Recent content by Joscelyn Hawke

“Home? As in, your home? You’re happy to let me stay with you?” Addie's surprise was obvious by the way she was staring at her, and Josc gave her a cheeky grin that turned into a warm smile. "Of course. My home is yours for as long as you want it to be, Addie," Josc said sincerely. What came...

“Fuck dreaming. While you’re dreaming, her father is planning on marrying her off to the highest bidder.” This was a side of Celeste that Josc had never seen before, but even as she took in her words she knew she was right. “Dreaming gets you nowhere. When what you’re dreaming about is right in...

Josc helped stabilize the rope as Addie climbed down behind her. She was worried about leaving Celeste behind, but she knew the woman was a master of getting in and out of places unseen, occupied or not. She'd have to trust her friends skills now more than ever, and hope she didn't get caught...

“Or maybe not so different. How well do you really know him?” Varric asked and Josc pressed her lips together, thinking for a moment. "Bethany spoke highly of him when I got to see her in Ferelden. He had helped her get acclimated to the Wardens, and taught her how to heal. I met him briefly...

Josc was not expecting Addie's hug, so she stood there in brief shock before giving her a brief hug back. It would have been easy, had this not been life or death, to maintain the contact. There'd be time for it later though, and they parted a moment later. “Thank you...thank you! Please, let’s...

“That she does,” if Josc hadn't been focused on the drawings and the plans that had just been laid out before her, she might have taken that bait. As it stood, she was so focused, that the tone of voice didn't even reach her. “I’ll start looking,” Celeste said, and Josc beamed at her. It would...

Josc nearly leapt into action before the guards had moved on, her body tense and poised for sprinting and climbing. But she waited. For Addie's sake, and for Celeste's sake. The pirate had been a better friend to her than she believed she ever deserved, and Josc was of a mind to repay her for...

Josc looked down at Varric's hand on hers, and felt a burning in her eyes. At his words, she gave him a smile and a nod, not trusting herself to speak, thought she did cover his hand with her other one, giving it a squeeze before continuing. Now was not the time to let those cracks shatter...

Celeste joined her in her hiding spot, which had at least a decent view of the grounds. Josc could not help but stare at those curtains, scared that she wouldn't be in there. That somehow their plan had come unfurled, and she had already been whisked away. “There.” Celeste's single word had...

Josc agreed that the Orland patriarch was a bastard. The vice grip he had on his family and household was a nightmare, and she felt a small bubble of fury crawl through her chest. That sort of anger wouldn't help Addie, and Josc eventually tamped it down. "Lockpicking. She does have nimble...

She went over what she was bringing with her at least twelve times. Algernon had been running circles around the room thinking he was going to be able to go out with her tonight. She finally asked Bodahn to take him out for a walk right before she was about to leave. Just daggers tonight. Her...

“It’s not here yet, or someone would have come to tell us.” Celeste seemed sure of that, and Josc had no reason to question it. She finished her note to Zevran, looking to arrange a quick meeting soon. “When it does make port, we’re going to have to move fast.” Josc nodded at that, and set her...

“I see they got to you, too.” Edwin said, putting that smile on display, the dimple popping up on cue. “I’ve recently been told it’s my best feature, and she’s blessed with double the ability. It really isn’t fair.” “It really isn’t,” she said with a soft laugh and a small shake of her head...

“I’ll consider that permission,” Celeste said with a wink. Josc gave a laugh, but refocused on what had her more interested than the possibility of Celeste putting itching powder in her bed: Addie. “Well, I was leaving by the window while someone else was coming in the bedroom door, so we...

“And if Aveline had responded with the guard to reports of a massacre in the Chantry?” Josc frowned, running her hand through her hair again. “You think that ‘Justice’ would have had any respect for the law if she tried to arrest him?” She had nothing she could say to that. If it had been...