Author's Note: So, this is a bit hard to explain, I will do it to the best of my abilities. In the beginning of some chapters, there's a clip talking to Varric, yeah? It's because that's the reality, I've decided to put that in italics. The rest is Varric's book of them. Does that make sense, hell, it probably doesn't. Well, if you've got a question, put it in the comments or PM me and I will answer to the best of my ability. This is hard, trying to be a decent writer while taking so many advanced placement classes plus playing matchmaker for my friends. I should make an autobiography, Spreading My Butter Too Thin is what I'll call it. R&R. Enjoy Kids.

Starts a bit sexual but gets smothered by fluffy at the end

You are not allowed to repeat this, especially to Isabela. I wouldn't even be telling you this if I hadn't drank so much. Varric, if I see you writing, I will tell everybody what you did with the Seeker when we were in The Hinterlands.

Her rebelliousness just fed my need to control this.

I kissed her hard, relishing in the moan that escaped from her.

My hands coming to her hips. Her hands were splayed against the metal of the door next to her waist.

I kissed hungrily across her jawline, reaching her earlobe, and pretty damn quickly I was biting it. I licked the sore skin in apology, causing a sharp inhale.

I shifted to her neck, sucking on her pulse point, which seemed to be hammering.

"I didn't know I could love you this much," I whispered and licked along her neck.

"I don't know if that was compliment or not," Leliana mumbled as she lifted her chin, giving me better access.

I laughed lowly and nipped my way up the pale skin to look at her.

"I would never insult you."

I looked into her lust blown sapphires, consumed by the passion and adoration I felt for the woman in front of me.

I was startled by the jiggling of the doorknob.

I pressed my finger against my smiling lips as Leliana started giggling, stuffing her fist in her mouth in an attempt to muffle them.

"Mama, I can't open the door!" A small voice came through the door.

The jiggling continued and a knocking began.

"Whoever is in there, you either need to open the door or be the ones cleaning up a pee puddle," came an exhausted sounding voice.

I looked at Leliana and used my thumb to fix the smudge in her lipstick while she fixed my tie.

I unlocked the door and put a collected face on, trying to kill the burn in my lower stomach.

Opening the door, I said, "I apologize for the inconvenience," and walked out, Leliana on my arm.

I saw the wide eyes of the mother before she followed her kid into the bathroom.

"I'm going to go pay, I want to show you something," I detached from Leliana, ignoring her confused looks.

"Are you cold?" I asked, hopping off the roof to grab the soft, wool blanket I always kept in my car in case of emergency.

We were on a cliff in the Hinterlands. It was my place to think.

Holding it in my hand, looking at her, I noticed her hand pointing towards the stars.

"A long time ago, there lived a fair maiden called Alindra. She had many suitors, but spurned them all, for she did not love them.

One day, Alindra was sitting by her window in her father's castle, singing and dreaming, when her lovely voice caught the attention of a young soldier.

Entranced by her song, the soldier drew near to Alindra's window. As their eyes met, he fell in love with her, and she with him.

When Alindra told her father about the man she had chosen, he was furious, for Alindra was high-born, but her love nothing more than a common soldier."

Leliana began telling a story I was not familiar with. I quickly climbed my way back onto the cold metal of the car roof and set the blanket over top of us, my head snuggled into her shoulder.

"Continue," I said softly, her words casting a soporific fleece that swathed me.

"To keep them apart, he had Alindra imprisoned in the highest tower of his castle and sent her soldier to the wars.

Alas, not a month had passed before news of the soldier's death reached Alindra. Alone in her tower, Alindra wept for her love and beseeched the gods to deliver her from this cruel world.

So earnest was her plea that the gods themselves were moved. They gathered Alindra into their arms and lifted her hight into the heavens, where she became a star."

I looked at the stars, seeing her words in pictures, the soldier, Alindra, all of it.

"The gods also raised up the soul of Alindra's soldier love and there he dwells, across the horizon from her. The band of stars between them is a river of Alindra's tears, cried for her lost love.

They say that when Alindra has cried enough, she will be able to cross the river to be reunited with her soldier."

The pictures remained in the sky, timeless.

"That story was… beautiful," I said, turning to face her. "You're beautiful."

She blushed.

"This story is one of my favorites, a tale of a love so great and so enduring that it defies death, and moves the gods to action. Sometimes I ask myself, does such a love exist? Can it exist?" She finished in a hushed whisper.

"If we lose hope in love, then we are truly lost."

"Evelyn… you-"

I pressed my lips to hers lightly, how our first kiss should have been, gentle, but filled with our emotion. I'm not saying that there wasn't heat, there was just more… passion. There was none of the anger and jealousy of the first kiss, or complete sexuality from our libido of the last one. This was different, purer. There was no tongue or lip biting, there was no sucking or groping, this kiss made it feel as though we were the only people in Thedas. Just Evelyn and Leliana. This kiss made images flash behind my eyelids. Not sexual images, but more like seeing her in white, taking my last name, or us growing old together.

We must've been kissing for at least 10 minutes when we broke.

I had a goofy smile plastered on and it only grew wider when I opened my eyes to look at her.

I loved my best friend.

And I was so screwed.

This time, I didn't want to run. Why would I? She was the only person that really knew me, I told her about everything. She helped me through my past relationships and I helped her through hers. This was no different, we'd continue to be there for each other, but with more kissing.

"Want to come home with me?" I asked, not wanting tonight to end.

She smiled.

As soon as we got home, I tore off my shirt and tie.

Quickly getting in my comfy clothes which consisted of a sport bra and large sweatpants, I gave Leliana a large shirt, per her request.

And that's how we ended up here, watching this very odd show, already taking bets on who was going to end up with each other.

We decided that the raven- haired inventor/writer was going to end up with Ms. Secret-Service.

After a bit, we abandoned our distance and spooned.

I was hard to focus when the lack of pants showed off her toned legs. I covered up in a blanket, more of an anti-sex agent than for warmth.

I didn't want to go fast, as I might have with past conquests.

She just wasn't that, she wasn't some conquest, so that I could take her and drop her. Leliana is someone that has been in my life for years, and I've loved her for years.

"Evelyn," I heard from the women in my arms.

Response on the tip of my tongue, I stopped when she said it again and rolled over, eyes closed.

I chuckled lowly and maneuvered my way from between the sleeping beauty and the couch.

Wrapping her in the blanket, I picked her up with ease, bridal style, and set her on my bed.

Going back into the living room, I plopped myself down on the couch and checked my phone.

One text from Josephine telling me about a ball or something and another from an unknown number.

Private Number: You think you can just steal away my girlfriend? I don't think so. Tell her that I know where she is and I will always find her and that if she thinks she can let some whore take her to dinner while we're still together, she's in for a rude awakening.

My mood dropped considerably and dread raised it's talons and slashed them into me.

Leliana isn't dating anyone and hasn't for a while. The last person she dated... was Cousland. But Leliana told me that she broke up with him because when he killed, something broke inside of him and he wasn't right anymore.

No, he went to jail, this couldn't be him. He got a life sentence.

It was going to be a sleepless night.