#cullbastian

[celemee]

How does the DA fandom feel about Cullen/Sebastian in the year of our Maker 2025? Because I got something for you.

[barbex]

Making posts for the individual @dasmutquisition​ exchange. This was an ooooh just before the deadline treat for celeme and my bumbling attempt at writing a historical fiction AU for Cullen and Sebastian. I tried to make it sound quite differently from how I usually write.

Chapters: 1/1 Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Cullen Rutherford/Sebastian Vael Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Historical, Historical Inaccuracy, Anal Sex

Summary:

The young Lord Sebastian Vael wants more from life than winning archery tournaments. Cullen is willing to give Sebastian everything.

[saltlordofold]

“[Cullen] lowered his hammer and staggered backwards, sighing in exasperation: the umpteenth damaged breastplate sat on his anvil, its dents resistant to remodelling. He would bend it to his will, as he had all the others, but the task seemed neverending; the pile of armour at the end of the smithy seemed to replenish itself - as one plate was done with, he could have sworn another manifested to take its place.” 

Blacksmith!Cullen. ‘nuff said, right? Well, you have @cullenlovesmen to thank for the brilliant concept! A Love Long Lost is her romantic, EPIC tale of a post-Inquisition Cullen and a princely Sebastian finding each other after all their hardships and re-tying ties they long thought severed. I LOVE this fic, the sweeping tone of it, the depth of feeling that transpires from each line. Neither Cullen nor Sebastian were ever really on my radar, but this fic is different. Not to mention, T is one of the most supportive and creative people I’ve ever met: both me and the fandom are lucky to have her.

ALL is complete and updates on mondays ;D GO READ IT!

[poetica-miscellanea]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Dragon Age II Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Cullen Rutherford/Sebastian Vael, Fenris/Male Hawke, Hawke & Cullen Rutherford, Male Hawke & Sebastian Vael Characters: Male Hawke (Dragon Age), Cullen Rutherford, Sebastian Vael, Fenris (Mentioned), Hawke's Mabari (Dragon Age) Additional Tags: Slice of Life, Drunken Flirting, Post-Break Up, Sad Hawke (Dragon Age), Blue-Purple Hawke (Dragon Age), Custom Male Hawke (Dragon Age), Relationship Advice, Minor Fenris/Male Hawke (Dragon Age), Hawke is a Good Bro, Cullen Tries to Be, Introspection, Everyone Has Issues, Everyone Needs A Hug, Garrus the Mabari, Angst and Humor, Emotional Constipation, Hopeful Ending, Why Did I Write This?, Cullbastian are the main pairing Summary:

Marius Hawke, handsome rogue and freelancing mercenary, is still reeling from his "break-up" with Fenris. He tries to drown his sorrows in tavern rotgut. Because that is what any respectable man would do- what am I supposed to do? Wallow? I don't wallow. Well, not where people can see. Not where Fenris can see...

Oh look, there's the Knight-Captain. Now, I would certainly fancy drowning myself in that. What am I saying? No, I knows pity-lays never help. Most of the time. Besides, Sebastian and Cullen are still mooning over each other in between their silent squabbles and clandestine meetings like something out of one of Varric's horrid books. Well, I suppose it's a good thing Fenris and I... whatever we had, are over with so we don't end up as saccharine characters in some sweeping romance. No, doesn't bother me at all. I'm fine. Everything is fine.

Ohhh, what the piss did I just step in? I hope that belonged to a dog...

He's rambling isn't he? He's rambling. Definitely not drunk, though. At least I'm not thinking aloud this time. It wouldn't do to look like a downtrodden sod and a loony. What would my mother say?

[gayforchantryboys]

Time Heals All Wounds

Lyrium withdrawal has a good chance of just killing you outright. @cullenlovesmen‘s stunning Cullen/Sebastian longfic, A Love Long Lost, got me thinking about what going through withdrawal not once, but twice would do to your body.

It’ll be ok, Cullen.

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words: 4525 relationships: Cullen Rutherford/Sebastian Vael characters: Sebastian Vael, Isabela (Dragon Age), Male Cousland (Dragon Age), Nathaniel Howe, Anders (Dragon Age), Cullen Rutherford, Varric Tethras, Leliana (Dragon Age) additional tags: Alternate Universe - College/University, First Meetings, Spin the Bottle, Seven Minutes In Heaven Game, Claustrophobia, Panic Attacks, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Eventual Fluff, Stuttering, Background Relationships

Cullen chooses not to disclose his fears at a university party, and Sebastian ends up in a closet with more than he bargained for. Not as much of a meet-cute as it is a meet-mutual-understanding.

[celemee]

"it should have been you" hurt prompt.

Heyooo! Thanks for the delightful prompt. I'm sorry it's sat in my inbox for ages. How would you feel about some Cullbastian? With the added spice of my sorry ass Inquisitor William Trevelyan getting his heart stomped on?

@dadrunkwriting

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Nobody had expected The Prince of Starkhaven to come in person upon the acceptance of his offer of aid. Least of all Cullen.

Surely the word of his involvement had reached Sebastian's ears; Josephine knew the man to keep well informed of all the movers in Southern politics.

The very same Josephine had insisted upon his attendance of this formal dinner. Bad etiquette for the commander to skip negotiating matters pertaining to forces.

So here he sits, in his scratchy formals, eating food that tastes like ash. Laughing at jokes that don't quite register. Ignoring William's insistent hand creeping up his thigh.

Sebastian, on the opposite side of the table, radiates warmth and confidence. Lips stretched in a wide smile, revealing perfect teeth. Precise in his words, meeting Josephine toe to toe.

"Why don't we get out of here?" William whispers into his ear when no-one's looking.

Cullen's stomach coils — his eyes squeeze shut.

It's not that he doesn't love William. He does.

But had there ever been a real chance... Had life gone differently, had the circumstances not been stacked against them...

"Commander, are you feeling all right?"

Cullen snaps from his thoughts. It's Cassandra who speaks, but he finds Sebastian gazing at him with concern, a hint of regret in his eyes. And as always, his heart skips a beat.

"Quite fine."

William squeezes his hand, smiling charmingly at Sebastian: "The Commander has caught a flu, but he is too proud and hardworking to admit it."

Cullen plays along, and the dinner continues in much the same manner. Laughs are had, plans are made, input is offered and requested, and maps are marked. Signatures signed.

At last, their plates are empty and beds call — Cullen follows William out of the dining hall. Only to be caught by Sebastian.

"A word, Commander?"

William lifts a brow, but seems to read the room. He shoots Cullen a private smile and bids Sebastian goodnight, then turns on his heels and leaves.

Silence stretches as Cullen's colleagues vacate the room, each eager to rest. It's only once they're alone that Sebastian speaks.

"I shouldn't have come here," he starts quietly. "I didn't realise you were..."

Cullen says nothing, biting on the inside of his cheeks.

"...spoken for."

His eyes close at the words. "Am I to understand you came here for me?"

Sebastian shuffles on his feet, looking away. Before he speaks, he clears his throat and nods. "I thought... hm... that now would be a good time. To be together."

A sad smile curls Cullen's lips. His throat constricts, strangling his voice unusable. He does the only thing he can; pulls Sebastian against himself. Wraps his arms around him.

"It should have been you," he whispers, a mountain of regret falling upon him. Truer words he's never spoken. It's always been him. It will always be him.

Sebastian nods into his shoulder, ever understanding. Holding on tight, as if making every moment count.

"I never thought..." Cullen trails off, shaking his head. "No, I didn't believe you'd still feel something for me, after all this time. And William... well, William is a force of nature."

"You should be with him." Sebastian pulls out of the embrace slowly and regretfully, swallowing. There's a sheen in his eyes that probably mirrors Cullen's own. "He needs you."

They stand there in the light of the torches, their eyes speaking in the wordless language perfected so long ago in empty corridors and Chantry halls. Everything that was, and what could have been hanging between them.

"What if I need you?" Cullen asks at last, his voice softer than a whisper.

Sebastian takes his hand, holding it between his own. A spark of hope in his eyes.

"Then come to me after all of this is through. Come to me as a free man."

Cullen sighs, squeezing Sebastian's hand. He's waited for years, and he'll wait for as many more that's needed. But when Sebastian turns to leave, Cullen's heart has never been heavier; the world could end tomorrow.

This could be the last time they meet.

[barbex]

Reveal time for @dasmutquisition​!

Now that the collection has deanoned, I can show what I wrote this last month. These are all rated E, so proceed with knowledge.

watch me watch you, Neve Gallus x Rana Savas

My assignment and I’m proud to say that I had to bring the tag for this pairing into existence! Set in Minrathous, Knight-Templar Rana and private investigator Neve end up locked in a closet, and what are you supposed to do then?

A Witch's Tear, Fenris x Anders

Fenris finds Anders at last and while Anders thinks that Fenris wants to kill him, Fenris finally wants to admit to his feelings for Anders.

Temptation and Will, Anders x Fenris x Hawke

A bit of a dark fic with Fenris given to Hawke and Anders as a slave, fuck or die scenario and all that, but of course, Anders and Hawke are good to Fenris.

Give in to the Sea, Cullen x Sebastian

Historical fiction AU. The lord and his bodyguard and careful feelings. And bossy Sebastian.