#anyway no proofreading we die like gortash

[kaldurcalm]

Unrequited - Astarion and a character of your choice. :)

Send me a "Unrequited" and I'll write a drabble about one character longing for the other

I think I'll just... take this opportunity to write a scene that's been in my head for a while.

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Her daily walk was standard, at this point. She'd made it clear to everyone that if she didn't get some alone time, she was going to explode, and that they shouldn't start looking for her until at least an hour had passed.

Not standard: random encounters with half naked camp-mates in the middle of the forest.

Normally, she would have walked away and continued about her business, but his attention was focused solely on her, and she couldn't help but laugh at his word choice.

"Well I know that's a damn lie." she crosses one arm and shifts her weight to one leg.

His movements stutter a bit. Clearly, he wasn't expecting that answer. She watches, amused, as he tries to recover.

"You said it yourself--not all attraction is exactly... conventional. I was by myself in an unfamiliar place after being kidnapped by mindflayers, can you really blame me for not swooning the moment I saw you? I needed to see for myself what sort of person you were--and I have. My first impression was right. You're practically irresistible with that charm of yours."

All this earned him was another chuckle--although she did look away.

"Look, even if that's the case, I... don't think I can give you what you want. I'm sorry."

She moves as though to leave, but he's not ready to give up yet.

"I'm not asking for forever--I just want to have some fun! You've felt it too, haven't you? There's a connection here. We both know it."

She's trying to look anywhere but at him, and it's not exactly due to his lack of attire.

"That's... part of the problem. I know you just want sex. If I wanted that, I would do it with someone I can leave in the morning, not with someone I camp with. I just... need time and space to process, and camp doesn't really allow for that, you know?"

She lifts her eyes a bit to meet his, holding her arm self-consciously.

He advances a bit more, determined to make a final effort to put her at ease.

"If time and space is what you need, I can give you that! You won't see or hear a peep out of me until you want to, I promise. I'll be like a ghost. You won't even know I'm there!"

She backs off a little, shaking her head.

"I can't. I'm sorry. I can offer you a walk? I know it might seem a poor consolation prize to you, but... I don't ask anyone else to join me. So please take that for what it's worth."

He considers he for a moment, eyes narrowing, before he comes to his conclusion.

"I think I'd like that."

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I want everyone to know that this asker took like, one hour to answer the prompt I sent for this ask game and has written many things since then.

#I forgot how to write adsakldfjds;kjfsa #thank you! I didn't think anyone would actually ask :') #mine #my fic #astarion #astarion x oc #I think this has shown me that I should probably use first person. #also idk if there's enough context because I'm relying heavily on the game to provide that for me #anyway no proofreading we die like gortash