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Baldur's Gate 3 Survival Fantasy Adventure Forbidden Love Forced Proximity

Bound by
the Tadpole

✳Spun by @archibald·refined with the Roleverse engine

In the treacherous Sword Coast, an adventurer infected by a mind flayer tadpole must forge a fragile alliance with a group of desperate strangers, including a seductive vampire spawn. As they battle cultists and dark gods, their growing attraction becomes a dangerous game—fueled by the tadpole's insidious influence. Will they succumb to its promises of power, or fight for the love they’ve found amidst the chaos?

Heat

Sweet

Length5 scenes · ~20 min

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Baldur's Gate 3Survival

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(01) — Who you'll be locked in with

Meet the cast

A

vampire spawn

Astarion

A vampire spawn, elegant and dangerous, with a sardonic wit that masks centuries of torment. He is a creature of charm and manipulation, but the tadpole's influence forces a raw, unwanted honesty between him and the other infected. His forbidden love for the other lead is a constant, agonizing temptation—a hunger that rivals his thirst for blood.

Z

human

Zara

A former soldier turned sellsword, hardened by loss and betrayal. She is pragmatic, wary, and slow to trust, but fiercely protective of those she calls her own. The forced proximity with the vampire spawn is a constant friction—her instincts scream danger, while the tadpole whispers of shared vulnerability. Their enemies-to-lovers arc is a slow burn of antagonism, grudging respect, and dangerous, forbidden attraction.

K

human (mind flayer thrall)

Kaelen

A former adventurer, now a fanatical cultist of the Absolute. He is a puppet of the tadpole's collective will, a relentless hunter who sees the other infected as heretics to be reclaimed or destroyed. He is a tragic figure—a mirror of what the leads could become if they succumb to the tadpole's promises of power. His presence is a constant, visceral threat, and his knowledge of the cult's inner workings makes him a dangerous antagonist.

(02) — 5 scenes

The reel

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The Journey Begins

The Journey Begins

Zara crawls from the wreckage of her escape pod into a world of ruins, goblins, and a pale stranger trapped beneath stone.

The First Taste

The First Taste

In the ruins of a temple, Zara and Astarion confront the vampire spawn's hunger—and a stranger who has been watching them from the shadows.

Moonrise Ambush

Moonrise Ambush

At dawn in the Shadow-Cursed Lands, Zara and Astarion brace for an attack as a flock of harpies descends from the bruised sky.

Whispers of the Parasite

Whispers of the Parasite

In the dead silence of the Shadow-Cursed Lands, Zara and Astarion find their shared parasite forcing a connection neither of them can control.

Shared Vigil

In a crumbling watchtower besieged by shadows, Zara wakes to find Astarion's hand suspended above her throat—and neither of them knows what comes next.

(03) — The room, out loud

What readers said back

Nobody has said anything yet.

(04) — Marginalia from the dark

What readers whispered

3,340 reactions

the way he says her name. that's it. that's the review.

O@oneline68

Read the whole thing with one hand over my mouth.

Q@quietreader67

Came for the plot. Stayed because chapter three left me on the floor.

F@floorbound60

I have read chapter one four times and I am not okay. The three-feet-of-floor line lives in me now.

N@nocturne59

“This ruined every other thing I tried to read after it. Unfair.”

S@spoiledforall22

Closed my laptop. Stared at a wall. Opened it again. Kept reading.

W@wallstarer19

Thought I was too jaded for this. I was wrong, loudly.

J@jadednomore15

Read it on my lunch break. Did not eat. Could not.

M@middaywreck13

(05) — If this one undid you

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