The Sordid Tale of Meryell Verlen, Chapter 6

Roughly three weeks after everything had been settled in the Chantry, he watched her ride out of Haven under her own power again with Cassandra and Varric alone at her back – because they dared not take Solas with them to Val Royeaux as an open apostate. And Cullen still didn’t know what word to put to what’s spawned between them since she arrived in Haven three months ago.

It’s a friendship but…it’s more than that.

Acacias and Willows – August, 1979 : Promises Made

“What are you thinking?”

Smiling at the ceiling, Severus replied, “I’m thinking that I’m dreaming.”

“Oh?” said Lily as she pushed herself up onto her elbows, her hair disheveled and wild about her bare shoulders. “Because I’m here?”

Snorting, he shifted onto his side and drew one of his arms out from under the covers to brush his fingers across her shoulder and down her arm. “Because you’re here in my bed,” he replied matter-of-factly. His eyes unfocused for a moment, staring blankly beyond her, as he added, “I never imagined I was worthy of you…ow!”

Kirkwall Freed – 9:38 Dragon, In From the Sea

“Well,” drawled Isabela as she descended the ramp from her ship, hips rolling and drawing the eye of every man as well as a few women on the docks. “Look at you, Hawke!”

Treva laughed and shifted Mathis’ weight against her hip as she grinned at the pirate. Her nine month-old son frowned curiously at the dark-skinned woman before curling up against her side, sticking one of his tiny fists in his mouth. It was, as she’d learned, one of the gestures he made when he was uncertain.

Gently patting his back, she said, “You’re looking good yourself, Bela.”

The King’s Sons – 9:30 Dragon, Goodbye

How she had let the letter sit in the desk for two days wasn’t a question Anora could rightly answer. She’d wanted to crack the seal as soon as Teagan has placed it in her hands, longing to hear her husband’s voice again even if it was only in her head. The letter had been passed to her during that first meeting, however, and she knew that reading it would make her useless for the rest of that day as well as the meetings they had planned later.

So she had waited ever impatiently, feeling like the hours in the days were mocking her as they dragged onward. Now, though, all of the important business was done for now and Anora sank gratefully into the great desk’s chair. Almost instantly, however, she was tense and sitting ramrod straight as her eyes fell automatically to the desk’s bottom drawer. It had been one of the first things Cailan had shared with her after they were wed – besides their marriage bed, of course.