Drifting Roads
Rating: Mature Relationship: Female Hawke/Varric Tethras Tags: Angst, Mild Smut, Hurt/Comfort, Minor Anders/Female Hawke, Minor Female Rook/Neve, Infidelity, Hawke is a Complicated Mess, Hawke left in the Fade Warning: Major Character Death
A decade of friendship is challenged as Hawke is once again drawn back into world-changing events on a mission to protect those she loves and, as always, Varric is left to deal with the fallout. But their story does not end there. When Hawke is not at Varric’s side when he needed her the most, she has to come to terms with the outcome.
Chapter 1 | AO3 - Tumblr
Chapter 2 | AO3 - Tumblr
Chapter 3 | AO3
Chapter 4 | AO3
Chapter 5 | AO3
Chapter 6 | AO3
Chapter 7 | AO3
Chapter 8 | AO3
Chapter 9 | AO3
Epilogue | AO3
Author’s Notes:
This fic is one that is very personal. After eight years of this story rattling around in my brain, I finally wrote it down and it got me back into fanfiction after a long, long break (a whole other story in itself).
When I wrote it, I thought Dreadwolf would never actually be released yet it did get announced as Veilguard not too long after. The story, originally with a complete ending, got an extra chapter leading into the release and after, well, it became my therapy story for dealing with the ending of Veilguard.
It is very personal and tied heavily to my headcanons for my main timeline, hence the Rook tie ins, and will tie into my Rook/Varric fic All In.
Also a warning, a lot less proofreading happened back then and I’m slowly working my way through checking the chapters and fixing.