WaitingForDogot
Fandoms
- Dragon Age (Video Games) (14)
- Dragon Age: Inquisition (12)
- Dragon Age: Origins (10)
- Dragon Age - All Media Types (8)
- Dragon Age II (8)
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Prologue: To Live on the Cusp of Death by WaitingForDogot
Fandoms: Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: Inquisition
20 Jul 2026
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“You are a good man, Ser Cullen.”
“Am I,” he hummed his sarcasm rather than say something untoward.
“You would not fall to madness or cruelty as easily as did Meredith Stannard, if you were given a command. You have already demonstrated this to be true.”
More silence.
The words simmered under his skin. Should he let them boil over and out into the world? “If I do this thing—if I agree to help the Divine resolve this conflict—you must promise me one thing.”
“And that is?”
He turned to face her, wanted her to see the clarity in his eyes as he said this.
“That you will not force me to begin using it again.”
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How Ser Cullen Rutherford was Recruited into the Second Inquisition.
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- Part 1 of The Cadence of His Heart
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- English
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- 3,879
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The Harrowing of Lowen Amell by PhillyImpala, WaitingForDogot for NastyMage
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Origins
16 May 2026
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"I think someone's come down with a case of puppy love," Alim grinned.
"Oh, no! He's just being friendly, that's all," Lowen countered, "Poor sod's only been here a few days; I bet he hasn't made any friends yet and is getting desperate."
"He'd have to be desperate, or an idiot, to try and befriend a mage," Jowan said severely.
"Nonsense," Alim retorted, "You're just perpetually doom and gloom about everything, Jowls. Listen. Lowen. This could be good for you! Butter him up. Flirt! See what happens! What's the harm? Worst case, he rebuffs you and you're embarrassed—"
"No," Jowan interrupted, "Worst case is he uses you and then reports you to Irving—"
"Oh, hush up you!"
"Mark my words," Jowan cautioned, "It's never a good thing when you catch a Templar's eye. No matter how nice they might seem."
"That seems simplistic of both of you. It can't be as straightforward as we either live happily ever after or he runs me through." Lowen pointed out.
"Come on," Jowan hissed, "Have you ever heard of a relationship between a mage and a Templar that ended well?"
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Few Against the Wind by WaitingForDogot
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age - All Media Types
18 Apr 2026
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"I’ve never told anyone what truly happened to me at Ferelden’s Circle. I was… not myself after that. I was angry. For years, that anger blinded me. I’m not proud of the man that made me."
"The way I saw mages… I’m not sure I would have cared about you, and the thought of that sickens me.
Lyrium withdrawal and the realization that he's desperately in love with the Inquisitor has left Cullen raw. Vulnerable. The horror of his past keeps intruding into his present, and he can't help but wonder whether he's been carrying it with him in more ways than one—whether his desires are his own, or something darker that controls and compels him from deep within his subconsciousness.
He needs to address it: he needs to come clean in order to move on. But will he lose the woman he loves in the process? Will he lose her to something (or someone) else before he can gather the courage to act?
UPDATED TWICE A MONTH
Explicit chapters have asterisks in the title:
* Some explicit passages
** Mostly explicitSeries
- Part 4 of The Cadence of His Heart
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Skyhold Codex: Love Lost and Found by WaitingForDogot
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age II
15 Feb 2026
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To celebrate the Cullen Romancers' first anniversary and Rutherfest's Cullentine event!
A series of letters and notes between the former Inquisition's Commander and Inquisitor, plus a few mission reports scattered throughout a post-Tresspasser abandoned Skyhold.
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Vir 'Lath Sa'vunin by WaitingForDogot
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition
12 Feb 2026
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For Cullentine 2026!
Vulnerability: whispers, silent prayer, heart to heart, shaking hands
Haven has been destroyed. The Herald sacrificed and (hopefully?) resurrected. And Inquisition Commander Cullen Rutherford is faced with one of the most difficult realizations of his life: he's in love. With the woman he condemned to death at the hands of a darkspawn magister while he fled to the mountains.
How could he have let this happen?
Will he decide to act on his feelings? Or delude himself into thinking it's already too late?
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- Part 2 of The Cadence of His Heart
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The Cadence of His Heart by WaitingForDogot
Fandom Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age: Origins
21 Jul 2026
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A Templar and a mage begin as enemies and become lovers.
What a scandal, what a cliché!
Inquisition Commander Cullen Rutherford knows he's falling for the fiery Dalish mage who emerged from the smoking ruin of the Grand Conclave as
hisThe Herald of Andraste, and that presents a problem for him. Well, several problems:Does he believe she was chosen by the Maker to fight a holy war? How could he possibly act on his feelings for her knowing they may be driven by something darker than desire and not wholly his own? While knowing that his choice to free himself from lyrium will likely kill him sooner rather than later?
Could she ever see him as more than the childhood monster who hunted her people to the brink of extinction? Would she still want him if she knew of his past? Would he deserve her love if she gave it to him?
What must they sacrifice to be with each other?
What must they sacrifice to save the world?Explicit chapters have asterisks in the title:
* Some explicit passages
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- 157,448
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Dragon Age Kiss Week 25 by WaitingForDogot
Fandom Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
16 Aug 2025
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A collection of longfic excerpts and new one-shots to celebrate Dragon Age Kiss Week 2025. Enjoy!
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- 10,889
- Works:
- 6
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She cries out as he rocks against her. He does it again, making a memory of the elven as it rolls from her lips like a wave. It’s beautiful… and it’s just for him. She could have anyone in this castle and she came to him. She stayed with him. The thought slows his hips.
He has to tell her the truth. He should have told her the second she jumped out of the fade. He kisses her neck, feels the wild thrum of her pulse before he lets it spill free.
“I love you.”
She instantly stills.
It takes him a moment to realise the hands against his chest are now pushing him away. She rolls off the desk as he steps back, her expression hidden by her hair. His heart plummets into his gut when she brushes it back. Her face is a pale mask, eyes shaking like a deer staring down a hunter’s bow.
It’s as if all the heat has been snatched away. He’s suddenly painfully aware of how loud he’s breathing, sharp bursts splintering the silence.
“Are you alright?” He tries to stifle his panic when she doesn’t answer. “Please. What did I–”
“I don’t want this.”
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20 Jan 2025
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Divide and conquer by TheLadyOrTheTiger
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types
24 Oct 2019
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King Alistair and Inquisitor Trevelyan have both faced numerous obstacles in their lives - from Orlesian nobles to darkspawn. Now they team up to embark on their biggest challenge yet - seducing Cullen.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 208,641
- Chapters:
- 35/35
- Comments:
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- Bookmarks:
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- 26,215
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25 Feb 2026
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Helping Hand by stridingcorgi
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age - All Media Types
11 May 2026
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A collection of episodes when Lavellan and Commander Rutherford found some common ground where they thought there was none.
Featuring an infirmary, Lavellan not knowing what to make of her paycheck, a stressed up Adan, and Apricot the Halla.
Bookmarked by WaitingForDogot
18 Feb 2026
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To Sleep In His Arms by CobaltSkye
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age - All Media Types
11 Jan 2026
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What on earth was happening to her? She’d never wanted anyone as badly as she wanted him in that moment, never wanted to claim and be claimed so desperately.
Someone destroys Cullen's tent when he accompanies the Herald, Dorian and Iron Bull on a venture to the Hinterlands, leaving him no choice but to share her tent for the time they're there. Will forced proximity, nightmares, and wandering hands during sleep be enough to convince the two idiots that they're attracted to one another?
Series
- Part 1 of To Sleep Is To Dream
Bookmarked by WaitingForDogot
18 Jan 2026
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If you could read my mind / I’m sure that you’d be horrified. by ohwastelandbaby
Fandoms: Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Inquisition
19 Jun 2026
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Snapshots of the begrudging relationship between Inquisitor Lizabethar Lavellan and Commander Cullen Rutherford
Bookmarked by WaitingForDogot
10 Jan 2026