Thanks so much for tagging me @guacamolleee!!
I feel like I wrote a fair amount this year, but a lot of them were short little pieces. So it took a bit of time to decide what to rec 🤔
But anyway, in I guess publication order...
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f!Rook/Emmrich | Explicit | 3,474 words
She felt him press his lips to the back of her hand. Though it was soft, little more than a whisper, it sent a shock through her. Her heart pounded, the fierceness of it a sharp contrast to the weightlessness of her limbs. He moved his lips to her inner wrist, ghosting over her skin. She actually moaned slightly, which would have been mortifying if she weren’t so relaxed.
When he paused, she blinked open her eyes. He was standing over her, her hand pressed to his face. There was a question in his eyes. Runa once more felt that edge-of-a-cliff feeling. Half nervousness, half the excitement of stepping into the air and falling. She swallowed.
“Don’t stop,” she said, voice faint.
The first fic I published this year, the first time I ever wrote Emmrich, and my first smut fic in quite a while! Basically just a steamy fic where Emmrich gives my Rook a massage, and it leads to their first sexual encounter 😌 I'm proud of how it turned out!
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f!Rook/Emmrich | Explicit | 4,196 words
Almost unconsciously, Runa slid her own hands up Emmrich’s warm chest to his shirt collar. She fumbled with the skull lapel pin, with the metal buttons. She panted into his mouth, trying not to break the kiss.
After weeks together, the most undressed she’d seen Emmrich was in his casual shirtsleeves. The same couldn’t be said for her. Somehow, she was always the one who ended up naked or half-naked. Spread across his desk, the stone table in his office, or the couch in her room. His mouth and hands on her, or his fingers inside her. He seemed content just focusing on her pleasure. Obviously, she wasn’t unhappy about that, but—
My second Emmrook smut fic! Emmrich is insecure about his body, to the point that he's being kind of weird about it and won't let Rook see him naked. She tries to show him how much she does not agree with him (and maybe gets a little carried away) 😌 I worked on this one for a looong time, and tried to push myself outside my comfort zone. I was blown away by the kind response it got 💖
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f!Rook/Harding | General Audiences | 853 words
Runa knew she should have brought this up sooner. Ever since that moment atop Isana Negat with Stalgard and Durra, Runa had turned it over and over in her mind. Why did Lace share Isatunoll with them, and not with Runa? After all, she was a dwarf too. Each time Runa saw Lace share the eternal song with other dwarves they met the urgency of the question only grew. Why not her?
Written for Harding week. I wanted to include at least one RookLace fic on this list. I really like the fics I've written about them, but they tend to be shorter than my Emmrook fics because their relationship is just way less dramatic (to me). This one is also pretty short, but I love how it turned out. It's basically my attempt to address the fact that Harding doesn't share Isatunoll with a dwarf Rook during the game, even if you do get the scene with Stalgard and Durra. It was a fun challenge to think more about what being connected to the Titans might feel like to a dwarf.
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f!Rook/Emmrich | Teen | 2,287 words
"I just don't understand why you're so ready to leave me behind," Runa said softly.
Emmrich lay his pen down and slowly looked up again. He steepled his fingers atop his desk, gaze fixed on her. Runa looked away, shoulders hunched.
"What do you mean, darling?" he said.
Runa's mouth opened, closed. She clenched her fists, knuckles white, before finally meeting his eyes again. Her cheeks were flushed.
"Lichdom," she said. "I die someday, you live forever. That's the deal, right?"
Written for Emmrich week. Was originally two fics, but I combined it into one for the Ao3 version. Speaking of them being dramatic, Emmrich and Rook have their first fight as a couple and almost break up (or think they do) 🤷♀️This one was fun to write, because it was a real case of the fic going in directions I didn't necessarily expect per what the characters "wanted" to do. Always a cool feeling!
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f!Lavellan/Davrin | Teen | 4,277 words
And then there was him. Broad shoulders, strong features, and gleaming armor. Coily dark hair cut close to his scalp, enhancing cheekbones sharp enough to cut glass. He said something and the rest of the group laughed.
Aylwen's stare must have been more obvious than she realized, because he glanced up and caught her eye. She froze. Blood rushed to her cheeks.
Before Aylwen could look away, he grinned. He was even better looking when he smiled. Her heart raced as though she'd shed two decades and was suddenly sixteen again.
Written for DA Create-a-Thon. A rarepair idea that took hold of me and wouldn't let go. My elven Inquisitor, Aylwen (though she's not Inquisitor in this canon), has a meet-cute with Davrin at an Arlathvhen, and they hit it off. Basically two single parents finding love 🥰This was the longest fic I wrote this year, and I wasn't sure while writing it how it would turn out, but I think it works well! It also features some fun cameos (Strife... Irelin... Emmrich... Bellara... my Rook Aldwir...).
Tagging: Whoever sees this and wants to do it!
