「 Bravery. 」

other people always took the risks to keep me safe. [ Multiverse / Multiship ] 

[offerelden]

Finding Sunshine

[offerelden]

iron-and-earth:

With much reluctance, he release the kiss, smile on his lips as he felt her arms around his neck. He rested his forehead against hers and breathed deeply, more relaxed in that moment than he had ever been. As a warden he’d been able to distract himself from how much he had been so sure he’d lost.

Even with that responsibility, though, at that time, all the world seemed without worry.

“Bethany…” His voice was shaky, the weight of worlds lifted from his shoulders.

      “Atticus,” Bethany murmured his name back, fluttering her eyes open to gaze into his after a long moment. She relished in the fact that this was real, this was not a dream. Everything she was feeling right now, it was all true. When she’d joined the Inquisition, she had to face the hard reality of moving on. But when she couldn’t, she knew that she’d never find a love like this again. And she was glad she didn’t move on. She was glad that she had this, and that he was here. Somewhere, deep in her heart, she knew she’d seem him again.

                  “I’ve been waiting for you to come for a long, long time.”

[offerelden]

Finding Sunshine

[offerelden]

iron-and-earth:

It took a moment for her words to register in his mind, as he was still in a state of high tension and worry. It all melted away in an instant with her laugh, her smile, her.

His fists fells to open hands.

His eyes softened.

He released a breath he felt he’d been holding for days.

His lips stretched into a smile so wide and bright it outshone the sun above. His arms came out from beneath his cloak and his hands came to an excited stop just under her arms, where, with the vigor of a much younger man, he lifted her off her feet, into the air, and spun round with her. A raspy laugh escaped him, one of both relief and elation, as he lowered he slowly back to the ground. His hands stayed on her sides and he leaned close, pressing his lips to hers.

He used to shudder to think of how long he’d waited for this moment.

Then, however, he only shuddered against her as a tear of joy slowly fell down his cheek.

Bethany grinned as she latched her hands onto his shoulders, laughing as he twirled her in the air. No words could describe how she felt right now---a mix of relief, excitement, happiness, etc.

Once she was set down, she gazed her hazel eyes up into his, tightening her arms from his shoulders to around his neck as his lips met hers in a long awaited kiss. She couldn’t even remember how long she’d waited for him to kiss her again, she just knew that this was now and he was hers again, just as she was his.

She could feel her eyes fill with tears, waiting to fall, but they didn’t. She was perfectly, completely happy in this moment, and she wouldn’t cry. Not now, at least.

[offerelden]

Finding Sunshine

@iron-and-earth​ continued from "FINDING SUNSHINE".

      “Of course not!” She exclaimed with a bright smile, glad that the mood and tension had finally lifted, courtesy of her snicker from a moment ago. She felt a tinge of guilt about laughing at the accusation that she was... with Blackwall. It wasn’t that he wasn’t a good person, no --- he was just her friend, and she’d never think of him in the way that she thought about Atticus. Blackwall was a good man, but Atticus had her heart.

                  “Atticus, I still have, and always have, loved you.”

[iron-and-earth]

"Finding Sunshine" - Bethany & Atticus

[offerelden]

[ ATTICUS ]:

Her voice was soft, nearly silent, her words spoken with great effort to force something so small out.  All at once his all but cold heart felt a jolt of warmth, excitement, one might even have said “hope.”  She still loved him, after all this time, all these years of separation.  Never once did she leave his thoughts, never in battle, never in sleep.

The hope faded quickly as he spoke.

“Then why do you cling so tightly to that Warden’s arm?”

                A small snicker was made,                       as if this were amusing all of a sudden.

     “I had to cling! If I hadn’t, I would have probably fell over and been knocked unconscious. Would you rather have that happen?” A grin seemed to stick to Bethany’s pink lips, and she couldn’t do anything to wipe it off. “You thought... you thought that me and Blackwall... that Blackwall and I were... together?” She almost wanted to burst into laughter; and she almost did, if it weren’t for the watchful eyes.

[iron-and-earth]

"Finding Sunshine" - Bethany & Atticus

[offerelden]

[ ATTICUS ]:

He stood before her at an entirely new echelon of dumbfounded.  She asked if he had moved on, stating far too openly that she, in fact, had not.  Then, why, he asked himself, the voice in his mind all but screaming, why were you clung to Blackwall’s arm?!

"You…you haven’t?"

Before he could stop himself, his hand lunged out from beneath the cloak, a hand covered in a black leather glove, a silver gryphon embellished on the back.  HIs hand grabbed and gripped her wrist.  His voice was low, wounded, his eyes distant, lost.

"You’re…Bethany…you still love me?"

      As his hand grasped her wrist, all air seemed to leave her. Of course, she had tried to move on. Nothing was farther from that truth, but her thoughts always seemed to wander back to him, which is a big reason why she did still love him. “O--Of course I do,” Bethany finally spoke, almost choking out her words. She never would’ve thought that he’d come to the Inquisition, to Skyhold of all places.

      “I always have, Atticus, and I could not stop. I tried------honestly, I did, but I can’t seem to move on...” Bethany’s voice was also... well, wounded. The person she thought she had lost forever was standing right before her, perfectly well and hardly changing, other than the fact that he had long hair and a stubble to speak of. Her hand then slid to the one on her wrist; his hand, placing on top of it and, then, her hazel eyes locked with his.

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[ FENRIS ]:

A hero? Fenris doubted that, but he said nothing against it. He just held Bethany a little closer and hushed her. "It’s alright now. Nothing else happened, and nothing else will happen. You are safe here. I won’t let anything happen to you.” He didn’t mean to say that last bit out loud…

                “TH--THANK YOU...” Her soft voice                  whispered as she decided to finally                  take a deep breath to stop her tears.                  After a few more moments, she then                  moved from his embrace, to actually                  wipe her cheeks. This must make her                  seem weak... even though she didn’t                  mind; not in front of Fenris.

[offerelden]

"You can lay down in my bed if you need to." ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

                “I’m… sure I’ll be fine, Isabela, thank you.”

[iron-and-earth]

"Finding Sunshine" - Bethany & Atticus

[offerelden]

[ ATTICUS ]:

Atticus stood still, rooted into the dirt by her words and her expression.  He was baffled on a level he had yet to know in his known life.  Her tone was oddly hurt, accusing, confused by his lack of action or affection to her even though, in his view, she had so obviously moved on. 

What could he really say?  Aside from being befuddled, he fished wildly for a response to her accusation.  In plan words, he would have ran to her, clutched her to his chest in fear of losing her again, he she not been clinging to dearly to that Warden’s arm.  And yet, here she was, accusing him of moving on so easily?

Atticus, lost, weary from the travel, mind and body nearly numb from hurt and confusion, spoke the only words he could find in that moment.

"Bethany…what the hell are you talking about?”

       And now she was the confused one. They were only going in circles, and his only words had confused her even more. She thought she was clear about her point. "I am asking if you have moved on! Because I haven't! I can't move on, Atticus. Few have tried, but I rejected all because I am still in love with you, and I want to know if you still feel the same way!"

       She took a deep breath and unclenched the fists she hadn't realized were clenched, exhaling heavily. Getting it off her chest felt nice, but she'd feel like an idiot if his feelings weren't reciprocated, which she could understand. After all, she had left him.

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Angst Starter Masterlist

" Aren't you going to say something?"

" And I thought I loved you."

" And I thought you loved me."

" Angry. I'm.. I'm angry."

" Aren't you even going to cry?"

" Are you going to cry?"

" Are you crying?"

" Are you okay?"

" Ask if I'm okay. Just ask."

" And this is why I don't want to stay anymore."

" Addiction isn't the way to go, ___ "

" Are you angry with me?"

" Are you afraid?"

" And now is the part where we say goodbye."

" And now you're going to leave me!"

" Are you just going to leave me?"

" Be friends with someone else."

" Boy/Girlfriend? Is that what you thought I meant?"

" Because you're such an ass and I- I just hate you!"

" But I've changed."

" But you've changed."

" Buy yourself something nice. Because I don't want this ring."

" But.. you're still alive?"

" Can't you just let me be happy for once?!"

" Can't you be happy for once?

" Can't you just be happy for me?"

" Come on, leave already!"

" Coward. That's all you are. A coward."

" Do you even know what you've done to me?"

" Do you have any remorse? "

" Don't you dare close your eyes on me!"

" Don't you dare die."

" Don't you care about me/her/him/them anymore?"

" Don't give me that look"

" Don't you want me to be happy?"

" Dammit! Everything was just starting to get better and then you do this!"

" Damn you."

" Don't lie to me."

" Don't like to him/her/them."

" Dammit.. Fuck! Fuck, fuck, fuck! You fucking ass!"

" Everything is fucked up now- everything is fucked because of you!"

" Everything's gone to hell."

" Everyone hates me."

" Everyone hates you."

" Everything hurts."

" Everything's going to be okay."

" Everyone loves you, not me."

" Everything is falling apart."

" Everything fell apart and I can't pick up the pieces anymore."

" For someone whose dying, you seem kind of happy."

" Friends forever, right? Isn't that what you said?"

" Fuck off!"

" Fuck you!"

" Find a new place to live."

" Find a new girlfriend/boyfriend."

" Find a new best-friend."

" Fine. I'll leave."

" Forever and ever. That's how long I said I loved you. But you never said it back."

" Fucking hell, I hate you!"

" Get lost!"

" Get a job, you ass!"

" Get out of here!"

" Go get a life."

" Go. Just go."

" How are you still alive?"

" How long are you going to keep this up?"

" How long until you finally get lost?"

" How about I just leave."

" Hold up. You're breaking up with me?"

" Heaven doesn't exist."

" Hell is the only place we're going to be going."

" How about you leave now?"

" Is this how you're going to treat me?"

" I can't believe you."

" I'm a monster."

" I killed someone."

" I want to kill something."

" I'm running away."

" I'm leaving you."

" I can't look at you right now."

" I hope you die!"

" I don't understand."

" I'm so angry/sad. But you don't care."

" I'm dying."

" I can feel the darkness coming."

" I can't breathe."

" Just joking, I don't love you."

" Just go."

" Just leave me alone!"

" Just fuck off."

" Kill yourself. "

" Kindly get the hell away from me."

" Kids? I don't want kids."

" Kind. That's the one thing you can never manage to be."

" Lie. Just lie."

" Lie to me."

" Life is not worth living."

" Living isn't possible."

" Like I give a shit about you."

" Lies are all you're capable of."

" Lay down. It'll all be over soon."

" My heart is broken. "

" My.. everything hurts."

" My girlfriend/boyfriend left."

" My ____ is dead."

" Man, you're an asshole."

" My lies aren't working anymore."

" Mutt."

" Many times I lay awake and wonder why I'm alive anymore."

" Never again."

" Never speak to me again."

" No. I won't do it."

" No, I don't like you like that."

" No way in hell!"

" Now, now, is there really any reason to cry?"

" Now and again I really start to hate you."

" No. Stop crying, just stop it."

" Not how I wanted to spend my life."

" Never look at me again."

" People hate me."

" People hate you."

" Person? No, no. You're not a person. You're a robot."

" People like you sicken me."

" People like you deserve to die."

" Perhaps you should just leave, then."

" Piss off."

" Question: why are you still here?"

" Quiet. I'm getting sick of hearing your voice."

" Run away. That's what I'm doing."

" See? I hate you."

" See? You hate me."

" Sometimes I wonder why you stay with me."

" So.. you hate me, then?"

" So this is how it ends."

" Shoot me."

" Shit..."

" So why are you still here?"

" Sometimes people lie to me."

" Stories are just that. Stories."

" Took off with everything I had!"

" Time to go."

" This is the end. It's done."

" The story is ending now."

" This is the end."

" This is why I hate you."

" Then why do you say you love me?!"

" Unlike you I have friends."

" Unlike me, you have friends"

" Under the bed is were I have to hide from you."

" Underwater is where i want me coffin to be."

" Utter it again and I swear I'll kill you!"

" Why can't you row up?"

" Why cant you care about me?"

" Why do you hate me?"

" What do you mean?"

" Why can't you just be you."

" When am I supposed to get my time to be happy?'

" Well. This isn't how it was supposed to end between us."

" Whatever, you asshole."

" Whenever you decide you can stand to talk to me ago, please do."

" Well. I hate you now."

" Well, you hate me now."

[offerelden]

[ TEMPLAR ]:

                His eyes downcast as he hears the Newcomer approach them.                 He quickly stole a glance behind him at the other & sighed, unfolding                 a piece of paper. He cleared his throat & began to read in his head.                 The mage before him was accused of many things, most things on                  the piece of paper was more than likely a lie, but he had a job to                  do & unfortunately, taking innocents were a major. He raised his                  head & glanced at the Mage.                                 ❝ You are to be taken to the gallows for…err..                                        being a mage- ahem & a possible threat in                                                   K I R K W A L L ❞

                                   ❝ A possible threat?                                          To my own HOME? ❞ 

                 She obviously did not like the wrongful allegation.                  Had the Templars not gotten over the fact that they                  could just bring mages in on account of apostatery?                  They need not follow in with false accusations, as                  well. This had clearly disappointed her.

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[ FENRIS ]:

Initially, Fenris stood completely still.  Comforting people wasn’t one of his  best skills. But for Bethany, he would try. He wrapped his arms around her in  turn and sat down with her. “It was no  trouble, believe me.” Throwing out men  like that was a pleasure. 

                 "IT--IT'S JUST THAT... the things he                  would've done ------ things he might've                  done, if you hadn't come along... you                  are truly a hero. My hero." Bethany                  did not realize her words were so ro--                  mantic, but she was only telling the truth.

[everkings]

not dead.

[iron-and-earth]

"Finding Sunshine" - Bethany & Atticus

[offerelden]

[ LOST LOVE ]:

Atticus stood so close to her, feeling almost too close considering how hard she was now trying to avoid looking at him.  She muttered, fidgeted with her robe and finally, after what felt like the remainder of the day, she asked for his help; his help in understanding something.

   She asked if he was “alone.”

When her eyes did finally fall to his he felt an agonizing mixture of emotions.  He wanted to leap out of his damned boots and run to her, pick her up in his empty arms and clutch her so she’d never leave again.  And yet there was something painfully foreboding in her glance.  Every part of him wanted to scream 'more alone that you can imagine, Bethany!  I've been alone since you left…'

   ‘It’s second to divine to see you again.’

      ‘It only hurts to see that you’ve moved on.’

         ‘But if you’re happy, then that’s all I’ll ever need.’

"Am I…alone?  B-Bethany…"

But instead, he pondered the question, choked, seeming a little surprised by it’s being posed.  He wouldn’t even dare pose the same to her, though. 

"Uh…no…no, I’m…I haven’t…No, I’m with no one.  Not even anyone from the order…"

       Bethany's mouth fell open, only parted in the slightest as she heard his response... which maintained a lot of pauses and stutters. "Then ------ Then you no longer love me? You have moved on?" The mage had managed to choke out, swallowing harshly right afterwards. She did not even want to think about him moving on. She had still loved him, and probably always would.

       "You no longer care for my affections? Yes, that must be the reason... I couldn't have expected you to wait, right? You must've..." After the first question, the rambling seemed more to herself than him, and the rest continued through her head, possibilities of him having lovers before he got here, but ending it when he decided to come. Why else would he not wrap his arms around her and feel each others' embrace forever?

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[ FENRIS ]:

Fenris positioned himself between Bethany and  the brute. The man seemed to size Fenris up. The  elf snarled at him, daring him to make a move.  Smartly, the man took one look at the fury in his face  and bolted. Once the man was long gone, Fenris turned  back to Bethany. An entirely different expression came  across him; one of concern.   "Are you all right, Bethany?" 

                 "F-FENRIS..." Bethany choked out, her arms                  being thrown around him as she sobbed. The                  circumstances allowed it. "I -- I am fine... th --                  thank you for being here when you did..."

[offerelden]

Illness themed RP starters!

"When is the last time you ate?"

"Let me get you a glass of water."

"You can lay down in my bed if you need to."

"Don't cry, you're going to be fine."

"You're safe, I've got you."

"You're fever's too high, you're delirious."

"Sleep it off."

"Can I get you anything?"

"Here, vomit in this."

"You've been out for days. I was worried you were dead."

"When is the last time you slept?"

"How bad does your stomach hurt?"

"How long have you had that cough?"

"Hold on. You're too sick to go anywhere."

"I'll get you a blanket, you're going to be here for a while."

"Let's go home, you're too sick."

"I can do that, just go back to bed."

"Maybe you should go to the doctor."

"Come on, at least sleep in a bed."

[icethelonelymelody]

[offerelden]

[ FENRIS ]:

The elf came up behind the man trying to touch her.  He grabbed the wretch by the shoulder and pulled  him away, practically throwing him across the room.  "You need to leave. Now.”

                 BETHANY WAS STILL terrified, and that                  was clearly justified by her expression;                  bleary eyes and all. As she watched the                  lowlife get thrown across the room, she                  realized it was Fenris who had come to                  her rescue, joy erupting inside her chest.