So about the gnomes?

She glanced at him quizzically but obeyed, her hand reaching out to push the wooden door. It creaked slightly as the room was revealed to her. Fresh paintings, as fresh as those at Skyhold, circled around the room’s walls. One section caught her attention immediately as she stepped inside. A familiar feeling and a familiar pair of bodies tangled together in a solemn lovers’ embrace. Two years had done nothing to erase the emotion his art evoked from her. 

“Solas…I…”

??!!!!ajkdhaskdja 😭😭😭 Thank you lovely anon! 💖💕

And you too, have a great day ahead!

of course,  there  are  some seafood options on the menu,  but given that his father seemed to have actually given nathen a scare the other night,  he’s opting for a nice chicken and pasta dish instead.   he wants to spare nathen the anxiety of wondering if he’ll be coming home to telling danny that his child put himself in the hospital again for having another allergic reaction.

and,  at any rate,  atarah is the only one who knows that his allergy has gotten  worse.   and he’s got an epipen on him just in case.   and atarah’s gone out of her way to make sure their waitress is absolutely clear on the fact that noah’s got an allergy.

it used to be more fun.

“  so,  ”   he says once drinks have been ordered   (  a white moscato and a glass of water,  for noah  )   and they can finally have a conversation.   “  congrats on bein’  legally  dad  now.   you missed our dad off to the side cryin’ about it.  ”

and maybe  he  got a little emotional,  too.   for taylor  and  for nathen.   because he’s never seen that side of nathen before   (  not that he had seen  much  ------  he tried to give the two of them the  space  they would need for this conversation,  shifted his focus to himself and atarah quietly catching up with their own father,  even though he knew that danny was  definitely  trying to listen  ).

and maybe it reaffirmed his desire to have this dinner,  in the first place.   he  does  want to better get to know nathen,  and not just because he knows it will make danny happy   (  although it certainly is an important part of it  ).   this man is going to stay in his life and noah’s realizing that he might actually be okay with that.   maybe even  happy.

“  ----------------------  NAH.  ”   spoken bluntly.   he seats himself across the table from darby,  flips his chair backwards so he can rest his arms across the chair’s back.   “  the hell else am i supposed to do with all these  ?   i dunno  anybody  else that likes these,  you  heathen.  ”   on the other hand,  he  did  buy them.   (  and he obviously bought them for a reason.  )