#dragon age is a fav so I might pump stuff out with this

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Dragon Age: Grey Warden!Jake Seresin

Since when do I do Moodboards and blurbs? 😂

Dragon Age Veilguard came out a little while ago. I'm a little heartbroken (see tags) and needed a distraction. This is what came out of it, and I wanted to share it. Dragon Age is my comfort and home; I think it needed this. I might share more of the ones that I've created...

The distant roar of the archdemon ripped through the battlefield, a chilling sound that pressed against your chest like a weight you couldn’t bear. The dragon had already killed more than Grey Wardens; if nobody stopped it now, it would devastate the rest of Thedas.

Jake stood in front of you, his blade slick with blood and his eyes burning with determination. The truth of the moment hung between you—one of you had to die, and you both knew it.

“You know it has to be me,” Jake said, his voice steady despite the cracks forming in his resolve. His gaze locked on yours, softer than it had any right to be in a moment like this. “This is what we signed up for. In war, victory. In peace, vigilance. In death…” His voice faltered for the first time, and his hand gripped yours tightly. “In death, sacrifice.”

You shook your head, the tears burning at the edges of your eyes. “Don’t you dare use our motto against me, Jake. That doesn’t mean you get to decide this.” You stepped closer, the desperation in your voice cutting through the chaos of the battlefield. Through clinging swords and knives and blasts of magic. “We fight together. We’ve always fought together.”

His lips quirked in a bitter smile, even as his eyes glistened with something too raw to name. “We do, sweetheart. But if I can make sure you live through this, then it’s worth it. I’d give everything for you, and this…” He gestured toward the archdemon, its roar shaking the very ground beneath you. “This is my everything. My last stand.”

You grabbed his arm, refusing to let go, your grip as fierce as the fire in your chest. “Don’t you get it? You’re my everything. If you do this, you leave me behind. You leave us behind!”

His breath hitched, and for a moment, the battlefield around you seemed to disappear, leaving only the two of you and the impossible choice between love and duty. “In death, sacrifice,” he repeated, quieter now, almost to himself. He brought your hand to his lips, brushing a kiss there as his voice trembled. “I can’t let you go in my place. You’re the reason I kept fighting. The reason I’ll keep fighting—until the very end.”

“Jake—” you started, but his free hand cupped your cheek, his calloused fingers warm against your skin. His forehead rested against yours, a fleeting moment of tenderness stolen from the storm raging around you.

“I love you,” he murmured, his voice breaking as he pulled back, his hand slipping from yours. “And because I love you, I have to do this.”

Before you could stop him, he turned, charging toward the archdemon with a final glance back, his eyes filled with fierce devotion and the heartbreaking certainty of his choice. As his figure disappeared into the chaos, the words lingered like a wound in your heart, tying you to him forever: “In war, Victory."

Except there was no peace. Just....

"In death, sacrifice.”