[Closed] The best part of leaving

[justice_is_blond]

WHO: Anders, Nathaniel Howe
WHAT: Coming back to Skyhold from Halamshiral
WHEN: Nowish
WHERE: Kestral House
NOTES: Probably sap, possibly heavier themes, probably adult content WTG TORI.

There'd been a few things to drop off at the healing tents, a couple of reports to make, but as soon as those are done Anders is headed straight for the Kestral house. He's missed Nate. And while missing someone is nothing new, there is now a hope every time they're parted. He'll see Nate again.... like right now, as he ducks back into the sleeping are and finds the curtained portion that's theirs.

"Where's Purrelden? I've missed her." The mischief in his smile says a lot, but the fact that he's reaching for the archer instead of the cat that's currently sitting on Lady says the rest.

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[justice_is_blond]

At first he can't help watching for people watching for him, but as Nate talks, his attention is more and more focused on his lover. Hero. It's the opposite of everything he's heard, and he's never been told that someone's proud of him.

His hands are shaking a little by the time Nate's done, and he squeezes Nate's arm tightly.

"I seem to remember someone at my side for many of those." The smile he gives Nate is watery and weak, but it's there. The plots, the Mother, Meredith, ending his possession, and now today, too. "And someone who found himself despite his family, who made his own path when so many wanted him to fail, who made an absolutely stupid decision to love an abomination and stand with him. You're my hero, Nathaniel, and I love you so much."

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Nathaniel blushes, eyes sparkling as Anders talks. He's never heard that much praise heaped on him before. He's not sure if he can accept it all at once, but he won't argue. He'll keep picking it over, take it all in as the day goes by, and by then he will be okay with it. He leans in to give Anders another kiss.

"I love you too. We'll be all right. Everything we've been through has given us the strength for this."