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MY OTP!!! I have not written them in so long! This is for the Affectionate/Sweet Moments meme I posted the first day of May. Yep. I’m embarrassed.

15. A Hope We Don’t Get Caught Kiss

I cheated a little and used a rejected scene from Swan Song. But I added to it to fit the prompt. 

For those who aren’t familiar, this is a Modern AU where instead of phasing through people’s chests and crushing their hearts, Fenris breaks hearts with his beautiful ballet.

For this kiss prompt

“a single loving kiss left on the other’s forehead when they fall asleep snuggled close together.” Fenris & Marian Hawke.

Enveloped in his duvet cover against the harsh AC that neverseemed to properly shut off during the winter, skin against skin, Mariancounted his tattoos. Some she’d trace with her fingers in silence. Others she’dpoint to and ask how much they’d hurt when he got them. Fenris always chuckledat those questions, a tired huff of laughter that made his bare chest rise andpress against hers. “A lot,” he’d say, especially about the ones near his ribs.Or, “That one felt like nothing at all.”

She had no tattoos of her own to count or trace, but she didhave freckles and moles, and he’d respond in kind when she grew sleepy, mindfull of white lines and pained design. He’d press his fingers against abirthmark, a blemish, a freckle, a truly agreeable sensation to feel whenfalling asleep.

haha bet this wasn’t what you had in mind (I referenced Cloran a lil but he’s not really there). a little bit shorter than the others.

For this meme.

#26—Constellations. Toller.

and the jungle was deep and dark and wild and they’d beenwalking for too long and running from the beasts of the Deep because they were tootired to fight and sometimes the beasts would find them and they couldn’t fightthey couldn’t fight

and they were bleeding and he was slumped over her shoulderand she was dragging him and his leg had a gash and she’d tried to make atourniquet and she didn’t know if it was working and the sky was hidden and thejungle was deep and dark and wild and she couldn’t see the sky and there wereso many trees

and they were lost and she was tired and if she could seethe stars she’d know where to go and the Tower was everywhere and the beasts ofthe Deep kept finding them and the cultists kept looking for them and she wastired and he was dying and she couldn’t save him

and they’d lost their guide and the jungle was deep and darkand wild and Plains had turned its face from them and only Sea could save themand and and and and and the overgrowth had opened she could see the sky shecould see the sky she could see theconstellations and she knew where they were and it was just a glimpse it wasjust a sky-piece but she knew.

HOORAY THANK YOU

3 was answered here!

5) Share one of your strengths

Oh jeez. This is always hard. I think I’m good at making people feel things in my work. Like I think I’m good at conveying my characters’ emotions without spending too long internal monologuing.

9) Which fic has been the hardest to write?

Some fics flow a lot easier than others. I’m tempted to say the obvious FenHawke story, but I actually think Harvest Moonshine takes the cake. I got stuck a lot trying to figure out plot points and ended up making it a lot more complicated to write than it needed to be. I was in high school when I wrote it, but I’m trying to rewrite it now on AO3, and it’s tough working out the kinks and reorganizing things.

27)  How do you feel about collaborations?

IS THAT A HINT??????????? 

I’d be down to do it sometime. I did them a lot as a kid and preteen, and I usually had a good time emailing back and forth. I think I’m out of practice, but I also think it’s a great exercise and would be a lot of fun.

Thanks a lot!!!

Whoopee! So many. Here we go

Lavender: Name something that relaxes you.

A good cup of jasmine tea! 

Vinyl: What is some of your favorite music?

Lately I’ve been listening to a lot of Sleeping At Last’s instrumental stuff. It’s super soothing. I also really like Fallen London’s soundtrack! I’m just thinking of stuff I listen to in the car at this point, haha.

Incense: List your three favorite scents.

Jasmine, rosewater, and rosemary.

Rainstorms: What helps you fall asleep?

Boy howdy, that is the question. I guess I used to spritz lavender around my pillow, but I think chamomile helps me sleep now. For the most part, I just let my exhaustion overwhelm me.

Dragons: What makes you feel powerful, what breathes life into you?

This is a…really good question that I did not think about at all. It doesn’t make me feel “powerful” per se as it does breathe life into me, but talking with bored salespeople and having good conversations with them over silly things makes me feel more connected with life. Strangers who I’ll never see again but who  had a positive experience with me.

i’m gonna go with uncharted thankies :^)

the first character i ever fell in love with: elena fisher my beautiful daughter

a character that i used to love/like, but now do not: nate i think? i mean at first i was ok with him but through time my interest completely vanishes

a ship that i used to love/like, but now do not: chloe x nate

my ultimate favorite character™: rafe, my rich prick

prettiest character: chloe obviously…..but also rafe let’s be real for a sec

my most hated character: TALBOT this lil bitch

my OTP: i don’t really have an otp honestly i don’t feel strongly about the ships

my NOTP: harry x zoran like……why

favorite moment: i really like the rossi estate scenes…..sam as a waiter, nadine kicking nate’s ass, rafe being a prick….it’s everything i ever wanted in life. also when chloe, harry and nate team up because man, so much chemistry

saddest death: HARRY

favorite game: i can’t choose i really love drake’s deception but a thief’s end was such a masterpiece

least favorite game: drake’s fortune

character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but i hate: nate. i don’t hate him but i don’t like him either

my ‘you’re piece of trash, but you’re still a fave’ fave: harry and sam

my ‘beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this’ fave: elena she is too good for this game and also chloe !!

my ‘this ship is wrong, nasty, and makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it’ ship: rafe x me

my ‘they’re kind of cute, and i lowkey ship them, but i’m not too invested’ ship’: elena x nate

Yippee, here we go!

3.) What is the best fandom you’ve ever been involved in?

Hmm, I know there are some pretty deep-rooted problems in it, but I’ve made some really great connections with people in the Dragon Age fandom. They’ve educated me on the problematic elements, encouraged my writing, written incredibly insightful stories, and drawn beautiful art. I’ve enjoyed my time here!

6.) List your OTP from each fandom you’ve been involved in.

Hoo boy. Okay. I’m going to skip some fandoms so you guys won’t kinkshame.Naruto: Kimimaro/Sakura is the one I’m going to pull out of my hat.Harvest Moon: Shea/Chelsea (Island of Happiness) or Mikhail/Lillian (Tale of Two Towns), the former for Cute Value and the latter because of Fun to WriteDragon Age: *bangs pots and pans together, screeching like a banshee* FENRIS/HAWKE ANY HAWKE LITERALLY ANY HAWKE SIBLING also Fenris/Hawke/Isabela is a good one or Fenris/Isabela. I also like Adoribull.Fire Emblem: Artur/Lute (Sacred Stones)! I think they’re in my tag for “my otp”Okay those are all you get.

15.) Is there an obscure ship which you love?

I’m in the middle of FE14: Birthright, and oh man Saizo/Mozu is so sweet! They’re both farmers and he’s so considerate even though he’s a Bitter Ninja and she’s so happy to see him all the time and aaaah (I am currently planning a very sweet raunchy fic about them because I’m gross)

24.) What fic do you desperately need to rewrite or edit?

I’m going to rewrite/edit Harvest Moonshine when I’m finished with Swan Song this year. There’s a part in chapter one where I describe Anita’s magnificent white horse, the only horse in her stable, then in chapter four, Amir is petting her brown horse. Of course, there are lots of typos and smirking and plot elements that I need to revise.

28.) If someone were to draw a piece of fanart for your story, which story would it be and what would the picture be of?

I’d hope it would be Swan Song and The Dream would be a detailed fanart of the latest chapter where everyone is dancing bachata, but tbh I would love to see some more Harvest Moonshine of Anita and Amir being cute and bootlegging wine.

44.) What is your all time favourite fanfic?

Didn’t have to think very hard about this one. I mean, sure, there are too many ellipses, and I’m sure if I thought long enough I could find some parts of it I didn’t like, but firefly wrote a Naruto fic called A Remedy for Lassitude  approximately two billion years ago and the lines and images from it still resonate with me, get trapped in my head on repeat, even however-many-years later. It’s a 32k word friendship fanfic about an AU Hidan and Temari and I think it’s beautifully imagined and incredibly powerful. I’ll put a link in when I’m back at my computer if people don’t want to look it up themselves. You can read it here!