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WHO: Warden!Felix and OPEN. (Starters for Kaiden, Bruce, Dorian, Ellana, and Adele. If you want your own starter just ask!)
WHAT: Felix returns after his Joining and looks much better. Also he's hungry. (The Kaidan thread is during training, set before they return to Skyhold.)
WHEN: About a week or two after Felix's Joining.
WHERE: His training took place at the remains of Haven, the rest is at Skyhold.
NOTES: None yet!

Less than a month ago, Felix had been a dead man. Now, he's at least upright. Things aren't prefect. He still has the taint and he has the ever present fact of the False Calling to contend with, but he's not wasting away anymore.

People who had seen him before will know that he's doing better. His cheeks are fuller and he isn't stumbling. He's able to move without aid. Despite the less than perfect circumstances, he thinks it's wonderful. If it weren't for the fact that he was trying to put on a good face as the newest Warden, he might have tried to dance around like an idiot.

He's still acting a bit like an idiot, but rather than dancing he's trying to get food from the kitchens. The servants might be a little annoyed that he keeps pestering them, but at least he knows how to apologize and thank them. He pesters politely which is likely a nice change.

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Instead of seeming offended, Felix smiles. "And yet you still tended to me, still brought me food and offered it to me, still touched my skin to check my temperature. You may think that's a small thing, but for me it meant everything. The fact that you knew and didn't instantly shy away from me meant the world to me then, and still does now. That's what I'm thanking you for. The fact that you didn't let panic overtake you and that you never treated me as less."

Felix's very obvious gratitude confuses Bruce quite a fair bit, and it shows on his face as much as tries to hide it at the same time. "Of course I wouldn't treat you as less. The Blight is a terrible illness; the people who go through it always need all the help they can get." So of course he'd give that. Why would he do anything else? It just didn't make sense to him.

"And yet servants that had tended to me my entire life still shyed away from touching me when I returned home," Felix points out. He didn't blame them, of course. The Blight was terrifying. "Will you accept my gratitude for now? Your presence meant the world to me while I was sick."

Well when Felix put it that way... it certainly was hard for Bruce to turn it down. He nods after a pause and gives a small smile. "...I suppose I can manage that."

He's still very unused to people being this grateful to him for anything especially since he was only doing his job, but its not like he has much of a reason to deny it either. If it made them feel better too, then all the more reason not to turn it down.