I Will Not Ask

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• I Will Not Ask and Neither Should You by vividiana

  Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)  

  • Explicit
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  13 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Astarion/The Dark Urge (Baldur's Gate)
  • Astarion (Baldur's Gate)/Original Female Character(s)
  • Lae'zel/Shadowheart (Baldur's Gate)
  • The Dark Urge & Lae'zel (Baldur's Gate)
  • The Dark Urge (Baldur's Gate)
  • Original Female Character(s)
  • Astarion (Baldur's Gate)
  • Lae'zel (Baldur's Gate)
  • Shadowheart (Baldur's Gate)
  • Wyll (Baldur's Gate)
  • Withers (Baldur's Gate)
  • Lakrissa (Baldur's Gate)
  • Halsin (Baldur's Gate)
  • Minsc (Dungeons & Dragons)
  • Jaheira (Baldur's Gate)
  • Barcus Wroot
  • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
  • Alternate Universe - Human
  • The Dark Urge is Redeemed (Baldur's Gate)
  • Lae'zel is world's best roommate
  • she's also Argentinian in this universe
  • Shadowheart Goes by Jenevelle (Baldur's Gate)
  • Everyone is Queer
  • Witness Protection
  • Past Abuse
  • Trauma
  • Therapy
  • Anxiety
  • Small Towns
  • Nightmares
  • Flashbacks
  • Non-Graphic References to Murder
  • Denial
  • Past Domestic Violence
  • Victim Blaming
  • Denial of Feelings
  • Slow Burn
  • (but not THAT slow because I don't have the patience)
  • playlists as a love language
  • Soft Astarion (Baldur's Gate)
  • Angst
  • abba songs as a plot device
  • Fluff
  • Pining
  • Falling In Love
  • Idiots in Love
  • Romance
  • Trauma Recovery
  • Healing is messy and frustrating sometimes
  • Domestic Fluff
  • Astarion is a dork
  • Smut
  • Explicit Consent
  • they love to yap during sex
  • past sexual trauma
  • how to foster a healthy relationship when you have zero reference material
  • Getting Together
  • Comfort
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Minor Character Death
  • Grief/Mourning
  • depressive episodes
  • Astarion is not a vampire and he's not ripped but at least he's good at karaoke
  • Past The Dark Urge/Enver Gortash
  • Past Astarion/Cazador Szarr
  • Explicit Sexual Content
  • Humor
  • Eventual Happy Ending
  • Communication
  • they're trying their best
  • POV Third Person Limited
  • radiant hopeful astarion
  • Strangers to Friends to Lovers

  Summary

  It’s been over a year since Eve had to uproot her life and assume a new identity—anything to distance herself from the past she wishes she could forget. When an erratic, if oddly charming, newcomer stumbles into her place of work, she recognizes something familiar within him and the two can’t seem to stay away from each other. But Eve is not the only one running from her past.
  --
  An alternative, modern take on the Dark Urge x Astarion romance, filled with friendship, secrets, healing, and ABBA.

  Series

  • Part 1 of I Will Not Ask

  Language:

  English

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