Sastrei
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“The small group of travelers who'd helped her watched in silence as she slowly approached the auburn-haired man she now knew as Kratos. Her steps were slow and stilted. Her head was lowered, her shoulders twitching. She looked an absolute mess, covered in streaks of mud and blood, both hers and that of many others. She stopped just before him, and only barely managed to raise her gaze to his.
"You have…a fine blade," she said, her voice like shards of glass in her throat.
His intense garnet eyes centered on her desolate face. He remained silent. Raindrops fell from the tips of his spiked hair, plunking quietly on the bloodied ground.
Without a word, he drew his sword and offered it to her hilt-first.”
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(Or: Kratos learns, painfully, slowly, to love again.)
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“Look, I don’t do this song and dance thing,” Trei tells him. There’s something tired, but still mischievous in her eyes. “If you want to fuck me, just come out and say it.”It’s mostly the performance that pushes Astarion forward, until his nose is brushing against her pumpkin hair, and his lips are right next to her ear. This is all meticulously rehearsed.
But he’s not really sure what makes him murmur, “I want to fuck you.”
He doesn’t have to. No one is forcing him, or will punish him for failing. He decides swiftly that it’s for strategic purposes only. Purely self-preservation. Having a Zhent with connections on his side, when and if he ever gets to face Cazador, will be incredibly valuable.
That’s as far as he gets in terms of thinking, because Trei’s hands are curling into the front of his shirt and the pressure of her kiss shoves him against a tree.”
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(Or: the story of two not-okay elves overcoming their own personal tormentors together, and finding love, healing, reclamation, and a lot of great sex in the process)
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Things get complicated and dark just before the battle with Ketheric. Astarion and Trei handle it, with a tiny bit of help from Karlach.
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“Can I touch you?” Trei asks, one last time.
His eyes flutter closed.
“Anywhere,” Astarion breathes.
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A spicy, intense rewrite of the post-Yurgir confession as only Trei and Astarion could manage.
Also: a reclamation of Astarion's past, repainted with compassion and worship.
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The Fire's Wake by Sastrei
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Anime)
22 Apr 2023
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(Set pre-games, pre-anime, with eventual catching up to canon.)
In 1986, on the day Cinnabar Island's Blaine was saved by Moltres - he also became an uncle.
On this same day, 3 year-old Lance became his home's Chosen One.
The new life born in between - Blaine's niece, Cora - will change Lance's fate, while experiencing victory and humility herself.A story of friendship, healing, and learning to love. Main characters are Lance and Cora, but many other major canon characters are prominently featured.
[Major Genres: Friendship, Hurt/Comfort, Adventure]
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The Blackthorn City Chronicles by Sastrei
Fandom: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Anime), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters: Gold & Silver & Crystal | Pokemon Gold Silver Crystal Versions, Pocket Monsters: Red & Green & Blue & Yellow | Pokemon Red Green Blue Yellow Versions
01 Apr 2023
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IMMEDIATE SPOILERS FOR PREQUEL
DO NOT READ WITHOUT FINISHING "IN THE NAME OF"
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- Part 2 of In the Name Of
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18 Aug 2024
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Tav betrayed two immortals when she handed the crown to Gale, ascending into godhood to leave the mistakes of her past behind.
Astarion, left alone to figure out how to escape Cazador, turns to the only remaining power strong enough to pose a challenge to his vampiric master. To Raphael, the vampire spawn is both a tool and a means to the crown. They're going to have to work together if either of them hopes to see justice served.
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- Part 1 of In the Name Of
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17 Aug 2024
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A loose retelling of the plot of Baldur’s Gate 3 told from the perspective of my female Durge, Kalliope. Kalliope is a “Way of the Shadows” tiefling monk.
She doesn’t understand these bloodthirsty desires or thoughts, but sees their use in battle. Her monastic teachings are very contradictory to this seductive, dark muse in her mind that urges her to “KILL-MAIM-END!”
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Sample:“I do believe, my plant-happy friend, that we’ve just shared everything we know with you. Now, are you going to help us or not?” Astarion sounds as nervous and impatient as you feel.
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Nettie’s lips thin into a tight grimace.
“…Kalliope…” tries Gale.
“No. I’m not taking poison from a woman I can’t trust. You’ve done nothing but deceive us since we crossed that threshold,” you flick your hand angrily, pointing to the door you passed through just moments before. “Despite us answering every question that you asked.”
The dark whisper snakes up the back of your skull, the killing calm begins warming and filling your body.
“It’s just for insurance,” tries Nettie once more, “take it only if you feel yourself changing.”
You sneer. And then, your vision goes red.
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16 Aug 2024
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Tav saw beauty in Astarion he couldn’t have seen himself, even if he had a reflection to gawk at. She made love with a man who never thought he could have anything near it. Made all his red dreams come true, and then said: go on, make new ones, in whatever color you like.
Astarion never thought about being a father. Not before her.
Or: an angsty-turned-horny character study about the pale elf and his thoughts on creating new (un)life.
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- Part 2 of you were doomed but just enough
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27 Jul 2024
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“But I’ve read widely on the topic! I have studied all the great works on the art of lovemaking! I know all the positions, all the techniques — I’m practically already an expert!”
Oh, you poor fool.
Vivian couldn’t help but smile as she closed the distance between them. “I’m sure you think that way, equation boy,” she said, reaching for a strand of his long, brown hair and tucking it behind his ear. “But see, the thing is this …” She leaned in close and whispered, “This is an empirical science. You can really only learn it by trying it out yourself. Getting your hands a little dirty, so to speak.”Or: The one in which I give Rolan an Academia AU where he learns what he cannot learn from books and gathers the courage to stand up to his cruel master.
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18 Jul 2024