Isala for TMI Tuesday; Does she tease Bull throughout the day, if they don't have any time for anything until later? If so, how does she tease him, and how does Bull react to it?
Okay, so this was a difficult question. Not because I didn’t know the answer but more of I couldn’t articulate a short answer like I wanted to give you. So instead you have me going into length about this because it’s Bullala, I have no chill.
So the first part of your question:
Does she tease Bull throughout the day, if they don't have any time for anything until later?
Yes. Both friendly jibs and in ways that leave a heated promise of later between them.
Isala is a rather cantankerous lover, naturally flirty, and someone who enjoys slow burn teasing. Yet for as mischievous and cantankerous as she is, she prefers to keep her flirtatious teasing from being broadcasted across Skyhold. Isala prefers to keep their roles as Boss/Employee and Lovers separate. It is more so others don’t have fuel to undermine her. It’s part of the reason no one knows about their romance till much later.
How does she tease him, and how does Bull react to it?
When she teases Bull in a way appropriate for friends and her inner circle in general, she is light hearted. Her jabs following in the same way as Varric, Dorian, or Cassandra. She teases him about his hideous pants, jabs at his lack of shirts, preferred ale, and when they spar how shabby his technique is. All things that Bull takes in stride, a smirk and chuckle lighting up his face. There are some jokes that Isala makes that has Bull raising a brow, the ones that toe the line of professionalism and hold a seed of intimacy that if you paid close enough attention it would raise questions. Jokes about dragons, his cooking skills, and rumbling snores all said with a smile that is just a bit too wide.
Her more flirtatious teasing is done in darkened corners, empty halls, dusty wine cellars and ancient libraries. Words hinting of an intimacy closer than friends, with lingering looks and warm cheeks. This is probably Bull’s favorite sort of teasing. It’s when Isala allows her stress to leave her for just a moment, when she makes him forget all of his doubts for a moment as he focuses on her beyond their scheduled interludes. He treasures these random encounters. Where he can see the woman that she traps in her quarters walking the halls of her home freely.
But the teasing Isala loves, the one that she finds she gets the strongest reaction from him are the rarest of moments. Behind the tavern, in the woods by the pastures, among the stalls in Skyhold’s marketplace. They start with a heated glance, a firm hand pulling the him into a shadowed corner, or staying just out of reach as she starts a playful game of chase. Where hands slide across clothed hips, and lips meet. The briefest of thrills of getting caught running between them as teeth gently skim flesh. Then it’s over too soon as she slips from strong hands, eyes glittering and lips swollen. A heated gaze and soft panting filling the space between them. Bull will sometimes let out a throaty grumble as his nostrils flair. It only serves to widen Isala’s grin as her ears twitch in anticipation and she steps further out of reach. The heat of the moment lingers as a soft later chases her while she makes her escape. A heated promise that doesn’t always promise a continuation, but a moment to be wrapped in caring arms. Whether she’s reading reports, they’re watching the stars, or Bull is asking her about her clan. It’s the promise of ‘I’ll be there later’.












