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May. 22nd, 2011 09:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jaebilityFinally successfully romanced Anders. He put up a fight for someone who'd been lying awake for the past 3 years, burning for Hawke. Not like Alistair who was ecstatic at any attention the Warden paid him.
But I can understand Anders' reluctance. He's right to be afraid for Hawke; he's a real risk to her safety. And he has little to offer her other than trouble: she's a member of one of the oldest families in the city, she's a rising star in Kirkwall's politics, and she has the ear not only of the mages and templars, but of the Dalish and Qunari as well. The Feraldan Circle is still after him and he's abandoned the Wardens; he has no allies and no friends, and for good reason.
But he's a hopeless romantic. He has that in common with Alistair, certainly. Both men know that they shouldn't fall in love, that they have painful destinies to face, and that any relationship they form is under constant threat. And there's a selfishness involved - they have duties, responsibilities bigger than themselves.
Cousland understood this, better than Alistair even. But she too couldn't resist falling in love. And she's paid the price of that selfishness.
But Hawke? Pff. Sure there've been setbacks and hell yeah has she gone through dark times, but she's always come out on top. As far as she's concerned, templars are just meat sacks in tin cans. The Wardens? Can't be that hard to deal with. Justice? Eh, she'll solve that problem too at some point. What she wants is Anders and what she wants she gets, end of story.
And she got him. He cracked finally under her teasing. That kiss? Smoldering.
But I can understand Anders' reluctance. He's right to be afraid for Hawke; he's a real risk to her safety. And he has little to offer her other than trouble: she's a member of one of the oldest families in the city, she's a rising star in Kirkwall's politics, and she has the ear not only of the mages and templars, but of the Dalish and Qunari as well. The Feraldan Circle is still after him and he's abandoned the Wardens; he has no allies and no friends, and for good reason.
But he's a hopeless romantic. He has that in common with Alistair, certainly. Both men know that they shouldn't fall in love, that they have painful destinies to face, and that any relationship they form is under constant threat. And there's a selfishness involved - they have duties, responsibilities bigger than themselves.
Cousland understood this, better than Alistair even. But she too couldn't resist falling in love. And she's paid the price of that selfishness.
But Hawke? Pff. Sure there've been setbacks and hell yeah has she gone through dark times, but she's always come out on top. As far as she's concerned, templars are just meat sacks in tin cans. The Wardens? Can't be that hard to deal with. Justice? Eh, she'll solve that problem too at some point. What she wants is Anders and what she wants she gets, end of story.
And she got him. He cracked finally under her teasing. That kiss? Smoldering.
