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Girl needs more wine

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Hi Marlfox! For the fluff prompts "♗: One falling asleep with their head in the other’s lap", either for your canon Shads x Del or for the modern AU one, please 😊 -Shadowfallen

My pleasure, Shadowfallen!

Here's a little fluffy piece from my modern AU, With You, I'm Home, with Del and Jen. And, thank you. This helps me find the ending for chapter 3. Now, I have to finish the middle.

Safe With Me

Jen had had too much wine. She’d chalk it up to being nervous about seeing Del at her parents’ Memorial Day party. Karlach’s pep talk about trying to hook-up with Del only added to the anxiety. Now she was at the tipping point between giggly tipsy and needing to lie down.

Where had Del gotten to? She carefully treaded the boards of the farmhouse porch. There, on the porch swing sat the gorgeous veterinarian. This woman had been her best friend, but the helicopter crash had robbed her of most of her childhood memories. Over the last two weeks, Jen had reread Del’s letter and looked over old photographs. Even if she couldn’t remember the details of their friendship, she felt a strong connection, an attraction to her. There had been something growing between them before they parted ways, she to the navy and Del to college. That parting had not gone well judging by the letter and the fact that Del had not seen her in twenty years. She sighed, damnit, she wished she could remember so she knew how to proceed!

For now, she would smile and flirt with the vet. “Is this seat taken?��

Del looked up. “Oh? Not at all, help yourself.”

Karlach leapt up, “Wyll, we should get going. It’s late and you have work tomorrow.”

Wyll seemed a little confused, but stood up. “True. Thanks, Jen, for inviting us to the party. We’ll find your parents on our way out and thank them, too.”

After they had walked away, Del looked at her watch. “I should think about heading home, too.”

Jen clamped her hand down hard on Del’s knee. “Oh, don’t go yet! It feels like you only just got here!”

Startled, Del looked at Jen. “Are you alright?” She put her arm around Jen’s shoulders.

Jen immediately melted onto Del’s shoulder. “Actually, I’m not. My head is spinning. Too much wine, I think.”

“Ah, okay. This porch swing won’t help. Can I take you inside? The living room, maybe?”

Jen only nodded, and Del helped her stand. “Ready to go inside? Take my hand.” Del was surprised by the iron grip Jen had on her hand, she didn’t let Jen see it. They entered the house through the kitchen. They walked past Arnell and Emmeline loading the dishwasher. Del gave a little smile and wave, but kept walking.

The Hallowleaf’s living room hadn’t changed much since Del was last there. She smiled, looking around her. While the furniture and TV were new, everything was arranged as it had been over twenty years ago when she and Jen would spend weekends together. She coaxed Jen to sit on the sofa, and as Del sat beside her, Jen immediately stretched out on it with her head in Del’s lap.

Del chuckled. “Go ahead and make yourself comfortable.”

Jen’s eyes were closed, but she smiled. “Thank you. Everything feels like it’s spinning.”

“Okay. Open your eyes and look at me.” Jen opened her eyes and looked up at Del. “Good. Focus on me. Deep breaths. The spinning should stop soon.”

“Hold my hand, please.” Jen had gone quite pale.

“Sure. You’re doing well. You’ll be okay.”

Jen cracked a small smile. “You act like someone who regularly deals with people swooning around them.”

“As a matter of fact, you’re not a real first year vet student until you pass out in front of an instructor. I’ve had a lot of practice lately.”

“Well, you have an excellent bedside manner, doctor. Thank you.” Jen took another deep breath and closed her eyes.

With her free hand, Del brushed hair out of Jen’s face. Her breath hitched, but her eyes stayed closed.

“Are you feeling better, Jen? Can I get you anything?”

“No, thanks. Just sit with me a little longer.”

Del laughed. “I’m happy to. Besides, I’m trapped.”

Jen opened one eye. “I think you like it.”

Del laughed harder. “Honestly, I’m used to it. You always fell asleep on me, often literally.”

Now both eyes were open. “I hope you have some evidence to back up that claim?”

“I do! You never finished a movie with me. You either fell asleep on the floor, on the sofa, on my shoulder, or in my lap.”

“Hmm, I can see that. My attention span isn’t great on a lot of things. What kind of movies did we watch?”

“We watched most genres, but sci-fi was our favorite. Oh, and period romances like Pride and Prejudice. I love a slow burn romance.”

“Well, we need to revive that tradition. Get a list together. We can have a date night.” Jen closed her eyes.

“Hmm, I can do better than a list. I have all the DVDs.” Del blinked. “Did you say date night?” She looked down at Jen.

Her breathing had evened out. Her lips were parted slightly. Jen had fallen asleep in her lap like she had done countless times before. She had felt safe enough to drift off.

Del didn’t want to disturb her. She decided there was nowhere else she’d rather be.

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This was a silly little idea that popped into my head today and I really liked how it turned out! Hope it’s fun :)

Summary: You and Shadowheart engage in one of your morning sparring matches. She beats you, but you totally let her win. Right? She demands the truth, and you give it to her straight from the heart.

Pairing: Shadowheart x Reader

Tags: Fluff, Romantic Fluff, Fluff and Humor, Zone of Truth Spell 

Words: 1.2k

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Baldur’s Gate (Video Games) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Shadowheart (Baldur’s Gate)/Reader Characters: Shadowheart (Baldur’s Gate) Additional Tags: Fluff, Romantic Fluff, Fluff and Humor, Zone of Truth Spell (Dungeons & Dragons)

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Nonsexual acts of Intimacy - Select from the following and send me a pairing

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I'll Be Your Light Part 2 now out!

A wolfheart story for people who don't like werewolves.

After

“You have to eat,” Shadowheart says briskly, using every ounce of her Sharran-honed self-control to keep her writhing emotions locked beneath the surface to project a calm she does not feel.

A bandage has been wrapped around Kat’s head, covering her eyes, and the ranger sits slumped against a pillar, barely responsive.

Halsin had carried her out of the forge and back to their camp in the Sharran temple. After some awkward standing around, everyone scattered to dwell in their own thoughts. Some had whispered conferences in distant corners, while Shadowheart was left to watch over their leader … or the woman who was their leader, because how can Kat still lead them now? And what will happen to their group without Kat keeping them together? This is a brand new worry Shadowheart had never imagined they would have to think about, not while Kat was at the helm smoothing tensions over, keeping them focused and moving forward.

Kat has been the only one of them who made any real effort to forge bonds beyond the strain of their shared predicament. Somehow, she managed to pull their disparate group together and even get them co-operating despite personality clashes and the ever-threatening hopelessness of their mission.

Whoever leads next will have big shoes to fill, but fill them they must for their tadpole problem has not become any less urgent.

Kat sighs and holds out a hand for bread that Shadowheart carefully places in her palm.

Her other hand gropes around the floor for the cup of water beside her and Shadowheart is on the brink of helping – about to cry out a warning – but too late, the water cup is knocked and spills, seeping water into Kat’s trousers.

“Well. This sucks.” Kat’s voice is brittle from humiliation. “This fucking sucks.”

In one angry twisting motion, she throws the bread aside, and the cup after it.

She breathes heavily, clenching her fists together as they listen, Shadowheart wincing, to the rattle of the cup descending with excruciating slowness down the chasm it had fallen into. Then there is a ringing silence.

“Never mind,” Shadowheart says in her best trying-to-patch-things-over voice. “Let’s go to your tent. I can help you get changed – ”

“What, are you going to be my nurse now?” Kat says hotly, and with far more bitterness than Shadowheart had been prepared to be on the receiving end of – not from Kat. “Changing my pants – like I’m a baby?”

“N-no,” Shadowheart starts uncertainly. “But Kat, you’re going to need to accept some help, to begin with at least. Until you get used to – ” Her soothing words are violently interrupted.

“I don’t want to get used this!” Kat yells. “This is bullshit!”

Bullshit! The word echoes around the chasm, over and over, as multiple suffering Kat’s protest the unfairness of it all.

“I know,” Shadowheart says, stricken and blinking back tears, and not knowing what to say. “It’s complete bullshit, Kat!”

Kat takes a deep breath, and then deflates completely, her anger gone, her body sinking heavily against the pillar. It is a far more alarming sight than the anger on their normally indefatigable ranger who has cheerfully encouraged them through all their challenges to date.

“But also, I’ve water all over my pants, and that’s embarrassing,” Kat says in a low, lifeless voice, holding out her hand for Shadowheart to help her up and guide her to her tent.

Shadowheart leads Kat, not daring to say anything when there are no right words to say, other than warnings about uneven surfaces ahead that she delivers in an unnaturally calm voice, trying to keep her own roiling emotions in check.

There is another pang as she realises they will need to procure a stick for Kat to use to feel for obstacles ahead. Will Kat ever be able to track, and nimbly skirt through forests again?

Don’t think about it, Shadowheart tells herself firmly, as she leaves releases Kat’s hand at the entrance to her tent.

Shadowheart has never been inside her tent before. Everything is tidily packed away or folded neatly – the bedroll is even rolled up and stored in a corner, as though Kat is prepared for travel at a moment’s notice. Even Kat’s few changes of clothes are folded in a perfectly crisp, uniform manner in her rucksack. Removing a fresh pair of trousers disrupts this perfection, but it can’t be helped.

“Just put them in my hands, Shadowheart,’ Kat says in an empty voice from beside her. “I don’t want you to dress me.”

“All right,” Shadowheart says quickly, relieved and feeling guilty for it that Kat cannot see how upset she is. It couldn’t be clearer that Kat doesn’t want her around for a moment longer than necessary. She understands why, but it still hurts.

“Just … go …” Kat says, turning away from her, holding the trousers slackly in one hand. “Please, just go.”

Shadowheart makes a noise in the back of her throat of assent and rushes out of the tent, her lip trembling, tears threatening to fall.

She cannot blame Kat for being angry and hurt, but the dismissal still stings.

For Kat does not know that Shadowheart is out on a limb, defying every instinct her religion has instilled in her, in trying to help at all.

READ THE REST OF PART 2:

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Ready, unseen

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Neph was adamant she didn't want kids... until this scrawny little half-drow had the gall to pickpocket her on the street. Instead of blowing him up, she smuggled him home. Shadowheart's attempts to be the braincell of this family failed once again, but at least she got a kid out of it. And another ten years off her lifespan from her wife's antics.

I STILL haven't finished the wedding post so I'm jumping straight to the kid art in the meantime lol

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hey uh new type of ao3 spam comment just dropped. (I know it's spam because the fic they left this comment on . doesn't have chapters. lmfao). Report this kinda comment as spam and don't take it personally it is literally recycled bullshit

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Hello! Will you please do 14? Thank you!

Hello! Thank you for your request! ❤️It has taken me a while to get here, but you can read the prompt number 14. "Naughty little thing. On your knees." HERE

Professor Hallowleaf is waiting you, the dear reader, in her office...

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To Defy The Gods - Chapter 14 - To Hope Again, part 2

Pairing: Shadowheart x f!Tav Word count for the whole work: 96k+ and going

Chapter summary

Shadowheart and Tav continue their night apart from the others, and for once, they have time to talk and simply be...

Banner art by @cylinderarts gif by me

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#10 please? 😎

Thank you for this prompt! It turned into a solid 5k+ one-shot fic. Hope you’ll like it!

Just for Tonight (E)

Summary: When Elody is brought to a farm to spend the day with Karlach, she has no idea of what the day has in store for her. A visit to a new extension to the farm leads her to experiences she’s only dreamed about, as she meets a stern falconer with a mesmerizing connection to some magnificent animals.

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Thanks @moetartart for the suggestion, Shads definitely suits every Greek statue pose I sketched but this one spoke to me the most

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To Defy The Gods - Chapter 14 - To Hope Again, part 2

Pairing: Shadowheart x f!Tav Word count for the whole work: 96k+ and going

Chapter summary

Shadowheart and Tav continue their night apart from the others, and for once, they have time to talk and simply be...

Banner art by @cylinderarts gif by me

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I Saw You in the Darkness, chapter 3 is out now!

Shadowheart and Elody's story continues in a chapter from Shadowheart's point of view. A visitor to the cloister brings with themself a mission unlike any other, jeopardising the safety of our favourite not-quite-bard. You can read the chapter here.

A little snippet from the beginning of the chapter to get you going:

In her haste, Shadowheart slammed the door to her bedchamber shut behind her. She sat down on the edge of her bed, resting her elbows on her knees and burying her face in her hands. An audible groan escaped her lips as she ruminated over what had passed and what she’d learned from the not-quite-bard who had just left the cloister.

She’d almost not even gone to the reunion party. When she’d received Withers’ letter, she’d had half a mind to burn the envelope without even opening it. Curiosity had gotten the best of her, and, upon opening the letter, a myriad of emotions had erupted in her chest. Emotions that, under Lady Shar, she’d had to keep locked away in an iron-clad vault deep within. But the locks had grown rusty, and the sudden reminder of the existence of her old friends had bust her heart wide open.

She wasn’t supposed to, but Shadowheart missed the people with whom she’d spent some of the most impactful weeks of her life. Since receiving the invitation to the reunion, she’d spent hours in repentance for caring so much. Shadowheart had asked her Lady to harden her heart, but to no avail. The words of Lady Shar’s chosen had fallen on deaf ears, or, at least, Shadowheart couldn’t ever hear her response. And her heart had remained open. She’d taken it as a sign to go, although she’d known she wouldn’t be received with kindness. Her friends had never quite embraced her due to her loyalty to the Lady of Loss, but they had grown increasingly cold after their return to the Cloister of Sombre Embrace. And, after they’d defeated the Absolute, her friends had made it abundantly clear that they wanted nothing to do with her.

But Shadowheart had gone to the reunion, regardless. She’d worn her Mother Superior’s robes like armour, kept close to the shadows, and waited. One by one, the camp had filled with old companions. She’d observed them from the dark corners of the camp, waiting for the opportune moment to make her presence known. When Karlach and Wyll had arrived, Shadowheart had been surprised to see a woman accompanying them. From a distance, she’d obviously been a bard, and her body language had betrayed her to be uncomfortably nervous. Intrigue had gotten the best of Shadowheart in that moment. She’d had to know why this stranger had appeared at a reunion party, where everyone else knew one another.

The first look into Elody’s eyes had terrified Shadowheart. There had been such an intimate familiarity that she’d felt when she’d first gazed into the bard’s chocolate orbs, as if she’d looked into them many times before. But how could she have? That had certainly been the first time of her meeting Elody. But the more the night went on, the more certain Shadowheart had become of knowing this woman from before.

She’d been so kind to Shadowheart. Where her old friends had abandoned her for her devotion to the Dark Lady, even going so far as to spread lies about evil deeds she’d committed, Elody had listened to her. She’d commended Shadowheart’s loyalty to her Lady. She’d shown care where Shadowheart had mainly known coldness.

Shadowheart stroked the sheets beside her with idle fingers, remembering the body that had shared the bed with her only moments before. Elody’s nude frame had been wrapped around her in the tangled heat of the never-ending search for a break from loneliness. When Elody had touched Shadowheart… So warm. So real. It was as if a glow of silver had broken the vast, dark emptiness within her. Only for a moment. Shadowheart shuddered at the memory of Elody’s hands on her hips and pushed the thought aside.

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To Defy The Gods - Chapter 14 - To Hope Again, part 2

Pairing: Shadowheart x f!Tav Word count for the whole work: 96k+ and going

Chapter summary

Shadowheart and Tav continue their night apart from the others, and for once, they have time to talk and simply be...

Banner art by @cylinderarts gif by me

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