Retrograde Tonic

It’s just time I made an about me post; so here it is!

💜 I’m Retrograde-Tonic, or Retro

💜 I’m 26

💜 I use he/they, and I’m a trans man just starting out my transition journey! 🏳️‍⚧️ t4t, very gay, and honestly I just want community!

💜 I’m an artist, writer, cosplayer, aspiring voice actor, and flute player

💜 I love creating— painting, writing, acting, photography, cooking, as well as makeup and fashion and honestly, just being creative in general

💜 My asks are open in case you have questions or comments— I don’t take writing requests anymore, but I don’t mind getting asks! All I ask in return is to please be respectful

Check out my works on Ao3! I’m under andrastes_amazing_archives!

Completed works!

Will You Stay With Me? (Bloodweave)

Just before Gale could settle in after a long day of teaching, he gets a phone call from an unrecognizable number. Astarion— a name Gale hadn’t heard in decades, is in the hospital, and has listed Gale as his emergency contact.

Why was Astarion in the hospital? And why in the hells would Gale be listed as Astarion’s emergency contact? He knew he had to visit him to find out.

And for Astarion… the clerics tried all they can, but apparently, his mysterious illness is resistant to healing magic. So what the hells could he be dealing with?

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Strangers, to friends, to lovers— through consistently showing up for someone when they need it, and showing exactly how necessary it is in life to be loved and cared for.

** Inspired by the lovely work Rare by nyxueaurelia! A 10/10 fic rec!**

Here’s what I got in progress!

With These Stars as My Witness, I Swear— You Will Always Be Enough for Me (3/?)

It was supposed to be easy. All Astarion had to do to pass his Astronomy course was get his project partner under his thumb. Flirt with the man, pretend to care, even feign a friendship— anything for a good grade.

Then, he’d discard him— block his number and pretend he never knew him— just like he’s done so many times before. Getting this wildly intelligent man at his every beck and call would have many, many benefits, and Astarion was nothing but a visionary.

But nothing could ever be so textbook, could it?

Gale, however— the project partner in question, and the smartest man in the Astronomy Department— had a secret. He was doing his Bachelor’s Degree all over again, in his 30’s, just because of one mistake he made in his past; a mistake he doesn’t even remember making.

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One knows he’s being abused by his partner; the other doesn’t. However, both could agree on two things: the first being that getting out was the hardest thing they’ve both ever done, and the second being that they couldn’t have done it without each other.

Sonata for the Broken Hearted (Levi x Musician Reader fic)

✨In Progress ✨

Tags: canon universe, slow burn, mutual pining, NOT a songfic, fluff, angst, angst with a happy ending, reader insert, no use of y/n, referenced sexual assault flashbacks, depression, soft Levi Ackerman, Levi sucks at voicing his feelings, conflicted Levi, canon-typical violence, fade to black, eventual soft Levi, found family, just me pulling all of Paradis’s music history outta my ass here

Something to Do (Levi x Reader). Cross posted here (below) and on Ao3. Smut, no plot.

***SUSPECTED BOTS WILL BE BLOCKED***

Like 😭😭😭😭 how are they real I swear to the gods he’s just the most kindhearted soul who does every little thing with the utmost love and kindest intentions— hells, even tonight he, while exhausted AND sick, ran a whole impromptu one shot because our friend’s going through a rough patch and needed a distraction