#zevrist

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Because someone told me DA's queer romances aren't "as impactful" as the het ones, plz allow me to scream into the void a little. Posting here for archiving, because twitter sucks

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OTP ask meme 1, 2, 17 and 18 for zevrana and fenhawke xD

For the Sexual Headcanons Ask Meme. (CW: canon sexual abuse mention)

Zevrana (I like this ship name, anon 👌)

1)  Who tends to initiate? Does it change? Why?

I have 3 ‘canon’ Wardens, so the group dynamic is a little different than in the actual game 😅

Bearing that in mind, Zevran’s first instinct is survival. To that end, he’s willing to use sex as leverage to ingratiate himself to whoever is in charge. In my canon, that would be Valdrin Aeducan, but Val is a bit of a dwarven traditionalist (and suffering a serious identity crisis after his brother’s betrayal) so the last thing he’s interested in is ‘sexual experimentation’ with some elf he doesn’t fully trust.

Val would have killed Zevran if left to his own devices, Aleria Amell is indifferent. Eríst Surana is the reason Zev survived the ambush at all, but the thing about Eríst is that he’s well familiar with the tactic of trading his body for favours and he’s not willing to subject anyone else to that. They both use flirtation as a defence mechanism, so it goes back forth for a long time before Eríst finally has enough and corners Zevran in his tent, demanding to know his intentions.

Zevran, who by now is genuinely intrigued by the young mage, convinces Eríst that he has no ulterior motive, that he finds him attractive and that sex between friends could simply be a pleasant way to pass the time. Eríst admits that he’s curious about being with another elf (which hasn’t happened before) and so they fall into a friends-with-benefits arrangement.

For a while, it’s Zevran who initiates, but as they get to know each other and feelings start to develop, it becomes fairly even.

2) Any preferences for top/bottom?

When they start their relationship, Eríst is used to bottoming exclusively. He assumes that role by default for their first few encounters, but when Zevran mentions switching things up, he's eager to try.

He still likes to bottom, but he discovers he has a slight preference for topping. Zevran is happy to oblige.

17) Dom/Sub dynamics? Who’s dom, who’s sub?

Their dynamic is fairly equal. Eríst has something of a bossy streak while Zevran is more accommodating.

18) Dirty talk, sweet nothings, or no talking (or discussing only technicalities)

Zevran loves to talk during sex. He tends to slip into Antivan so Eríst has no idea what he's saying, but he develops a bit of a kink for it. He loves the sound of the foreign words, breathless and rough in his ear.

*Fenhawke under the cut so the post isn't 5 miles long 🥳

Fenhawke

1)  Who tends to initiate? Does it change? Why?

Answered here.

2) Any preferences for top/bottom?

I'm just going to link this post from DirtyBiowareConfessions, because that is my entire opinion on the subject. They don't have penetrative sex all that often, but when they do, Fenris has a strong preference for bottoming. Hawke's preference is to top so it all works out 😎👉👉

17) Dom/Sub dynamics? Who’s dom, who’s sub?

Man, this is a tough one to answer 😅 It's always tricky to write smut for this pairing, because Fenris' experience is influenced by trauma and there are a lot of strong opinions on how that should be depicted.

My own take is that Fenris would enjoy giving up control when he knows that he isn't actually losing it. He wants to be in the moment and just experience without worrying about performance or expectation. I've said it before, but out of all the DA2 companions, I feel like Fenris is the one most deeply affected when romanced.

Sex with Hawke let's him feel safe, connected and taken care of. It also just plain feels nice. It gets him out of his head and helps him relax for the first time in... probably ever. Fenris is basically this tweet, so I can see him slipping into subspace just from the sensory overload of being touched.

That said, I don't think traditional bdsm would work for him, which is fine because my Hawke leans a little bit ace and he's happy to be a service top.

18) Dirty talk, sweet nothings, or no talking (or discussing only technicalities)

I think Fenris is pretty good at dirty talk when he wants to be 😈 He's skilled at seduction and he likes making Hawke blush. Once they get going, though, he tends to lose the capacity for verbal communication.

Hawke, who is normally stoic, will start spewing the sappiest prose ever composed. He's not even sure if Fenris hears him, because it's never commented on, but Fenris secretly loves it.