the Rolan brainrot's hit me HARD; i did not expect to lowkey fall for an NPC when i started playing BG3 but here i am - making a Tav for a hypothetical Rolan romance 😔 and it didn't help that i absolutely love your Rolan fics HAHA (i can't stop rereading them 🐊)
anyways, the brainrot today has me thinking of being on the receiving side of being teased 😶🌫️ usually, it's Rolan doing work and Tav being the tease, but i believe that he has his moments too >:)
it's a time when he's actually finished earlier and all he can think about is snuggling next to his lover. however, he notices that Tav's not done with whatever it is they're writing and he sees the opportunity of some overdue payback.
he places a hand on their shoulder and leans over, lips slightly brushing against their ear and asking them a question that he knows doesn't fully register in their head. when he receives a distracted hum for a reply, he starts placing kisses on their neck.
if Tav notices his ministrations, they don't outwardly show it. but Rolan is nothing if not stubborn - he wants his lover to get a taste of their own medicine. so, his hand starts caressing the length of their swordarm, the nail of his thumb slightly grazing skin. he wraps his tail around their upper thigh and the tip slightly grinds against them. a soft bite on the neck and a hand grasping firmly on Tav's wrist is what it takes for Tav to stop writing. when he hears them sigh out his name, he immediately steps back and makes a leave for the bedroom.
he knows he wins when he hears the chair scrape against the floor.
I totally didn’t either, anon! My pipeline to Rolan obsession went like: spend 1 week in love with Astarion on full game release > spend 1 week besotted with Gale > finally play through Rolan’s full arc, and fall head over heels with him for the past...9 months with absolutely no end in sight.
There’s something dangerously addictive about Rolan’s character in particular 😩 It’s good to know we’re not alone in the madness, eh!
Love this scenario of yours 💓 I really really believe that Rolan does have a mischievous, playful side of him that would totally lead him to act like this with his significant other. I always felt the first real taste of it directed toward the player is that classic don’t be greedy~
I’ve always wondered if that little interaction is a glimpse of how Rolan acts when he’s really comfortable/around people he loves. Like the way he acts at the tiefling party in Act 1, trading little quips with his siblings. So fun to imagine him being playful like that with Tav…and maybe being a downright menace with it like you imagined here 😉 So unfair that Larian gave us these little in-game morsels of him being flirty and saucy and didn’t let us smooch his stupid face