#abbystarion

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Super quick warmup doodle from today. I hadn't even intended to romance Astarion on his playthrough but it was love at first knife held to his throat <3

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Probably won't commit to using this look simply because his body scars aren't visible in the non-shapeshifted (maybe someone will make a body scar mod soon or I could figure one out) but I wanted to try out long hair on Abdirak anyway 😊 ✨️

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This doodle has been in my WIP folder for ages so I figured I'd toss it on here! It's sort of a redraw of this accidental screenshot I got 💖

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New Abbystarion fic :)

You can read it here on AO3 ✨️

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⛓️ Read It On Ao3!

Hey babe, new Abbystarion smut fic just dropped :)

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Love when I have Abdirak walk up to Astarion with his tired eyes and open wounds and intimidating hag's eye and he still gets called beautiful 🥺💗

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I have watched this scene too many times. I care about them🥺

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Got that bug from the recent patch where Astarion gets cut off mid-sentence during the romance scene, ugh. Oh well, they are still so sweet 🥺 ❤️

I already uploaded a gif set of them kissing before, but I got a new graphics card so my game is no longer running like a slide show so I recorded it again lol

[No vampires were harmed in the making of this ship. Only healing and weird boy antics here <3]

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I feel like I talk about Abdirak/Astarion far more than Abdirak/Shadowheart because I can actually put my feelings about Abdirak/Astarion into words whereas my thoughts about Abdirak/Shadowheart consist of only incoherent screeching and ugly sobbing and pounding on the walls and a bunch of little cartoon hearts drawn around them.

They are so... something.

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Abdirak's clothing looks very scuffed and worn, it would be nice for Astarion to patch them up for him or sew him some new ones 💜

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Abdirak/Astarion WIP

In which the two take a trip to the circus and Astarion is none to thrilled about it. This actually will be a hurt/comfort fic, but I thought they could have a little teasing and bickering in the beginning as a treat 😊 I want to write them in more casual situations.

The circus was certainly a spectacle to behold.  Its garish tents, miserable beasts, and sad clowns were enough to make even those with the most jaded sensibilities cringe and Astarion, for one, was sure to let his feelings be known. "Surely there is something more interesting happening elsewhere. More useful, perhaps?" he grumbled, throwing up his palms and fixing Abdirak with a withering glare. "Oh but let me guess, you actually enjoy the ear-splitting music and the smell of the manure. I'm sure it's making you feel so very alive."

In return Abdirak shrugged, laughed even, clearly unruffled by Astarion's petulant attitude. "Is it so difficult to believe that I may find enjoyment in such simple pleasures? We have encountered fouler stenches on the road here, and as for the music, it is a touch too loud, but I am quite unbothered. Hardly audible over gripes, in fact."

"Well how fortunate for you," Astarion replied dryly, lips curled in a sneer. Though for all his cynicism, he had to admit that Abdirak did look happy, a growing rarity in the past few weeks, and even he could not bear to spoil it for him. "Fine," he conceded, trudging along the trampled pathway, "let's get on with it. I can only assume the sooner we begin, the sooner we'll be done."

"You know, Astarion," Abdirak began, apropos of nothing, "I once traveled with a troupe not unlike this one, though perhaps a tad more... disreputable. Not for the faint of heart nor weak of stomach."

"Oh?" Astarion was curious despite himself. It was rare that Abdirak spoke of his life before their travels together, and though he did not pry, he always wondered. "What were you then? A fire breather? Perhaps a strongman, with those arms of yours? An acrobat? A knife thrower? No no, I've got it, the knife thrower's target. Oh yes, I can see it now."

Abdirak smiled at his mockery, shaking his head. "Nothing so dramatic. The stage was not my calling, I merely worked the concessions."

"Oh, so you were the peanut boy," Astarion deadpanned. "How adorable. I'm sure you charmed all the patrons."

"Do not make it sound so undignified," Abdirak chided, cheeks tinted. "We offered a full menu of snacks. Peanuts were only a fraction. And I did it whilst run through with pins, it was a performance in its own right."

"Oh, well my apologies," Astarion said with his hands thrown up, not sounding sorry in the least, though he was struggling to hide his amusement. "I had no idea I was in the company of such a star."

"And yet, I did not need a grand performance to catch your attention, did I?" Abdirak he retorted, lips quirked. "Allow me my dignity, if you will."

"Very well," Astarion replied. "Tell me about your illustrious career serving popcorn then, if you must, but no pin cushion stories, they always bring the mood down."

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On the other end of things, Astarion had Abdirak out here grinning like a fool while talking to him earlier.

They are so smitten with each other, it's frankly embarrassing 🥺💞

I love how he smiles so sincerely at his partner 🥺💞

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I know there are a few different heights for him going around from various sources, but Astarion being 5'11 like the in-game githyanki dialogue states really speaks to me for some reason.

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"Two cakes" I tell myself over and over as I cry myself to sleep