Mayhem in the Margins
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Astarion, making a whole meal of his trust issues, volunteers to beta-read Gale's in-progress historical chronicle of their adventures, intending to control his image and gather intelligence on his companions. Instead, their written exchanges through margin notes and editorial comments evolve into genuine intellectual discourse and unexpected intimacy.
Reader beware: massive geeks perpetrating geekery until they finally manage to get it on. And then they are still geeks.
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- Part 1 of Mayhem in the Margins
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This story is a sequel and is better enjoyed after reading Editorial Prerogative.
The Netherbrain has been defeated, and the party has gone their separate ways. Astarion and Gale have moved into Gale's tower in Waterdeep while Gale focuses on publishing the chronicle that brought them together. Astarion has an entirely different focus and... thoughts about their post-adventure life he has yet to confess.
This story features original art commissioned from the incredible misfit lunatic (https://x.com/misfit_lunatik or https://bsky.app/profile/misfitlunatik.bsky.social)! The cropped version is embedded below but the full glory of the opening scene (very NSFW - take care before clicking through) is here. Thank you as always to misfit lunatic for their incredible art!
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- Part 2 of Mayhem in the Margins
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Gale and Astarion are engaged, but Astarion is dodging setting the wedding date. Gale tells Astarion they’re off to a “writer’s retreat”—conveniently omitting that Newleaf is actually Halsin’s group therapy camp for trauma survivors. Cue: summer camp chaos, emotional avoidance, sadboi shenanigans, and an in-progress romance novel that’s getting out of hand. There’s healing, there’s fighting, there’s a lot of sex (like really a lot, almost every chapter, sometimes more than once, lots and lots of emotional smut), and there’s at least one public meltdown.
Note: this is a sequel to Editorial Prerogative and Dedications. Best enjoyed after reading those, but I’ll drop a spoilerrific series summary in the Notes for chaos goblins and anyone who needs a refresher. Set a few months post-Dedications. Mostly canon-compliant. Smut is unskippable and plot-relevant—mind the tags and make good choices. Or don’t. I’m not your mom.
This was written for the Bloodweave Brainweave Discord Server's Gays of Summer 2025 event and hits quite a lot of the event keywords but was mainly inspired by "Summer Camp".
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- Part 3 of Mayhem in the Margins
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Gale and Astarion have been married for 10 peaceful, productive years. Their perfectly polished days hide a creative crisis, but when fandom meddling and real danger collide, their pursuit of deadly cultists takes them on a journey to reclaim both their muse and each other.
This is a sequel to Editorial Prerogative, Dedications, and Narrative Distance. Best enjoyed after reading those; this work contains specific spoilers for all three. I’ll still drop a spoillerrific series summary in the Notes for chaos goblins who insist on starting here and anyone who needs a refresher. Set 10 years after Narrative Distance. Mostly canon-compliant but I can’t promise all the game mechanics are 100% correct (I tried).
Smut is extremely prevalent throughout, plot-relevant and unskippable. As before, make your own choices.
Completion: Work is complete. Chapters will be posted twice weekly until we are done!Series
- Part 4 of Mayhem in the Margins
