19 Bookmarks by Destiny_x77
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A series of mostly canon-compliant short stories covering Astarion's life, from his turning through to just before the game starts. It's angst, so much angst. And eventually, it's wit and charm and sex and vampire stuff and more angst and adventuring and Astarion-is-bad-at-feelings and all the things we love about our favorite broken vampire. It's all from Astarion's POV and all intended as an intense character study.
Series completed.
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13 Mar 2026
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a crooked touch (Astarion x m!Tav) by eyes_of_the_lamb
Fandom Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
16 Nov 2024
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“Make it hurt, then. Kiss me like you want to kill me.”
“I can do that.”
Two broken stars in a decaying orbit, passing closer and closer together until the inevitable, devastating collision.
Or, Tav is fucked up and down bad for Astarion, who doesn't quite see the appeal (but he's getting there). Sexual frustration, sloppy handjobs, a heavy dose of masochism, and way too many failed Insight checks ahead. Tav falls first, Astarion falls harder (eventually).
Or, a tragic-but-hopeful romance told through a series of incredibly ill-advised sexual encounters.
If you want to read a story where Astarion is sweet from the start and Tav is here to fix him, this isn't the one. If you want to read about two terribly broken men spending a good long while making each other worse before they make each other better, this might be for you. If you thought the in-game romance was a little too easy and it should have been ten times more painful and difficult to convince Astarion he's worthy of love, this is definitely for you.
Set during the canonical events of Baldur's Gate 3.
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- 438,225
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- 33
- Bookmarks:
- 674
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13 Mar 2026
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Pieces Still Stuck In Your Teeth by howlsmovinglibrary
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
22 May 2024
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“I mean it,” she said. “Don’t kill anyone, Astarion. You’ve gotten what you wanted. Seven thousand lives was enough.”
“I don’t take orders from you anymore. You just said so, yourself.”
“The moment you kill someone,” Rose replied, “is the moment I'll know that my next task is to stop you.”
“Darling,” Astarion grinned, “I would sincerely like to see you try.”
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The Vampire Ascendent has crossed a line. Eleven years after making the biggest mistake of her life and losing the man she loved, tiefling wizard (now Archmage) Rosalie decides it’s time to put this Astarion in the ground for good. Hopefully, both her head and her heart are strong enough to see this awful task through to its end.
(A lovers-to-enemies, ‘we’re divorced and going to make it everyone else’s problem’, Vampire-Ascendent-aesthetic-but-make- it “I can STILL fix him’ fic)
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- Part 5 of Rat Bastard Boi (BG3)
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 188,878
- Chapters:
- 27/27
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 5,110
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- 4,717
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13 Mar 2026
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"But first things first. I'm not a whore. If we’re going to do anything tonight, darling, I’ll need to stay a few more days. Are we understood?" It's a half-truth, a sliver of honesty woven into the elaborate lie. He may not be whoring himself out anymore, but survival has a way of twisting morals. Without anyone watching his back, Astarion wouldn't last a day out there with no protection or ammo. His last clip went dry ages ago. If he can't gain this man’s trust, he’d be dead before sunrise. Maybe not from the infection itself, but getting ripped apart by those things is a real possibility – not to mention the raiders and cannibals that terrified him more than those fungus creatures.
Gale's grip on the blanket tightens, knuckles turning white.
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Or...The Last of Us AU: The Punishing Blight tore across Faerun, leaving nothing but wasteland behind. Gale, a pragmatic and forward thinking man, has isolated and kept himself in the safety of his tower. He's done everything he can to survive and protect himself from the infected- blighters. Until one day... someone gets caught in his net.
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- Part 1 of Through Any Universe, I'll Find You
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13 Mar 2026
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What happens when you've grown up on rom-coms? A fic borne out of cheesy tropes, melodramatic angst, and awkward situations to laugh at.
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Or: Astarion encounters Gale a year after their breakup at a reunion, only to find him with someone new. As Astarion struggles to move on, he can't help but feel the pull of their past, especially when Gale seems intent on reconnecting.
Can Astarion truly let go, or is there still a spark between them?
Series
- Part 3 of Through Any Universe, I'll Find You
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 87,758
- Chapters:
- 15/15
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 236
- Kudos:
- 208
- Bookmarks:
- 51
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13 Mar 2026
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Astarion Ancunin, high elf magistrate of Baldur’s Gate, dies in the year DR 1292.
Two nights later, a different man entirely awakens in the dark.
~Astarion escapes death at the hands of the Gur by selling himself to the new vampire lord, Cazador Szarr. Every day afterwards is a waking nightmare. He is nothing if not a survivor, but the longer he is tortured in the dark, the more and more he wonders if survival is worth it.
A largely canon compliant exploration of Astarion's enslavement.
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13 Mar 2026
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Astarion's Vile, Complex Plan That Came Together by UsuallyDyingInside
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
27 May 2026
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For the first time that either of them can remember, Astarion and Tav are happy. With the Netherbrain defeated and their worst enemies vanquished, they finally have time to live their lives like regular people. Sure, there are friends to visit, family to search for, and that whole pesky sunlight problem, but overall, life is good. Things are just about perfect until the day that a vampire shows up on the couple’s doorstep in broad daylight claiming to be Astarion. This version of the beloved vampire, though, went through with ascending.
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TLDR; Ascended!Astarion shows up on Spawn!Astarion's doorstep, scheming to steal his girl (Durge).
Main relationship: Spawn!Astarion x Durge!Tav
Main POV: Astarion (Spawn)
Occasional POV: Durge (Tav)
Guest appearance POV: Astarion (Ascended)Post-Game events based on Astarion's Nice, Simple Plan That Fell Apart
It's not necessary to read the first fic to enjoy this one, but it's there if you want to!Series
- Part 2 of Astarion Isn't the Best at Planning
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 482,584
- Chapters:
- 296/?
- Comments:
- 7,833
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- 1,794
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- 171
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- 93,749
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13 Mar 2026
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If the desperation in his eyes and the heartbreak on his face hadn’t already been enough to break you, the tremble in his voice would have done it. And even without all that, how could you ever say no to this man? He who stood beside you as you discovered your lost self. He who remained beside you when you learned your cursed history. He who bound the knots of your restraints and stroked your hair through the night, even as you writhed and fought to end his life. He helped you gain your freedom from the damnation of your birth. How could you possibly deny helping him with his own freedom?
But, says a voice in your head, seven thousand souls.
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A story in which we discover just how damned an ascended vampire can be, and just how far you will go to save the elf you loved.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 258,679
- Chapters:
- 226/?
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 11,134
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- 7,162
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13 Mar 2026
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Astarion regrets that fateful night he tried to lure Anna back to her death at Cazador’s palace.
Seducing the drow will be soooo much harder now…
Two chaotic rogues stepping into the sunshine together after living apart in twilight, Astarion and Anna (my female drow tav) don’t trust each other one ounce - but that won’t stop them enjoying each other’s bodies or eventually risking it all.
Featuring spice, smut and sexual tension along the way – a slow burn to begin with but hopefully worth the wait. A classic tale of enemies to lovers featuring our boy Astarion <3
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 399,184
- Chapters:
- 186/?
- Comments:
- 1,833
- Kudos:
- 708
- Bookmarks:
- 122
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- 39,063
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28 Oct 2025
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Astarion's long journey toward acceptance, self-love and adulthood.
Halsin holds his hand through it all.
- Words:
- 67,375
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- 1
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- 104
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28 Oct 2025
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You managed to convince Astarion not to go through with the Rite of Profane Ascension. He remains a vampire spawn, and you now offer your blood from time to time to help with his sanguine hunger until a solution is found.
Even though you had both decided to stay as friends back at Moonrise Towers, lines begin to blur once more as other cravings come to the surface… and things with Astarion are seldom uncomplicated.
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Impatience gripped your nerves ferociously. "These things take time, Astarion."
"Oh, my darling… I have all the time in the world, but you only have a limited supply of blood," he whispered softly and you could almost taste his taunting words.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 78,203
- Chapters:
- 16/?
- Comments:
- 1,994
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- 4,768
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- 1,111
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- 179,501
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28 Oct 2025
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“Maybe what you really need is a friend, not a lover.”
Astarion’s eyes flutter with surprise. “I-I would like that. I’ve held more people than I can count. An infinite parade of lovers. But a friend?” He pauses on the question and his face becomes crestfallen. “I can’t think of a single one.”
He puts his hand out to Effy, to which she happily accepts.
“Until you,” he says with a smile—that only she’s ever seen.
Ever since that moment the two remained friends and even got an apartment together in the Lower City shortly after defeating the Netherbrain.
It’s been several months since; and Effy is still happily living with her vampire bestie, but Astarion’s been acting different lately…
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- Part 1 of Something Else Entirely
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 268,179
- Chapters:
- 27/?
- Comments:
- 1,738
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- 1,330
- Bookmarks:
- 299
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- 59,775
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28 Oct 2025
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- 51
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28 Oct 2025
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Through Any Universe, I'll Find You by Beaumont_K (Kalaide), Kalaide
Fandom Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
21 Jan 2026
- Words:
- 220,916
- Works:
- 6
- Bookmarks:
- 15
Bookmarked by Destiny_x77
28 Oct 2025
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The Chosen Aquatics: Splash Your Way To Better Health!
You don’t have to be a kua-toa to explore these waters, join today and improve your balance, build muscle, and increase your mobility. In Chosen Aquatics, each and every one of you can be “chosen”!
Today’s Instructor: Gale DekariosAstarion stares at the giant sign with distaste, already frustrated by the poor use of colors. It’s an awful mix of blues and teals no doubt used in the hopes of simulating the color of water or something equally boring, but the only effect it achieves is pain as Astarion looks at it.
He’s not looking forward to his very first water aerobics class.
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28 Oct 2025
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- Words:
- 127,360
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- 2
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- 13
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28 Oct 2025
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The hand removed itself from his forehead. “Temperature is normal,” Gale announced, before using its fingers to gather some stray drool that had trailed down Astarion’s jaw. Before Astarion could register the pitiful jolt of arousal at the sudden skin contact or the sheer absurdity of what Gale was doing, Gale had stuck its fingers in its mouth.
“What the —”
“No new bacteria detected,” Gale went on, “Ruling out food poisoning.”
“Oh, Gods,” Astarion groaned. “And to think that these things are what’s sending our workforce into a tizzy. What next, 'droid? Are you about to give me a rectal examination too?”
“There is no need for one at the moment,” Gale said, confused. “Unless you are seeking prostate stimulation—”
“No!”
Amidst the softly thrumming melancholy of a dystopian, cyber-punk city, former corporate-rat Astarion Ancunín, who has long since lost the will to live, finds himself in possession of a G-413 or "Gale" - an amnesiac android who, strangely enough, enjoys living.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 487,625
- Chapters:
- 57/57
- Comments:
- 4,640
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- 2,425
- Bookmarks:
- 505
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- 94,480
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28 Oct 2025
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The vampire's eyes are wide and round, full of amazement. They dart wildly around the sights below, as if trying to see everything at once. The lights of the city reflect upon his face, soft shadows dancing across his elegant features. The very tips of his fangs are visible from his parted lips.
The radiance of the city pales in comparison.
✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* ✧･ﾟ: *✧
Two months after the brain falls, Baldur's Gate has picked up most of the pieces. The heroes that saved Faerûn have been there through most of it, helping the city get back on its feet. But now it's time to move on. Old lives and families to return to. Gale is going back to his tower in Waterdeep, back to the quiet, back to being alone; or at least, that was the plan. But plans change.
This is a story about falling in love.
(Fanart included)
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- Part 2 of Stumble and Fall
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 162,384
- Chapters:
- 25/25
- Comments:
- 4,630
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- 6,024
- Bookmarks:
- 1,200
- Hits:
- 161,541
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02 Feb 2025
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Astarion's Nice, Simple Plan That Fell Apart by UsuallyDyingInside
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
12 Apr 2024
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Astarion had a plan. A nice, simple plan: seduce Tav, sleep with her, manipulate her feelings so she'd never turn on him.
All she had to do was fall for it.
And all he had to do was not fall for her.Which is where his nice, simple plan fell apart.
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Exploring Astarion's POV throughout the game while romancing Dark Urge/Tav. Canon is followed in most cases, including with lines of dialogue from the game, but Act 2 and 3 break off from canon a few times in fun ways.Content warnings are listed ahead of the more intense chapters. Overall this fic (like the game) explores what healing from abuse looks like and has a lot of references to those themes.
Series
- Part 1 of Astarion Isn't the Best at Planning
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 438,332
- Chapters:
- 200/200
- Comments:
- 4,734
- Kudos:
- 1,840
- Bookmarks:
- 365
- Hits:
- 96,220
Bookmarked by Destiny_x77
02 Feb 2025