sara this made me 🥺🥺 thank you... here are the girls

1. things you said at 1am

“You’re not sleeping,” Lenny mumbles. Her face is pressed against Chorby’s collarbone at an angle just shy of comfortable. “You’re thinking too loud, cut it out.”

“I’m not thinking too loud,” Chorby says, but it sounds a little hollow. She sighs. “It’s just... you know.”

Lenny hums. “That time I left in the middle of the night like an asshole?”

There are a lot of things Chorby normally says to that: quit calling yourself an asshole, you were doing the best you could, you were a kid. There are also a lot of terribly unkind things she wants to say: yes, of course I’m still hurt over that, yes, there are still nights when I don’t want to sleep because I don’t want to wake up alone, my favorite blanket is in a box in my closet because it smells like that cologne and if you leave I don’t want to forget again.

(She thinks, sometimes, that she’s being too harsh, that she should just get over it. But all those sleepless nights trying to wrap her brain around the shape of someone else in the bed, all that time telling Annie and Eizabeth about the missing piece - no, she’s not being too harsh. She’s being careful. Lenny is rarely careful, so Chorby has to be.)

OTP refers to Bethany x Alistair, so here we go =) 

If they get married, who proposes?

In my “canon” story, Alistair proposes spur of the moment and they get married about ten minutes later with everyone they care about crammed on a makeshift patio. Bethany basically didn’t think them getting married was “legal,” but they both went by the rule that if they do it quickly enough, no take-backs. 

In the arranged marriage AU, I suppose Eamon proposes for both of them, except he thought he was proposing to Hawke, who played the old bait and switch on him. Which I guess mean Hawke proposed to Bethany for Alistair? 

What’s the wedding like? Who attends?

Canon wedding is fast, romantic, dubiously legal, and attended by Hawke and the entire DAO crew. It was so packed nobody could really move, but it was worth it.

Arranged Marriage AU wedding was slow, very legal, and Bethany couldn’t tell you who attended because she didn’t know anyone yet, and Alistair couldn’t tell you because he literally did not care. He could tell you that Bethany’s dress had too many buttons.

How many kids do they have, if any? What are they like?

I still haven’t decided this, but at least 3 kids. With twins running in the family, the need for heirs, and the fact that Bethany and Alistair can’t keep their hands off each other, it’s gonna be a big family. 

Do they have any pets?

God, so many. They start with their own mabaris, Angus and Izzy. As Angus gets up there in age, Alistair begins training a new mabari so Angus can retire to sleeping on fancy pillows all over the castle. Each of their children also ends up with their own mabari so the royal wing of the castle is absolute madness. 

Who’s the stricter parent?

Anora? “But dad said it was okay if we practiced sword fighting in the hall!!” “And do you think your father knows where the keys are when I lock you in your rooms for the rest of the afternoon?” 

When the kids are being too much, Bethany is able to channel her inner Leandra and scold them. Alistair almost never scolds them in a way that works. The kids all know this. They always go to him first. 

Who kills the bugs in the house?

Alistair has absolutely no qualms about squishing bugs. Bethany tends to opt for magical options, and Alistair doesn’t love the scorch marks on the walls, so he tries to nab them first. The dogs are also helpful for any unwanted bugs. 

How do they celebrate holidays?

Loudly. With a lot of food. Just... so much food. Alistair’s kids are hungry AF. There are mabari under everyone’s feet. They always cook an extra ham because at least one gets stolen by a dog every year. There are bets on which dog does it. The owner of the mabari has to sit in the seat of shame during dinner. 

Who’s more likely to convince the other to come back to sleep in the morning?

Bethany. She sleeps better than Alistair does, but still hates getting up in the mornings. She is highly convincing at getting him to come back. 

Who’s the better cook?

They are both terrible cooks, but Bethany is marginally better because she is less likely to wander away from dinner and let it burn. Luckily they live in a castle with cooks and they don’t have to make their own meals! Not that either of them has a very sophisticated palate anyway. They’d probably be happy enough eating their underspiced, burnt food for the rest of their lives. 

also tell them i love and miss them!