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Rating: Explicit
Relationships: Ashur | The Viper/Tarquin
Additional Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Post-Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Imperial Divine Ashur | The Viper, Getting Together, Idiots in Love, Mutual Pining, Competition, Tournaments, Assassination Attempt(s), Jealousy, Rivalry, Canon Trans Character, Nonbinary Rook (Dragon Age), Eventual Smut
Summary:
"Small issue with this all, isn't there?" Tarquin snaps, whirling around to face them, face Ashur. "Get especially unlucky, and you might end up with a bodyguard who's in league with the very person who's trying to kill you. And even if some random bloody hero who doesn't want to kill Ashur wins this shite tournament, that person still gets constant access to the Divine.”
He gestures towards the Viper and his ridiculous hat. "They'll figure it out. Give it a week."
OR: Of assassination plots, misplaced jealousy, a high-stakes tournament, and regretting one's life choices.
My fic for the Dragon Age Big Bang 2026 just got released! 💜
Thank you to the amazing @keriweird who was my assigned artist for the @dragonagebigbang and who created three incredible pieces of art for me!
Now that the Tarquin/Ashur 2026 Exchange authors have been revealed, I can share everything I wrote for the event! 💜
nos cedamus amori (childhood friend fic)
Rating: E
Summary: Tarquin and Ashur were friends as children, forced apart by circumstances beyond their control. Years later, they meet again. At first, neither of them recognizes the other.
Double Trouble
Rating: E
Summary: It's with a pang of sharp regret that Tarquin realises, to his complete and utter horror, that he’s dating two men at once.
everything I hold dear
Rating: M
Summary: The first time Tarquin kisses Ashur's hand, it catches him completely off-guard. The gesture is so soft, so tender, so completely unlike the Tarquin he knows that Ashur doesn't really know what to do with himself for a little while afterwards.
it felt like freedom (blighted viper fix-it)
Rating: M
Summary: Ashur had never seen Tarquin cry. So when he finally did, it surprised him. Surprised him very much, in fact.
All my Tarquin/Ashur fanfic!
Recent + Highlights:
Aegis (tourney)
Rating: E
Summary: Of assassination plots, misplaced jealousy, a high-stakes tournament, and regretting one's life choices.
nos cedamus amori (childhood friends AU)
Rating: E
Summary: Tarquin and Ashur were friends as children, forced apart by circumstances beyond their control. Years later, they meet again. At first, neither of them recognizes the other.
Double Trouble
Rating: E
Summary: It's with a pang of sharp regret that Tarquin realises, to his complete and utter horror, that he’s dating two men at once.
all that I am (amnesia AU)
Rating: M
Summary: Tarquin gets hit with an amnesia spell and the last bloody year of his life is gone. Trying to pick up the pieces, he makes assumptions that don't come back to bite him in the arse whatsoever.
Going Down to the Southern Chantry
Rating: E
Summary: Ashur comes to Tarquin to ask him about a particular euphemism, and bloody hell, it’s too early for this.
Your Purrfection (kitty fic)
Rating: M
Summary: Tarquin becomes a reluctant cat dad and can't seem to shake the other stray that hangs out on his roof: the Viper.
Safe House (Tarquin writes serials)
Rating: M
Summary: Because Tarquin is Tarquin, he gets himself in massive trouble by accidentally guessing what Ashur’s secret identity is, and writing a serial about it.
More fics: (below the cut)
the furthest thing from ugly (scarfic)
Rating: M
Summary: Each time there’s a new scar on Tarquin’s body, Ashur loses his mind a little bit more.
maledictus (Hanahaki AU)
Rating: E
Summary: Ashur and Tarquin are a few months into their arrangement when things go sideways during a fight with the Venatori, and Tarquin starts coughing up flowers. It was supposed to be no-strings-attached, and now he’s gone and done it.
it felt like freedom (blighted viper fix-it)
Rating: M
Summary: Ashur had never seen Tarquin cry. So when he finally did, it surprised him. Surprised him very much, in fact.
everything I hold dear
Rating: M
Summary: The first time Tarquin kisses Ashur's hand, it catches him completely off-guard. The gesture is so soft, so tender, so completely unlike the Tarquin he knows that Ashur doesn't really know what to do with himself for a little while afterwards.
catnaps & crow's feet (more kitty fic)
Rating: E
Summary: Waking up the morning after the dragon fight feels like nothing short of a miracle—they're alive, they're all right, and they're together. Ashur takes advantage of the peace. Tarquin has other ideas, however…
The song of danger in his blood
Rating: E
Summary: Ashur actually finds something when he has Tarquin followed, and The Fight goes a little bit differently because of it.
Something more profound
Rating: T
Summary: Dorian meddles. What could possibly go wrong?
the sun after a storm
Rating: E
Summary: After years of pining and wanting, Ashur and Tarquin finally do something about it. It turns out to be rather a lot.
