Somewhat Clear

deerna
somewhatclear

Rating: SAFE
Fandom: the under garden (MAF)
Relationship: ashton rose/dahlia
Tags: body horror, bug metamorphosis
Wordcount: 570
Notes: the under garden is a work by velnna | MAF. you can read it on gumroad. find out more about ashton in the under garden comic tag on velnna | MAF's tumblr

Summary:

Excerpt:

Rebirth. It made him wonder how lucky it was that they couldn't remember what the first time had been like. Because, if every time it was anything like what he was going through right now, then it meant they truly were being born to this world only to suffer, and suffer, and suffer—and to suffer again, as they tore themselves to pieces to try and make it into something worth living.

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deerna
somewhatclear

Rating: SAFE (mature themes)
Fandom: baldur's gate
Relationship: astarion/cazador
Tags: implied torture, implied non-con, implied sexual assault
Wordcount: 1092
Notes: written for the cazador trash party series

Summary:
astarion and cazador sit for a painting

Excerpt:

The silver lining was that Astarion would get to do something that he hadn’t been able to do in almost a century: see himself. It had been so long since he had a reflection, he had the impression that he was starting to forget what his face looked like. Light hair, light eyes, light skin — and then what? He didn’t remember. It could’ve been any high elf in Baldur’s Gate, from the description alone.

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