#asexual!tav

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Ace Tav x Astarion - Tav’s Influence

Spawn Astarion is so sweet to Tav in the Epilogue. I think Tav really had an influence on him and made him a loving goofball.

Though he’ll deny it and use vicious mockery anyone who points it out (something else he picked up from Dom specifically hehe).

More on these loveable dorks here

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Shadowheart: We have to go!

Astarion: Afraid I can’t. Tav is sleeping on top of me.

Shadowheart: Then push them off.

Astarion: *offended* Excuse me?

[romantic-bloodless-nights]

Astarion: Honestly, how many partners can our sheltered, naive little leader possibly have had?

My Durge Tav: *has a good chunk of their memories back* ... Fifty-six...

Astarion: *stares for a long moment* Excuse me?

Durge Tav: I've had about fifty-six partners. Of course, that was before I knew you. Not even Gortash got as far. I probably would have had more but I wasn't allowed to date until my family disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

Astarion: *stunned and getting increasingly enraged* Fifty-six. Fifty-six!?

Gale: *uses his book as a shield* Gods, stand back, he's going to blow!

Astarion: *throws his hands out* WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU HAD 56 PARTNERS!? YOU TOLD ME YOU WERE A VIRGIN!

Durge Tav: Hey, you can have a partner without having to go all the way!

Astarion: *astonished* YOU CANNOT! If that were true, that would mean you were a slut!

Gale: Oh, come on. Astarion, how could you say that? So Tav had 56 partners in one lifetime? They're not a slut.

Durge Tav: Thank you, Gale-

Gale: *goes back to his book* They're the slut.

Durge Tav: ... ... ... THANK YOU, GALE.

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How I imagine Ace Tav would respond to Astarion's invite

Tav: Astarion, I know what you're trying to do, you don't need to sleep with me to get me to care about you as I already do.

Astarion: Well that's hardly the only reason. Besides it's not like I need you to make my choices for me, I'm only enjoying my freedom, darling~. So what do you say? Meet me in the woods later?

Tav: Fair point, I don't want to take away your choice.

Astarion: Wonderful, I can't wai-

Tav: But you're not the only one that has additional reasons. I uhm... I don't feel comfortable having sex.

Astarion: Oh. I see, you're one of the few people that don't find me attractive.

Tav: No! You're very attractive! I'd love go on dates with you and cuddle and maybe even kiss you. But I just don't really do sex...

Astarion: Why-

Tav: So if you still want to get closer we can meet tonight and talk and cuddle if you feel comfortable?

Astarion: I suppose we could try your 'just talk' idea, just don't expect it to lead to a fairy tale romance like Wyll would give you.

Tav: Of course, you're still you.

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Ace Tav x Astarion - Hair

It’s been a bit since I made a comic about these two. I fixed that…though my art style changed a little now 😅

More Ace Tav x Astarion stuff here

[shenanigans-and-imagines]

Karlach: What's it like being married to Astarion? Ace!Tav: He got wine drunk last night and tried to burn our marriage certificate. Ace!Tav: He said, "good luck returning me without the receipt!".

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Ace Tav x Astarion - Small Acts

Once Astarion trusted and cared for Dom, he started doing small acts for them and would later deny he's done such things or spit out some backhanded compliment towards them.

He may or may not have

Stolen extra gold and potions (and later sneaked it into Dom's bag or tent)

Patched up clothing (which was often/a lot because Dom is VERY clumsy)

Insult someone who clearly mistreated or wronged Dom, but Dom is too nice to say anything

Read more about these silly losers here

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*giggles* #9 definitely!! Poor Tav getting a wtf moment before they remember? Or maybe it never occurred to them? Whatever inspires you ;))))

Prompt: listening to the other’s heartbeat

Astarion x AsexaulBard!Tav Masterlist

It was an odd sensation, feeling the rise and fall of a chest, but not a heartbeat. You could hear the intake and outtake of breath. Your head moved that tiny fraction of an inch in a steady rhythm, but no backing thump to bring it all together. It was like listening to quartet without a base; functional, but obviously lacking in something crucial.

“I can hear you thinking,” Astarion murmured.

You blinked, pulling yourself out of your musings. “The tadpoles?”

“No, but this does just as well.” He pressed a finger to the creases between your brow as evidence. “What’s got that wily mind of yours turning?”

“Nothing devious,” you promised. “I was just wondering, do you have to think about breathing?”

He didn’t answer a moment, his hold on you tightening ever so slightly.

“Not anymore,” he admitted. “It’s not required outside of speech; however, people tend to notice if you don’t breathe. Not immediately, but there is an awareness that something isn’t quite right, puts them on edge. It took me a few years to get back in the habit. Now I have to put in the effort to stop.”

You hummed in consideration, watching your outstretched hand move with his chest.

“What brought this on?” he asked.

You shrugged. “I can’t hear your heart. It seemed odd, your breathing was steady, but not your heartbeat.”

“Oh,” he said, as if surprised.

You glanced up at him. “Don’t tell me nobody else has noticed.”

“Nobody has mentioned it, if that’s what you mean. Admittedly anyone who came close enough to listen never stayed for long, and just as often were more concerned with their own racing heartbeats.”

He said it in a light tone with his usual sultry airs, but it was easy enough to catch the underlying hurt of it all. It was his scars all over again. They were such an obvious sign of mangled torture and yet, in two hundred years, nobody bothered to help. And here again, two hundred years without a heartbeat, and not a word. It was enough to make anyone contemptuous of the world.

“Does it…bother you?” he asked.

You shook your head, giving him a gentle smile. “It is odd, but nothing I can’t get used to. Besides, it’s a sure fire way for me to know it’s you I’m holding. As far as I know, shape changers can’t stop their hearts from beating.”

He let out a surprised laugh, the vibrations spreading pleasantly through your whole body.

“I think you’ll have other problems if you let a shape changer get that close darling,” he said.

“Well, let’s hope to not find out.”

He hummed in agreement, relaxing back into the pillows.

You let yourself do the same, curling your body around him as your head made a home on his chest. He held you there, letting his hands rub absentmindedly up and down your back.

“I can feel your heart,” he said, after a long pause.

“Oh?”

He nodded, leaning down just enough to press a kiss to the top of your head.

“Moments like this, I sometimes mistake it for my own.”

You couldn’t think of anything clever to say and so decided to say nothing at all. Instead, you turned your head, pressing a kiss over where his heart ought to be. You had more than enough heart for two.