bid him a good night and offer him a drink in her sleep - as she always does - before making her way to her own bedroll. He knows she will do so without question. It also occurs to him that he does not desire that. He wants her closer. Her hesitation here, when she is so near that he can catch a hint of the Mermaid Whiskey still on her breath, is a clear offering of power. One he finds irresistible. It sends another pulse of desire through him. She’s always giving him power…without sacrificing her own, he realizes suddenly. The epiphany is…intoxicating.
In a rush, he closes the gap between them, snaking an arm about her waist and drawing her into his lap in a crushing embrace as their lips meet hungrily. He wants this. He wants this. So does she. He cannot imagine anything more alluring and terrifying at the same time."
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Astarion finds the inspiration to be intimate on his own terms after his confession scene Act 2. After two centuries of non consensual sexual activity forced upon him & his initial strategic seduction of Tav gone awry, our favorite vampiric sass master must recalibrate.
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04 Jan 2026
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It was foolish. Undignified. He was a wizard, a scholar, a survivor of cataclysmic fate. He had touched the Weave itself. And yet here he lay, reduced to this - undone by memory, by the ghost of a mouth brushing his skin in the dark, by words never spoken, by letters left unwritten, by the immense and echoing quiet that greeted him in every room he entered alone.
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An epilogue turned book two.
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- Part 2 of I’d Burn Through the World
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04 Jan 2026
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Gale is a recently disgraced Catholic priest, reassigned to a small rural town to start over. His faith is tested when he meets a young man in need of salvation.
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13 Dec 2025
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Could Never Tell You What Happened the Day I Turned Seventeen by NoOneKnowsIWriteThis
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
25 Nov 2025
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It was Wyll who asked the question that had been hanging over the entire party.
“How old are you, Gale?”
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The orb not only drained Gale's magic, but also his life, making him look far older than his 23 years. With the orb removed and his youth restored, Gale tries to rediscover himself, and also cope with his crush on his vampiric former travelling companion.Bookmarked by Duraffinity
30 Nov 2025
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“Why are you so kind to me, Gale?”
The movement at his temples faltered but didn’t stop. That foreign look that the human refused to explain took control of his face, this time accompanied by a soft smile.
“Is it truly so unbelievable for me to think you deserve kindness?”
Astarion reached up and circled his fingers around the wizard’s wrist, halting him. Something ignited at the contact. Something that alarmed the vampire. He found Gale’s startled eyes with his own and simply stared up at him. The warm pulse he could feel in the vein beneath his fingers quickened. Was he afraid? No. Of all the odd things that swam about in the other’s gaze, fear was not one of them. This feeling…was similar to what he remembered his victims experiencing in brothels and dark alleyways moments before he seduced them towards their untimely demise. This was…a desire. A want. A need to be near someone. Had he…somehow unintentionally seduced this man? Something undesirable twisted in his gut, and it wasn’t due to his injuries.
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06 Nov 2025
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Forget Me Not by eilu, ICanFixHim (pixel7777), pixel7777
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
11 Sep 2025
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Overwhelmed with the number of godstruck Tadfools in the party, Vera (Tav) tasks Astarion with blowing up Gale's Mystra obsession before it inevitably ends up biting them all in the ass. She secretly wouldn't mind if they'd maybe bone or something. Astarion discovers Mystra fiddled Gale's memories before she ever fiddled Gale's bits and gets super aggro about that.
This is a story about reclaiming your own narrative when someone else has rewritten your past and finding a love that celebrates who you truly are. And lots of boning.
Canon Compliance: Happens during canon (although entirely at camp and through journal entries; not really a playthrough fic), but takes a sharp left once Astarion's discoveries are revealed. Plausible if this information were discoverable in game, but YMMW (see notes for spoilery lore details).
Smut is very prevalent throughout, extra plot relevant (even compared to my usual) and unskippable. Check the tags and make your own decisions.
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21 Oct 2025
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10 Oct 2025
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Astarion is a successful wedding planner faced with the biggest crisis of his career. A high profile wedding where the cake has been lost by his go-to bakery. He is faced with only one choice, he must rely on his ex-husband, Gale the pastry chef.
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20 Sep 2025
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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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22 Jul 2025
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AU where the gods answer and Astarion is saved from his tomb by a fallen cleric (whom he falls in love with).
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That’s what Anacra is looking at: the mess, the unfinished pieces, the weight of what remains undone.But Astarion is looking at her.
She’s backlit by starlight, her silhouette soft, silver catching in the strands of her hair. There’s a crease between her brows, something fragile tugging at her expression. He knows that look. Doubt. Pressure. Fear.
“You’ll be alright, darling,” he says softly, the endearment slipping easily from his lips.
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17 Jul 2025
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“Good evening!” it said, in a much chirpier voice than Astarion had heard from Gale the past tenday. “I am here on behalf of Gale of Waterdeep. He wishes to extend you an invitation for a private conversation in a more suitable locale.”
“Me,” Astarion said a little dumbly, staring at what he assumed was some sort of modified Mirror Image.
“You are the vampire spawn Astarion, are you not?” it said, and Astarion briefly wondered if you could strangle a summoning, and if so, if Gale would feel it. “Gale of Waterdeep can be found in the field behind our campsite. I am happy to provide more detailed directions.”
“How are you worse like this?” Astarion muttered as he stomped in the direction the image was pointing, taking a lit torch with him to stave off the curse.
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A BloodWeave retelling of Gale’s Act 2 confession.
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04 Jul 2025
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After finally gaining his freedom, Astarion took Gale to visit his grave. Unfortunately, upon discovering that he did in fact have a surname, Gale decided that the occasion would be the perfect opportunity to hyperfixate over an accent mark.
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04 Jul 2025
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“I’m used to performing, you know,” he continued, staring at the tendrils on Gale’s shoulder, because it was easier to talk to them than actually talk to him. “I didn’t know I was still capable of…of want.”
“And what is it you want?”
Well, wasn’t that the ten thousand gold question?
“You.”
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Astarion is surprised to rediscover his libido. He’s even more surprised for the target of it to be Gale.
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02 Jul 2025
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Astarion found himself watching Gale more than he was watching Dirty Dancing. He looked quite young to be getting divorced, he thought to himself. The gossip in him was dying to know the full story, but he knew full well that it would be really stupid to start prying into a practical stranger’s personal life.
As he was about to ask, because fuck it, he was probably never seeing this man again, Gale reached below his seat and grabbed a notebook and pen from a satchel. A satchel. The man was going on what amounted to a mid life crisis of a holiday (or, to be fairer to him, a third of a life crisis, because he looked to be about Astarion’s age), and he’d brought a satchel?!
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Lawyer Astarion Ancunín had a chance encounter with film professor Gale Dekarios on a flight to New York. And then another chance encounter at a bar. And when he found out he’s in the middle of a messy divorce, well, what was Astarion to do? Aside from sleep with him, which was obviously a given.
Astarion didn’t believe in love stories. But life had accidentally thrown him into one of his own.
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01 Jul 2025