[ This is much easier for Astarion than the vulnerability they'd just skirted--no, not even skirted, that they had been in together. The shift feels dishonest, but Astarion has never been an honest man.
Though Astarion isn't faking interest. He'd nearly bedded a tiefling during the party after the whole Grove fiasco--the blacksmith helping Karlach with her engine, quietly handsome--but ultimately they just shared a few wine-drenched kisses in the woods and parted ways. He'd paid attention to the others that night, the way Tav and Karlach had slipped away together, Lae'zel pinning her sights on a flustered Wyll. Gale had remained alone.
Astarion doesn't particularly want to discard Gale, and he also doesn't know what that means; or what it means to want to linger with him even if they're not fucking. It feels dangerous to think about that right now, so instead he makes a displeased noise as Gale cuffs his ear, disentangling their threaded fingers so he can splay that hand properly against Gale's chest, thumb drifting under the vee of his robes and rubbing against skin. ]
Why don't you tell me what you see, then. In generous detail.
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Though Astarion isn't faking interest. He'd nearly bedded a tiefling during the party after the whole Grove fiasco--the blacksmith helping Karlach with her engine, quietly handsome--but ultimately they just shared a few wine-drenched kisses in the woods and parted ways. He'd paid attention to the others that night, the way Tav and Karlach had slipped away together, Lae'zel pinning her sights on a flustered Wyll. Gale had remained alone.
Astarion doesn't particularly want to discard Gale, and he also doesn't know what that means; or what it means to want to linger with him even if they're not fucking. It feels dangerous to think about that right now, so instead he makes a displeased noise as Gale cuffs his ear, disentangling their threaded fingers so he can splay that hand properly against Gale's chest, thumb drifting under the vee of his robes and rubbing against skin. ]
Why don't you tell me what you see, then. In generous detail.