Fic: Mistaken Identity - Part 2 (Dragon Age)

Title: Mistaken Identity - Part 2
Fandom: Dragon Age
Pairing(s): Dorian Pavus/Cullen Rutherford
Rating: PG
Warnings: N/A
Summary: The Empress has been saved and the night is won. Cullen now waits for the axe to fall. Read Part 1 here.

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It was done. Empress Celene had been saved, Gaspard was awaiting the headman’s axe, Florianne was awaiting judgement and Briala and Celene had been reconciled. The ball had taken on a distinctly party air in relief and celebration at all that had been accomplished and more food and wine had been brought out to help with that.

Cullen slipped away from the growing party and walked out onto one of the balconies, closing the doors behind him. He’d seen Bull heading for the balcony the Inquisitor had claimed and knew that there would be no need for him to keep up appearances in the ballroom any longer. He leaned against the balustrade and looked down into the palace gardens, his shoulders slumping as he finally relaxed.

Physically at least. The muscles along his shoulders and back might be finally unknotting themselves now that he was away from the pressure of the court but his mind was in turmoil over what had happened earlier with Dorian. He didn’t know what had possessed him to play along with Lady DeVere’s mistaken assumption that Dorian was his husband. Sheer desperation maybe, mixed in with a lot of wishful thinking seemed the most likely reason. And then Dorian had played along!

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Fic: Mistaken Identity - Part 3 (Dragon Age)

Title: Mistaken Identity - Part 3
Fandom: Dragon Age
Pairing(s): Dorian Pavus/Cullen Rutherford
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Note the rating. This chapter features explicit sex.
Summary: After Dorian returns from facing Corypheus with the Inquisitor, Cullen decides it's time to make Lady DeVere's mistake less of a mistake. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.

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Cullen paced back and forth on the battlements and tried to keep his temper in check. The Inquisitor had gone to confront Corypheus. This time, Maker willing, for the last time. Dorian had gone with Adaar and it was that more than the confrontation itself that had Cullen so on edge. He wished for something... anything... to do but the bulk of his troops were still marching back to Skyhold from the Arbor Wilds. He’d already issued his orders to the soldiers here in the keep and overseen what preparations could be made. Now all he and everyone else could do was... wait.

Wait and pray that the Inquisitor succeeded. Wait and pray that he and those he’d taken with him came back.

Not for the first time, Cullen cursed the fact that his role demanded he stay at Skyhold except for situations like Adamant and the battle in the Arbor Wilds. He wanted to be there, to march next to Dorian, to protect his lover and ensure they both made it back.

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