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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Baldur's Gate (Video Games) Rating: Mature Warnings: Rape/Non-Con Relationships: Astarion & Karlach (Baldur's Gate), Astarion/Karlach (Baldur's Gate) Characters: Astarion (Baldur's Gate), Karlach (Baldur's Gate) Additional Tags: Mentioned Wyll (Baldur's Gate), Mentioned Cazador Szarr, Forced Prostitution, Sex Worker Astarion (Baldur's Gate), Non-Explicit Sex, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Alternate Universe - Human, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Convenience Store, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Kinda, Ambiguous/Open Ending, but its pretty happy! ish! its not that bad trust me, Minor Karlach/Wyll (Baldur's Gate) Series: Part 3 of Bg3 Whumptober 2024 Summary:
It starts with the cracked pavement, littered with oil stains from the litany of beat-up cars that had parked there. Up on the gas station awning, there's a buzzing LED sign that’s gone half dark. When he inhales, sharp , the air is dry, dusty with the song of a coming monsoon.
Beyond the clear swinging glass doors, florescence lighting beckons him into the store. Inside, where the smell of cold coffee and clean tile is overwhelming, where soda slush spills out into the floor, where cigarettes lay locked behind a rounding counter in the center of the store.
Behind the counter, as always, is the cashier, with bright eyes and a dingy uniform and dark hair shorn short on the side. And always, she smiles when she sees him.
"Hey, soldier," she says. "Long day?"
---- Whumptober Day 11: Convenience Store
