Democha
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One-night stands are easy. First dates, apparently, are where things become dangerous.
Only hours after leaving Halsin’s bed, Astarion finds himself changing his shirt four times, overthinking a perfectly simple dinner, and insisting to Karlach that it is absolutely not a date.
Then Halsin arrived with flowers.
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- Part 2 of Something Better
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“How old are you, Astarion?”
Astarion is not expecting the question, Halsin can tell by the way he jerks upright, spine straight, shoulders strong.
“Two-hundred-and-forty,” he answers without hesitation. “Give or take a few years.”
Halsin swallows, rewords his question. “How old were you when you were turned?”
Astarion goes quiet. Extremely, cacophonously quiet.
“Thirty-nine,” he finally says, a bolt straight into Halsin’s heart.
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Halsin discovers Astarion was turned before his maturity and all the sacred elven rites that come along with it. Including the sex one.
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Halsin keeps returning for the same drink, the same seat, and the same bartender. For two weeks, Astarion mixes him the perfect Gold Rush while pretending not to notice the lingering looks, shameless flirting, and the fact that Halsin refuses to order from anyone else.
When Halsin stays until closing one rainy night, Astarion finally decides to find out whether he has been coming back for the bourbon–or for something better.
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- Part 1 of Something Better
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To be ensnared in the night by a stranger is embarrassing enough. But when that stranger claims to know the future and begs him to stop Gale from saving the world, Astarion feels himself the pawn of some cosmic joke.
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Halsin leads Astarion to a small clearing just a ways from camp. The stars twinkle like thousands of tiny gems against the dark velvet sky, and the stream reflecting the night as it gently trickles down the glen. As they approach the bank, the soft glow of candlelight catches Astarion's eye. Turning, Astarion sees the washtub Halsin had taken earlier, with three lanterns carefully placed around the tub. The steam rises from the magically heated water, carrying the same herbal scent from before.