#astele getting a full 'I tried to flirt with a woman 30 years older than me and now I'm getting a tour of her bookshelf' lesbian experience

[roughlytwentytwofrogs]

I don't know if they have canon lore about their actual first meeting but hear me out:

A young, not yet guildmaster Astele drinking her last paycheck at a nearby tavern and flirting with an older and equally as drunk Jaheira

Might or might not include walking back to Jaheira's house, slow dancing with glasses of wine and fantasy jazz on the fantasy vinyl player, and sneaking out the window the next morning while missing a sock or two