#zevrist

For the Sexual Headcanons Ask Meme. (CW: canon sexual abuse mention)

Zevrana (I like this ship name, anon 👌)

1)  Who tends to initiate? Does it change? Why?

I have 3 ‘canon’ Wardens, so the group dynamic is a little different than in the actual game 😅

Bearing that in mind, Zevran’s first instinct is survival. To that end, he’s willing to use sex as leverage to ingratiate himself to whoever is in charge. In my canon, that would be Valdrin Aeducan, but Val is a bit of a dwarven traditionalist (and suffering a serious identity crisis after his brother’s betrayal) so the last thing he’s interested in is ‘sexual experimentation’ with some elf he doesn’t fully trust.

Val would have killed Zevran if left to his own devices, Aleria Amell is indifferent. Eríst Surana is the reason Zev survived the ambush at all, but the thing about Eríst is that he’s well familiar with the tactic of trading his body for favours and he’s not willing to subject anyone else to that. They both use flirtation as a defence mechanism, so it goes back forth for a long time before Eríst finally has enough and corners Zevran in his tent, demanding to know his intentions.

Zevran, who by now is genuinely intrigued by the young mage, convinces Eríst that he has no ulterior motive, that he finds him attractive and that sex between friends could simply be a pleasant way to pass the time. Eríst admits that he’s curious about being with another elf (which hasn’t happened before) and so they fall into a friends-with-benefits arrangement.

For a while, it’s Zevran who initiates, but as they get to know each other and feelings start to develop, it becomes fairly even.

2) Any preferences for top/bottom?

When they start their relationship, Eríst is used to bottoming exclusively. He assumes that role by default for their first few encounters, but when Zevran mentions switching things up, he's eager to try.

He still likes to bottom, but he discovers he has a slight preference for topping. Zevran is happy to oblige.

17) Dom/Sub dynamics? Who’s dom, who’s sub?

Their dynamic is fairly equal. Eríst has something of a bossy streak while Zevran is more accommodating.

18) Dirty talk, sweet nothings, or no talking (or discussing only technicalities)

Zevran loves to talk during sex. He tends to slip into Antivan so Eríst has no idea what he's saying, but he develops a bit of a kink for it. He loves the sound of the foreign words, breathless and rough in his ear.

*Fenhawke under the cut so the post isn't 5 miles long 🥳