Drakine



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    I love you
    the way an abandoned house
    might love a person
    who stumbled across it.

    With sheer desperation
    and a pinch of hope.

     

    (fix-it au)

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    01 Feb 2024

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    Astarion is near the docks when he feels Cazador's compulsion on him snap. He doesn't think twice. He just takes the next available ship out of Baldur's Gate. Its destination: The City of Splendors. Waterdeep.

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    Gale takes back the glass, now empty, and then seems to fidget a little. “There is something I wanted to get your opinion on- but it can wait until you’ve recovered. You don’t look well at all- no offense meant, of course.”

    “None taken,” Astarion says sweetly. “Please go on. Tell me exactly what it is about my appearance that you find lacking.”

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    “And I thought you said vampire spawn weren’t dangerous,” Astarion says lowly.

    “Not as dangerous,” Wyll amends. “But, of course, every vampire is dangerous. Don’t you agree, Astarion?”

    He knows. Astarion is all but sure of it now. “I imagine anyone can be dangerous if they decide to be,” he answers slowly.

    “You aren’t wrong.” Wyll sits back again. He doesn’t speak for a moment, giving Astarion a thoughtful look. “So, Astarion? How dangerous do you intend to be?”

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    Astarion encounters a would-be vampire hunter determined to get himself killed, and, in spite of himself, remembers what hope feels like.

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    14 Dec 2023

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    There was a problem with Astarion.

    Well, in all likelihood, there were quite a few problems with Astarion.

    He was abrasive and flippant and self-serving, and Gale was in no doubt that his quick fingers were skimming at least a little out of whatever chests Tav had him picking.

    Oh, and there was the fact that he was a vampire. Yes, there was that little detail.

     

    Or, Astarion getting outed by the shadow-cursed lands.

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    13 Dec 2023

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    Humans can go weeks without food. As long as they have access to water, some can even last months without biting into a hamburger or tasting the sweetness of strawberry jam on a biscuit hot out of the oven. There are drawbacks, of course, to skipping meals. Dizziness, fainting, weight loss too quick for the body to adapt to.

    It’s Astarion's first table of the day. The dull, slow thump of his heartbeat rushes past his ears. His knees buckle with every step. He’s falling apart, he knows this, but with ten cents in the bank and another few days to wait until his paycheck comes in, all Astarion can do is keep putting one foot in front of the other and hope he doesn’t collapse. There’s no time to think about the metaphorical hand tightening around his stomach and throat.

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    03 Dec 2023