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F!Tav/LI (Astarion/Gale) accidently sees Tav's hidden scars tw: past abuse hinted

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When fem!Bard!Tav and Gale (or Astarion - equally happy with either...or both *G*) finally start sleeping together, Gale assumed Tav would be a bit of an exhibitionist. Tav is overly sweet, affectionate and is friends with everyone and their dog, but Tav turns out to be surprisingly prudish about sex and nudity (not the easiest thing to manage in a camp)

Tav doesn't like Gale seeing her naked outside of sex and even then it's pretty much lights out immediately. Tav is insistent on only certain positions - mainly missionary and little foreplay for herself, very limited touching too. It's odd. Gale has no qualms about being naked around Tav - he views it as natural with the woman he loves, and can't understand why it's an issue. Tav can't be insecure about her looks surely? Has she ever looked in a mirror? Gale just wants his lover to feel good, really take his time to explore and pleasure her, to relax and enjoy sex. Why is she so skittish?

Until one day, Gale accidentally walks in on Tav washing and freezes. Tav's back is a mass of deep scar tissue - and not just her back - her ass, thighs too - all badly scared. These aren't the scars a bard should have, hell no one should have these scars. Scars don't bother Gale, and as far as he's concerned they don't detract from Tav's beauty, inside or out. But what bothers Gale is the absolute terror then brokenness and finally shame on Tav's face when she realizes Gale has seen her scars. Tav should *never* look like that. After reassuring Tav he still loves Tav, he brings her to Halsin privately (and pos Shadowheart) to see if he can help with the scaring. Halsin is privately horrified and furious someone would hurt Tav.

One thing Gale knows for certain is those type of scars don't just happen. They aren't an accident, or from battles. It's abuse, plain and simple. Someone has intentionally hurt his Tav, repeatedly. Gale doesn't know who, when or why, but he *will* find out, he will track them down and he'll make what they did to Tav seem like child's play, and he'll bring his fellow companions along for the party - just for shits and giggles. No one hurts their Tav.

+ Regardless of if LI is Astarion or not, he talks about his own scaring to Tav. If LI is Gale, Astarion also talks to him about how scaring will affect her self-esteem and self-image etc
+ if Astarion is LI, they didn't have proper sex until later on and developed more of a bond
+ Tav and LI have sex after everything and LI focusing on making her feel good, beautiful and improving her body image inc lots of gentle foreplay leading up to relax her, massage, kissing scars etc.
+ No Durge please. No bad or morally grey Tav
+ bard!Tav (class can be changed) isn't a fighter at all. She's a sweet, peaceable soul
+ Tav (or the person/people who caused scars) eventually tell her story to LI and companions. It's a painful tale. Tav has never talked about it and planed to go to her grave that way
+ LI and companions track down person/people who hurt her...and, well, it's not pretty. He is more than happy to go Dark and doesn't want her to see. Companions equally willing for vengeance.
+ LI doesn't let Tav see what happens (doesn't want to traumatise her) so he sends her off with someone to look after her (a companion or maybe one of tieflings, Isobel or similar)
+ LI does get to confront her past and get some closure