#alistar x zevran

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This chapter of Strange Feelings in the Party camp got a comment about its ending, and on a re-read I remembered how this came out of a much older scene of just dialogue I had posted on here - probably one of the first things I wrote for this blog. And now with it fleshed out for the fic, it feels like a little ficlet in itself.

The full fic is here, but i just wanted to post this again.

“Well, I’m not going to try to steal from Morrigan’s secret cheese stash again, I just got the feeling back in my arm. So, truth.” 

Violet leans back with a wooden tankard of ale and allows Alistair his turn. She has taken mainly dares from Alistair, lightening the mood by acquiescing to his silly ideas. To Zevran she largely answers truth , and Zevran has asked about little of importance. 

He himself has opted for almost nothing but truths as well, which is surely a change for him. Violet asks about sexual proclivities with enthusiasm and bright eyes, Alistair asks mainly after his tattoos. 

Alistair, on his turns, has only been dared. Zevran has not asked him to do anything extraordinary, though he is getting temptingly close to daring him to allow him to give him that tattoo he so obviously wants. 

“Who was your… first time?” Alistair asks, rather timidly. Alistair has had two tankards of ale, and is finally beginning to get the point of the game. 

“A gardener at our estate. Her name was Vanna,” Violet shrugs, “broke her heart.” 

“I knew it,” Zevran says with a grin. “Slayer of dragons, breaker of hearts. It suits, no?” 

Violet frowns. “It was only one summer, but… left her on some bad terms. Said I’d never loved her.” 

“I’d be heartbroken too,” Alistair mutters through a grimace. Then he looks at Zevran guiltily, and then away. 

“My turn, then,” Zevran cuts the tension with another swig of his own ale and another bright grin. “And I have just the thing. So, Alistair, truth or dare?”

"Well I certainly don't like the sound of that." Alistair eyes Zevran's grin suspiciously. "Truth." 

"Shame. Not even just a wing of the Grey Warden crest?" He sighs dramatically as Alistair pulls a face. "Very well, I’ll let you have an easy one. Who was your first kiss?" 

Violet rolls her eyes, but Alistair nearly chokes on a swig of ale. 

"Boring," Violet declares, "we already know." 

Zevran levels his smirk Alistair's way. "Do we?" 

"Well... technically…"

"Hold on," Violet darts a betrayed glance at Zevran's growing smirk. "No gossip, hm?" she nudges Alistair, "what does he know that I don't? I thought it was me." Her pout is not really offended, but Alistair begins to stutter. 

"Well, Alistair?" Zevran intones with a waggle of his brows. 

"I suppose, technically, it was Zevran," Alistair manages to get the words out, slowly. 

Zevran grins. Violet spins from her pouty scrutiny of Alistair to flash wide, surprised eyes at him. 

"Zev!" She shouts, half a laugh. His smile widens and his cheeks warm. 

Sometimes she shouts his name like that, half of it and half laughing. He hadn't thought that she still would, after he'd caused her to cry, but sometimes she does. He reminds himself again that he is lucky to have such friendship. 

Violet turns back to Alistair, giving him one of her too-hard playful punches. "When?" She demands. 

"Do you want to tell it, or shall I?" Zevran offers, rising to take up their empty mugs and bring them to the cask for new pours of ale. 

Alistair stammers wordlessly as Zevran takes and returns his cup, so still standing, he begins.

'"Very well then. You see, we had just finished killing the revered saviour Andraste, reborn as a dragon, and all the pesky beasts up the Frostbacks—" 

" — we didn't kill Andraste —" Violet begins to Interrupt. 

"Hush, amor, let me tell the story. You were off doing whatever Warden business it is you get up to —" 

"Recruiting the dwarven forces to fight the blight?" 

"Yes, all that. And while you were away, the rest of us were stuck back at camp getting painfully bored. And poor Alistair, this was before the two of you figured things out, you see, well he was fretting so over this rose he wanted to give you. So, naturally, I wanted to help." 

Alistair is sinking down in his seat. "I’m sure," he groans. 

"Out of the goodness of my heart," Zevran continues, "and to see you two together and happy, of course." 

"He said," Alistair cuts in now, putting on a thick mockery of an Antivan accent, “you know, back in Antiva, I was known to be an exceptional teacher on the arts of love. A love master, if you will.”

Violet laughs loudly. "Love master?" 

Zevran had not actually said any of that, but he directs a proud smoulder at her anyway. "Hmm, do you deny it?" 

She keeps on laughing, waving him off. "Go ahead, go on." 

"I offered him some advice. But poor Alistair, he was still so nervous. So I offered to help him more practically. I suggested, since the poor man had never so much as kissed another, that he might feel more at ease if he could try it once without any attachment or expectation. He refused at first, of course, but as you well know, none can withstand the charms of this master lover for long." 

Alistair slumps over to hide his face in his hands. "Maker, kill me now." 

"He says to me, desperate and pleading. Zevran, I cannot sleep! I can think of nothing else! All I do is imagine kissing her and it all going terribly wrong! Our teeth will surely clash! My big honking nose is going to bash into her perfect face and give her a nose bleed! Help me, Zevran!" 

"That’s not what I —" 

"Hush, darling, let him tell the story," Violet interrupts, leaning in, her elbows at her knees. 

"So I offered again, 'I could kiss you, Alistair. I am sure it will not be so disastrous as you think.'" 

"It was a beautiful sunset, the forest was glowing... he said I had pretty eyes," Alistair defends himself in a pout.  

"You do." 

"Mhm," Violet agrees. "You do." 

Alistair resumes his shamed posture,  head in hands. 

"But yes, as he said, it was quite a romantic little scene." 

Violet is shaking her head in disbelief. She gives Alistair’s hunched back a gentle pat. "Alistair…" 

"I’m sorry!" He lifts his head, "I was just, I was so nervous." 

Violet is chuckling lightly. "That is the most adorable thing I have ever heard," she says. She appraises Alistair with affection in her gaze, and he smiles meekly under it. 

"And it worked out well, yes?" Zevran declares, "no nosebleeds. You’re welcome." 

Alistair drinks deeply from his new tankard of ale. Violet's eyes flash up to Zevran's, and he has known her too well not to know what she is thinking. 

"Well, my turn, right?" She smiles deviously. "Zevran, truth or dare?" 

"Dare." 

"Do it again."

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Enzo Mercar Info Dump

While I'm still wokring on my Lucanis x TransMale!Rook smut, I decided to finally post this info dump about my favorite Shadow Dragon Enzo because I have the brian rot for them so bad it's low key sickening lmao

Basic

Name: Enzo “Rook” Alistar Arainai “Mercar”

Gender: Transgender Man

Pronouns: They/He

Race: Elf

Age: 23

Background: Shadow Dragons

Class: Rogue; Dualist

Past

Before Enzo there was the fifth blight and his father, Tyrus Mercar Tabris who was once a Minrathous slave along with his son Titus, whose other father died in a slave rebellion a year after their son was born. Later, Tyrus managed to escape with his 10-year-old son and fled to the South, ending up in Denerim’s alienage. While he was a very cold, seemingly careless man, the alienage took him in with open arms and pretended he was the long-lost son of the Tarbis family and Titus was his younger cousin. Later, when Tyrus arrange marriage was to happen, he pissed off the royalty in the city leading him to meet Ducan and later becoming one of the last two Grey Wardens and later the Hero of Fereldan.

While originally having feelings for Alistar, much to his own surprise, Tyrus realized he and the other man would never be together so he ended up sleeping with Zevran to cope with his feelings. Their feelings for each other would later develop, leading them to get married however, their marriage was tense, and over the years they broke up and got back together multiple times.

Enzo’s conception happened the first time Zevran and Tyrus had sex. After a few weeks, Tyrus realized but kept it hidden from Zevran until he just couldn’t anymore, right after their fight with the crow. After they got into the argument about the earring, Tyrus let it slip much to everyone’s (but Wynn’s, cause they were besties) surprise. Eventually, they patch things up with a confession of their feelings and Tyrus asks what they should name thee baby in which Zevran suggests Enzo.

Because Tyrus was pregnant with Enzo when he defeated the archdemon,they were blighted with archdemon blood. They were born blighted and it was assumed they would not live long after being born. Enzo however, thrived (kind of) an while they were sick, they still lived. Tyrus did not take to it well, always ready to have his child die while Zevran more so ran with it, deciding to never take a moment for grant it. This led to the him and Enzo being close becoming very close while Tyrus and Enzo had a colder, more strict relationship.

As a baby, Enzo was very distinct-looking. They looked a lot like Tyrus with their jet-black curls and pointed sharp ears, they had nearly no features of Zevran's eye which was assumed to be because of the blight which took any healthy pigmentation from their skin and sharpened their physical features. Their left eyes however was the one that shared feature with their dad as it was an amber color just like Zevran’s while their other eye was black like Tyrus’.

Enzo was raised around grey wardens, a lot of his early life was spent in grey warden fortress (he had visited Weisshaupt at least twice in his youth). Tyrus, feared his child would go through the same grueling transition he did so he decided to raise Enzo more gender-neutral, primarily using they/them pronouns instead of she/her. Enzo still ended up transgender (but they didn’t have as many issues with the transition socially. Enzo showed signs early on of gender dysphoria and so they socially transitioned by the time they were 9, using They/He pronouns. Eventually, they would start a medical transition but while (in my headcannon) most people transition with blood magic, because of Enzo being blighted they had to use medical herbs and small bits of blood magic to avoid overwhelming their body and potentially killing it.

Titus was in his life, but they never quite got along with their older half-brother. Jealousy of Tyrus’ affection toward his older son had soured any sort of brotherly love the two might share and Enzo has always felt inferior to his healthy, magically gifted, charasmatic older half-brother. They last saw him at age 10 when he was sent with the Lavellen clan to take over as their 2nd hand to the keeper. Titus chose to go with them since he was fascinated with the Dalish as well as senseing some tension between Tyrus and Zevran (It was BAD, Enzo had no choice but to stay with them since they were literal child). Half a year later, Zevran and Tyrus broke up (again) and the crow took their child with him to Kirkwall where they met when he heard the crows were there, looking for him and actually ended up staying with Hawke after dealing with the Crows.

Enzo loved Kirkwall, they got very close to many of the companions. Very much drunk aunt vibes with Isabella, fighting teacher vobes w/fenris, mencing vibes w/avaline, and guncle vibes with Hawke and Anders. They really got along with Varric too, his everything inspiring Enzo to be free with who he is. Anders used to read Varrics book to Hawke and Enzo. They got very close with Hawke, who actually influenced the way they behaved, purple Hawke and purple future Rook. They even picked up his accent a little and later in life would be confused for a Kirkwall native but Southerners.

Zevran and Enzo were there when the mage rebellion started, which as the streets eurpted into chaos Enzo was badly injured to the point their organs nearly came out of their body. In a panic,. Zevran put his child on a boat without any knowledge to where it was going. Zevran, seeing his child bleeding out with a barely coherent thought, believed they died on the journey. Guilt riddled him and he returned to Tyrus, where they got back together to mourn over the loss of their child.

However, Enzo did not die.

Somehow, some way they survived the journey and ended up in Minrathous. Bleeding out, barely breathing but still alive. When they arrived, the crew of the ship found them and freaked out because who is this kid and why are they bleeding all over the place? A magister approached Enzo and offered them a “Job”, ready to take the kid and set them up as a slave when a soldier recruit Tarquin came and took the kid to a healer, just barely saving their life. In their delirium, Enzo managed to rip off his left breast, much to everyone’s surprise which led to the other being removed as well. Luckily, the healer Tarquin went to was a grey warden and she figured out that Enzo was a blighted child, setting him up with a knowledgable healer. Tarquin was going to leave it at that but the image of Enzo dying never quite left his mind so he continued to check up on the kid. Eventually, Enzo, much like a parasite, begged Tarquin to take him with him, and unable to really fight it, Tarquin reluctantly agreed.

And so started the tired uncle/chaotic nephew relationship of Tarquin and Enzo. At first, Tarquin found a hovel for the elf to live in but eventually, the puppy eyes won him over and let them start living in his shitty, tiny apartment. It was cramped but they got along pretty well so it was never too small. Enzo continued to see the healer, who tracked his blighted health. She was the only one who knew who Enzo’s parents were and how he was blighted, while Tarquin knew of the blight he never knew the story. He respected the secret, it wasn’t his to know and if Enzo ever felt ready, he’d tell him.

Enzo posed as an orphaned soldier recruit to templars, tho he never actually took the vows but no one ever caught on. He was already a skilled rogue at his age, with the help of his birth parents, especially Zevran as he fought in a modified crow style, but he still took courses and learned. He was a terrible student, never really paying attention and Tarquin got more than a few letters about their behavior.

2 years after arriving to Minrathous at 14, news of the Inquisition started to come out and Enzo realized the Inquisitor was his half-brother. With news of a magister’s son being a part of the gang, Enzo hoped that somehow it could help his parents find him. They always made sure to keep their name, Enzo, and took on their father’s original last name Mercar with the hope they would find him. He avoided using his new name or Zevran’s last name so no one would know who they were just in case. Every day, they felt more and more abandoned and they completely hated their parents when news of their appearance at Adament went around. A speech from Tyrus’ came out as well, explaining how they must stand against Corypheus and saying something about how his dead child is a reminder to never give up. Enzo realized, they never even tired to look for them, they just gave up. That put the already tense relationship into even more perspective. Even if they knew he was alive, Tyrus already mourned Enzo and wouldn’t want to do it again. They also learned that the Inquisitor left Hawke in the fade, leading to a complete hate of Titus.

This affected Enzo deeply (duh) and his daddy issues led them to horrible sexual relationships with men who were a lot like his father. While many relationships came and went, the worst was a relationship with a human grey warden and a qunari crow. They borderline tortured him sexually and emotionally for around 6 months that they were all together. They broke up a month before the incident with Varric. Enzo also has gotten all the men’s names he was in relationships with tattooed onto his back, after each break up the name is scratched out aggressively. There’s a total of 12 names on his back, all scratched out.

When Tarquin joined the Shadows, probably a year or 2 before Veilagurd when Enzo was 21, he tried to keep it hidden from them. Of course, he failed and when they found out they begged to join too. Minrathous was their home too and they wanted to make it better (Kirkwall was their true home but they refused to return to the south) Of course, Tarquin was practically powerless to stop Enzo, they would have found a different way to join so he helped them into the organization. Once they joined, Enzo put their everything into the Shadows. Also, he caught onto the gayness of the Viper and Tarquin and always would try to get them together much to Tarquins annoyance. (“We’re colleagues, that’s it” “I don’t look at my colleges like that”) Also, Tarquin accidentally let the Viper’s name slip but Enzo is very serious about identities so of course, he kept it secret. Also played the ignorant fool well when Neve later told them.

During his time in Minrahtous, Enzo became very close with the dwarf warden healer he saw frequently. She very much mothered him in a way Tyrus never did, but also was firm and blunt. She would tell him about his terrible taste in men and make him reevaluate his choices frequently. She also encouraged him to live life to the fullest since he never knew what day could be his last. He transitioned from being scared of death to embracing the here and now, just like Zevran did. She taught them piano and how to sing, a skill they don’t use very often but it it something he’s proud of. She was older and the calling had started to affect her but she decided to stay and allow it to kill her slowly. A few days after breaking up with his disastur polycule, Enzo went to see her. Before he could say anything she told them that the end had come and asked for them to play piano together one last time. As they played, She told Enzo to remember he deserved love from the purest places and to never let life slip away. She died peacfully, hands still on the last note of the song. Enzo made sure to give her a burial, taking her words to heart.

Enzo also starts going blind but only in his left eye (The one feature that looks like Zevran) and while it is the blight causing it Nerala (The dwarf) never could figure out why it was just affecting that one eye. Stress triggers it to be worse, as the events up to and during VG make it worse and worse, eventually after being rescued from the prison that Solas put him into, he goes completely blind in that eye

When Enzo recused Varric, the older dwarf realized who he was and who the inquisitor was to them. After the rescue, Enzo begged Varric to keep his identity quiet and of course, he agreed. But with their history and they way they were so compatible, they were very close. After losing Nerala (grey warden healer) Enzo had no one to talk to about his past until Varric, alot of times in the months they worked togetehr Enzo would spill to Varric who very gracefully listened. While they never had solutions, it was nice to get everything off of their chest.

When Enzo recused Varric and the slaves and earned the wrath of the SD Tarquin was PISSED. They fought loud about it like everyone in Minrathous probably heard Tarquin’s angry yelling. The templar mainly being like I can’t fix this and Enzo was it doesn’t need to be fixed I did nothing wrong. Towards the end of the fight, Tarquin says it’s probably a good idea to disappear for a while, how Varric needs help and Enzo goes, You want to get rid of me just like everyone else. Before they leave, Enzo and Tarquin do semi-patch things up, and the letters they share when Enzo is gone patches it completely. So when they are reunited it is just like it’s always been.

Welp that's Enzo's past and to say I love them so much is an understatement. That's my son, I'm a father, I borthed him also this post is literally if I sat you down and was like let me tell you about Enzo so, thank you for listening to my yap sess <3 Rookanis smut will hopefully be done by tomorrow afternoon, edited and all but no promises

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Thank you for caring

Alistar x Fem! Cousland Warden

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Summary: Alistair is awoken in the middle of the night by the mabari war hound and the Warden is nowhere in sight.

A/N: This is something I had on my mind for a time since you can't really change the warden's hair through the game and I HC my warden having longer hair and my heart melts everytime i see Alistair and so I decided to write this. Also, this is my first time writing for Dragon Age so I hope it's ok.

Alistair’s sleep was interrupted by the sound of Anneliese’s hound, Buddy, whining next to him and nudging him with his snout. 

He tried to ignore it, turning around and murmuring “Five more minutes, Anneliese, and I’ll go.” In his sleep-addled state, he hadn’t realized that the Warden wasn’t nearby. It was only when Buddy gave a playful bite on his hand that Alistair woke up. 

“Ow, that hurt.” He said to the dog, clutching his hand. Buddy sat, whining and looking at him. “It’s the middle of the night, it’s not time to play.” He tried to reason with the mabari but the dog stayed. “Go to your owner, she-” He began telling Buddy to leave, looking around when he realized that Anneliese was nowhere to be seen. 

“Where is she?” Alistair whispered, making the dog bark in response. He stood up, walking to where the Warden usually slept, but she wasn’t there. He turned to the dog. “Buddy, can you find her?” 

The dog barked and began sniffing the ground, trying to find a trail. When it had seemed that he found a scent, he began running after it. Alistair, quickly grabbing his sword, following Buddy. 

As the two wandered through the forest near camp, Alistair started to think about what could have happened: had darkspawn kidnapped Anneliese to turn her into one of those horrid broodmothers? Did the Crows decide to send another assassin to finish Zevran’s job? Had Loghain's forces found them?

Buddy’s pace picked up when Alistair began hearing a string of swearing followed by groaning and moans of pain and irritation. It was when he heard a familiar “Fuck!” that he realized it was Anneliese that was talking. 

Alistair ran even faster, somehow outrunning the mabari war hound, trying to cut a clear path through a bunch of bushes and vines. Finally, he managed to burst through the woods, eyes close because of the thorny bushes, sword raised high and shouted “Don’t worry Anneliese, I’m going to-” 

He stopped himself as he opened his eyes and saw that he was in the middle of a clearing, with the Warden perfectly fine, sitting on a fallen tree trunk, her hair down and a brush in her hand. 

“Save you?” He finished his sentence, confused. Buddy then showed up behind him, barking when he saw his owner and running to her side. 

“What are you doing?” She asked, frowning. 

“I was-I, well….” He stumbled on his words, the blood rushing to his cheeks as he felt embarrassed. “Buddy woke me up and I noticed you weren’t in camp so I just-” He took a deep breath. “I got worried that something had happened. Something bad.” He said, a little quieter. 

He scratched the back of his head, and began looking down when she said “It’s alright.” She gave him a small smile. “It’s…sweet. That you cared.” 

Alistair looked up. “Of course. I care about you.” He said, and under the moonlight, he could see the blush forming on her face, as she turned to the mabari hound once again, her hair falling over her face. 

It was then that he realized that that was the first time he was seeing the Warden with her hair down. Ever since they had first met, back in Ostagar, Anneliese wore her hair up in the same two braided buns every single day. 

Now, as he looked at her, he noticed how long her hair was, cascading down to her lap in various waves - though he could not tell if they were natural or if it was due to her always wearing braids. Maybe it was due to the scenery of the Warden sitting there in the moonlight or maybe it was due to Alistair’s growing feelings for her, but he couldn’t help but think how beautiful her hair - no, how beautiful she was. 

He already knew that, as the same thought came to him everytime he saw her killing an enemy in battle, or when she smiled at him. But this was a different part of her that he hadn’t seen before - the one that wasn’t wearing heavy armor, with a constant frown on her face due to stress. In that moment, he saw her as the Lady Cousland, the person she had been before all of this began. 

“Maker’s breath.” Alistair whispered to himself, catching her attention. 

“Alistair, don’t just stand there.” She said. “Come sit with me.” 

He gulped, shaking his head and walked to her, sitting next to her on the tree trunk. From where he sat, he could see a pond in front of him, the moon reflected on its waters. 

“So…why did you come here?” He asked, after a moment, putting his sword down.. “I thought I had heard you swearing earlier.” 

She sighed. “I was trying to brush my hair but it’s been hard.” She showed him the hairbrush, with chunks of dark brown hair stuck to it. She started to pick them off. 

“And you had to come all the way here to do that?” Alistair said, raising a brow and crossing his arms. 

Anneliese shot him a look that, for a moment, made him scared for his life. But she shook her head, looked down and said “I didn’t want everyone to hear me struggling with that. I guess I didn’t account for Buddy to come after me. And you.” She petted the dog and whispered “I can kill an ogre three times my size but I can’t seem to tame my own hair.” 

“Do you want help with it?” Alistair proposed. 

“Is that your way of saying you want to brush my hair?” She said, with a raised brow. 

“Yes. I mean no. I mean -” She shut him off by handing him the brush and turning her back to him. Then he saw why she had been struggling so, as the back of her hair was very tangled - likely due to not being well cared for. “You start from the bottom and slowly make your way up.” She instructed him. 

Alistair took in a deep breath, and began doing so, gently holding the ends of her hair and brushing it. Truth be told, he had no experience doing such a thing, as his own hair was short enough that he didn’t have to think much about it, but he tried his best, going slow and careful as to not pull too much. 

The two stayed silent as Alistair managed to untangle her hair, the brush going through it easier each time. In this proximity, he noticed that her hair wasn’t black, as he used to think, but a very dark brown, and on the top of it, gray hairs were beginning to show. He frowned looking at them, as she was around the same age as him and shouldn’t be having so much of those on her head. He remembered once hearing Wynne speak about how stress can make one’s hair grow white, and he wondered if that was why the Warden always wore her in these buns, to try and hide how much gray there was - how much stress she was truly under. 

Buddy was sleeping in Anneliese’s lap, and she closed her eyes, enjoying the peacefulness of the moment. The repeated motion of Alistair combing her hair and the quiet of the night made the Warden begin humming a tune. 

“I never heard that song before.” He whispered. 

Anneliese took a deep breath. “My mother she…she used to sing this, whenever she combed my hair.” She said, bringing her knees under her chin and Alistair stopped what he was doing. “Usually, it was the maids who took care of it, but mother’s hand was always gentler.” 

She grew silent again, and a moment passed, until Alistair heard a sob. He stood up, walking around to sit in front of her, as she covered her face with her hands. At first, he felt unsure of what to do, as he was not used to people - and much less Anneliese - crying in front of him. 

But then he remembered all the times she comforted him, when he was upset over Duncan’s death and he tried to do the same as she did.

“It's alright.” He whispered and she looked at him. 

“I’m sorry.” She said in between sobs, and he reached a hand forward to wipe her tears. “You shouldn’t have to see me like this.” She sniffed. “I don’t want you to think poorly of me.”

He frowned. “What do you mean?” 

“I just- there’s so much to do and here I am, crying. Pathetic” She scoffed. 

“What? No, no, no.” Alistair said, his gaze softening. “I could never see you as that, not after all you’ve done for me - for everyone. You don’t need to apologize for having feelings.”

Anneliese took a deep breath and nodded, Buddy waking up and licking her face, bringing a chuckle from her. “Thanks, Buddy.” She sniffed and looked down. “I thought I was over it at this point but I guess I’m not.” She said. “I don’t think I’ll ever be.” Annelise looked at Alistair, who was staring at her. “I never even got to bury them.” She whispered, another tear falling down from her eye. 

He moved once again, sitting next to her, and she placed her head on his shoulder. 

“Maybe…maybe when all of this is done, we could do a funeral for them and for everyone else who was lost.” 

She knew he was referring to Duncan and all the other Gray Wardens lost in the Battle of Ostagar. “You say that as if you were sure we are going to survive.” 

Alistair looked down at her. “With you leading us? I have no doubt we’ll win.” He smiled. 

Instead of saying anything, Anneliese hugged him. He freezed for a moment, but returned the hug and she hummed satisfied. 

“Thank you, Alistair.” She whispered. “For what?” 

She looked at him. “For being you. For being here.” 

He looked into her green eyes, swearing he could see a sparkle in them. “Always.” 

Anneliese smiled and stood up. “I think we should head back to camp, catch a few more hours of sleep before the sun rises.” 

He nodded and stood up. Then, she offered her hand to him and tentatively, he held it in his much larger one. He breathed deeply as she led them out of the clearing, Buddy following behind.

[lesetoilesfous]

Hi! Could I get a Zevran/Alistair in #49 from the sensory prompt list? (If you don't ship them uh could u write Fenders instead?) Something warm and summery? Have a great evening!!

This was such a delight to write, I hope I get more Zevran/Alistair! Thank you so so much for the prompt! (If you’d like me to write you a dragon age ficlet, send me one from here!)

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Pairing: Zevran / Alistair

Characters: Zevran Arainai, Alistair Theirin

Tags: DAO adjacent??, beach shenanigans, Zevran cares not for silly societal conventions like sexual taboos and monarchies, they’re naked but they don’t have sex so I’m calling that mature

Rating: Mature

 Alistair hates sand. It gets everywhere. Take now, for example. It’s a sunny day in Amaranthine - it’s always a sunny day in Amaranthine, and salt is baked into his skin and crusting over his sunburn as he struggles to pull his smalls back over his sandy feet without filling them with grit. Alistair is busy hopping unsuccessfully in the sand when Zevran Arainai steps out of the ocean, and Alistair promptly falls on his ass. 

The sand is soft as silk and hot as embers, sinking under the impact before a jarring thump to his tailbone as Alistair falls through the softer surface and onto the hard packed earth beneath it. He doesn’t care. Zevran is standing, naked as the day he was born, wrapped about with long inky tattoos in the golden light of the late afternoon sun. Alistair is pretty sure that if the Maker does exist, the bastard has a terrible sense of humour. 

As he watches (belatedly remembering to close his mouth when a midge comes dangerously close to his soft palate), Zevran drags one hand up through his hair, dark gold and soaking wet, pulling it away from his face and arching his back, long ears dripping salt water. Then, suddenly, his eyes cut in Alistair’s direction, and he gives him a bright knife-flash of a grin. “Enjoying the view, your majesty?”

Immediately, the warm, lazy coil of lust that had been curling in Alistair’s nether regions dissipates. He scowls, and turns away, pushing himself to his feet as he tries to ignore the fact that Zevran is coming closer.  “Could you not?”

“What?” Zevran’s laughing Antivan accent is far too close for Alistair’s comfort, and he snatches his (now thoroughly encrusted) smalls up from the sand where he dropped them. “You are the old king’s son, no? This arl of yours does intend to place you upon the throne?” Zevran steps back, then,  openly ogling  as Alistair glares at him, yanking his smalls hurriedly up over his damp thighs. “Though I can think of better areas in which you could be placed.”

Alistair rolls his eyes, and tells himself Zevran will write off his blush as sunburn. “Again, seriously, does literally anyone care about what I want in all this?”

“Do you think that will make a difference?” Zevran sounds honestly curious. Above them, seagulls squawk and hover on the breeze rising from the crashing sea. Alistair picks up his shirt, and tries very hard not to notice the trail of golden hair that skates over Zevran’s muscular, scarred chest and down to - nope, he’s not looking.

“It would be nice if it did.”

Zevran hums noncommittally, glancing back in the direction of the others. Alistair follows his gaze. Sten and Wynne are both propped at the high end of the beach, as far from the water as they can get, whilst Leliana is playing what Alistair suspects is a potentially lethal game of trying to get Morrigan to join her in the water. Kallian is staring at the waves, with her hands on her hips and something Alistair has come to read as concern on her face. He follows her gaze, and catches a strange purple glow in the water. He supposes that explains what’s become of Shale.

Alistair manages to wrestle his shirt back over his chest, and winces as it sticks uncomfortably to his damp skin, pulling where the sleeves have grown just a little too tight in recent months around his arms and shoulders. Zevran turns back to him, still utterly naked, bronze and glistening in the sun. “Are you not warm? Ferelden is not a hot country.”

Alistair scowls, and tries not to blush further, which is doing nothing for either his dignity or his body temperature. “Yes, well, some of us have a sense of basic modesty.”

Zevran laughs, then, and it is as intoxicatingly wild as it was the first time he heard it. He steps closer, and Alistair tells himself that it’s the shifting sand making him walk like that, and nothing to do with swaying hips. Zevran sets one damp hand on Alistair’s shoulder, and looks up into his eyes. “Come, now, Alistair. I thought you were more amusing than that.”

It’s possible that the beach isn’t so bad after all.

[kyndredraven]

Yes, this is the next update! Chapter 5 is up! 2/18/22

Rating : Explicit

Tags: Romance, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, Love triangle, Sex, an awesome plot (yes there is one), I let myself write what I have been wanting to write for a very long time, no stops

Summary: Arianwen Mahariel finds herself in a strange kind of predicament. Though she pines for Alistair, she believes it to be a hopeless and unrequited love. In Alistair's fear of losing anything dear to him, he has pushed away his Warden right into the waiting arms of a dangerous rival. Zevran, believing himself incapable of love, finds himself growing more and more attached to his Warden with every kiss and touch. What began as a casual dalliance turns into something he now fears to lose. 

How I imagine my boys and my Warden:

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Prompt from Reddit, thought it'd be fun to share here - a letter to a friend, written before the final battle.

Rating: T, Gen (mentions of Surana/Zevran), mentions of death

"Alistar.

Once Zevran called me a frustating man to deal with, and perhaps he was right. I know we didn't end things in a positive note yesterday, but the only thing I can do is hope you understand my point- and how crucial my choice was.

I doubt two naive gray wardens would've been able to survive without my magic, and I'll have you know I utilized it in the most humane way I could for a long while. Blood magic isn't what the templars told you, of that I promise.

What I do not promise is surviving tomorrow. Well, today if you're reading this letter. In case I die I wish to leave you one task, or two depending on the circunstances.

First being that, in case Morrigan also approached you with a deal and you accepted, I ask you to find her. I understand you are a man who sees honor in death, somehow, however I have also seen friends turn to most unexpected means when having to face it.

Either way, if you accepted, find her. We do not know the consequences of a child with the soul of an Archdemon would create, and we did not witness so much death to throw it all away. I ask this not as the friend who I once was, but as someone with responsability over other people's lifes.

And the other is find Connor. The demon will return, that is the price we're both well aware I payed for the skills that kept us alive. What you do with him, it is of your choice.

It is about time you started making these.

-Surana.

And, please, make sure Zevran is well. He may try to walk away, but keep him close for a little while. If not for me, for him.

And do not call me a gray warden in my funeral. Don't let people forget who sacrificed himself, speak of a mage and an elf, not only a gray warden.

And well, if you're the one who died... then I ask of future me to not burn this letter. Not now, at least. Not for a while.

And I'm sorry. For the world to make us this old, this soon.

-Surana, again."

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Most wanted

so since we did a list of our mwm just a few days ago i will copy and past that below and for females: 

 marvel/gifted:  lauren strucker, kate strucker, blink, carol ferris, mystique, rogue, ouroro munroe, molly hayes, gert yorkes america chavez. dc: lois lane, carol ferris cassie sandsmark, cassie cain, helena bertinelli, diana prince, disney: elsa, anna, lilo, jessie, bo peep, overwatch: mei, ana, pharah, brigette, harry potter: mckinnon siblings (wanted connections), molly weasley, petunia evans, luna lovegood, cho chang, daphne greengrass, astoria greengrass, nymphadora tonks, minerva mcgongall, mass effect: ashley williams, miranda lawson, tali-zorah nar rayya, liara t'soni. dragon age: morrigan, isabela, merill, leliana, cassandra pentaghast,  sera. t@gged: rowan, elisia, hailey.  the good place: tahani al jamil. legacies/tvd/to: penelope park, camilie o'connell, freya mikaelson, leverage: parker, sophie deveraux hamilton: angelica, peggy, and eliza schylur legend of zelda: mipha, urbosa, midna life is strange: chloe price, kate marsh, victoria chase gravity falls: wendy corduroy, pacifica northwest, candy chiu shadowhunter chronicles: livvy blackthorn, cristina rosales, sophie collins, charlotte branwell, maia roberts, cecily herondale, emma carstairs, diana wrayburn doctor who: thirteen, river song, donna noble, rose tyler, martha jones, jenny, the tardis, clara oswald, sally sparrow, yasmin khan the raven cycle: orla, persephone, piper greenmantle, gwenllian, maura sargent until dawn: jessica riley, emily davis, hannah washington, beth washington, ashley brown 

for males we would love to see:

dc: arthur curry, bruce wayne, clark kent, edward nygma, roy harper, steve trevor, hal jordan star wars: bail organa,cassian, chewie, finn, poe dameron, jacen solo,, marvel: thor odinson, peter quill, stephen strange, m’baku, t’challa, johnny storm, sabretooth, charles xavier, chase stein, alex wilder, colossus, nathan summers, tony stark, frank castle, foggy nelson, erik lensherr, leo fitz, philip coulson  got: jaime lannister, jon snow, robb stark, oberyn martell, bronn, jurassic park: owen grady,american gods: shadow moon preacher: jesse custer,tolkien: bard, legolas, thranduil, frodo, bilbo, thorin oakenshield harry potter: harry potter, blaise zabini, ron weasley, ted tonks, albus dumbledore, jacob kowalski, oliver wood, theseus scamander it: bill denbrough, richie tozier, mike hanlon pirates of the caribbean: will turner, hector barbossa, jack sparrow into the badlands: sunny the walking dead: glenn rhee the x-files: fox mulder being human uk: mitchell sharp objects: richard willis vampire chronicles: louis du pointe du lac star trek: james kirk stranger things:jim hopper, steve harrington, lucas sinclair kingsman: eggsy unwin, harry hart doctor who: nine, ten, eleven, jack harkness, rory williams, ryan sinclair red queen: maven calore, cal caloredisney: prince adam, maui the hunger games: peeta mellark, gale hawthorne, haymitch abernathy, finnick odair.   orphan black: felix dawkins, mass effect: kaidan alenko, garrus vakarian, thane, mordin solus, urdnot wrex, grunt wrex. dragon age: cullen, alistar, zevran arainai. t@gged: ash, jake brown, brandon darrow, hawk carter. final fantasy: gladiolus amicitia, ignis scientia, prompto argentum, nyx ulrich, cloud strife, tidus, squall leonhart.  overwatch: jesse mcree, reaper, reinhardt wilhelm, lucio, hazo, genji legend of zelda: prince sidon life is strange: nathan prescott, warren graham gravity falls: dipper pines, bill cipher, stanford pines, stanley pines, gideon gleeful shadowhunter chronicles: jem carstairs, nate gray, henry branwell, gideon lightwood, gabriel lightwood, gwyn, julian blackthorn, ty blackthorn, kit herondale, mark blackthorn, kieran, max lightwood, raphael santiago the raven cycle: adam parrish, gansey, joseph kavinsky, henry cheng until dawn: josh washington, mike munroe, matt taylor,  chris hartley

as always members feel free to add on to this list!

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Most wanted?

Of course love here is a lovely list made by our fabulous admin sunny, 

marvel/gifted: lauren strucker, kate strucker, blink, carol ferris, mystique, rogue, ouroro munroe, molly hayes, gert yorkes america chavez. dc: lois lane, carol ferris cassie sandsmark, cassie cain, helena bertinelli, diana prince, disney: elsa, anna, lilo, jessie, bo peep, overwatch: mei, ana, pharah, brigette, harry potter: mckinnon siblings (wanted connections), molly weasley, petunia evans, cho chang, daphne greengrass, astoria greengrass, nymphadora tonks, minerva mcgongall, mass effect: ashley williams, miranda lawson, tali-zorah nar rayya, liara t'soni. dragon age: morrigan, isabela, merill, leliana, cassandra pentaghast,  sera. t@gged: rowan, elisia, hailey. the good place: tahani al jamil. legacies/tvd/to: penelope park, camilie o'connell, freya mikaelson, leverage: parker, sophie deveraux hamilton: angelica, peggy, and eliza schylur legend of zelda: mipha, urbosa, midna life is strange: chloe price, kate marsh, victoria chase gravity falls: wendy corduroy, pacifica northwest, candy chiu shadowhunter chronicles: livvy blackthorn, cristina rosales, sophie collins, charlotte branwell, maia roberts, cecily herondale, emma carstairs, diana wrayburn doctor who: thirteen, river song, donna noble, rose tyler, martha jones, jenny, the tardis, clara oswald, sally sparrow, yasmin khan the raven cycle:orla, persephone, piper greenmantle, gwenllian, maura sargent until dawn: jessica riley, emily davis, hannah washington, beth washington, ashley brown for males we would love to see:dc: arthur curry, bruce wayne, clark kent, edward nygma, roy harper, steve trevor, hal jordan star wars: bail organa,cassian, chewie, finn, poe dameron, breha organa, mon mothma, anakin solo, jabba the hutt, chewbacca, luke skywalker, anakin skywalker, padme amindala, marvel: thor odinson, peter quill, stephen strange, m’baku, t’challa, johnny storm, sabretooth, charles xavier, chase stein, alex wilder, colossus, nathan summers, tony stark, frank castle, foggy nelson, erik lensherr, leo fitz, philip coulson  got:jaime lannister, jon snow, robb stark, oberyn martell, bronn, jurassic park: owen grady,american gods:shadow moon preacher: jesse custer,tolkien: bard, legolas, thranduil, frodo, bilbo, thorin oakenshield harry potter: blaise zabini, ron weasley, ted tonks, albus dumbledore, jacob kowalski, oliver wood, theseus scamander it: bill denbrough, richie tozier, mike hanlon pirates of the caribbean: will turner, hector barbossa, jack sparrow into the badlands: sunny the walking dead: glenn rhee the x-files: fox mulder being human uk: mitchell sharp objects: richard willis vampire chronicles: armand, marius star trek: james kirk stranger things:jim hopper, steve harrington, lucas sinclair kingsman: eggsy unwin, harry hart doctor who: nine, ten, eleven, jack harkness, rory williams, ryan sinclair red queen: maven calore, cal caloredisney: prince adam, maui the hunger games: peeta mellark, gale hawthorne, haymitch abernathy, finnick odair.   orphan black:felix dawkins, mass effect: kaidan alenko, garrus vakarian, thane, mordin solus, urdnot wrex, grunt wrex. dragon age: cullen, alistar, zevran arainai. t@gged: ash, jake brown, brandon darrow, hawk carter. final fantasy: ignis scientia, prompto argentum, nyx ulrich, cloud strife, tidus, squall leonhart.  overwatch: jesse mcree, reaper, reinhardt wilhelm, lucio, hazo, genji legend of zelda:prince sidon life is strange: nathan prescott, warren graham gravity falls: dipper pines, bill cipher, stanford pines, stanley pines, gideon gleeful shadowhunter chronicles: jem carstairs, nate gray, henry branwell, gideon lightwood, gabriel lightwood, gwyn, julian blackthorn, ty blackthorn, kit herondale, mark blackthorn, kieran, max lightwood, raphael santiago the raven cycle: adam parrish, gansey, joseph kavinsky, henry cheng until dawn: josh washington, mike munroe, matt taylor,  chris hartley

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MWM characters and faceclaims? Was thinking of picking up Scott Summers but unsure which FC to use!

Of course dear! For MWM characters we have,  dc:arthur curry, bruce wayne, clark kent, edward nygma, roy harper, steve trevor, hal jordanstar wars: bail organa,cassian, chewie, finn, poe dameron, jacen solo,,marvel:thor odinson, peter quill, stephen strange, m’baku, t’challa, johnny storm, sabretooth, charles xavier, colossus, nathan summers, tony stark, frank castle, foggy nelson, erik lensherr, leo fitz, philip coulson  got: jaime lannister, jon snow, robb stark, oberyn martell, bronn, jurassic park: owen grady,american gods: shadow moonpreacher: jesse custer,tolkien: bard, legolas, thranduil, frodo, bilbo, thorin oakenshieldharry potter: harry potter, ron weasley, ted tonks, albus dumbledore, jacob kowalski, oliver wood, theseus scamanderit: bill denbrough, richie tozier, mike hanlonpirates of the caribbean: will turner, hector barbossa, jack sparrowinto the badlands: sunnythe walking dead: glenn rheethe x-files: fox mulderbeing human uk: mitchellsharp objects: richard willisvampire chronicles: louis du pointe du lacstar trek: james kirkstranger things:jim hopper, steve harrington, lucas sinclairkingsman: eggsy unwin, harry hartdoctor who: nine, ten, eleven, rory williamsred queen: maven calore, cal caloredisney: prince adam, mauithe hunger games:peeta mellark, gale hawthorne, haymitch abernathy, finnick odair.   orphan black: felix dawkins, mass effect: kaidan alenko, garrus vakarian, thane, mordin solus, urdnot wrex, grunt wrex. dragon age: cullen, alistar, zevran arainai. t@gged: ash, jake brown, brandon darrow, hawk carter.  final fantasy: gladiolus amicitia, ignis scientia, prompto argentum, nyx ulrich, cloud strife, tidus, squall leonhart.  overwatch: jesse mcree, reaper, reinhardt wilhelm, lucio, hazo, genji 

and for most wanted fc’s we can recommend,

danny pino, raul esparza, aidan turner, chris hemsworth, chris pratt, chris evans, chris pine, josh brolin, colin firth, taron egerton, jason momoa, ewan mcgregor, kang daesung, dominic cooper, oscar isaac, dan stevens, daniel radcliffe, chadwick boseman,baek ju ho, henry cavill, jude law, david harbour, matt smith,wang jackson, chris eccleston, david tennant, pedro pascal, james mcavoy, sam claflin, josh hutcherson, liam hemsworth, kit harington, zhou yixuan, richard madden, luke evans, steven yeun, andrew lincoln,ahn jaehyo, orlando bloom, ryan reynolds,choi byungchan, robert downey jr, ricky whittle, winston duke, bradley cooper, richard armitage, lee pace, woody harrelson, diego luna, takada kenta, tyler posey, john boyega, adam driver,choi jun hyuk,  andrew garfield, joe keery, nikolaj coster-waldau,gong myung, gerard butler, jamie dornan, noah centineo, colin farrell, tom hiddleston, tyler blackburn,kim jaeyong, zachary levi, jake gyllenhaal, leonardo dicaprio, thomas brodie sangster, jon bernthal, matt bomer 

and now for fc’s for scott summers I can suggest: tyler posey, diego boneta, aaron tveit, alex meraz, chace crawford, cameron monaghan, dacre montgomery, jackson wang,herman tommeras.  

as always if you’d like some more fc’s or characters please message us, and members feel free to comment some most wanted of your own. Please note though, we only allow one fc per fandom, so double check if any character strikes your fancy that the fc is  still available there.