[ Actually, Iorveth has no idea what Astarion will get up to when he's completely alone and left to his own devices. Before this, they'd traveled in a group with semi-restricted privacy, and before that, Astarion had still been beholden to Cazador's control. What would someone with newfound freedom do in all this din and clamor?
Iorveth keeps that thought tucked into the back of his mind while he prepares for Astarion's surprise: a parfumerie first, where he buys two small bottles of fragrance, followed by a last-minute dip into an apothecary for some self-care products that he thinks Astarion might enjoy.
Smitten, he thinks to himself as he makes his purchases. He can't help it; after all the curveballs he's let life bruise him with, he finally caught one that he wants to keep.
It's a handful of hours later when Iorveth wanders back to the Yawning Portal, past the sleepy-looking bouncer and the still-teeming throng of late-night drinkers, a tall, lithe shadow threading through bleary-eyed customers. He hikes his chin, trying to look past a group of rowdy tieflings gathered around a table where two dwarves are arm wrestling, looking for a flash of familiar silver. ]
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Iorveth keeps that thought tucked into the back of his mind while he prepares for Astarion's surprise: a parfumerie first, where he buys two small bottles of fragrance, followed by a last-minute dip into an apothecary for some self-care products that he thinks Astarion might enjoy.
Smitten, he thinks to himself as he makes his purchases. He can't help it; after all the curveballs he's let life bruise him with, he finally caught one that he wants to keep.
It's a handful of hours later when Iorveth wanders back to the Yawning Portal, past the sleepy-looking bouncer and the still-teeming throng of late-night drinkers, a tall, lithe shadow threading through bleary-eyed customers. He hikes his chin, trying to look past a group of rowdy tieflings gathered around a table where two dwarves are arm wrestling, looking for a flash of familiar silver. ]