Fics like Five Courses

Baldur’s Gate’s most feared food critic meets a chef who absolutely ruins his ability to be professional. Astarion should be writing a scathing review. Instead, he’s writing what are essentially love letters disguised as food critiques while losing his mind over Gale’s devastating knife skills. (Modern AU – No Vampires, Just Restaurants, Culinary Tension, and a Kitchen Staff That Has Had Enough of These Two.) "You see," Gale explained enthusiastically, those damnably capable hands demonstrating his latest technique, "the key is knowing exactly when to apply pressure. Too soon, and you'll ruin the delicate balance. Too late, and you'll miss the perfect moment of... release." Astarion took a very large sip of wine, his enhanced elven senses picking up every nuance of both the vintage and Gale's intoxicating proximity. He had spent centuries perfecting his poise. A life of control, of calculated indulgence, of knowing precisely when to give and when to take. And yet, he was gripping the edge of the counter like a man drowning in the very thing he had spent weeks pretending not to crave.

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