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I had to stop 11 seconds in because MY HEART AND BREATHING BOTH STOPPED
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I think I need more flirty talk between tav and halsin
Like they’re traveling together
and they’re bantering
and there’s talk about how creative you can be with vines
and if dexterous enough you could tie them into knots
and how Halsin is surprisingly dexterous (strength is 10 but dex is fucking 14), so he’s quite capable when it comes to…vine knots.
“It’s all in the focus and the fingers,” he says, looking out into the void of Reithwin, talking to the only one he can trust with his own salvation by this point. And the only one he’s yearned for like a man starved. What he’d do for just another taste of her…
“It’s all in the focus. And the finger work. Is that right?” You looked directly up at his face.
There was a poorly concealed smile twitching at the corners of his lips. “Indeed. Thankfully, for this party’s sake, I have plenty of practice in such matters. Honing that skill was one of my favorite ways to pass time in the grove.”
You can’t help but glance down at his thick, veiny hands, and catch your breath at a singular thought that isn’t hard to guess.
“For the love of all that’s unholy, will the two of you just ba—“ Astarion begins to blurt out when a wraith grabs his shaded hand.
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Okay but they’re all just walking when Tav asks if its true elves can’t grow any kind of facial hair, and if it’s true for the druid considering Halsin already beats so many of the elven stereotypes.
Halsin says the only way he can grow fur on his face is in ursine form.
Tav thinks, looking at his lips and chin, and says, “that’s almost a shame, I think you’d wear a beard quite well. Luckily, your face is doing pretty well as it is.”
And Tav’s just like
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And Halsin’s just like
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HC: When Tav/Durge crossed the rainbow bridge
Both Halsin and Astarion would be there for their funeral. If Tav had stayed with Halsin, Astarion would have bought a carriage to take to the funeral bc that’s his type but most importantly, the sun is still damaging to him. He’d have a black parasol or sorts and be at the fringe of the ceremony, a few yards away, able to see the elf Druid’s broken but stalwart demeanor. The vampire would be kind of cold toward Halsin initially, consumed with loss and more than a bit of jealousy, until it really sank in that Tav lived exactly how she wanted. Finally, Astarion would be there for the silently weeping Druid elf, the last one to stand with the widower as he towered over the plot long after the ceremony. Astarion would make regular visits to the plot, giving annual updates to the air above the grave and apologizing for not writing more while she was alive. He’d run into Halsin more than once during those visits, a smile shared while the Druid tended to the flowers growing around the plot.
If Tav had stayed with Astarion, Halsin would have made his way to the Underdark to pay his respects and be there for the elf who his beloved had chosen. Astarion would be an angry messy wreck. He hadn’t been the one to send the letters out because he was beside himself with grief; it had been one of the gur’s children that had sent for old friends after finding a few contacts in Tav’s desk, but not everyone was still around to receive an invitation. Most of the mourners were the spawn the party had freed so very long ago, now. Halsin would be the wall the vampire threw all of his angry feelings against, fully familiar with the way the loss of a family member can gut and destroy you. Eventually, Astarion would melt in the druids arms and sob, frame shaking, with Halsin quietly shedding tears too, as they walked out to the ceremony. He would also keep the vampire company as long as he could, because loss is made worse with loneliness
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Part XXVI
Lavender
You couldn’t tell if your shoulders relaxed from the blessing surrounding you now, being back in a relatively safe place or the familiar sight of his leather-bound arms hard at work. Halsin knelt down on one knee before a wounded Harper, shoulders hunched as he redressed a splint. The fabric of a shirt you hadn’t seen on him yet seemed about to burst as his curved back pulled it taught. His hair and braids hung loose except for a chunk that he had nestled behind his left ear.
You didn’t necessarily mean to sneak up behind him, but you had little intention of making your presence known beforehand, either.
“Hey.” 
A familiar voice. His elven ears perked up. Something gripped Halsin’s heart as he spun on his knee toward the favored sound. A toothy grin below squinting eyes and mussed hair shone down on him. 
“On one knee, already? Sir! What would the rest of the party say?”
The elf stammered a bit and his eyes widened as he looked down to realize the position he was still in. His stomach dropped at the thought, and he realized it was…not in an unpleasant way. He was not one for monogamy, but to hear her bring it up so flippantly and unsanctimoniously…
“Go on, I won’t stop you mid-treatment,” she waved him back to his patient, “my good news is shelf-stable.”
“Eh, one moment, don’t go anywhere,” Halsin held a commanding finger up toward her as she chuckled.
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More Shadow Cursed Lands Moments
(Beware, smutty thots)
(Takes place soon after part XXII ended)
You’re desperate. Like you need to talk to him, you keep looking out for him more than yourself in fights (which would have once bothered you, but now it just makes complete sense to you), and you find plenty of opportunities to tease him.
He knows your darkest secrets and by every standard, he should be repelled by you: you have an unknown association with the reason why he’s alone in the world. Yet he still seems to want to keep you close. Keep you within his aura of warmth.
One night, out camping, the group is eating whatever is left over and what ever can be found in packs. Most of the party is either preoccupied or not near you. Of course, Halsin is sitting next to you, talking about something regarding when he was young and would get into mischief with Thaniel around Reithwin. He tells you of early life at the grove when he was “a more cynical soul”, when he pauses and says you have something on your cheek.
You immediately see an opportunity to toy with him. “Oh? Where?” Laying on the coy routine, thick as gravy.
His eyes tell you he knows what you’re doing this time. He knows this is a trap. “There, on your cheek. I’m sure you can feel it.”
“Hmm, guess not. Care to help, Mr. Silverbough?”
His breath catches a little bit at the title, and his smiling eyes melt a bit, too. He reaches out hesitantly to wipe away the few crumbs, and his hand hovers there for a moment.
You’re not losing this chance to stir something.
You hold his wrist, slowly reposition your face and wrap your lips around the finger that had just been against your cheek, holding his eyes in yours. Twirling your tongue around his thumb, you see his eyes flutter closed for second, the muscles in his neck and shoulders relax for the briefest moment. A quick, gentle bite and you release him, your gaze shifting from predator back to prey.
“Waste not want not,” a coy smile.
The obvious trap had caught him, quite literally, in its teeth and let him loose before he was ready.
He was on fire. Tav continued smiling at him as he felt his eyes shimmer.
Nothing wasted, but plenty more wanted.
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Part XVIII
Fissures and Friends
Your hair was moving. 
So were the dim, pastel lights behind your eyelids, but something was moving your hair. Away from your face, repeatedly. Something was also touching your forehead.
Slowly, your senses brightened. Judging by the way gravity pulled down against your spine, you assumed you were laying on your back. Head throbbing, you tried to move your arms only to have them drop to your chest, feeling like the dead weight of someone else. A groan apparently came from you.
“Rise and shine, my bloodthirsty little darling,” cooed a familiar voice. Your hair was still moving rhythmically, only now it also felt wet.Your eyelids felt as if they hadn’t been opened in years. Prying them apart, you saw the pale elf leaning over you and examining your countenance. His eyes were softer than you’d seen before. “I assumed you would probably want all of this gore off of you by the time you woke up, seeing as how you’re so vain and all. The Druid also wanted to examine you and said it would be easier if we cleaned off everyone else’s blood, first. Frankly, I found it rather becoming,” he crooned. He dipped the towel into cold water and tried to squeeze the excess fluid from it, returning it back to your hairline. “I took care of the other sanguinously adorned parts of you and decided to leave your face for last. And before you ask, yes, everyone else is in one piece. As usual, you were the only one who decided it was time to employ theatrics.”
“What happened?” Your voice so gravelly, you hardly recognized it.
“HA! What happened? My dear, you happened, all over that chamber.”
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Something I know we won’t get, but I can imagine
Halsin helping Durge work through her bloodlust in Act II
Like obviously he’s going to help her.
would he help her alone? Would he wake someone else up who he thinks might understand what’s going on bc he wants to give her the best care he can?
would he listen to her knowing she’s out of her mind and let her work through it, mostly silently, like when you just let someone vent the most insane shit to you
or would he engage with her
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Part XXII
The Great Halsin
“And I think I recall there being a story of you fighting a band of ogres single-handedly outside of the grove? I can’t remember why, though…” Jaheira was clearly setting him up to expound further.
“There was a young family on the road, coming to the grove for shelter before a storm. The ogres planned on making short work of them. I could not stand by and watch,” he said, matter of factly.
“Of course, of course. And, how many of them were there?”
“Of the family?” Halsin looked confused.
“No, Archdruid,” she almost chuckled, “ogres.”
“Oh, well, I believe there were five. Three escaped with mild injuries and never returned.”
The group of at least five dozen warriors now all made some sound of awe.
Traveling with him had not made you immune to these stories. By the gods, no wonder he wasn’t worried about those half-orcs when we were at Rosymorn. I thought he was just being modest.
You could see the elf blush even deeper as the crowd continued to titter.
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Imma have Thaniel cock block Halsin
like a precocious only child of a single father
it’s happening
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Part XV
This had better taste good. 
You lowered the sachet into the kettle. Ginger, turmeric, a bit of cinnamon (you’d need more of that soon, too), pepper and chunks of sweetpod. You knelt by the smoldering coals, trying not to breath in the smell of dinner too deeply. Halsin had apparently either given up or had been shooed away from the cauldron, seeing as Shadowheart now stirred the stew alone. Trying your best to not snicker at her deeply frustrated miene, you waited for the tea to work its magic.
Everyone else seemed up to their usual habits around the camp. You looked around for the other druid, catching a glance of him laying down in his cot, only visible from the waist down: one foot on the ground, the other on the sheets, knee bent up toward the roof ceiling. You knew how tall he was, but seeing him at that angle, how much space he took up. Laying there lazily. Alone.
Probably very warm while you were constantly keeping a shiver at bay. The leather pants left precious little to the imagination, and you could have kissed the tailor with gratitude. I wonder how hard they’ll be to slide off once we figure things out at Moonrise…IF we figure things out at Moonrise…Fucking hells, we better figure things out at Moonrise because I’ll be damned if I don’t get— 
The kettle, like yourself, was beginning to reach a fever pitch.
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Part XIX
“Thank you. For saving me the other day, I mean. You know, the last time we were—” the rogue looked behind him at the remnants of carnage yards away. “Well, I think you know what I’m trying to say.”
The druid looked at his boots. “Mm. I do.” Then, he lifted his gaze to the vampire. “I don’t want to think of how it would have affected Tav if you’d died that day.”
“Ha! Well, I appreciate your candor. If it helps any, I don’t really care for you much, either.” The rogue looked back to the fire, “All the same, thank you.”
The druid gave a nod, then turned to begin down the stairs. Instead, he froze at the top and held the stone bannister, spinning back to Astarion in earnest.
“What is she, to you?”
“What?”
“You act as if you possess her, but she doesn’t seem to see it that way. What does she mean to you?”
“We literally just finished talking about how little we like each other, and you’re asking me a question like that about Tav?”
“Mm, so she is more than just a resource to you. She’s not just your food, as you once put it.”
“I—ugh, to hells with you!” Astarion threw up a hand in Halsin’s direction. “I’m not interested in the simplistic opinion of an elf who would rather run around as a badger half the time. Clearly, she’s important; she keeps the party together, always thinking of everyone else and all that altruistic nonsense. If we’re playing this fun game at two-in-the-morning, what does she mean to you?”
“…hope,” He said artlessly, looking into the fire.
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The need to feel her closer almost overtook Halsin as she stood, shoulders back and eyes holding his with a confident, soft warmth. His chest felt like an unfinished, crumbling wall that had finally found it’s mason. 
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Part XXIII
Ghosts and Shades
Halsin placed the bowl on the stone in front of his crossed legs and clasped his palms, looking down. “I’ve been wanting to speak to you since I saw your affinity for your—‘good luck charm’,” he said, trying to stifle his displeasure at the characterization of such a bobble.
“When we spoke of families that night by the fire, I said I was the last of my line. This is true. I did not tell you why.”
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Part XVI
“Hey,” you knocked elbows with Halsin as you joined him by the healing kit.
“Hello, Tav,” he smiled softly, rewrapping gauzy material.
“Thank you for the book,” you began organizing materials next to him. “It helped me focus my prayers this morning. Did you mean to give me the whole collection or was I just supposed to pick the ones I liked most?” You felt a bit guilty assuming it was all for you.
“The whole book, Tav.” He kept working, still holding a gentle grin.
“Do you have another book full of clippings?” You frowned.
“Yes,” he lied.
“Oh! Well, okay, I feel better then, haha. Thank you, again.” You gingerly bumped your shoulder into his arm.
“Anytime.”
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Part XIV
Of Sussur and Sprouts
“Are we quite sure this is the way? We must have passed at least a dozen off-shooting paths and they’re all dimly lit. I haven’t seen a single sign of these duergar anywhere, and I could have sworn the ambient light in that vision had a bluer tint than…this” Shadowheart ask no one in particular.
You bit your lip and scowled, “I’m pretty sure this is the way. We were supposed to make a left at that cleft rock…the one that looked vaguely like the swamp hag.”
“Yes, but then we were supposed to go under a canopy of red mushrooms, and I haven’t seen that, either,” she replied.
“That sentient fungus could telepathically speak to us but couldn’t manage to find an actual map?” scoffed Astarion.
“There’s a stronger light eminating from that direction,” added Lae’zel.
“Where?”
“There, beyond the boulder that resembles a dragon clawing at prey.”
“…Not my initial take on that rock, but—I could see it,” you admitted, suddenly seeing the cooler light as well. “I say we head that direction. Shadowheart’s right, we haven’t come across anything and it doesn’t feel like we will this way.”
“Surely, there’s some kind of spell or something you could use to find the place, Gale?” Asked Wyll.
 “Not one that I have the necessary ingredients for, at this moment. I’d suggest asking one of our druid friends to turn into something with wings and take a look around, but there aren’t many suitable landmarks with which to locate our little party by. They might fly for hours and not find us again.”
The thought sent a chill down your spine. Being in the Underdark with your group was tolerable; being here alone would break you within days.
“I think I speak for the ‘druid friends’ when I say we’d both like to get some actual grass under our feet again, at some point.” You kicked a stone ahead of the group. “This is novel for now, but I don’t think I could do this for longer than necessary. You?” Looking at Halsin.
“As long as I have the freedom to roam wherever I wish, little else matters,” he stated. “But…I would miss seeing the moon and her stars. The flora here glow, but they pale in comparison to her beauty.”
Now it was Shadowheart’s turn to scoff.
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