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Just the Way You Are by HuffPuffPuff
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Origins
10 May 2022
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Summary
Lady Emelina Trevelyan has been in love with Cullen Rutherford since the moment she laid eyes on him at the Circle of Magi in Kinloch Hold. When she unexpectedly finds herself thrown into his path again ten years later, she realizes her feelings have never subsided. Too damaged by her abusive parents to believe a man like Cullen could ever love her, Emelina keeps a professional distance, that is, until her parents arrive at Skyhold, determined to marry her off now that her status as Inquisitor is sufficient to make her a good bargaining chip. Caught between the horror of the option her parents have picked and the torture of being close to Cullen when she knows he can never be hers, she reluctantly agrees to Leliana's idea of a fake engagement with her handsome Commander, just until her parents are off her back. Forced into proximity with the only man she has ever loved, Emelina struggles with the complexities of her own insecurities and desires until she realizes that sometimes, it just takes the right Templar to show you that you're special, just the way you are.