CLOSED - When the dark night seems endless

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WHO: Anders/Detlef and Nathaniel Howe
WHAT: Nathaniel visits Emprise du Lion and checks up on Anders.
WHEN: Present.
WHERE: Emprise du Lion
NOTES: General Anders warning.

It's not that long a trip, compared with the ones Nathaniel has been making of late, and it's rather earlier than he expected to be headed back into Orlais, but he has to do something besides hang around Skyhold waiting for Corypheus to be found. So he arrived in Emprise du Lion last night. Only now is he trying to find Anders, though, and check up on him. It's good that Anders is getting out of Skyhold, so long as Justice isn't pushing him to exhaustion.

He finds Anders doing some chore or another and says nothing, only giving a smile.

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[justice_is_blond]

...Nate's blushing. Nate. Is blushing. Suddenly having a sore and freezing ass was entirely worth it, because he's not sure he's ever seen Nathaniel blush before.

"Harder can be better." He knows Nate's not blushing because of him, but oh, is he going to follow up on this with teasing. "In some cases. Specific ones. Maker knows my life's been all about being harder."

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And then he's blushing even harder. Andraste's mercy, for a frozen wilderness, it is damn hot. Harder can be better.

"Well, this should be--" Look at this, he's too flustered to keep his train of thought. "You know. Not harder."

He stands up, careful, cautious.

"This would be a lot better if we had brandy. We'd still be falling on our arses, but it would seem a lot funnier."

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"You're not finding this amusing?" The blush looks good on Nate's face, but Anders doesn't want to push too hard. "You didn't use to fluster quite this easily, or maybe I'd forgotten how fun this could be."

Gingerly he gets up, working to not slip over again, finding a shaky balance. "I'm not sure brandy would help much." Justice wouldn't want him drunk, anyway. "But this is pleasant enough. Despite the cold. And the bruised pride. And other parts."