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I've been thinking about Gale’s whole "I like your musk" thing cause like I feel like most people write it off as sort of awkward flirting.

But if you think about it, he's only really ever known Mystra that intimately, and he's been locked away from the world ever since the whole orb thing

I don't think Mystra, a goddess, would ever let herself be less than perfect, I don't think she'd sweat or even have to worry about body odor, in my mind she probably just smells like something, like magic, and while that sounds nice I also think it's distant

Maybe Gale likes Tav's musk because it reminds him that they are flesh and blood, maybe it comforts him to smell their sweat, and perfume and soap, because it's everything but that perfect, placid, unchanging smell Mystra had

Maybe he likes it because it feels mortal, or human, and above all else REAL and all that he wants is to have something REAL

idk man, just a thought

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Magical food items not included.

Lae'zel | Wyll

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Non-writers don't understand how much of writing is just googling things like "when was the croissant invented" for worldbuilding reasons and staring off into the distance.

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basically

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Lying awake thinking about how Gale recognises you from the nautloid—not the tadpole, like everyone else, but you.

About the possibility of him being trapped in a pod like Shadowheart, and Tav running by him, completely unaware.

Or else, him having gotten out earlier, and being out there somewhere on the ship, fighting demons on his own like the arrogant badass he is.

How fickle the whims of Fate that they could so easily have never met at all.

I'm a sucker for a meant-to-be.

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The Wizard of Waterdeep

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Introducing my tav as textposts: Tavia Hemlocke

She’s a ice draconic sorcerer half-drow who’s romancing Gale 🐉❄️

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I finally finished it 😭 So. Much. Metallic. Thread. I still need to clean it up, recenter it, trim the edges and put on the backing, and I think I’m going to stain the hoop to a darker brown.

I also already have ideas for an Astarion and Shadowheart one…

…but all of this is going to have to wait until my fingers stop cramping.

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BALDUR'S GATE 3 — gale dekarios (11/?)

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And They Were Roommates: Chapter 9

Fic Summary:

After defying a god, resisting her darkest urges, and saving the world, Juniper, once the Bhaalspawn known as the Dark Urge finds herself completely, terrifyingly free. With no home to return to and no memories of a life before the tadpole, she accepts Gale’s offer to stay in his tower in Waterdeep. When Astarion, now unable to walk in the sun, has nowhere to go, Juniper asks Gale if he can stay too.

Reluctantly, the three former allies become unlikely roommates: a haunted sorceress trying to rebuild her identity, a vampire cut off from daylight, and a wizard with a tower full of books and feelings he refuses to name.

As they research a way to bring sunlight back into Astarion’s life, old wounds resurface, new bonds form, and unspoken feelings begin to stir. Juniper thought saving the world was the hard part. But learning how to live in it might prove even harder.

Chapter summary:

Gale is gone for the night and Astarion takes it upon himself to set up a “Not Date” for him and Juniper

(Smut warning)

Read on AO3

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no one talks about how much of writing is just whispering “does this make sense” to the void

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Debating writing a fluff/smut oneshot about June and Astarion 👀

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And They Were Roommates: Chapter 8

Fic Summary-

After defying a god, resisting her darkest urges, and saving the world, Juniper, once the Bhaalspawn known as the Dark Urge finds herself completely, terrifyingly free. With no home to return to and no memories of a life before the tadpole, she accepts Gale’s offer to stay in his tower in Waterdeep. When Astarion, now unable to walk in the sun, has nowhere to go, Juniper asks Gale if he can stay too.

Reluctantly, the three former allies become unlikely roommates: a haunted sorceress trying to rebuild her identity, a vampire cut off from daylight, and a wizard with a tower full of books and feelings he refuses to name.

As they research a way to bring sunlight back into Astarion’s life, old wounds resurface, new bonds form, and unspoken feelings begin to stir. Juniper thought saving the world was the hard part. But learning how to live in it might prove even harder.

Chapter summary-

Juniper and Astarion navigate the aftermath of their encounter at the ball and June learns more about Gale’s past.

(There is smut in this chapter)

“Slow burn” I said.

Well here’s a full blown sex scene in chapter 8, enjoy. ☺️

Read on AO3

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65806018/chapters/172506937

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How it feels working a 9 to 5 and having too many WIPs of varying forms and genres alongside unrealistic expectations for myself as a writer yayyy xox