31 Gays of Summer 2025 - Haarlec
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The world is too vast, these days. Pessimism runs as rampant as dating apps; the notion that someone could find the one in a thirty-mile radius of their hometown positively ridiculous. Further still, the idea that one person could possibly be a perfect match, that you would never disagree and always be in harmony with someone for your entire life…
Well.
Gale and Astarion run into each other, quite by accident. Oh, and they're soulmates.
Bloodweave Brainrot's 31 Gays of Summer - Day 1 - Road Trip
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- Part 1 of 31 Gays of Summer 2025 - Haarlec
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Another Icarus, flying too close to the sun, and falling even further.
Gale tries to piece himself together in his year of isolation.
Bloodweave Brainrot's 31 Gays of Summer - Day 2 - Sunburn
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- Part 2 of 31 Gays of Summer 2025 - Haarlec
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When he speaks, his voice is so quiet that Astarion has to strain his Elven ears to hear him.
“I don’t have a choice.”
Astarion scoffs.
“Look, I know it seems that way, but I'm sure we can -"
“No,” Gale snaps, looking back up at him. “You don’t understand. I don’t have a choice.”
Gale is cursed to be obedient. This has... several implications for his odds of survival throughout Acts 1 and 2.
Bloodweave Brainrot's 31 Gays of Summer - Day 3 - Lifeguard
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- Part 3 of 31 Gays of Summer 2025 - Haarlec
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Astarion gestures to his screens. One is switched on with Outlook on display, and the other is blank.
Gale nods, leans over to the back of the monitor, and plugs in the loose HDMI cable.
The display jumps to life, and Astarion sits back, looking amazed.IT Manager Gale Dekarios meets the technophobic new Executive Assistant, Astarion Ancunín.
They shouldn't cross paths at all, yet Gale finds himself responding to each call up to desk five-oh-seven.
Bloodweave Brainrot's 31 Gays of Summer - Day 4 - Heatwave
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- Part 4 of 31 Gays of Summer 2025 - Haarlec
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“Does anyone actually have any good spooky stories?” Shadowheart asks, looking around at them each in turn. No one responds for a moment.
Then, Halsin speaks, looking up from his whittling.
“I believe we’ve each seen horrors aplenty in our time. Perhaps we do not need to share?”
There are some nods of agreement. Karlach pouts.
“I’ve got one,” Gale says, quietly.They share spooky stories around the bonfire, except they don't have much to work. Gale shares a piece of fiction from his university days instead.
Bloodweave Brainrot's 31 Gays of Summer - Day 5 - Bonfire
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- Part 5 of 31 Gays of Summer 2025 - Haarlec
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He is excited to celebrate Dragondown with Astarion. The vampire has taken to most other cultural events and festivals with delight; he’d thrived at Simril and absolutely loved Liar’s Night. Gale rather thinks Astarion will enjoy the parade and the pantomime of the dragon-slaying, especially after they’d fought against both an alive and an undead one during their adventures together.
Gale wants to take Astarion to celebrate the Summer Solstice in Waterdeep, but has to surmount the little sunlight-problem first.
Bloodweave Brainrot's 31 Gays of Summer - Day 6 - Solstice
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- Part 6 of 31 Gays of Summer 2025 - Haarlec
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“Careful, darling,” Astarion’s lip curls up as he leans forward. “You don’t want me to mess up, do you?”
They're back for this year's Pride Festival, only this time Astarion and Gale are dating.
Bloodweave Brainrot's 31 Gays of Summer - Day 7 - Rainbow
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- Part 7 of 31 Gays of Summer 2025 - Haarlec
- Part 2 of Haarlec's Modern AU Pride Collection
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It’s none of Gale’s business, it really isn’t, but the summer air outside is sweltering and he hates the idea of the man having to wait around to catch another train if he’s missed his stop. And though he’s never noticed if the man has ever recognised him, he likes to believe that there’s some chivalry and kindness still alive in the world. He prefers to think that if their situations were reversed, that the stranger would do the same for him, after months of making the same commute almost every day.
Gale and Astarion ride the same train to work and home almost every day, but haven't interacted.
Until now.Bloodweave Brainrot's 31 Gays of Summer - Day 8 - Sundress/Sunhat
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- Part 8 of 31 Gays of Summer 2025 - Haarlec
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Astarion swears up and down that there is no feasible way for that many mephits to spawn out what was apparently thin air.
Bloodweave Brainrot's 31 Gays of Summer - Day 9 - Fireflies
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- Part 9 of 31 Gays of Summer 2025 - Haarlec