#anderstair

KEEPING VIGIL

Anders meets the King of Ferelden on the day he joins the Grey Wardens. Then again a few years later. And again. And again. And again...

Entire Work on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/81734421?

Characters/Relationships: Anders/Alistair, Darrian Tabris (partnered with Morrigan), Awakening NPCs and companions, Kirkwall NPCs and companions

Chapter 6: Rescued

Isabela convinces Hawke and Fenris and a reluctant Anders to rescue the King of Ferelden from his Chantry tower!

Current Chapter on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/81734421/chapters/222197161

Excerpt:

Chapters: 9/? Fandom: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age - All Media Types Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Past Anders/Male Hawke, past Anders/Mage Hawke, Other Relationship Tags to Be Added Characters: Alistair (Dragon Age), King Alistair (Dragon Age), Anders (Dragon Age), Warden Commander, Anora Mac Tir, Original Characters, Various Background OCs, The Inquisition (Dragon Age), Grey Wardens - Character, Justice (Dragon Age), Orlesian Warden Additional Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Team Up, Action/Adventure, Blood and Injury, Dragon Age Quest: Here Lies the Abyss, sacrificed warden, Swearing, Introspection, Angst, Humour, LOTS of violence, Magic, animals killed in battle, corny action movie tropes, Enemies to friends to..., y'all know where this is going, Past Child Abuse, Mention of Suicidal Ideation, Banter, SO MUCH BANTER, Slow Burn Summary:

Corypheus' plan has set into motion: all over Thedas, the Grey Wardens start hearing the Calling. That includes Alistair, the King of Ferelden, but also a certain runaway Apostate, still wanted for the attack on the Kirkwall Chantry, in hiding ever since he escaped the Free Marches. While the Inquisition leads the frontal assault in Orlais, fighting against Livius Erimond and Warden-Commander Clarel's corrupted forces, what could be happening to the still-rebuilding Wardens of Ferelden? Might Corypheus have plans for them as well, plans that only a King and a rebel Mage could overthrow? If only they managed to collaborate...

„You can put your cold feet on me.“

Chapters: 2/14 Fandom: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: Origins Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Alistair/Anders, Alistair/Cullen Rutherford, Anders/Hawke, Anders/Male Hawke, Fenris/Isabela, Male Hawke/Merrill Characters: Alistair (Dragon Age), Anders (Dragon Age), Male Hawke, Bethany Hawke, Carver Hawke, Merrill (Dragon Age), Isabela (Dragon Age), Fenris (Dragon Age), Dorian Pavus, Cullen Rutherford Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, 14 Day challenge, Coffee Shop Universe, Moving In Together, Trying to stay together after a terrible thing happened, Hurt/Comfort, Infidelity, Recovery, Forgiveness, Unplanned Pregnancy Series: Part 3 of Coffee Shop Universe Summary:

From an upcoming chapter of Keeping Vigil, this is supposed to be their "we-can't-do-this" conversation...

“For what it’s worth, I’m really sorry I can’t. If I weren’t…me. If I didn’t have Justice. And all…this.” He motions vaguely at the clinic and the piles of pamphlets behind them. “If you weren’t the King of Ferelden…and we weren’t Wardens…” “That’s a lot of ifs…” Alistair groans. “Yeah…but maybe if you had ended up becoming a Templar or something, and we met at Kinloch, and I never met Karl, and never had a reason to come here, I could definitely see us falling desperately in love.” “Oh wow…so that’s the fairy tale you’re going with, huh? A forbidden Templar-Mage romance fantasy?” “Heck yeah! Why not fall back on some of my best material?” “I’m really happy to see that merging with Justice didn’t fix whatever’s wrong with you.” He smiles. Genuinely. Anders shakes his head. “No! Hear me out. I would totally seduce you…successfully, mind, because I’d still be great at it. But then, I'd quickly realize I had deeper feelings for you. And I’d convince you to abandon your vows, because it wouldn’t be hard, considering you never really wanted to take them in the first place, and we’d run away together. And like, change our names — new clothes, new hair…everything.” “But I like your hair!” “Too bad. It’s gotta go!” “Ugh, fine…” “Okay…maybe after a few years, I’d let it grow back out. We’d become sheep farmers in the Hinterlands or some shit, living out the rest of our lives in obscurity together, probably driving each other insane. Is that what you want?” “Thanks.” He snorts. “Now, if I ever find myself trapped in the Fade again, I’ll have to be on the lookout for you and a bunch of sheep there tempting me to stay.”