𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒂𝒕𝒆'𝒔 𝑴𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉丨𝔅𝔊3𝔛𝙷𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗!𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛

𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚓𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜

𝑮𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒘. He hopped right to it with the dried ingredients in the camp supplies. Jerky, mushrooms, a few carrot he pulled from the ground along the path to find a campsite.

Bland. But Gale was quite generous to even make food for strangers like you. Astarion made some excuse about not feeling like eating after crashing, and felt sick. Lae'zel looked peaked at this, was he about to turn. She kept a good eye on him.

After a quiet awkward supper. You sauntered over to Gale. He was the friendliest. Astarion was just gazing at the stars, smiling. You didn't wanna bother him while he was in such bliss.

"𝙃𝙚𝙮, 𝙂𝙖𝙡𝙚." your hands were folded behind you back, you looked around aimlessly.

"𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤! 𝙀𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙡?" he clapped his book shut and tucked it under his arm.

"𝙊𝙝! 𝙔𝙚𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪! 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨."

"𝙊𝙤𝙝, 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙄'𝙢 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙨𝙚." he smiled. It was a shallow smile, a polite one.

"𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙮. 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙." you looked him up and down. His posture straightened and he gave you his proper attention.

"𝘿𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣."

"𝘼𝙝, 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙜𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙩. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙂𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝘿𝙚𝙠𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙨? 𝙈𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖'𝙨 𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙣?" you liked playing coy. This was your new favorite game.

He stiffened at the mention of his last name. And Mystra's.

"𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮 '𝙤𝙡𝙙' 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚."

"𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙙𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙈𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚. 𝙄𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢? 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚."

Gale looked startled. You knew?

"𝙒𝙝-𝙚𝙖-𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩?" He looked pretty peeved. You were poking into his private affairs.

"𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙨. 𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙠, 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙤𝙢𝙗 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙨, 𝙝𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙪𝙥. 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙚. 𝙄'𝙫𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙤𝙪𝙩."