A/N: tumblr prompt for olivia/alistair, post-game: "fading away"
Everyone could see it.
After the Kirkwall reports came in, Olivia changed. She still made her rounds through the Keep each day, and accompanied the other mages in the training yard every evening, and was present for almost every meal, but now, she was alone – Alistair no longer accompanied her through the halls or in the courtyard or in the dining hall.
Everyone saw their separation. No one saw when they were together.
In Olivia's office, or in their bedroom, they avoided each others' gaze, stepped around each other, didn't even bother with greetings or goodbyes. There hadn't been any one moment when they'd stopped speaking to each other; it had begun with the reports, and Olivia's insistence that they help Anders, but it had taken weeks afterwards for their relationship to simply unravel.
And when the Inquisition called upon the Wardens for assistance, Olivia rode off alone.