Dragon Age Fic: Settling In

[thedawn]

Title: Settling In
Pairing: F!Hawke/Isabela
Rating: PG-13/Soft R?
Warnings: Some vague sexytimes. General awkwardness.
Word Count: 6805
Disclaimer: Dragon Age and its characters sadly belong to BioWare, not me.
Summary: Isabela has decided to stick around and give this whole "family" thing a shot. Now comes the really hard part: facing Hawke's friends.

Comments

[ivory_auror]

I love this series. You've really got Isabela's voice down. (Oh this is plumfire from Tumblr, by the way. I needed more comment space :P)

LOVED the sweet/sexy greeting between Hawke and Isabela… Hawke's shyness at not wanting to press anything and Isabela's adorable realization of the reason. You've found a really nice balance with Hawke and it feels like she is coming from more a place of strength even though she still has some uncertainty (if that makes sense).

The horse/prig farm animal humor was cute.. I giggled :)

I have such a giant soft spot for the whole "Isabela never stays the night" issue and I like how she handles it here with her usual charm. The changes come slowly for her and she's dealing with a hell of a lot of change. So her struggle feels natural and not *only* angsty, which I endlessly appreciate.

Oh and one last little favorite moment is how smoothly Isabela moved to get Bethany when she protested bedtime. Yeah she rolled her eyes at it, but she didn't hesitate.

Ok, rambling finished. Well done!

[thedawn]

Thank you! Writing this Hawke has been very interesting for me, because I didn't start out with a plan for her, really, just a vague sort of understanding of who she was (well, who she needed to be for the story to work). I'm glad that her strength is showing through, because I feel like Isabela tends to be her greatest weakness. Not in a bad way, but when it comes to Isabela, it would take a lot for her to say no (which, I mean, who could blame her? :P

[ivory_auror]

Ah, so true about Bethany being the safe place to start. (I'm having flashbacks to when I lived with my best friend and her 2 year old for a while. That was an adventure) I felt that even though Isabela may have taken control of that one situation, it doesn't mean she's necessarily found her paternal instinct. Yea I don't think there could be a "too natural" adjustment…as natural as she may feel with Hawke and Bethany (when she does), she's still Isabela. And we love her for it ;)

Um, is that the ~end end? :P

[thedawn]

Um, is that the ~end end? :P

Oh, certainly not. I've got at least four more installments planned out, plus the rest of Family. That will take it up through the endgame, and after that...I haven't quite decided yet. There are a lot of fun ideas that have danced around in my head, so there may be life for this little family after they leave Kirkwall :)