druid!tav hunting as a cat for like mice and stuff with astarion hunting for his meal
omg as someone who is currently playing as a morally grey Druid, I LOVE this!
Let's be honest, it would only work with a druid who is a little more lax because otherwise, they would never dream of hunting other animals. Buttt... for the sake of this being cute af let's all pretend we are morally questionable.
Which, if we are dating Astarion, is probably a given anyway sometimes 😅
Usually, you would pride yourself on your stealth. Even in your human form, you were rarely caught but as a cat? Well, your track record was immaculate.
Until tonight, that was.
You hated when Astarion went out hunting alone. Of course, he could stand up for himself, but as you got closer to Baulders Gate, the harder it was for you to sleep while he was out wandering in the woods.
But, he would only brush you off if you asked to go with him, which is how you found yourself crouching to attention beneath a bush, watching him creep almost silently through the trees.
However, you severely underestimated just how heightened his sense of smell was
You were too busy admiring how his features softened when he thought no one else was around when his head turned upwards and he breathed in deeply. A split second later, his eyes snapped towards where you were hiding.
"You shouldn't let me feed on you so regularly if you want to sneak up on me, you know. I can smell your blood anywhere."
His voice was almost chilling in the silence of the woods, and it made your fur stand on end. You would have thought he was angry with you if he didn't stand with his head cocked to the side as you crept out, a smirk settled deep in his features.
You would rub up his shins in some form of apology, only for him to step back,
"No, no, no, my love. You can't try to be all cute and expect me to just forgive you - besides, you're getting fur all over my trousers."
You would persist anyway.
"Look, unless you want me to drain you dry, I need to find something to drink."
He would step away again, leaving you sat in the middle of the small clearing. As he turned to leave, something caught your eye - a small rustle under a leaf in the corner of your vision that you just couldn't ignore.
With a *bap* you were on top of it, eyes staring intently down at the leaf beneath your paws as you sat waiting for it to move again.
Astarion whipped around at the sound, eyes widening as he looked down at you scooting through the leaves in pursuit of something even his keen eyes couldn't focus on.
"Is our favourite druid hunting?" he would taunt as he watched you
In mild protest, you would stop and sit up eyes narrowing at him as if to say 'You're one to judge'
He held his hands up in mock defence, "Look, if you insist on following me around, you could always... help?"
He would almost cringe as he suggested it - like he hated himself for admitting that he would quite like your company when he was forced to find his food each night - a task that was always so lonely and left him with too many of his own thoughts.
You didn't need much convincing - abandoning whatever it was beneath the dense leaf coverage and trotting alongside him, tail raised inquisitively, bright eyes watching the treeline with him.
You missed the way his eyes softened again, his mouth turning up into a smile, as you crouched, wiggling and bounded off into the dark.
Bonus:
'I appreciate the offer, my love, but I don't think that would quite be enough," he would breathe a laugh over the deer he had managed to bring down as you put a large bird you had managed to wrangle out of its misery.
"Let's take it back anyway, I'm sure Gale will be able to do something with it for lunch."
He would pet your head affectionately before finishing off his late-night snack.
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