#work and pleasure

[shivunin]

Desk Job

(Arianwen Tabris/Zevran Arainai | 2,461 Words | CW: explicit sexual content/smut (on AO3, not this post)

For @zevraholics' Zevwarden Week Day 4: Work and Pleasure:

Zevran had donned his usual dark armor for the day, though she supposed he’d done so more to intimidate her slate of visitors than because he actually expected to be attacked here. The nobility was not especially fond of his presence at these meetings. Wen didn’t care. She’d told them all he was her bodyguard—very few knew that she was married at all, even now—and glared at them until they’d left it alone. 

“I am going to strangle someone,” she informed him, her hands squeezing into claws before loosening again. “I cannot take another afternoon of this.”

“Of course you can,” Zevran tilted his head until a lock of pale hair drifted across it. “You have done it these past four days, have you not?”

“Agh!” she said, with feeling. Zevran laughed. 

“Is that so? Well, then. Perhaps some light sparring before the next visitor. Are you game?”

Arianwen felt that ragged, angry little thing in her chest straighten up and focus. A spar—not as good as a real fight, but Zevran was a treat to spar with. Always had been, since the very first time he’d offered to teach her what he knew. Fighting with him was like—oh, she didn’t know. No—she did know. It was like dancing, knowing where your partner would be in the next breath and being thrilled when you found them there nonetheless. 

“Yes,” she said, and reached up to unclasp her cloak. It fell heavy over the visitor’s chair. Wen backed up, giving herself space. The anger unwound itself into a beautiful, bright line; her scattered thoughts pulled themselves into one cohesive whole. 

“I thought you might find the idea enticing.”

Zevran shifted to his right and Arianwen paced him until they circled each other on the empty patch of floor. There was little warning when he struck—just the faintest tensing of the muscles in his legs. Wen saw it anyway, and was moving before he could connect. She knew his body almost better than she knew her own, had fought beside him more than any other. 

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[flowersonpebbles]

Day 4: Work and Pleasure

CW: canon typical swearing & blood, angst, character death implied, shirtless(no description though, only implied), tattoos, violence

Word count: 681

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Dallas was assigned the Warden-Commander and had to kill the remaining darkspawn, get new recruits and investigate darkspawn... Things. 

9:35 Dragon, 5 Wintermarch

When the Crows made their next move on Zevran though, when Dallas wasn't by his side? Zev took care of it without a hitch. And he just told Dallas he was going on a trip, he would visit again soon.

But that already took a few years to come up, so, Dallas assumed he sought more adventure and let him go! He wrote letters to Zevran every month though. Zev always responded with his own but only once a month. 

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9:39 Dragon, 4 Wintermarch

One letter made Zevran very happy it arrived after killing the mad, raving Templar of Kirkwall. 

"Dear Embrium, 

I know you only answer me once a month, so I will wait patiently for your response. 

I've missed you this past year since your last visit. I wish to reunite again though. You won't have to come back to the cold, dull Ferelden this time though! I wish only to join you on your own journey. I am taking a break from my duties and I'm currently heading to Kirkwall.-"

That last bit made Zevran wince in a panic. He does not wish to be scolded... Hm.. 

"It will take me about two weeks to arrive there though. I do not know where you are, but maybe if you're close by we could meet there? If not, we could meet at Ostwick perhaps, or Bastion, maybe Hasmal? Or are you in Antiva? Oh, I'd love to visit your homeland.

I have much to tell you but most should be said in person. I eagerly await your response.

Ever your loving half

Dallas Surana"

Zevran grins, immediately writing his response to send at once. Dallas won't know of his part in the great battle! Not on his watch! 

~

9:39 Dragon, Cloudreach

Dallas was amazed by Antiva, Zevran showed him everything that was beautiful and unique. Let him taste all kinds of drinks and foods! Dallas experienced sights, sounds, smells and tastes he's never even dreamt of! 

Dallas stares at his and Zevran's new matching tattoos. 

"One of my finer ideas, yes?" Zevran muses with a warm smile. Dallas smiling fondly, pressing his arm against Zev's. 

"Mm... I can't argue." Dallas jests gently. In awe of the design that finishes and completes one another by only keeping the arms together.

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9:40, 10 Drakonis

Dallas had woken with a start... Whispers he's been dreading... His mind often wanders when he's awake as well. When he visited Jowan before leaving, he found Mouse again. He's been helping Dallas with questions of the Blight. 

In 9:37 Dragon, Dallas took that concoction and let Avernus continue his research. But there's been nothing to cure the taint. 

He only knows of Fiona, a fellow Circle elf, who was cured and they don't know how! 

He blinks back non-existent tears, packing his things. 

Mouse has grown quieter against the Calling... 

But he's seen that black spot on Zev's back. 

He's tainted the other half of his soul. 

He won't let Zevran die a Blighted creature. 

He's going to search for a cure now. Morrigan offered hints a long time ago before going through the mirror. He still has the notes. Now is the time to go. Before it's too late. 

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9:?? Dragon

Dallas stares up at... He can't tell, honestly... 

He's just so tired and the singing is so loud. 

He can't get to it though - too tired... 

Zev... Its not Zevran's singing though. 

He shouldn't go to it then. 

Zev needs him. 

He needs to go back... 

Zev... 

~

END OF DAY 4

[valtsv]

grabbing myself by the scruff of the neck and forcing myself to at least skim read a longform post or piece of text that i just scrolled past despite thinking it sounded interesting because it's "too long" i will NOT contribute to my own attention deficiency and limit my general knowledge and critical thinking skills by needing information spoonfed to me in bitesize pieces to be able to digest it i will NOT

[jagalart]

Peacock Prince

[4sh-n4]

AU where bruce and co. (his entire hoarde of kids, even jason in disguise) are at a gala. And it's a really big gala, party of the year type of thing in Gotham, absolutely unmissable. And usually, even the rogues know that this night is off limits, so it's relatively safe. So, they're all at this gala, right?

And then the joker crashes it because he has no respect for Gotham traditions. Breaks in through a window, yada yada. He starts to go on this whole villain speech as per usual, and everyone is waiting for the heroes to come. But all the heroes are at the gala, in their civilian identities, with a thousand eyes on them. No one can reasonably slip away, except for maybe jason, who's already seething mad and ready to attack. But with the chaos and people trying to get away, all the exits are blocked, and his helmet is at home.

Bruce is at the front of the crowd, facing the Joker. Joker sees him and makes a comment about Jason, and goes on about how Bruce must've felt when his baby died. And then he brings up how he killed the little birdie too, just a few days before the terrorist attacks that allegedly killed Jason. And he mentions how much he tortured Robin before his death, and Bruce snaps.

He leaps forward, absolutely hammering the shit out of the joker. Beats him up so bad, no finesse or technique to it, just pure rage. His kids try to pull him off, to no avail. No one else even tries. By the end of it, by the time the police arrive, the joker is more blood than body, and Bruce has finally calmed down. Everyone is just staring at him in shock, understandably. (The joker ends up in hospital, paralysed and in a coma)

His kids all drag Bruce home and give him an entire lecture about his persona and how his cover has probably been blown. About excessive violence and how he refused to kill joker but then pulled this in public?? They're all worried about the fallout in the news the next day.

No one sleeps that night, for various reasons, but then when the newspaper comes out the next morning... there's just nothing bad written?? The headline is something about Bruce being a hero for saving everyone from the joker, but there's no other mention about Batman or anything else.

Turns out, no one in Gotham is surprised that Brucie Wayne, no 1 airhead, beat up the joker because "did you SEE him as a teenager?? We were all just glad when he came from his travels pretending to be stupid instead of picking fights with everyone. If anything, it's understandable that he snapped, I would too if a clown started bragging about killing my son." The only reason no one brought up his violent past is because they were worried he would revert back to that behaviour.

[collophora]

Do yourself a favor and go read the entire fanfic work of @fanfoolishness

(In order: Under sun and shade, Blind Side, and Breathless (patching up is one of my fav too, I just had no cool sketch idea for it)

[pumpkinlass]

Shivana Mahariel, Raina Hawke and Thalia Lavellan portrait commission for solasfenheral. A triptych of protagonists

My commissions are open [Details Here]🧡

[ssseriema]

"Have you ever been shot before? Do you know what it feels like, how much it hurts?"

RAAAHHH commission for @irrealisms based on their lifesteal pmmm au and lovely vitalazam fic!!!!

[artist-rat]

commission for @amys2885 of their wonderful tav, Cali, and Karlach 💛

[novaneondream]

Artwork I did for @deepseasbkdk Leftover sales are now open 🌊

[missbehavior0u0]

Since the zine has been delayed indefinitely and probably won’t come out, here’s my piece for potluckstuck! :U

[pocketseizure]

Reference for Zelda's short hairstyles

[unriding]

me n moze say good morning to the world !!! ᕙ( •̀ ᗜ •́ )ᕗ

art by @rabbbitseason of course <3

[dogd0m-charlie]

yeah yeah sure rough freaky t4t gay sex where i mount you aggressively and overstimulate you by making you cum over and over until you're crying etc etc. but- hey, no, listen. take my hand for a second. what if. what if maybe um. you know, instead of that, what if you let me just lay back and kiss my neck gently and slowly jerk me off or maybe ride me for a little while and praise me for how much I've been doing lately and how good i make you feel all the time and tell me you're proud of me, because you know it's really hard for me to always just push through and make myself get things done and you want me to be the center of attention just this once, so you decide to make me cum this time while muttering praises in my ear to make me really feel as appreciated as possible. maybe. (please)

[zu-is-here]

Commission for @racerfanx ☆ Thank you so much for all your support! (〃ω〃)♡

Muzzieberry by ski-skadoodles

Dream & Nightmare by jokublog

[rustingcat]

Coffee shop AU holidays comic

This (not so) little comic was made for @arielhedgehog for the @supergirlfemslashsecretsanta event. It was supposed to be a drawing, but it grew a bit...

You can also find it here