#dlishmagi

through it all ,  richard stood beside the throne ,  but just back enough so that he constantly was in ear shot .   so that he could constantly give his form of advice to the inquisitor .  it wasn’t good advice either .  it was the kind that turned the already brutal inquisitor far more savage . far more bloodthirsty  and no doubt  far more violent .

he just had sentenced a very innocent man to be publicly executed . a man that even iron bull had said was innocent ;  that it was a mistake .  that the man was clearly innocent ,  but the truth of the matter was that the inquisitor didn’t listen . 

he never listened to anyone .   anyone excluding richard .

“ my dalish , ”  the inquisitor says with a slight grin ,  leaning back in the throne he currently was sitting on . “ how’s the garden today ? ”

considering the fact that there he made far more enemies in the south than originally expected ?    there was hope that perhaps that he could get away with this .  that he could return home with out a problem  ,   but that  didn’t appear to be possible .   not right now  and no doubt not any longer .   

cassandra had put her foot down in not allowing him to return to tevinter after corypheus was defeated  .   she ensured that he wouldn’t leave  ,  that he would be stuck at skyhold and in the south forever .  that he would never be allowed to return home .   the very thought sickened him  .  he needed to return  .  he would do anything to return  ,  but there also was tae to worry about .

dalish were not allowed in tevinter .  more likely than not they would be a high priced slave .   something that he wouldn’t have tae ever be  .  the rules were the ‘correct’ way there in his mind  , but even so ?    the south gave far more freedoms .  you could be with  the person you cared for  . the person that you’d destroy the world for .   even if they would never understand why .

nick bites down on his lower lip for a moment ,  a deep breath was sucked in ,  and then let out slowly .   usually   ,    the view from his quarters calmed him  --- especially when tae was there with him  .  the one good thing to come out of his time in the south .... even if he knew he’d eventually lose him due to longing to go back home . 

it had been two months since corypheus’ defeat and there was already several requests to return to tevinter .  some by nick himself and others by a few in the magisterium .   they  wanted  information on what had transpired and more specifically ?  what he knew .  

to say it was a relations nightmare was one thing ,  but another because even if he was to go  to tevinter ?  even for a few weeks or however long enough it was to sort this out ?  nick wouldn’t want to leave .  he’d most likely try to get a spot on the magisterium and being the herald ?  that could make things much better for him .  

it was his plan to leave in the next week .   he thought his letters had been able to escape the grasp of leliana ,  but apparently the last one had not .  considering what it had said ?  about the information he had given over to secure proper passage to tevinter ?  it was no doubt going to cause a public relations nightmare .  

he hadn’t even had the chance to tell tae about his trip yet .  he was going to tonight ,  to reveal everything to him ,  and that he’d be back before he knew it .  that it was truly nothing to worry about .   he just hadn’t gotten that far as of yet .

             “ you know i couldn’t stay here forever ,   tae   . ”   

nick could ,  if he tried to .    if he put tae’s wants in-front of his own ,   but would he  ?     no  .   of course not .   it wouldn’t do any good anyways .  his plans to tell him were blasted through the roof .   he knew everything now or close to it and he couldn’t take it all back . 

             “ there was a time limit to everything .  figured i could answer their questions and be back with-in a few weeks .  settle things up there and get back to skyhold before you knew it . ” 

it wasn’t the entire picture though ,  nick would stay for longer than that ,   and no doubt send the change of plans by letter .  that was something already suspected by the advisors the moment they read the letter in question .  

if nick trevelyan left for  tevinter ...  it would be the last anyone saw of him for a long while .

          “ if you don’t act ? i’lll be forced to . ”

serenity in the early morning daze. peaceful, calm, quiet. 

dorian isn’t entirely sure when he woke up. although, it didn’t really matter. sleep-addled and barely conscious, he was just enjoying the moment, as he allowed himself the time to slowly be roused from his slumber. the altus had grown used to stealing seconds alone with his amatus, making time for their relationship in the short gaps in busy schedules — moments like this, long and drawn out, where all their duties and problems lay forgotten for a while, they were to be treasured. 

soft grey hues flickered open, half-lidded eyes heavy with sleep, and squinting at the bright morning light streaming in through the windows. he watched, idly, as the beams of sun seemed to dance over taeros’ form, casting light and shadows over his skin, making him look radiant, near divine. a smile tugged at the corner’s of the necromancer’s lips, soft and full of adoration, as he arm, draped lazily around his lover’s waist, pulled him a little closer. 

the embrace was warm, gentle skin on skin contact, tender and affectionate. dorian drank it in, the exchanging body heat keeping the crisp, cold mountain air at bay. yes, he was perfectly content to lay like this forever... it was almost enough to make him reconsider his stance on mutual domesticity. waking up to this everday was something he longed for.

feeling the weight of a hand on his, dorian’s smile grew a little wider. slowly, he entwined their fingers, before nuzzling close to the crook of taeros’ neck, pressing a light, chaste kiss to the spot where his neck met his shoulder. 

          ❝ good morning... ❞ he hummed, words whispered against skin. shifting a little to allow the inquisitor the space to turn over in his arms, dorian gladly met his lips. returning the kiss, he lazily traced patterns in the small of taeros’ back with his finger tips.

  “He’s killed two Clans now. How can you ever stand by him?” 

however ,  that was neither here nor there.  the action was done .  he let out a small portion of his rage and no doubt he’d have to pay for it later . now ?  he would rather be traveling through one of those mirrors to figure out what was going on ,  but nick needed more information , and to figure out what he found out from those ruins the the dread wolf apparently was at once upon a time . 

the well of sorrows told him much  ,  assisted in not having to fight off spirits , and got them out of tight situations .  he just wasn’t entirely sure how much of it he could truly access . he would have asked morrigan , but he lost contact with her over a year ago .

      “   and anyone from ferelden .   damn backwards hypocrites .  probably still angry i didn’t kill alexius when teagan was the one who abandoned redcliffe in the first place .  ”