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Title: Amaranthine Spring
Game: Dragon Age Origins
Pairing: Ser Cauthrien/Nathaniel Howe
Rating: T
Wordcount: 6,903
Warnings: None
Summary: Spring in Amaranthine is cold, damp, and miserable, but it's better than a stone cell. Serving the Wardens is not like serving Ferelden, but it's a start. (ff.net & Ao3)
Notes: Beta'd by smaragdina. Prequel to Chevalier Games and Ash Warriors.

( He wasn't doing a very good job of being Commander of the Grey, by the standard Kallian Tabris had set. No wonder that Weisshaupt was sending a replacement. )

Title: Understanding
Game: Dragon Age 2
Pairing: Anders/f!Hawke (Ceridweth, mage)/Nathaniel Howe
Rating: M/AO
Wordcount: 6,136
Warnings: None
Summary: Anders is losing Ceridweth Hawke, but she comes alive whenever Nathaniel Howe is near. (Ao3)
Notes: A gift for AllTheChantry on tumblr; Ceridweth and the basic idea for the fic are hers.

( With every step away from Kirkwall, another ounce of her faded away, and he began to fear that soon he would be left with only the memory of a ghost. )

Title: Unwarranted Affections
Game: Dragon Age: Origins: Awakening
Pairing: Nathaniel Howe/Ser Cauthrien
Rating: NC-17/AO
Wordcount: 2190
Warnings: None
Summary: Nathaniel Howe doesn't want to be attracted to Ser Cauthrien, but he can't seem to get her out of his head - or avoid her when he wants to be alone. PWP. (Ao3)
Notes: AU, where Ser Cauthrien is recruited by Sereda Aeducan into the Wardens after the end of Origins and survives the Joining; takes place early during Awakening. A gift for iapetusneume and relies on some knowledge of a prior scene - Nathaniel and Cauthrien engaged in a grappling match at Aeducan's behest, Cauthrien determined to prove him incompetent. A few things went wrong during the match, however, and things were felt that neither party wanted to be felt...

( He just wanted to know what it would be like to conquer her- or be conquered by her. And he was not a man for conquests. )