Eyebagshawty dropping in to say you're doing so well and l've been loving the works lately! I'm also getting a bit of writers block but you're doing so well :) it's also okay to take a break! Hope you're doing okay <3
AAAAAAAAAAAAA NO BC I'LL CRY. i'm trying to balance out my fics because i've started writing for another fandom as well ( & i will only tell you what that fandom is if you can guess close enough to it ) that are both around 30k & 4k respectively, but i'm not done writing for astarion !! i think a mental refresh was what i needed. i'm also about to make my friend play through it with me, so that will help for more astarion inspiration !!
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SAME ANON HERE and UGH YEAH u get me đđ the intricacies of his character and arc are so dear to me I love just being able to love him among other people
Sometimes i feel like Iâm too invested in him but u guys make me feel seen đ
Also (sorry in advance for the small rant) I really really appreciated his story of finding your freedom as a person AND learning how to reclaim your own sexuality, I think the way they approached it was so nice in game! Like, him letting himself have sexual desires of his own, have love and try to navigate it for himself and having the tav give him the patience and space to rightfully navigate it was so lovely
Sorry for the rant he just means so much for me
NO IT'S LIKE I GET IT. seeing astarion navigate his emotions & fears was such a healing & realistic thing to witness. like all of the characters have very understandable character arcs where they learn how to overcome their feelings, & none of them ever figure out full-stop how to be "okay" with what they went through, & to me that's just so realistic. for astarion especially, i think knowing his trauma beforehand really makes his growth as a character that much more obvious.
he is my meow meow & i'll cry about him forever !!
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petit-etoile here requesting astarion x tav, maybe a touch inspired by the e.e. cummings quote "I will rise / After a thousand years / lipping / flowers / And set my teeth in the silver of the moon" !! can be ANY version of tav tho i like durge a ton :33
I Will Wade Out
Pairing: Astarion x Dark Urge!Reader
Warnings: mentions of trauma and past abuse, maybe a little bit of spice
A/N: You just happened to pick one of my favorite poets, I decided to get really poetic hhh also I heavily listened to Margaret by Lana Del Rey while writing this :,)
I will wade out
till my thighs are steeped in
burning flowers
I will take the sun in my mouth
and leap into the ripe air
Astarion tackled you to the ground in a bone crushing hug, the rays of the sun shining golden on you both. It made his red irises look like bright rubies, and his ring on his left hand glinted in the beams. The ring of the sun walker.
âDarling, I was sure Iâd be cinders,â he chuckled through his tears of happiness. You kissed away each track running down his cheeks, your fingers fisted in the lilies that surrounded you both.
âSo I take that as a yes?â You picked up his ring finger and kissed it, rubbing his knuckles simultaneously. Your eyes were glassy, boring into his with so much love it would have made your past self sick. Astarion nipped at the side of your neck, pressing his lips to the never quite healed bite marks that laid upon it.
âWhat else would it be, my sweet?â He rolled so that you were on top of him, bringing his hands to your hips and kissing your collarbones. âHow could I ever say no,â he whispered. Your lips met, and he kneeded his fingers into your hips as he nibbled at your bottom lip for entrance. He drew a bit of blood, and you opened your mouth to which he instantly soothed the small cut with his tongue, drawling a low moan out of your throat.
He moved his hands to the globes of your ass, causing you to slowly grind against him. He let out a breathy whine. âAeterna amantes,â you whispered into his mouth as he got to work on your trousers.
Alive
with closed eyes
to dash against darkness
in the sleeping curves of
my body
Shall enter fingers of smooth mastery
with chasteness of sea-girls
Will I complete the
mystery
of my flesh
As the sun sets and the sky turns to hues of navy blue and deep orange, you remember when Bhaal had punished you for rejecting him. In a sense, he had rejected you right back. As each of your bones cracked in different directions, Astarion had screamed your name. You remember when the light began fading from your eyes, the last thing youâd seen being Astarionâs destroyed and panicked expression above you.
âPlease, please, please. Darling, wake up. This isnât funny,â heâd whimpered as he held you close to his shaking chest. âWe were supposed to be free. No no no, you cannot do this to me.â As his broken sobs echoed through the temple, Shadowheart placed her hand on his shoulder. He hissed and jerked his shoulder back as if she had burned him, clutching you closer to his chest.
âAstarion⊠theyâre gone.â Her eyes were glassy along with the rest of the party, who stood in stunned silence around your crumpled frame.
âYou donât get to say that!â He bellowed. His eyes softened as he looked down to you. As he stroked your hair and weeped over you, not caring who saw, he heard the scuffle of bare feet coming towards him.
âThou hast defied Bhaal, thy liege and father, and in doing so hast earned a place among champions and heroes,â Withers proclaimed. Astarion stumbled back as he thought he saw one of your eyelids twitch. âBut, alas, thy courage was in opposition to the divine cosmology that bound thee to the Lord of Murder.â
Withers walked up next to your body, and although Astarion protectively moved towards you, Karlach pulled him back and shook her head. âThou art now faithless â godless â and doomed to walk the Fugue Plane for eternity,â Withers continued. âI will not permit that, though all the powers of life and death dictate that it be so. So rise, Challenger of Gods, and prepare for battle once more. Death will not claim you whilst I endure.â
Youâd scrambled to a sitting position, screaming and coughing up blood. Astarion rushed over to you and held you close as youâd cried into his chest. âEverything is okay, my love. Iâm here. Iâm here.â
âDarling, whatâs going on in that pretty little mind of yours?â Astarion reached over and brushed some hair out of your face. You both laid bare on a blanket in the grass looking up at the stars. You looked over to him and gave a soft smile.
âJust thinking about that moment. In the temple. You were so gentle with me.â He smiled as you spoke, his big round eyes glowing in adoration. âItâs almost odd. Weâre both so free now.â
He kissed your temples, then your forehead. âOh my little love. Iâve been scared most of my life â well, unlife rather. But the fear of losing you⊠it had me terrified,â he whispered. He interlaced your fingers together. âNow that nothing can hold us back, I want to experience everything. With you, my treasure. Shall we venture inside for some tea?â
You smiled and accepted his shirt around your shoulders as you gathered your things. âTea sounds wonderful,â you beamed.
I will rise
After a thousand years
lipping
flowers
And set my teeth in the silver of the moon
The wish spell had worked. At first, Astarion was scared and a bit angry, but with reassurance from you and your closest companions he relented. You were immortalized â aeterna amantes in every sense of the word. You lied in the bed you shared with Astarion; the one you both made love in after your eventual wedding, the one you both cried in each othersâ arms in, the one you both came home to every night for so long.
You lifted your hand towards the ceiling and examined it â your skin, your fingernails, the still pristine carmine jewel in your wedding ring. You were 1,587 years old. That is 1,559 years after you left behind your old self; the so called Bhaal-babe that conspired to end the world as everybody knew it. Since Astarion had been freed from Cazadorâs rule and given the choice of anything he wanted. And he wanted you of all things.
You heard a loud gasp next to you, and Astarion flew to a sitting position, letting out heavy and panicked breaths. You placed a hand on his and looked over with concern. When his eyes met yours, he immediately calmed, letting out a string of soft and relieved curses. âApologies, my dear. Nightmares got the best of me.â ïżŒ
You wrapped your arms around him and placed your head against his chest. âIâm here. Which ones this time?â He squeezed your hand and you squeezed back.
âCazador⊠You⊠kidnapping,â he huffed out. He placed a kiss onto your furrowed brow. âHells it just feels so long ago I wish it would go away.â
âYouâre not alone, Star. I dream of Alfira every year or two⊠I miss her.â He rubbed circular motions into your back. He knew the guilt you would always feel for her, how she didnât deserve it.
âI understand, my love.â You leaned up and chastely kissed him, pouring in that sweet sadness that comes with self reflection. He returned the gesture, fervently kissing back in a way that soothed your mind. âNow, how about some midnight tea,â he said, barely above a whisper, a smile ghosting across his face.
âThat sounds nice,â you whispered back. You gathered a blanket around your bare shoulders and followed him to the kitchen, sitting down at the table as he placed the kettle on the stove. When the tea was done he brought you a mug, and you hissed when the liquid immediately burned at your lips. Astarion chuckled.
âWell my dear, itâs fresh off of a million hot flames, what do you expect?â
You flicked his shoulder. âShut up,â you laughed back.
âSince this tea is going to take forever to cool, youâre free to feed from me tonight if youâd like,â you said as you shot him a coy smile.
âAre you sure? Maybe we should get you something to eat first for your headââ
âCome on, Astarion,â you cut him off jokingly. âIâve been literally stabbed through the skull before. Some wooziness is nothing.â
He held his hands up and shrugged. âWell then, who am I to refuse?â He stood up from his place at the dining room table, and you tilted your head to the side to give him access. His fangs pierced through your skin, and in a way it soothed all thoughts from earlier that night. You smiled and placed your hand on his bicep, squeezing it when you were ready and heâd had his fill.
Aeterna amantes, you thought to yourself.
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ASTARION ANCUNĂN & AEREA, CHILD OF NONE  ➻  endless artworks of astarion & my tav .  [ 4 / â ]
â  even stale, i'd recognise that bouquet anywhere .  â   âĄ
ăăăăăăă‷ăartwork commissioned from kenta_nagasaki_ .
inspired by this redraw meme .
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ALSO been thinking a lot about :((( human tav and essentially immortal astarion like URGH their eternities donât mean the same thing, spending your eternity with astarion would be a fraction to his eternity and it BREAKS MY HEART đđ after all that waiting, they never really had long in the end, anyways.
Idk how having children would go with astarion if they become some sort of half thing with double the human lifespan but not quite astarions life span,, still such a sad thought. Imagine your child and husband get to live so long without you đđđđ
(-đ§I left the last one :3)
IT IS SAD, BUT ALSO ? think of the impact. the epilogue states that astarion himself thinks spending six months with you has undone almost 200 years of torture ( & whether the healing he goes through is entirely because of you or the newfound freedom he himself has found is still so beautiful ) that even a fraction of immortality is probably enough for astarion. this is a  man who has learned to love himself & care for others, as mildly or as unmildly as you view it & i think through loving you, spending your human years together is enough for him to want to carry on your legacy a s the hero of faerûn !!
 & this goes the same with astarion having children, imo. these children you have with astarion are an extension of you. your memory & living blood would be enough to sustain astarion for centuries because his love for you won't stop after your death. your kids â your great grandkids â your great, great grandkids ( etc !! ) â is astarion following your spirit through life even when all evidence of your first life has all but disappeared. YOU DON'T FADE AWAY AFTER DEATH !! & even if astarion finds love after you, that won't erase your memory in his mind . . . he will always love you & he will always cherish you & what you've done for him !!
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Been thinking a lot about if astarion had met tav a few idk hundred years earlier he wouldâve killed her on the spot, used her and brought her back without even thinking about who she might be
Idk the idea just kind breaks my heart cause hereâs this person who he cherishes above everything and theyâre just so lucky to have met when they met
isn't it scary to think about !! that, at any point in time in baldur's gate, you could have run into astarion â an angry, violent, rightfully pissed astarion who can only do his duty . . . it makes me so sad to think about how in the last two centuries, all he's known is cazador's will.
& it's such a contrast to who he becomes over the course of the game too !! he becomes somewhat caring, somewhat determined to be a "good guy" depending on the choices you've made. astarion is a man who, for all intents & purposes, views himself as being alone & rightfully distant who then turns into someone who looks out for others & even thinks about going out of his way to protect victims from the vampire spawn he holds himself accountable for . . . UGH. LOVE HIM ?
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Surviving through the pain,
strife, and hunger,
all bonds are broken.
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Iâm about to beat the game for the second time and Iâm still completely taken by #Astarionâs arc. đ„ș
Wish there was even more back ground lore exploring the characters lives before the events of the game.
This is how I imagine Astarion spends his night in the city before getting tadpoled and finding a moment of respite.
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âItâs nice,â he says softly. âI can taste your blood beneath your skin from your swooning.â
âIâm not swooning,â you protest weakly.
âOh, you arenât?â Astarion teases. He licks your pulse. âWhat a wicked lie. If I were to let go, would you fall or stand on your own? Letâs find out.â
Astarion releases you and your knees buckle out from under you. Something akin to mortification floods through your body, but when Astarion laughs at the sight of you kneeling in the river bed, it doesnât sound mean. He knees down with you and taps the tip of your nose.
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i thiiiiink im jus feeling a bit down so im gonna be on my blog @aluneposting so if u wanna be fwens i'll be over there & maybe we can chat abt astarion together đ
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i need you when i'm falling apart
pairing .  â±Â  astarion x tav
wordcount .  â±Â  3,489
part one .  â±Â  here .
content warnings .  â±Â mentions of canon compliant temporary character death, spoilers for act iii endgame
other tags .  â±Â  canon compliant, character study, introspection, p.orn with plot, pwp, vignette, re-establishing relationship, blood drinking, m.issionary position, tav is gender neutral
archiveofourown .  â±Â  here .
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taglist .  â±Â  @azrielshadows1nger, @pandimoostuff, @faevi, @microskies, @foreverthemaraudersera, @queenofthespacesquids, @claryvoyantfray, @6doodlaang14, @anne-isnotokay, @itshimbotime, @yeeteth-the-raven, @sessils,@8-opossums, @worryknotdear, @abirdaboxandachippedcup, @ghosts-and-ink, @b4um3pfl4um3, @gunslingerorchid, @hypopxia, @m0ssytrees, @erysione, @odette-attackattack, @catching-fire-in-the-wind, @ashrio20, @wills-mental-illness, @queenofcarrotflowers-s, @kirahlene, @lavenderslemonade, @candyladycry, @chonkercatto, @foxxyhun, @nyxmainex, @angelmawss2, @godoffuckedupcats, @raviolixxx
be added .  â±Â  here .
summary .  â±Â  You have learned to be good. It's time Astarion learns to be forgiven.
During the heart of spring, Astarion spends more time trying to avoid you than he does trying to catch up with you. Youâre not even sure why he agreed to travel alongside you â but you do not ask. You press your lips together and push on anyway.
His eyes are cold, and red.
The first night when you set up camp in an abandoned temple, Astarion moves his tent to the other side of the sanctuary as if he cannot bear to be around you. Like you smell. Youâve never cared much for the thoughts or opinions of others, but an inkling of self-doubt creeps back into the depths of your mind. What is the cost of being good if no one treats you kindly?
Every interaction you have with him is like pulling teeth. You want to fight for the tieflings, and Astarion wants to leave them behind. You want to help Wyll find his father, and Astarion snorts. Any good deed you suggest, he finds the need to punish.
When the cambion Raphael reaches and touches your cheek with a promise of opulence and salubrity, you're reminded of a night two hundred years ago. You stumble out of the House of Hope as fast as you can.
You donât stop walking until daybreak.
One night, you explode on Astarion. Your feelings bubble up like bile in your throat.
âI tried to look for you!â you snap at him. âYou can sit here, and you can be bitter, but if I had known, I would have looked for you! But I didnât know â I didnât know and it isnât a crime!â
Astarionâs look of surprise is one thing. He furrows his eyebrows as if properly scandalized, and his frustrated scowl turns to ash when you throw his old cravat at him. You had kept it tied around your neck for two hundred years. You wouldnât keep it a day longer.
Itâs a horrifying mistake to go wandering off in the Underdark by yourself with nothing but a hunting knife at your side, but you never really gave much thought to how you would cope with the gravity of the situation. The fact that you knew Cazador only made matters worse. You stumble past the ruins of the SelĂ»nite Outpost in hopes of running away from your past.
You donât run into your past in the dark, but you do run into a Spectator.
Youâre immediately thrown into darkness and narrowly avoid being petrified, but you have no idea what youâre going to do about this situation besides hide beyond some poor stoned soul. You might should have considered thinking it through. You might should have thought anything through but you didnât, and thatâs the only crime youâve committed in quite some time. It isnât a crime is something youâve begun to repeat to yourself often.
You manage to defend yourself for quite a while in the darkness, but by the end, youâre nursing a nasty wound and bite from the Spectator that will take some time to heal. Youâre tucked under some petrified Drow bastard when you hear Karlacâs battle cry and see Galeâs ice spell come from the cliffs. The one that catches you off-guard, the one that will always catch you off-guard, is Astarion flipping through the air with nothing but an elven bow like a prince from your dreams.
Defeating the Spectator is easier with allies, and even the Drow protecting it goes down without much of a fight. You nurse your wounds as best you can, sitting against the cliffs with a bleeding thigh, and try not to frown when Astarion approaches.
âGive me that,â he says quietly, snatching one of Halsinâs potions from your fingers. âEven after all these years, it seems like you still need protecting.â
You frown and pick at your torn breeches. âI know how much you hate that, your honor.â
Astarion looks at you for the first time in several tendays, eyes rimmed with red. âI never hated it,â he says. He dresses your wound like it pains him to see it. âI donât hate it even now.â
Astarion crashes into you full force the night you arrive at the Last Light Inn after youâve talked to Jaheira but before youâve talked to anyone else. Youâre in your room, and the next thing you know, youâre not alone.
Two hundred years of loneliness are erased at that moment.
His teeth clack painfully against yours as he shoves you into the wall, too uncaring or too pent up to care about the force. He cradles the back of your head to keep you from cracking it on the wall, but other than that, Astarion doesnât care about hiding the full force of his strength. He kisses you until your mouth is swollen and then heâs tearing your night shirt open with both hands like he canât get enough.
âAstarion â â you try to say, startled.
But you would be lying if you said you didnât miss him too. You let Astarion push you around, until youâre both stripped of your clothes and heâs lying flat on his back on the hard wooden floor with you pulled into his lap, his cock pushed deep inside you, and his hands unable to stop wandering the planes of your body. Astarion all but sobs into your mouth as he fucks you. He holds your cheeks in his hands like youâre the most precious thing heâs ever seen.
When youâre both finished, no one moves from the wood floor despite there being a bed. You lie on your side next to him, memorizing the slope of his nose while you still shiver with little twinges of pleasure still racing up your spine and between your legs. Astarionâs eyes are closed. Heâs pretending to sleep, or pretending to be dead so you donât have to talk about whatâs happened, but youâre curious anyway.
You reach across the distance and touch his chest. You know thereâs no heartbeat beneath his ribs, but you like to pretend. You close your eyes and dream it has been nothing but two hundred years of happiness and bliss in Astarionâs home.
âWhen I first saw you,â you say quietly, âI thought you were a ghost come back to haunt me.â
âAre you often haunted by ghosts?â Astarion asks. He still doesnât look.
âIâve been properly reformed while you were away,â you tell him. You stare at his neck. âThere was only one ghost I was running from.â
He smiles. âAnd now youâve found him. What do you think about this haunting?â
âI am happily haunted,â you say honestly. He opens his eyes then and turns toward you, lips pressed into a firm line. âBut you are not happily haunting.â
Astarion sits up then and you follow him, legs sticky and wet. You reach for his hands and pull them into your lap. You watch as he struggles to accept a kind touch. In a way, you understand that. You remember how kindly he treated you when you didnât deserve it. You hold his hands even when he tries to run away.
âI was ashamed for you to see me like this,â Astarion explains. He looks away, hesitant. âMy condition isnât one that Iâm proud of. It isnât fair to say I was tricked, but â â
âWanting to live doesnât make you a bad person,â you say.
âPerhaps not,â he says. âBut I became what I often chastised you for. I am greedy. I am prone to lying and bouts of theatrics. Iâve killed. It was embarrassing to fall so low.â
âAnd now you rescue orphans,â you say, shrugging. âYou helped the gnomes. You helped the tieflings. Youâre going to help the gnomes and tieflings again. Thereâs still good in you, your honor, beneath all that vampiric avarice you despair over.â
Astarion laughs and turns away from you. Heâs looking for his clothes, and your heart squeezes so tightly in your chest that you move before you can stop yourself. You drape yourself over Astarionâs back and pull his arms away from his smallclothes. You can tell by the musculature of his arms that you only succeed because he lets you.
âPlease donât leave me alone again,â you whisper against his shoulder. Your wet eyelashes tickle the nape of his neck. âI waited for you that night and⊠I donât want to be alone anymore.â
Astarion stays that night.
He stays every night after that too.
For what itâs worth, your third visit to Baldurâs Gate is hardly better than the first two.
Between fighting cultists, saving children, and trying to convince most of your party that theyâre not going to become mindflayers, youâre beginning to run a little thin. You feel like youâre going to shrivel up and die. You feel like the world is spinning and falling apart. Youâve killed Gortash and youâve killed Orin and you killed Ketheric ages ago, but now youâre trying to keep the Emperor from betraying you and sacrificing Orpheus, and Cazadorâs invitation is sitting pretty in your hands, and â Â
Well, thatâs just it, isnât it? Cazadorâs invitation is in your hands, and you donât have the heart to show Astarion. Youâre afraid of showing Astarion. You know that as soon as you show him the invitation, heâll lose his mind. Youâve only just recovered him and youâre already worried about losing him again.
You bury the invitation in the garden behind the inn like youâre a dog with a bone. You shovel the dirt with your hands until theyâre cracked and raw and bleeding and the invitation is buried six feet in the ground. It should scare you that Cazador knows who you are, but it doesnât. You arenât stupid enough to run headfirst into his trap. And Astarion isnât stupid either, but heâs scared, and being scared makes you do stupid things.
Astarion almost does a very stupid thing like you predicted he would.
The Rite of Ascension was right there in his hands, and he had almost consumed it. You arenât sure what changed his mind at the last minute but youâre thankful. Astarion crawls into your arms that night and sobs for hours.
âWhat are we going to do about tomorrow?â Astarion asks you softly.
Heâs been tracing patterns into your spine all evening. If he moves his hands now, youâd still feel his fingertips against your skin. Youâre hiding your face in your arms so you donât have to think about it. You canât stop thinking about it.
âWeâre going to fight the Absolute,â you say.
âLike itâs that simple?â
âI am going to look another god in the face,â you say, âand I am going to tell it to fuck off back to Avernus.â
âDo Netherbrains come from Avernus?â
You donât know. Youâre too worried to think too hard about the simplest details. So far, youâre every plan has been to go in, stab whoever is the loudest, and then leave before things get worse. Itâs hard to keep your head above the waves as they keep crashing down on you.
You donât want to talk about tomorrow. If things donât go well, youâre all going to die anyway and all that planning will have been for nothing. You turn on your side and appraise Astarionâs expression. Heâs looking at you with muted disbelief. You choose to ignore it.
âWhat are we going to do after tomorrow?â you ask.
Astarion opens his mouth to chastise you for changing the subject, but he closes it almost immediately. He doesnât want to talk about it either. Itâs a scary thing to walk into the end of the world with a sword and a dagger. At least Dame Aylin will be there. You hope she can just stomp the Netherbrain to death and then itâll all be over.
âI could always go back to being a magistrate,â Astarion says conversationally.
He picks at a thread coming loose on his blanket.
âIf you go back to that, Iâll go back to being a criminal,â you muse. âWe can have nasty sex on your desk again. You always did look damn good in a cassock.â
Astarion laughs. He laughs like the sunlight that peeks through the window on a sunny morning. He laughs like the moonlight that splays on the cobblestone of Baldurâs Gate long after everyone else has already gone to bed. Itâs hideous â itâs melodic and intoxicating, and you reach across the distance and touch his cheek without thinking.
You slide your finger across to his nose. You press your finger against the wrinkle between his brow, and Astarion starts laughing again so you do too. You kiss him while he laughs, and then he holds you and you both laugh together. He will never be a judge again. Your connections with the Zhentarim will die out.
Astarion brushes his fingers against your hip bone. He rolls out of bed like itâs the easiest thing in the world to do, and you miss him. Already without him, the bed is much colder. You dramatically crawl across to his side and press your nose into his pillowcase to smell the faint traces of whiskey that are left.
When he returns, he presents you with his old cravat which has been neatly restored almost to perfection. He had sewn it back together himself. You had worn it for two hundred years as a good luck charm against evil, and the wear and tear had nearly torn it to shreds. Youâd never had the heart to try to tailor it yourself. Sewing wasnât your strong suit, and you had never cried over Astarionâs death until the day you thought you had lost it.
Astarion neatly ties the cravat around your wrist like a promise. He kisses your skin and inhales as though in a dream, nose brushing against the fabric, like the touch of a ghost against your veins. Your throat tightens.
âWherever this takes us,â Astarion says, eyes burning. âI want to be there with you in the end.â
You tuck inside your bed with Astarion that night and watch the moon disappear through the window. Itâs barely daylight when youâre finally too exhausted to stay awake, and Astarion almost lets you both miss the final showdown. Laeâzel, however, doesnât.
âI donât mind what we do,â Astarion is saying, âonce we get to the â â
You watch with muted horror as Astarionâs skin begins to glimmer in the sunlight. The fire begins cracking under his skin, brimming against his cheekbones and nose and throat and hair much like Karlach when she overheats. You watch as the tips of his ears ignite, and then heâs searching for you frantically between all of your friends.
âI have to go,â he chokes out. âI have to â â
There is a world where you let Astarion run alone, where you both get separated on the docks and never find one another again. He runs from the sun as he bursts with radiant energy and as stars pour from his skin, you forget what Wyll is saying, and you run after him.
Astarion finds sanctuary in melting shade beneath a set of boxes. Heâs curled up into himself when you arrive, and you drop next to him, pulling your cloak over your heads. He looks up at you, bewildered.
But you have lived through losing Astarion once, and it has haunted you for two hundred years. You had known loneliness and fear and anger, and the thought of surviving it for even a day more makes your stomach roll. You press your forehead to Astarionâs and stand as tall as you can so the sun canât touch him ever again.
âWonât your arms get tired?â Astarion asks you faintly.
He watches you with a sense of wonder. His skin slowly returns to normal, no more flickering stardust and ash, and you grin. He slowly smiles too, nervous but you shake your head and keep your cloaked raised.
âNever,â you say. âNot when itâs you.â
âMy reform worked, then?â he says.
âIâve learned about your stuck-up decorum,â you say. âItâs true. I can confirm.â
âA sense of propriety?â Astarion asks, and if his voice goes any softer, youâll melt too.
âLet me carry the weight of your sins,â you tell him sincerely, laughing a little. âAnd if we need to find another desk then we will. But Iâll be your knight in shining armor, your honor, and carry a parasol above your head as a proper chamberlain would.â
Astarion snorts. âThat isnât quite the job of a chamberlain.â
You hold the cloak up for two hours at least while Astarion recovers from the damage. You canât help but notice that he looks happy and content even in the shadows. It must be because youâre there, although youâre hesitant to take credit for all his happiness. When you let down the cloak, the sun has set. When Astarion rises, he kisses your cheek sweetly.
âThe silence stretches on â Iâm all alone,â you muse, âPlease, can I hold your hands, just for a while?â
Bernardâs arms wrap around you gently, and you wrap your arms around his steel ribs. Youâve taken up residence in the old Arcane Tower in the Underdark. You appreciate the permanent nighttime, and if you admitted you only did it because Astarion wanted to be close to his family, it wouldnât be entirely true. With a bit of help from Gale, youâve managed to turn the tower into a comfortable fortress. Sometimes Omeluum comes to visit you. Occasionally, thereâs word from Shadowheart from the SelĂ»nite Outpost. Sheâs hoping to restore it. She wants you to come visit.
âAre you still playing with that dusty old thing, my love?â Astarion hums from the doorway.
âYou be kind to Bernard,â you warn him. âHeâs my friend.â
âOf course, of course,â Astarion says, holding his hands up. âIâll be kind to the scrap metal.â
You roll your eyes and step away, touching Bernardâs chest briefly. Astarion has just arrived back from a trip. There are spawn all over the Underdark now, and they treat Astarion as though heâs some sort of prince. They heed your word too, but none so much as his. Their eldest brother, their favorite. They tolerate you if it means getting to see Astarion.
Youâre a jack-of-all-trades and master-of-none now. You leave your handiwork for the day or night or whatever it is to go down to your bedroom and recline in bed. Astarion lights each candle one by one until the room is illuminated. You smile and watch as he works.
âHaving responsibility suits you well,â you say, resting your cheek on your palm. âAlthough itâs funny how our positions have changed somewhat.â
âIâm the contracted killer,â Astarion says with a laugh. âAre you a magistrate now?â
âI have at least four hundred years of life left,â you snort. âI, Magistrate Judge Stick-Up-My-Ass, sentence thee to fifty years of community service!â
Astarion rolls his eyes at you dramatically and throws himself into bed, kicking off his boots as he does so. He smells of fresh oils and mist. You bury your nose in his hair. You practically burrow yourself into him, wrapping your arms and legs around him like a mindflayer. You squeeze him tightly in your arms.
âWe have a sprawling manse and all you can think of to do all day is mock me for a position I have not occupied in two hundred years?â Astarion pouts.
You kiss his hair. âWhat else should I do?â
âWell,â Astarion says, tone turning conspiratorial. âThere are a certain amount of fuckable places here. Several desks, Iâve counted them all, and couches.â
You contemplate it, but after several tendays on the road and a wiggling visitor in your head, you think the bed is the best place. You pull Astarion up to kiss him, arms wrapping around his neck so he canât leave you. You never want him to go again. You bump your nose against his and hide a smile in his coiffed hair when he melts against your chest.
You sigh prettily when Astarion takes you in your velvet sheets that you float as though in a dream. Your troubles are long over, and that person you thought you lost â your immortal soul â has returned to you as beautiful as the day you lost him. When you shudder, Astarion brushes hair out of your eyes adoringly and tastes your pulse at your jaw. You dig your fingers into the small of his back.
Itâs like youâve found a family. A very bitey, very competitive family. Still, you wouldnât change any of it for the world. You hold Astarionâs face in your hands and see the man you knew and the man heâs become. Slowly, you pull his mouth towards your neck and feel your heartbeat jump in your chest.
He bites you for the first time that night.
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ROYAL AU!ASTARION LOVES I BESEECH YOU TO GO LOOK AT THIS ARTWORK ON TWITTER
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Delicate Hunger
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iâve never been a huge fan of modern AUs but the way you write them has changed me forever. theyâre so good i cannot get enough. started gnawing on the bars of my enclosure reading the taco bell and animal shelter fics. THANK YOU
ahhh, this is such a huge honor !! thank you so much, first of all, for reading my fics but i also think it's so kind of you to let me know that you even like my modern fics !! *gives u treats* i'll write more yummy modern au things soon for you to devour hehe
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ASTARION ANCUNĂN & AEREA, CHILD OF NONE  ➻  endless artworks of astarion & my tav .  [ 3 / â ]
â  i am yours & you are mine .  â   âĄ
ăăăăăăă‷ăartwork commissioned from kenta_nagasaki_ .
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Oh oh I have an AU I haven't had the chance to write anything for. It's pre-vampirism magistrate Astarion and criminal tav who is incredibly well-versed in law. They keep committing crimes and getting caught in purpose just to see Astarion who fucking hates their guts because he can't ever convict them of anything bc they find loopholes and somehow manage to evade the law. It's an "at each other's throats" kinda romance and they kiss with teeth between cases
darling, if you love me say it back
pairing .  â±Â  astarion x tav
wordcount .  â±Â  3,604
content warnings .  â±Â canon compliant temporary character death, tav isn't a human but can be whatever else you like, astarion isn't a vampire yet,  tav is gender neutral
other tags .  â±Â  canon compliant, canon temporary character death, introspection, p.orn without plot, oral s/ex, desk s.ex, inappropriate use of a cravat, c.reampie
archiveofourown .  â±Â  here.
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summary .  â±Â  The Magistrate Judge Astarion Ancunin has a soft spot for you. You like to exploit that fact.
âI need to see you in my office,â Astarion hisses â and the tips of his ears are so red you think they might catch flame. He grabs you by the elbow roughly and tugs. âNow.â
âLetâs do it, baby,â you say smugly. âI know the law.â
Knowing the law might be an overstatement. You have studied the law for only one purpose, and that purpose you know like the back of your hand. So when Astarion presses you, you donât argue. You do as the magistrate says and allow yourself to be dragged across the court. He admonishes you like one would get onto a dog who misbehaves. You canât help but laugh.
It isnât like Astarion isnât a super serious magistrate with a focus on criminal prosecution. He wants to nail you for your sins, for your crimes. The only catch is that no matter how amazing Astarion is at his job, youâre simply better. If youâve stolen something, youâre more than capable of hiding the evidence. If youâve murdered someone, you know all the best ways to hide a body. It comes naturally.
Astarion is wearing that ever familiar frown as he marches through the elegant halls. Itâs a frown that says youâre in trouble and thereâs nothing that I can do. But that isnât necessarily true. Astarion will do anything you ask so long as you ask nicely, and youâve been getting good at asking nicely lately. He prides himself in training you even if it isnât that simple. He calls it rehabilitation. You call it sex.
âYou canât keep doing this, you know,â Astarion snaps at you. âAt some point you must give it up!â
He isnât good at whispering when heâs riled up. He runs his free hand through his curls in anger, pushing them away from his face like his bangs being wild make it hard to think. It makes him more attractive.
âYou donât mean that,â you say with a shrug.
âI do,â he says, âvery much mean that.â
You grin. âYou would miss me,â you tell him lasciviously, and he groans. âI know you would.â
He huffs. âThe only thing that I would miss is the peace after the headache youâve given me. Itâs as though you arenât even aware of how vexing you are.â
You laugh, and the fine line of Astarionâs temper snaps. He all but throws you in his office and locks it behind him. Heâs annoyed with the way you stagger dramatically to one of the velvet couches before his desk. You lean over the arm and kick your feet up.
âDoes the idea of cuffs around my wrists excite you?â
You look over your shoulder. Astarion clenches his jaw. It must hurt to frown as hard as he is. You pull yourself onto the cushions and sit demurely. You study him. His rigid lines, tense gaze. He comes and sits on the edge of his desk, pressing his forehead into his hands as if that will relieve him of his headache. Youâre determined to make it worse.
âI apologize,â you say sweetly. âIâll behave from now on.â
âWe both know that you are not capable of behaving,â Astarion says thinly.
He shouldnât have said that. You canât help yourself, but most of the time, Astarion makes it so easy for you to dig into his weaknesses and exploit them. You stare at him with wide, innocent eyes.
âYou should teach me,â you suggest.
Astarionâs patience snaps. âI beg your pardon? Have some decorum, please!â
âHaving decorum is so boring,â you say, pouting. âLife is much more fun when you live freely.â
âAnd committing crimes is your definition of living freely?â
âWhat is the point of living if not to live?â you ask. âWhy confine myself to rules of good or bad when I can choose what makes me happy.â
âWhat exactly makes a criminal like you happy?â Astarion asks bitterly.
Youâve always been possessed by a sense of otherness. You rise from the couch and carefully twist your fingers in his cravat, tangling yourself in him as he has become entangled in you. The Silverymoon lace tickles your skin. You pull Astarion closer and he begrudgingly caves to your strength. Your lips barely brush against his and already you can sense it. The barely contained restraint. The hunger. Astarion longs for you. Heâs carefully hidden it beneath the scent of bergamot.
Slowly, you slide him free of what pressures him most. The cravat slides from his neck easily. It excites Astarion. His eyes glitter like youâve never seen before. Being a magistrate isnât about caring about the laws heâs vowed to uphold. Itâs about power. You give it to him. You hold your wrists together with a wicked grin.
You balance the fabric on your fingers. Astarion swallows. Being proper isnât really his thing. Itâs thrilling to watch as he changes his mind. You annoy him â he detests you, wishes you gone. You are the object of all his improper late night dreams.
But as if heâs moving through water, he takes his cravat from your hands. You almost think itâs going to be a rejection. Astarion bundles your wrists together with an expertise that suggests heâs done it before. The binding becomes tight but not too tight and you relish in the way it twists your wrists. He fastens the knot into a pretty bow.
And then he kisses you. He grabs you so roughly by the back of the neck that your teeth slam together, but Astarion sighs so prettily against your mouth you decide you could withstand anything.
Itâs a passionate kiss made up of teeth and spit and tongue. Astarion is both pushing you and pulling you. He canât make up his mind. Does he want you and the stain youâll bring to his reputation? A magistrate with a weakness for a criminal is such an interesting dynamic, but Astarion is a proud man. You are almost certain he would throw you into harmâs way if a situation ever occurred that deemed it necessary. You would do the same given the chance. This is simply a tryst.
You like to pretend it is, at least. You hate coming across as a romantic. You chase a freedom so exquisite no one will ever understand it, but when Astarion pushes you towards the couch, you donât complain. You fall across the cushions with ease and catch him as he falls between your thighs.
âYou,â Astarion accuses hotly, âare an irrevocable annoyance I may never be cured of.â
âYou are so very frank in all the ways you despise me,â you say, moaning softly as he kisses your neck. âI think youâre capable of being freed after all.â
âI am glad to see you are finally aware that it is hate that drives me,â Astarion murmurs thickly. âIt repulses me that you think you could possibly be endearing.â
You laugh and Astarion sucks a bruise into your collarbone. Heâll pretend to be aloof and noncommittal to your very presence, but heâs invested. You can feel the weight of his pleasure against your thighs even as he denies his feelings for you. Astarion doesnât bother with your shirt or his own. He clings to your waist as he finds the lace of your breeches and tugs you free.
Astarion pushes his hand inside of your smallclothes and touches your flushed skin, spreading his fingers so that he can touch every inch your body has to offer. The fervor of the motion is what causes you to gasp. Heâs a man on a mission, and he touches you at your core so adoringly it makes the bite of his words all but disappear. He fondles you like heâs never touched your skin before. Your gasp turns to a sultry whine, and he bites your neck like a punishment. You almost think heâs going to admonish you, that heâll say your silence is worth more. He doesnât. If anything, the echo of your voice spurns him to go further.
Astarion presses two fingers inside of you and the laughter dies in your chest. Heâs trying to rearrange you through a perverse method. If he fucks you good enough, crimeâs appeal will turn to dust within your mind. It makes you wonder what it would be like to dote on a magistrate. Would it be enough? Could it be enough? Sinning feels just as sweet.
He curls his fingers against your core and your back arches prettily off the velvet cushions. You bite your bottom lip and try to quell the pining, but then you catch a glimpse of him from beneath your eyelashes. Astarion is watching your every move. His lips are parted. His pupils are dilated. His cheeks have colored at the sound of your voice. He is torn between watching your face for your reactions and glancing down at his hand underneath your breeches. You meet his gaze bravely, chin lifting, and smile.
He adds another just to watch you struggle. The angle, the curve of his wrist, and the situation are enough to make your thighs squeeze together, but Astarion doesnât let you. He roughly throws himself between your legs so that you canât, and itâs hot, too hot that you cry weakly. He grins at the sound like he always does, like he always will. Itâs his victory this evening.Â
But as quickly as Astarion deigned to touch you, he releases you. He stands up and drags you by the wrists, turning his cheek the other way when you try to taste his skin.
âThe prosecutor is ineffectual â â
You snort without meaning to, and Astarion digs his fingers into the swell of your hip. You allow him to maneuver you, bending at the waist while he presses you forward, chest against the chilled wood of his desk. You have to rise on your toes to stand comfortably.
âIs that what youâre thinking about?â you ask breathlessly.
âIâm thinking about the necessary reform,â Astarion snaps.
You press your cheek into the wood and stare at his door. The prosecutor, the defense. It doesnât really matter, does it? Astarion is the only one who cares. Youâre somewhat glad he does. It means heâs taken your case to interest, and when he presses himself to your lower back, youâre excited. He shoves your breeches to your ankles.
âAre you going to take me here?â you murmur. âOn your desk. Where is your propriety?â
âYou dare speak to me of decency?â Astarion snorts.
âThe weight of my sins will be forever embedded on your desk,â you say. âYou flatter me, your honor.â
âDo you ever stop talking?â Astarion asks. You can hear his patience snapping.
âWell, youâre just so boring,â you say, laughing. âWhy donât you do something that â â
Astarion kneels down behind you and shoves his way between your legs. You shiver when he presses his lips against your core. He mouths at you hungrily. He grunts low in the back of his throat and digs his nails into your thighs. It steals your breath away. Heâs so determined to change the very essence of your being that his tongue and mouth searching where his fingers first were makes you go weak in the knees. You whine.
You press your fingers into the dark, rich mahogany of his desk and try to keep focus. You want to taunt him. You want to tease him, but that wanton desire is almost forgotten entirely by the way Astarion feasts upon your flesh. He parts you with his thumbs and groans against your skin and you almost forget who you are. This is what he wanted. He wanted to pull your desires from you and replace them with his own.
You let him. He works you up as easily as anyone can be worked up, his fingers and his mouth exploring every inch of your skin thatâs exposed. He goes to slide a finger in curiously, but you twist your hips away. Astarion is all work and no play. He will tease you relentlessly as it suits him, and he will do what interests him. You interest him more than heâs willing to confess. Thatâs why he works so hard for your pleasure.
When heâs done with you, he kisses the base of your spine soothingly. Your legs tremble beneath you. Astarion smooths his hand across your hip. You glance at him.
âPerhaps I can fuck some sense into you now,â Astarion mumbles.
He has the audacity to sound inquisitive. Itâs not like itâs possible, but he seems determined enough to try it out regardless of his intuition. His hands are warm against your skin, and the excitement only builds in the pit of your stomach as you feel Astarionâs skin touch yours. You hear his clothes rustle and his breath catch in his throat. You hide a smile against your arm.
When Astarion slides into your core, itâs like a possession. The breath steals from your lungs. His touch is a familiar constant â you would recognize him anywhere by scent alone. You cry weakly. Your toes crunch from the angle, but thereâs nothing you want more at this moment than to learn to be good.
Astarion hums behind you as well, his fingers digging into your hips as he tries to steady himself. The desk crunches uncomfortably against your belly but itâs a welcome pain. It keeps you focused. You still have the energy to wiggle back against him as his cock slowly pushes in until there is no more room left to explore.
âBe good,â he whispers, âand I will give you what you deserve.â
What do you deserve exactly?
Itâs hard to say. You enjoy your life of crime almost as much as you love the way Astarion bends you over his desk. Youâre good at stealing, youâre good at killing, but youâre good at being soft and pliant as well, giving in to that sentimentality that keeps you coming back from more.
At first it was an elaborate game. What could you do to ensure that Magistrate Judge Astarion Ancunin looked your way? He was a noble elf, and your hands were covered in fresh dough from the baker you stole from. There was a curious glint in his eyes when he looked over you, yet somehow the gods had deemed the yeast and honey on your fingers was not honest enough to be proof.
You are smitten. You bounce taller on your toes with every aggressive thrust, arms struggling to support your weight. Astarion fists his fingers into your hair and pulls until your throat is exposed. He wants you to sing for him, so you do. You arch your back and moan loudly. The sounds of it bounce around his little office.
âYou wouldnât shut up before,â Astarion says breathlessly, a hoarse laugh.
âDo something â worth talking about â â
Astarions laughs incredulously, but he does fuck you harder for it. He releases your hair without much flourish and focuses on dragging your hips back onto his cock, punching forward so hard you see stars. Itâs wonderful, itâs powerful. If Astarionâs entire goal was to make you forsake the world, heâs done a good job of turning your life around. The cravat rubs against your wrists as you try to seek purchase on the desk. Your fingers drag across the polished wood, and you shudder as you clench down around his cock.
You sound so breathless and silly, groaning while he fucks you against his desk. He fills you full until youâre certain you can take no more. You press a hot cheek against the wood and try to catch your breath. You hook a foot around his ankle for support, twisting on his desk. You tuck your arms beneath your chest. You feel as though youâre coming undone. All your years of villainy, and it comes undone by the consistency of Astarionâs presence.
Your arms are stiff from constantly being up, but youâre almost grateful when Astarion pauses. He helps you turn on top of his desk so youâre on your back instead, and even though the edge digs into your lower back, you prefer that to anything else.
You meet Astarionâs gaze. He tells you he hates you, that he wishes you were out of his hair, that he despises you, but the gentleness of his eyes tells you otherwise. He slides back into you with a small moan, and you wrap your legs around his hips to guide him in further.
âItâs good,â you gasp. âItâs good, youâre good â â
Astarion doesnât say anything. He doesnât have to. You can see it clear as day in his eyes. Astarion wonât say he loves you, that in his ardent fervor he seeks you out, but he knows that you know. Why else would fate lead you back together? You reach for his face with your hands, and his eyes flutter closed to avoid the wistfulness. He leans into your touch.
You cry softly as Astarion begins to grind into you again. He helps carry you as he does so. And it feels so good, feels so overwhelming that you briefly consider the fact that he has changed you for the better.
A spirit that slides into your very marrow. Astarion is hauntingly beautiful, and if he is a spider then you are a fly tangled in his web. He calls you a pretty thing and you give into the struggle. You press your wrists against your forehead and strain against his cock, unable to hide from the waves of crashing pleasure.
Astarion finishes inside of you with a low moan. He presses a rough hand against your belly to stabilize himself, and shyly, you touch his wrist with your bound hands just to feel his pulse. As soon as heâs caught his breath, he releases you from your bonds.
You almost miss him when he pulls away from you. He uses one of his hanging cassocks to clean himself with and is kind enough to do the same for you. Youâre almost certain that your legs wonât work, so you sit up on his desk to rest and damn his paperwork to the hells. You kick off your breeches from around your ankles and sit, legs crossed, while Astarion tries to fix his reflection in the mirror.
âYou are truly an astute teacher,â you say casually. âThe art of lockpicking is all but gone from my mind. Thank you, your honor.â
Astarion snorts and shakes his head, torn between ignoring you and giving into your wiles. He curls his hair back into place and then walks back to you, leaning forward until youâre nose to nose.
You think he wonât kiss you, but then he does. His lips taste like summer oranges and you taste him until itâs the only thing you can think of. He hugs you tenderly. It isnât the same as when he admonishes you. It makes your chest feel warm. You almost feel weaker for it. Your bite is being taken away.
âI canât keep protecting you,â Astarion says softly against your cheek. âYou torment me day and night. When I lie down in my sheets, I find myself consumed with worry.â
âYou think about me?â you tease. âIn your sprawling manse?â
âMove in with me,â he murmurs. âThen you can be inferior yet vain inside my sprawling manse.â
Astarion is not there that evening. You try to wait as long as you can without seeming suspicious. There are maids, family members, and their admirers who come inside and out throughout the evening â but not Astarion, never Astarion. You wait until the sun sets and fireflies light up the streets of the Upper City but eventually, the malaise of abandonment guides your feet away. You walk the streets aimlessly until a shiver runs down your spine. A chill so violent turns you away from the courthouse.
But in the morning, thereâs a fuss. It draws you back into where you left and you canât help but to lose yourself. Astarion is dead. His mother sobs. The members of the city watch who bear the bad news look equally as morose. Astarinâs father nearly falls to his knees in despair.
When you break into their manse that evening, you look for one thing. You steal a cravat from his wardrobe and tie it around your neck.
Then, you leave Baldurâs Gate.
You arenât sure where your feet are going to take you.
Part of your yearns for the Underdark.
Baldurâs Gate is a cursed city, you decide. You wander back to it after two hundred years of avoiding it like the plague, and not an hour within the city are you spirited away on an adventure you never longed for.
You have changed. You canât really remember who you were all those years ago, or the hopefulness you might have felt in your chest once. Youâre different now. A folk hero. You used to steal from the rich and give to the poor before the mindflayers fed you their parasite and stole that part of you. But you arenât alone this time. You wander the beach for hours searching for anything that can be of use and pause over a love letter that makes you sob.
It isnât all bad. You meet a half-elf who scowls as much as she mumbles to herself.
On the other side of the beach, you meet a ghost.
His eyes are different from what you remember. The warmth he once looked upon you with is gone and replaced by unfamiliar sanguine.
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