You love the spotlight, don't you, Astarion? Here's your big chance. What? No! Don't you dare. This isn't funny.

• Side glances when you're besides him
• Full on staring when you're not
• Immediately looking away when you catch him
• "You know the way he looks at you, don't you, soldier?"
• His pinky itching towards yours when you're walking, wanting to hold your hand but unsure because, is it too much? Will you reject him?
• His hands scrunching up your shirt tightly whenever you hug. He's always the last to let go.
• You hold on longer and longer each time because he doesn't want to let go.
• His kisses are tender and needy.
• He likes the warmth of your hands.
• Thinking of what tones will suit your perfume the best. He'll gift it to you after all this is over.
• He'll sew the holes or tears in your clothes over the night and pretend he doesn't know what happened next morning.
• When you move to kiss his cheek he will grimace in annoyance but lean in as you do it.
• "Be careful around Astarion, (Tav). He's not serious about you.", the others will warn you. And Astarion will worry you'll heed their words more than his so he'll do so much to prove his love to you, not knowing that you already trust him (even if that is an objectively stupid thing to do lmao).
• He started sleeping next to you from the moment you had sex but ever since you've entered the shadowlands, he ends up cuddling in the middle of the night. He misses the sun.
• He likes kissing the palm of your hand or its back.
• Likes to pack your bag before you leave camp.
• "No one's ever going to love me like that again."
• Ever since you told him that there's more to him than just beauty and sex, that he's hilarious, for instance, he finds ways to make you laugh. He loves it. He's started being a lot more sarcastic and makes more jokes just to hear your laughter. He'll never admit it, of course. Other than maybe when it's only you two.
• Doesn't believe he will be able to love again if you let go of him.
• "Don't be so nice to me." he says with round, needy and pleading eyes.
• Thinking of ways he can show others you're together so others know you're not available.
• Hiding his jealousy, terribly.
• He will rip the throat out of anyone with malicious intent towards you.
• "I will wait the whole of my life for you, Astarion." He doesn't believe it at first, but the longer you go on without sex the safer he feels and the more he wants you.

• He sometimes cries silently at night, wishing he could make love to you without it feeling so tainted. He wants it so badly, but his past experience prohibits it. The pain of wanting something and being unable to have it only because of himself is too much. He blames himself too sometimes. Wishing he could give you more.
• "I don't mind waiting.", you'd say.
• "I do. I can't have you, no matter how much I want you.", he'd say.
• When you cuddle him sensing he's upset, he will bury his face in your neck to hide his tears. The smell of you is comforting.
• Needing you everytime you're tender with him.
• Getting aroused when you hug during a kiss.
• Wanting to kiss your skin all over, to make you cry from pleasure as you bury your face in his neck.
• Wanting you to hold on to him for dear life as you climax.
• When he's finally comfortable enough and takes charge of his own sexuality, he'll be so needy.
• Realising that the two nights he had sex with you were nothing compared to how good making love to you feels.
• When you give up all control to him, letting him do to you as he wants, the pleasure is almost too much bear. The power he feels is palpable and knowing it is you who trusts him so much will drive him near mad.
• He will lose control many times so you have a safe word.
• You both think of the stupidest word possible as a safe word. Something that makes you both laugh when it's used.
• He likes over stimulating you, making you beg and he'll kiss you to calm you.
• "It's okay, you can do it, darling.", he'll say stroking you even further and kissing your tears.
• "Does that feel good, my love?"
• The more you beg the more he loves it.
• He likes playing with your hands, holding them in his, touching your fingers, comparing them to his while you rest on his chest, still warm from him being inside of you.
• Resting his head against your chest to hear your heartbeat.
• Staring at your face and body intently. Taking in every little reaction you make and replaying them over in his head throughout the day.
• Staring at you longingly when you're both with the squad, failing terribly at focusing in battle or conversation.
• Getting aroused when you're covered in blood.
• Seeing you fighting, in general, turns him on. The smell of your sweat, your rapid heart beat, the way your body moves, all of it now only reminds him of making love to you.
• Telling you to say his name whenever he's feeling good and you'll chant it as you cum. He loves how it sounds from your lips.
• Resting his forehead against yours as he's close to cumming.
• "Look at me.", he'll command you.
• He likes when your hands rake his hair, pull his hair, tug it whatever. That slight bit of pain arouses him. Better yet, if you bury your nails into his skin.
• He likes to look at you falling asleep. It's such a gentle thing. How can someone so strong otherwise be so soft around him? Why him? Why did someone like you choose someone like him? He can't believe he has you.

Send me a # (questions for OCs) or a letter (questions for creators) and I’ll answer

1. What’s the maximum amount of time your character can sit still with nothing to do?
2. How easy is it for your character to laugh?
3. How do they put themselves to bed at night (reading, singing, thinking?)
4. How easy is it to earn their trust?
5. How easy is it to earn their mistrust?
6. Do they consider laws flexible, or immovable?
7. What triggers nostalgia for them, most often? Do they enjoy that feeling?
8. What were they told to stop/start doing most often as a child
9. Do they swear? Do they remember their first swear word?
10. What lie do they most frequently remember telling? Does it haunt them?
11. How do they cope with confusion (seek clarification, pretend they understand, etc)?
12. How do they deal with an itch found in a place they can’t quite reach?
13. What color do they think they look best in? Do they actually look best in that color?
14. What animal do they fear most?
15. How do they speak? Is what they say usually thought of on the spot, or do they rehearse it in their mind first?
16. What makes their stomach turn?
17. Are they easily embarrassed?
18. What embarrasses them?
19. What is their favorite number?
20. If they were asked to explain the difference between romantic and platonic or familial love, how would they do so?
21. Why do they get up in the morning? 
22. How does jealousy manifest itself in them (they become possessive, they become aloof, etc)? 
23. How does envy manifest itself in them (they take what they want, they become resentful, etc)? 
24.  Is sex something that they’re comfortable speaking about? To whom? 
25.  What are their thoughts on marriage? 
26.  What is their preferred mode of transportation? 
27.  What causes them to feel dread? 
28.  Would they prefer a lie over an unpleasant truth? 
29.  Do they usually live up to their own ideals? 
30.  Who do they most regret meeting? 
31.  Who are they the most glad to have met? 
32.  Do they have a go-to story in conversation? Or a joke? 
33.  Could they be considered lazy? 
34.  How hard is it for them to shake a sense of guilt? 
35.  How do they treat the things their friends come to them excited about? Are they supportive? 
36. Do they actively seek romance, or do they wait for it to fall into their lap? 
37. Do they have a system for remembering names, long lists of numbers, things that need to go in a certain order (like anagrams, putting things to melodies, etc)? 
38. What memory do they revisit the most often? 
39. How easy is it for them to ignore flaws in other people? 
40. How sensitive are they to their own flaws?
41. How do they feel about children? 
42. How badly do they want to reach their end goal? 
43. If someone asked them to explain their sexuality, how would they do so?