Cullen Rutherford Fanfiction Recommendation...
This is a list of AO3 fics that I've really enjoyed reading, and I wouldn't have found them myself if it weren't for other recommendation posts on Tumblr. There are still plenty more that I've yet to find that I know I'll enjoy, but as of right now, these have been amazing reads that I'm sure others are bound to enjoy as well if they're fond of Cullen c:
WARNING: pretty sure they're all rated for mature audiences, but if you click on any of these please check the tags to decide if you'd like to read any further.
I hope the formatting for this is correct, if there is a correct-or typical-way to format these recommendations. I just did it how it'd made sense to me *shrug. Correct me, otherwise. Teach me how to Tumblr.
Thank you to the authors for your creative prowess and for giving me permission to add your stories to this list! I'll add more over time, I'm sure. May you receive all of the kudos and feedback, and continue to find joy in creating your stories. <3
Wrong fandom but I'm always compelled to say, "kill write well...and often." x3
Updated 04/08/2023: A couple more have been added! c:
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Summary: When the Inquisition disbands, Cullen disappears without a trace. After he is found begging in the streets of Val Chevin, his long-time friend and former lover, Mira, comes to find and bring him home. As she tries to help him quit lyrium for good, they discuss their past and finally say all the things between them previously left unsaid.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Summary: Everyone around her seemed incomprehensibly eager to have the rebel mages close the Breach. Never mind that it made her a funnel in some magical experiment, one that they didn't know for sure would even work. No, much better if they found the templars instead - for herself and for Myca. Yet it was only the suspicious commander who shared this view. Suddenly she had a reason to get on his good side.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Broken Song by Decim
Summary: Remy Hawke and Knight-Captain Cullen have been entangled with each other since their first meeting… she’s made sure of that. What started out as an ill-advised affair quickly grew into something more, though circumstances made that certain lines could never be crossed. Once she leaves the city and her position as Viscountess, they say goodbye for good, not anticipating that only a year later they will meet again when the world is coming to an end.
An alternate version of Dragon Age: Inquisition in which Hawke attended the Conclave and became the Herald, with flashbacks to Dragon Age 2.
Thank you to @decimdraws on Tumblr! ✨
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Wander the Drifting Roads - Pt. 1 of Nothing Wrought Shall be Lost by mortonsspoon
Summary: After defeating Corypheus, Lavellan thought the worst was behind them. When Cullen is captured and exposed to red lyrium, the Inquisition loses its Commander and Lavellan loses the man she loves.
The two face diverging paths forward: Lavellan attempts to find purpose in life after the end of the organization they built together, and Cullen must find a way to come to terms with the darkness he's faced for a decade before he loses his memories of her forever.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Book of Memories - Pt. 2 of Nothing Wrought Shall Be Lost by mortonsspoon
Summary: There is a book in Comtesse Lavellan’s library in Kirkwall. It has been meticulously bound in leather, with the shape of a tall, spreading tree and a lion embossed on the front. Inside, there are a number of writings: recollections from a darker time, hopes and fears, and moments archived in writing for their own safekeeping.
Or: An anthology of what happened to Emmaera and Cullen before, during, and after the events of Wander the Drifting Roads.
*Tags will be updated as chapters are posted
Thank you to @shivunin on Tumblr! ✨
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
This is a series of works and I will post the description and notes rather than the summary like with others c:
Description: "When your skies are grey, and your whole world is shaking, to the Moon and back, I'll love you more than that."
Notes: A collection of short fics and drabbles about Cullen Rutherford and Eurydice Lavellan.
Thank you to @star--nymph on Tumblr! ✨
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
In Waking Dreams by AParisianShakespearean
Summary: They fall in love slowly during the war at the height of the Inquisition. During their romantic and eventually sexual relationship, the former Circle mage and former templar discover they love one another as more than the Commander and Inquisitor, more than the rose that survived and endured the winter, and more than a forgotten goddess of old. Then war, like everything, ends. They dream of dawn after stars. *** The love story between Inquisitor Lydia Trevelyan and her Commander. As the Inquisition begins and unravels, so do their own personal struggles, issues, torrid pasts, and feelings for one another. Sprinklings of other characters here and there. Slightly diverges from canon. Rated E for later chapters.
Thank you to @a-shakespearean-in-paris on Tumblr! ✨
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Description: Take a look at the Thedas with Inquisitor Trevelyan, a noble, a mage and a leader. Her adventures weren't filled with just action and fighting, but it came with a hint of drama and romance - something the nobles would often gossip about.
Thank you to PoptartCandy (I'm not sure if they're on tumblr, but this can be amended if so)!
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Summary:
Evelyn Trevelyan, once on her way to become a Senior Enchanter at the Circle of Ostwick, now an apostate, has had a very hard last couple of years. And it looks like she can expect to have very hard years ahead of her, too.
Luckily for her, she has plenty of experience hiding just how awkward, clumsy, and terrified she is of everything. Also luckily for her, she discovers that there are people she doesn't have to hide from. Friendships, family, and even love can be found and forged in the unlikeliest of places. Bridges are built to span the breach between warring peoples and hearts even as they fight the Breach in the sky and the one that caused it.
Yet another retelling of the adventures that occur in Dragon Age: Inquisition. Mostly canon, divergences are like a scenic route. Filling in the holes, building the friendships and relationships, and connecting the dots that we don't see in-game. From the light and playful moments to the dark and violent twists and turns, joy and angst, eventual smut, thus the M rating.
Thank you to Kartoonist (I don't know if they're on tumblr either, but if so this will be amended)!
