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Varric did not seem particularly put out by the sudden burst of noise, but then he was rarely staggered by anything. In fact he looked vaguely amused as he introduced Dennet. Oscar and Thibault, who had been circling behind to explore the courtyard on their entry, bounded back close to Nicolette...

Gideon seemed pleased to see Isabela, smiling as he responded to her saucy greeting. “Horny as ever, and damn tired of Antiva City, which is something I never thought I’d be saying. We gonna be here long?” Nicolette had known in advance they were not going to be staying around for more than a...

It was so good to see Varric again. Nicolette wasn’t surprised he would survive - he had an uncanny ability to end up in the middle of things without actually dying - but she had still been unsure, had hardly dared hope. Her experience of trying to track the Wicked Grace down had made her...

Nicolette forgot her audience for a couple of heartbeats as she gazed at Celeste, and saw in her eyes a softening expression that added to the gentle sensation of warmth that filled Nicolette’s chest. But only for that length of time; while she could easily get lost in just watching her captain...

Celeste handled the initial introductions, as she was in charge of the shipment they were guiding from the Wicked Grace; Nicolette took the opportunity to look around a little more. She doubted she would be the only performer who had made their way here by this point, but she should have no...

Nicolette was most in her element when spinning stories, and the tale of how she had met Celeste was one of her favourites to tell. It had all the elements of a good one - intrigue, subterfuge, illicit activity and hints of something new to come. She had not known that Celeste would be important...

After calling down to Celeste, Nicolette turned back to enjoy the view again. It had been quite some time since she had been at a mountainous vista, and there had been plenty of arresting sights on their way up - the beautiful spray of stars against the blue-black velvet of the sky at night...

Celeste had only made it a little way along the dock towards the towering figure when she was sidelined by a small form barrelling into her. Nicolette assumed this was Téo; Bailey confirmed this with a chuckle. “He’s grown some. I bet Gideon’s been having a fun time keeping him busy.” “If he...

Even while knowing that they were a few days out from Antiva yet, Nicolette had spent the last week eyeing the horizon hopefully, searching out the gleaming white towers that would mark their arrival. Nearly losing Thibault and then the annoyance of her slow recuperation from being shot had made...

[Early autumn, Skyhold, 9:41] Celeste Monroe Nicolette had not actually expected to get to visit Skyhold. Apart from the fact that the seat of the Inquisition was lodged in the mountains and took days to get to from the sea, it would be heaving with refugees, merchants and soldiers, and...

Chuckling over Celeste’s commentary on her poor cooking, Nicolette licked the gravy from her fingertips. “Something we have in common. I can make what I need to survive on the road, but when I’ve been travelling with groups I’ve always been delegated to anything other than preparing the meals...

Celeste promised a quick return, and Nicolette flopped back on the bed after another stolen kiss. Thibault pushed his nose against her arm and she rolled over to rub his snout, scruff at his ears, and murmur soothingly again until his tail started to uncurl from between his legs. How much did he...

The world faded from Nicolette’s awareness. In these moments, only her captain existed, the taste of her lips, the sound of her moans, the warm pine-leather-tar scent of her hair and the feel of her beneath her fingertips. The little time they’d had together had yet to scratch the surface of...

The image of Alistair stuffed into Orlesian finery had Nicolette giggling, and then he described the party. The decoration sounded opulent to the point of excess, and while Nicolette appreciated the occasional high society event, she had never attended as a guest, only as part of the...

Nicolette saw the frustration swirling in Celeste’s gaze die; and with it went the gnawing fear in Nicolette’s stomach. She hadn’t truly thought Celeste meant to put her ashore at Antiva without another word, but she knew that she had taken a risk to fight her corner. It was something she so...

Nicolette had seen Celeste angry, worried, tense, especially in those last few days before they left Kirkwall, when the fear for Addie’s future had been at the forefront of everybody’s mind. The expression now pointed towards her spoke of frustration rather than anger, although there was also...

In the next moment after Nicolette had spoken, Celeste had suddenly pulled her into a tight embrace. This had happened quite a few times since they had found their way back to one another; whatever they were doing was temporarily put on hold as they just held each other in an almost crushing...

The tension that had been gathering on Alistair’s face eased as Nicolette tried to reassure him. Without having experienced it herself, she could not truly give a verdict on whether or not what he had done was right in the grander scheme of things, she believed it was right for him. Enough so...

She could not read Celeste’s face. It was disconcerting. Normally her captain wore her emotions fairly openly, but now she hesitated over speaking for a moment, clearly censoring herself. Nicolette felt a cold prickling down the back of her neck that she usually associated with being in trouble...

Nicolette did not know Thibault’s exact lineage. The man who had sold him to Eward claimed a mixed ancestry involving most of the noble hounds, including mabari, although Nicolette could see nothing of the stocky Fereldan breed in her dog and suspected he had only said as much to get a few extra...