#i gave this kiss to lace because ameridan isn't a smooch on the cheek person

[skyheld]

A smooch on the cheek after a long separation - from lace for ameridan

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There were many people Ameridan knew he would miss when he left Skyhold to be with Abelas, but he doesn't quite realize how much he has missed Harding until he sees her again after so many years. She was there when he first woke in this age, a vital part of finding him (invaluable, professor Kenric said, a flush on his cheeks, unfathomable—) and she was there at Skyhold, as much a part of it as the soldiers and the Inquisitor. He has thought of her often, wondered what exciting part of the world she's scouting now, what she's seen, what she's done. He's hoped she's doing well.

He's still not quite prepared for what the sight of that freckled face, that red hair, that radiant smile does to his heart. She wraps him in a hug, and before he knows it, she has reached up to kiss him on the cheek. "Don't scare us like that again", she says, and he realizes she must have heard.

His smile falters. Now is not the time, he tells himself—they have things to discuss, far more important things that why he is still alive. It's a lie and he knows it, he can feel Hakkon's laughter scraping at the back of his mind.

"It is good to see you too, Scout Harding", he says, "even if the circumstances are... what they are. Let us get through what is most important first, and then I'll want to hear all about what you have been doing these past years."