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The Rose

Pairing: Warden Alistair x Warden Cousland

Link: AO3

Word Count: 1,684

Rating: SFW

Tags: Romance, Falling In Love

An alternative version of the Rose Scene from Alistair’s romance, still the awkward goofball that he is! 

Written for @demonicdivas win all the way back when from my 400 follower giveaway. Sorry for taking so long! 

And I wanted to give a special mention to @datkaraperson (your other blog wouldnt tag >.<) and @nicoleeirin for giving me the prompts idea! Once stopped being afraid of writing Alistair’s humor, this was a fun prompt to write!

It was late at camp, the fire sluggishly burning, most of the logs now embers. Almost everyone had gone to bed, but Elissa gazed pensively at the flames. Alistair could tell she wasn’t really seeing them, though. What was she thinking of? The bloody past or the bleak future? She really didn’t talk about what was worrying her most of the time, but with the way the world was going there plenty of reasons for why she was looking so sad tonight. She usually hid it, and hid it well, but tonight there was a fragile quality about her. A sadness that ached at him.

He glanced around, making sure there was no one to see his fumbling attempts, and moved to her side. “Hey,” Alistair gulped, sitting down next to her.

Elissa blinked, coming back to herself. She turned and smiled halfheartedly, and Alistair gulped as the full force of her gaze landed on him.

Abruptly, he thrust out his hand. “Here, look at this.”

She looked slightly startled at his jerky movements, and he almost snatched his hand back. But Elissa raised a hand, brushing her fingers along soft petals. “A rose?”

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