#fihyn

if a tav who romanced gale talks to tara in the epilogue party, you'll both be surprised to see each other there—it seems to be the case that she spends more time living with morena post-game, and also that withers regularly meets up with the two of them for lunch which is hilarious. tara will then comment on how busy you're keeping gale, lol. i'll actually just share the dialogue in case you or anyone who reads this hasn't seen it before:

first thought i had literally just now: elenion and tara bond over being driven absolutely insane by gale's messiness and terrible organization habits. they chat and gossip while len cleans up the study and rearranges the bookshelves for the 80th time. tara can fill in as his new gossip buddy while astarion is in avernus with karlach!

it is canon for them that tara is jealous at first and needs to be reminded that he isn't trying to steal gale though, haha! and i do think it makes sense for tara to start spending more time with morena, especially after gale and elenion get their pet bunny moonbow, but she still flies by and checks in constantly and spends the night there sometimes.

i think when len first moved into the tower, tara kept getting her fur all over his nice, clean, folded clothes purely out of spite. but now she naps on his laundry and other things of his because she's decided she likes his scent, but she won't admit it. also, the bunny—in one of my fics i mentioned that len wanted to get a bird but would've lived in constant fear of tara eating it, but luckily rabbits seemed beneath her notice. i wrote this because... i somehow forgot that cats will also eat rabbits so i needed to justify it. but actually, i've now decided that tara won't eat moonbow and wouldn't have eaten a pet bird either, even if part of her really really wants to (because cat instincts + i think initially she's jealous of all the attention the new pet is getting), simply because she loves elenion and gale and that would hurt them. so she restrains herself and pretends not to pay moonbow any attention.

i also think tara and morena both really, really, really want grandchildren and want gale and elenion to adopt but elenion doesn't want to take care of kids. he likes them, and likes visiting the kids halsin takes care of in reithwin, he just doesn't want to have any. gale is, of course, fully on his husband's side and tara grumbles about it but ultimately respects their decision.

(side note, there's a lot of post-canon things i've never really decided on for the other companions. ngl, part of this is due to my indecisiveness about what ships to make "canon". i almost hinted at both shadowzel and a wyll/astarion/karlach polycule in one fic and then changed my mind. but if wyll eventually has lily aurora then elenion will love her and she'll grow up thinking he and gale are her uncles, which might as well be true. same thing would apply to lae'zel and xan. i do think this would make tara and morena happy!)

elenion definitely also starts joining tara, morena, and withers for lunch and tea more frequently. he learns how to pet her the same way gale does it. and she sometimes curls up in his lap when he's stressed or upset. 💙

matí is (at the latest point in the timeline) very new to the polycule; keyo and dmitri have been dating since mid-2015 and matí only came into the equation in late 2024. matí was dmitri's professional dance partner when he went on strictly come dancing (they won!) and they ended up having what matí was expecting to be a quick fling, but they both fell head over heels for each other. the relationship became long distance after the competition ended because dmitri went back to brighton to live with keyo again, but matí ended up moving in with them because they missed each other a lot. for a while it was just keyo and matí separately dating dmitri and not having any romantic relationship with each other, but they did eventually develop a connection.

keyo is really quiet and doesn't talk much outside of his work (he's a twitch streamer) so he tends to just sit in comfortable silence with them, while matí and dmitri are both super talkative in different ways. dmitri is brash and loud and sarcastic, always joking around, whereas matí is more mellow and friendly.

matí is always the first to wake up in the morning (he wakes up at 6AM like a maniac normal person) so he gets the majority of the chores done early in the morning, including the grocery shopping, emptying the bins, making breakfast, etc. before dmitri and keyo have even woken up. dmitri wakes up anywhere from 11AM-2PM whereas keyo wakes up at 2-4PM no matter what time he went to bed. matí doesn't mind doing the chores at all as he likes caring for them as much as he can; both keyo and dmitri have a history of mental health issues and even though they're a lot better than they used to be, matí still wants to take that weight off of them as much as he can. dmitri handles their finances and bakes often, as well as arranging social events and stuff like that. keyo's in charge of making sure dmitri remembers to take his meds, and also helps dmitri write and produce his music. he feels kinda bad about not doing much around the house but matí and dmitri try to reassure him that he doesn't Need to do anything ^^

they alternate dinner cooking duty and have a rotary on the fridge: matí: monday and thursday dmitri: tuesday, friday and saturday keyo: sunday and wednesday

i know you didn't ask but i'm throwing it out there anyway; matí is the big spoon, dmitri is the middle spoon and keyo is the little spoon. usually. sometimes they swap around, especially if someone's had a rough day -- then they'll usually go in the middle.

ranking them from most to least emotional, generally it goes dmitri -> matí -> keyo. as for their go-to pub drinks, keyo likes apple cider, matí likes peach margarita, and dmitri likes either rum or vodka & coke.