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Fine Wine (you get better & better with time) by matchatonic
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
28 May 2026
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“I think that means you lost.”
“On a technicality, really.” Astarion attempts to refute, but finds he starts going adrift in the way Gale looks so satisfied with himself, having bested the proprietor of taste and confidence. “How far off is a peach from a plum?”
“Pretty far, I reckon. And a loss is a loss.” Gale says, and sets down his cup in between them. “But all is not dashed so quickly, Astarion! Take comfort in the fact that this means you are permitted a chance to earn a new honorific.” When Astarion looks up at him in confusion, he quickly adds, “I am sure you are aware of the adage that hot people always tip well, are you not?”
Ah, well…who is he to dispute that?
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a modern sommelier au 🍷🖤Bookmarked by Lemonbutton
29 May 2026
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26 May 2026
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In a manor near The Sea of Fallen Stars, on the outskirts of the Grey Forest lives a mysterious man who calls himself Count Ancunin. His peculiar nature and habits are an open secret, often spoken about in hushed whispers by the towns people of Tsurlagol, a port-town only a short distance from the Grey Forest. He and his three similarly odd "companions" resided in the Heartstone Estate alone, secluded from the rest of the world, until Alvira, the youngest of his "companions", began to show promise with her magical abilities. After months of begging, the Count finally agreed to hire a tutor for her, despite their purposeful reclusiveness. As luck, or fate, would have it, the renowned Professor of magic, Gale of Waterdeep, came across the advertisement for help, and answered the plea. Along with his trusted companion, Tara, Gale traveled to the Heartstone estate to become a full-time magical tutor. What, or who, exactly awaits him there is as mysterious as the Count himself...
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21 May 2026
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Gale moved to Baldur's Gate to start fresh, making use of his Kinesiology Degree to work as a personal trainer. A year after landing a job at Hellfire Physique, he gets hired by a fresh face in the gym, an elf named Astarion. Gale had caught Astarion's eye from the get go, and so the pale elf decided to make his move, attempting to gauge, and potentially seduce the gorgeous trainer into his bed. Gale, who had never before felt anything towards any man, suddenly finds himself enraptured by the alluring elf, his client no less, someone who should be off limits. Despite his efforts to resist, Gale can only deny reality, and his own desires, for so long. However, in the shadows dark forces collude, with both of their pasts coming back to haunt them. As they fight against an evil they never expected, the strength of their bond is put to the test.
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08 May 2026
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The Detriment of First Impressions by completelyrotten, spAceArrow
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
11 Apr 2026
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It took a moment for the Elf’s words to fully register. “Ancunín? Wait. You’re A. Ancunín?”
Gale’s fluttering heart slammed down into his stomach. He dropped Astarion’s hand, his own smile becoming more strained. Of course his entitled deskmate would be attractive; he was likely used to getting anything he wanted through charm. Well Gale wasn’t falling for it.-
Gale cannot stand his coworker Astarion and Astarion cannot understand why his coworker Gale is being such a dick.
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07 May 2026
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Geir Dagrsson knows three things: cattle die, kinsmen die, but the one thing that doesn’t is a man’s deeds. He just didn’t expect his greatest one to be marrying the brat prince of East Anglia, and worst of all, the son of one of his father’s killers: a Saxon.
Ӕlfstan, son of Cadwallon, loathes the heathens plaguing their lands. When he is sold off in marriage to one, he will do whatever it takes to free himself from the man, his father’s wishes be damned. The Viking he is promised to also proves to be just as irritating as he expected.
Little do they both know, sinister forces are looking to sow more discord between the denizens of East Anglia, with Geir and Ӕlfstan at the centre of it all.
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- 153,491
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- 21/?
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Bookmarked by Lemonbutton
05 May 2026
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Being turned into a vampire destroyed Astarion’s film career as well as his faith in others. Now the only gig he can get is in a tacky production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express—Waterdeep’s hottest show on roller skates!
There, he meets the show’s nerdy train consultant, who has a few secrets of his own.
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- 167,277
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- 23/23
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Bookmarked by Lemonbutton
03 May 2026
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Astarion Ancunin works hard on his YouTube channel, sometimes spending weeks on the beautiful fashion films that show off his handcrafted gowns. His audience may be small but he's proud of his content. Which is why it's so godsdamned irritating when the self-named 'Wizard Of Waterdeep' starts posting hideous videos of his endless rambling and gets two million subscribers almost overnight.
Meanwhile, Gale Dekarios is selling his soul to make 'content' (ugh), just to try to get people to love magic again. He hates his channel and he hates himself, so he seeks solace in his favorite corner of the internet: r/galehaters — with his new online BFF, WhiteBat.
~ The fic formerly known as 'You've Got Gale' ~
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- English
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- 65,464
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- 13/13
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- 1
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- 1,405
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03 May 2026
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Once and for All by Cinders (Cinders_Edge), Cinders_Edge
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
11 Apr 2026
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Gale Dekarios is a tattoo artist with a contracted lawyer boyfriend and he finds out that getting tattoos to help cover scars is a thing. It just so happens his boyfriend has scars that he hates.
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28 Apr 2026
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Mr. and Mr. Ancunín-Dekarios by completelyrotten, Roarshack
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
29 Mar 2026
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A wave of guilt crashed against Gale as he walked home. It was barely their first day together and he already brought so much danger to Astarion. He could only hope that this wouldn’t happen again, but knowing his line of work, it was highly unlikely. How much longer could he hide this?
That wasn’t a question he wanted an answer to. It had to be forever; Astarion could never see the blood on his hands.
The entire time Astarion cleaned the blood and mess in the room, his heart was hammering, ears twitching at any sound that might be Gale walking in. Guilt kept trying to worm its way into his head. Not even one day and already he was proving to be a massive danger to Gale. No, there was nothing he could do about it now. He needed to focus, he needed to hide this.
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22 Apr 2026
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No Rest for the Winged by completelyrotten, spAceArrow
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
09 May 2026
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On instinct Astarion looked up through his lashes and winked. When he moved to uncover himself, leaving just a bit over his hips in a tease, pain shot through his little body. That’s right, he’s not in his elven form and Gale was most likely not attracted to bats. At least Astarion hoped he wasn’t.
Plan B: become utterly adorable.Bookmarked by Lemonbutton
12 Apr 2026
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This is an arrangement, a transaction, a business deal, not some fairy tale romance. Astarion was playing arm candy and spreading his legs for law school tuition. He was sucking cock in the backseat for a five-star hotel stay and rent payment. He did late night phone calls for shopping sprees. Not a good morning text message and quizzing each other about their favorite books. Not a quiet night whispering their darkest secrets after too many drinks. Not whatever this was turning into.
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Professional escort, Astarion Ancunín tries to keep his head on straight with his new high-profile client Gale Dekarios.
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12 Apr 2026
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Woven Blood by LlamaSlama
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
06 Jun 2026
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A post-canon modern coffee shop/university AU Franken-Fic.
Part One: Chapters 1-68
Hundreds of years after the defeat of the Absolute, Astarion is the owner of Cafe, a small coffee shop in the city of Waterdeep.Gale is a professor at Waterdeep University (previously Blackstaff Academy). He is a Chosen of Mystra, but has eschewed his favorite status.
Part Two: Chapter 69-???
Following the events of Part One, Gale and Astarion find themselves far from home, with new challenges and a world to explore.Smut and Fluff and maybe a plot if I ever get around to it.
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- 364,787
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- 122/?
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- 1,063
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- 143
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- 9,390
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08 Apr 2026
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Lady of Love, Lords of Limerence by BeepBeepBoop333
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
27 Mar 2026
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“Dekarios?” Pale brows arch as darkly lined green eyes peek at him over microscopic glasses.
“And who might be asking?” His aggravation has slipped further into bafflement at such obvious flaunting of the university’s good sense dress code. Even with a fully covered stomach, to Gale’s mind, those trousers should be at least one size larger to be acceptable for their academic setting. No one with any amount of decency should be comfortable with their thighs displayed so in the hallowed institution of learning that is BGU.
With pink glossed lips setting themselves into a sneer, the dreaded response is given with ease. “Astarion Ancunìn, obviously. You are aware you had a new teaching assistant arriving today, yes?”
“Yes, of course. Though I rather thought that said teacher’s assistant would see fit to arrive before all of our students,” Gale attempts to say with any measure of good manners.
A lonely professor of Netherese History at Baldur’s Gate University and his teaching assistant stumble their way through the clumsy beginning of their relationship.- Language:
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- 43,676
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- 15/17
- Collections:
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- 215
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- 100
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- 15
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- 1,683
Bookmarked by Lemonbutton
08 Apr 2026
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What happens when the world moves on - and you remain stuck in place?
In high school, Gale drags a protesting Astarion to the new Dungeons and Dragons club, building a world of fantasy and friendships that lasts a lifetime.
Or does it?
Ten years later, everyone has moved on - except Astarion.
When the club finds themselves reunited unexpectedly, Gale and Astarion realize that ten years may have not been quite enough to get over the hurt that still burns between them.
A story of growing up, forgiveness, and miscommunications - with a dose of DND. :)
With lots of art from the incredibly talented adsu-shy!
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17 Mar 2026
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The woman tilted her head. "Do you know what we just did to you?"
Astarion's eyes darted between them, perplexed by the question. What they did to him…?
That's when he noticed the Selûnite pendant around her neck. She was a cleric… had she healed him? He tried to piece together a scenario that made any sort of sense, but the details barely added up. Had these people found him? If so, why did they drag him across the city? How did they do such a thing? Why wasn't he in Harborside getting treatment? He wasn't sure exactly how severe his injuries had been, but he knew for a fact that a simple healing potion would not have done a thing to mend him back together.
"Are you… healers?" he asked.
The bearded man's mouth dropped open. "Healers—? What? No," he began to reach for him, but thought better of it and awkwardly closed his fist instead. "Astarion, it's me. Gale."
Astarion didn't recognize his name or his face in the slightest, but the way he was looking at him gave him pause.
"I… I don't…" Astarion shook his head slightly, racking his brain. "I'm sorry… Have we met before?"
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- 27,444
- Chapters:
- 6/?
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- 138
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- 1,705
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16 Mar 2026
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It's 1980-something and the eclectic band Astarion and The Misfits has enjoyed moderate success so far. But as the band heads out on their first national tour, lead singer/songwriter Astarion is falling apart.
His traumatic past is catching up to him and it's getting harder to hide his worsening cocaine habit from his band. The only time he feels something approaching okay is when he's writing music, or around his keyboardist and best friend, Gale.
Will Astarion be able to pull himself together enough to deal with his painful past and out-of-control present before it's too late to save his future? Or is he doomed to repeat the cycle and end up as just another tragic rock and roll cautionary tale?
~~ Step right up! Come one, come all! We've got: excessive use of the f-word! Shameless (fair) use of songs recorded after the 1980s, from many genres, that have been shoehorned in to fit the story (or vice versa)! Belly-flopping face down into all kinds of trauma like it's Scrooge McDuck's money bin! More flashbacks than an acid trip! Angst and longing! Romance and smut! A side of Halstarion! A side of Karheart! A main course of Bloodweave! A Spotify playlist, updated for each chapter! ~~
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15 Mar 2026
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“Seduction?” Gale sputtered. “You think me capable of seduction!?”
“Don’t sell yourself short, my boy,” Elminster said, “seduction is only the first step. You’ll be a vampire’s consort by the end of Nightal, or my name isn’t ‘Elminster Aumar’!”
“Oh, this is going to be good,” one of the Sages whispered, and Gale was mortified to feel his face flush a deep red.
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There is a new type of vampire in Baldur’s Gate: an Ascended, not seen for centuries. The staff of Blackstaff Academy in Waterdeep—known for cutting edge research into magics and mysticism of all kinds—are desperate to know more about this once in a lifetime phenomenon. And they know just the wizard desperate enough for the job.
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10 Mar 2026
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In the wake of a disastrous project, the only thing left for documentarian Astarion Ancunin is an insane job offer. A lone biologist, a research station, and a single shark.
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- English
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- 63,630
- Chapters:
- 21/24
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- 839
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- 216
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- 45
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- 5,577
Bookmarked by Lemonbutton
27 Feb 2026
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Baronet Dekarios is a man of science, but the supernatural is as much a science as anything else, isn't it? He's also a man in need of a new patron. So, when an old university friend offers entrance to a party held by one of England's most secretive societies — a club of the country's richest men, rumored to dabble in the occult and the satanic — he sees the opportunity to kill two metaphysical birds with one stone. And all he needs to do to gain entry is secure the approval of the club's mysterious leader, the enigmatic Lord Ancunin.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 56,160
- Chapters:
- 14/20
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 818
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- 317
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- 70
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- 7,600
Bookmarked by Lemonbutton
26 Feb 2026