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[cheerysmores]

Fic Masterlist

Hello all! There are a whole lot more of you now so I thought I'd give a proper introduction. I go by Cheery and this is where I post about the pains joy of writing (BG3 & Dragon Age right now).

You can also find me as cheerysmores on AO3 as well as Bluesky 🦋 ✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦ . 　

My OCs

BG3

Cirinna (Ciri) Aendryr-Dekarios: Fire Draconic Sorcerer🔥

Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Phyrra Mercar: Elf, Shadow Dragon, Spell Blade🩷

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Fics

Dragon Age: The Veilguard

↳ Over the knife's edge: Lucanis x Crow Rook, angst, smut, hurt/comfort (I had a LOT of thoughts about his final romance scene and Spite biting people). Gift for @callmethebrightness. AO3 link ↳ Old regrets and new beginnings: Solas x Lavellan, a little Veilguard Solavellan prologue set the night before the events of the game. (Gift for @mumms-the-word) ↳ Unfinished business: Lucanis x Shadow Dragon Rook (Phyrra). Some thoughts on what would happen if a crow contract was taken out on Rook ↳ Yours. Mine. Ours: Lucanis x Rook (Phyrra) x Spite, shameless post game smut. AO3 link ↳ Between the bones: Lucanis x Emmrich. Two men who know nothing but death take some time in the Necropolis gardens to think about life. (Gift fic for @sorceresssundries) AO3 link ↳ Adder's Kiss: Teia x Viago. 18+, smut, Pre-Veilguard but Post-8 Little Talons. (Gift fic for @kimberbohwrites) AO3 link ↳ Such Fragmented Delights: Teia x Viago. 18+, smut, Post-Veilguard, glove kink. Teia and Viago catch up at a Treviso masked ball AO3 link

Dragon Age Inquisition

↳ Heavier than Sin: Cullen x Lavellan Inquisitor, angst, 18+, smut & angst, hurt/comfort. AO3 link ↳ You Will Come Back: Cullen x Lavellan Inquisitor, (Gift fic for @weaveandwood), 18+, smut (basically I had a lot of feelings about THIS particular scene). AO3 link ↳ The Inquisitor's Favour: Cullen x Lavellan Inquisitor, fluff and feelings, what if Cullen's confession involved a tourney? AO3 link ↳ After the Storm: Dorian x Lavellan Inquisitor (Gift fic for @alsoika) T, in the aftermath of trespasser, hurt/comfort AO3 link ↳ Red like me: Iron Bull x Inquisitor, 18+, Rope Bondage and feels. AO3 link ↳ Homeland (1/2): Blackwall x Inquisitor (Gift fic for @orangekittyenergy), 18+, E, angst + hurt/comfort. Blackwall dumps a bucket of water over himself. That's the plot. AO3 link ↳ Between Dreams and Desire: Solas x Inquisitor (Gift fic for @elspethdekarios), 18+, light smut, major angst, Solas can't stay away from Sulah's dreams AO3 link

Baldur's Gate 3

Gale

↳ Stay: Gale x Fem Tav, Act 2 romance scene (non astral), Tav POV, 18+, smut & angst, hurt/comfort AO3 link ↳ Ardently: Gale x Fem Tav, (Kind of a part 2 to Stay but not necessary reading), Act 2 romance scene, Gale POV, 18+, smut & angst, hurt/comfort AO3 link ↳ Just as you are: Gale x Fem Tav, post-canon (pre-epilogue), hurt/comfort, fluff, Gale POV, Gale has chronic pain. (Now with artwork by @laserlope) AO3 link ↳ The definition of home: Gale x (illithid) Tav, post-canon (pre-epilogue), emotional hurt/comfort, fluff, reassurance, Gale would still love you if you were a worm, Tav POV AKA I saw that Gale is still 100% on board with marrying Tav even if they become a mind flayer so THIS was born. AO3 link ↳ Another stolen moment: Gale x Fem Tav. Gift fic for @magspeaches! 3K of gratuitous face sitting. 18+ AO3 link ↳ Broken Horizons (15/20): Gale x Fem Tav (Ciri), post-canon, orb destabilises, ANGST, Major Character Death, heavy Tara feature, happy ending (I promise) 18+ Prologue The night before Day one Trance #1: Common ground Two months Trance #2: Wash me clean Eight months Trance #3: Choose me Twelve months Trance #4: Aendryr-Dekarios Twenty-five months Trance #5: The Meaning of Home Twenty-seven months Trance #6: Family Thirty months A place outside time

Astarion

↳ Shades of red: Ascended Astarion x Fem Tav, 18+, smut and angst, biting (whole lotta biting), blood, choking, Tav POV AO3 link ↳ Sunrise sunset: Bloodweave, some netherbrain fluff and feelings. Birthday gift for @unforgiving-girl AO3 link

Halsin

↳ Peaches & honey: Halsin x Fem Tav, 18+, outdoor sex, sexy fruit are involved. Gift for @mercymaker AO3 link

Isobel x Aylin

↳ Moonlit quiet: Dame Aylin x Isobel Thorm, hurt/comfort/fluff, spoilers for Act 2, Isobel POV, Isobel and Aylin take some time for themselves following Ketheric's death AO3 link

[oneshotprincess]

13 years later we must all admit, nothing fucks as hard as the dragon age inquisition tarot cards

[apfel-strudelz]

🌟'You put the stars to shame..'🌟

due to popular demand on TT I've finished it :)

[musiicpix3l]

Yes yes i know love is love. But they are still killing CHILDREN. over this.

[cheerysmores]

Growing Violets

Took the plunge and finally posted some of my Scott x female farmer (Violet) fanfic.

Fluff feels and a very unexpected bump.

You can read chapters 1 and 2 of Growing Violets here

Big thanks to @mumms-the-word and @weaveandwood for the support as we all fall down the Coral Island rabbit hole.

[gattobamboom]

[lady-sapphyre]

[dailynarnia]

is jake gyllenhaal gay??

why would you ask us, a narnia blog, this

[helloitsbees]

happy pride month to this post specifically

[cheerysmores]

Pillowy man bosoms indeed

[randomthoughtshere24]

It'll be ok.

Had a rough few days, redid an old drawing from last year -

I like the sky in the old one better but I can't remember how I did it lol

Y'all have a good day <3

[mercymaker]

The chase had been Mal's idea to start. The drow had watched the clouds turn bruisy and dark, laughed, then left a breath against his forehead as she slipped out their front door and into the rain. 'Find me.' And he, as always, was powerless to refuse.

From 'Peaches and honey' by the incredible @cheerysmores 🧡

[cheerysmores]

MAL MY LOOOOOVE. She is SO fun to write

[inquisiorastoria]

PomPomPullen

[tsrmarina]

A little sketch study of Gale

[randomthoughtshere24]

Gale Dekarios <3

Last drawing was so fun I just had to try it with our dear wizard lol

[productofaritual]

Love character relationships that can only be described as "whatever the fuck these two have going on"

[cheerysmores]

Broken Horizons Chapter 16

Mystra you are HARD to write.

Snippet:

“If you cannot bring someone back then… then give me the power of a Wish spell and I'll do it myself," Ciri tries.

Mystra's prismatic gaze flickers. "That is something I could grant, but be warned. Such magics would sunder your body to shards. Decades of study are required before you would have the skill to wield it."

"I can handle it. Magic courses through my blood."

"But not your mind," Mystra counters. She spreads her arms and the sky around her flickers in a rainbow of intricate braids. "Feeling magic is one thing. Understanding how its threads bind and break to repaint reality is another. For the uneducated the results tend to be... unfortunate." Her smile shifts to something colder. Condescending. The words small and foolish painted there without her having to say them.

"How is that fair?" Ciri grits before she can stop herself.

"Rules are written for the good of all."

Rules rules rules. Stupid convoluted rules always choking out her hope like razor wire across her throat. She can feel the power here, taste it, yet even a being with the ability to reshape reality still bows to inscrutable reasoning. She thinks back to the clerics she sought on her journey and their pitying faces. How easy it is turn away the desperate and the hungry and the mourning when the divine never have to be challenged.

Ciri grips the crown harder. She remembers Gale's plea for her to believe he could take such power and be better. No rules. No godly game of chess where mortal pieces were thrown to the floor when they ceased being useful.

Perhaps he did have a point…

Read the chapter on AO3

[cheerysmores]

Fun fact: the very original document of this fanfic was titled “Mystra you can catch these hands”

[cheerysmores]

Trying to make a header for Broken Horizons and am becoming the embodiment of that “Graphic design is my passion 🐸 ⭐” post.