The Warp and the Weft
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Fate, destiny - none of it seems to matter much when you're under the yoke of an endless infernal debt. Finally free, Niamh sets out to begin a new life. She will find out just how much it matters when she's abducted by mindflayers and thrown into an uneasy alliance with a group of strangers.
Gale isn't a big believer in fate, but he does believe his death is close to hand when the illithid ship takes him. He'll learn just how wrong he is - and just how much life can offer - when he meets Niamh.
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Slowburn friend-to-lovers romance, heaps and heaps of pining, eventual smut (check my oneshots if you'd like a sample) and a bonus minor Bloodpact on the side.
This fic is intended as a semi-novelization of the game, with some expansions to canon, some filler for plot holes, and a lot of Forgotten Realms/tabletop lore with a big focus on bards and artificers.
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- Part 1 of The Warp and the Weft
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**This fic has been substantially rewritten and expanded as Chapter 6 in my longfic, The Loom of Fate . Check it out for extra angst and pining!**
“That… I've never experienced anything like that. It was beautiful,” he breathed, “thank you.”
She was silent, looking at him. Their link deepened as she did, an intimate sharing, and she knew that whatever she thought or felt now, he would know too. She wanted to touch him, wanted the accidental brush of his hand against hers to become a firm grip, but she remembered his shyness from before. Unbidden, her mind formed a picture: a kiss.
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An expanded Weave scene, with some insight into bardic magic (not D&D RAW) and a little heavy breathing. That scene never quite made sense to me if you have a caster Tav. Some fluff, some early romance, some kissing, and lots and lots of Gale. Also a Hand Flex.
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- Part 2 of The Warp and the Weft
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The origin story of the Wizardly Updo (hairstyle mod on Nexus by Matrinyx) that nobody asked for. A short, fluffy oneshot peeking into the early evolution of Gale's romance. FemTav x Gale.
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- Part 3 of The Warp and the Weft
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“I understand your point very well, beautiful man, but I'm not sure you understand mine.” She paused to dip her head for a brief kiss.
“I'm going to be just as much out of practice as you are.” Another kiss, a pair, this time tenderly on each cheek. He was beginning to feel dizzy again, his hands moving of their own accord under her shirt and up her back. Maybe this would be all right after all.
“We can astonish one another with our prowess later. In fact I'm quite sure we will,” she said with a cheeky grin, “but for tonight, let's just… love each other. We can be fumbling virgins again for a little while."
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Ye olde "Gale is nervous about getting physical for the first time". He gets over it. A fluffy, smutty oneshot that mostly hews vanilla (for now).
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- Part 4 of The Warp and the Weft
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“Are you happy, love?” he asked, all earnest and honest and irresistible, the way he was, the way he always had been.
“I am.” Her fingers continued to run through his hair and his eyes closed as he turned his face toward her skin, breathing deep. “Right now I want for nothing. Are you happy, beautiful man?”
“I’ve never been happier,” he replied, and his gaze turned inward as he drew a hand up her thigh, from knee to hip. “That’s true. That’s not an empty phrase. Sometimes even the Weave seems mundane, compared to the way you make me feel.”
Her breath stopped for a moment. “That… that is quite the compliment.”
He looked into her eyes. “Allow me to pay you another.”------------------------------------------------------
This fic takes place about three hours after New ends. Gale and his lover wake in the night after their first time together, and pick up where they left off.
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- Part 5 of The Warp and the Weft
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"You can always unburden yourself with me."
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Gale notices his lover is beginning to crack under the pressures of leadership. He does his best to help with rest, care, and a practiced tongue.
Chapters one and three are fluff and character work; they bookend a much longer explicit chapter of soft dom Gale x femTav. This story takes place several days post-boat scene (he's staying human).
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- Part 6 of The Warp and the Weft