Zevran!

jawsandbones:

He!!!!!

Favourite thing about them: Zevran has such richness to him. He hides his feelings and his pain with jokes and laughter, but he is full of opinion and depth. Zevran’s objections to things will be light, and he might not voice the full breadth of his dislike, but nevertheless he has opinions and morality. The Warden has the chance to earn his trust, his loyalty, and to see those outer walls striped away. Zevran shows and shares his true self only with the ones he trusts above all else, and there is so much to him – more than what he might present to others. His humor is such a small part to him. He is utterly loyal, loving and caring, full of concern for others and their well being. He isn’t apologetic of his past and what he’s done, and of himself. He is Zevran, through and through, and no one can take that away from him.  
Least favourite thing about them: you dare – 
Favourite line: “Not unless you wish it.” So much of Zevran’s life has been without choice, without permission. What’s been done to him has been done to him, but he would never do anything like that to anyone else – least of all to one he loves. Every step he takes with the Warden is laced with consent. Even when he is hopelessly in love with the Warden, bearing his feelings for them with a chance to be rejected – he doesn’t waver in this ideal. He believes in personal freedom and will not take that away from anyone – even at the cost of his heart.
brOTP: I have no doubt that when Leliana becomes spymaster, it’s thanks to some of Zevran’s tutelage. I think that he is one of her contacts out in the field while she is spymaster, and he always delivers the information she needs. 

Leliana: We have many things in common, Zevran
Zevran: Other than our purity and beauty?
Leliana: We both spent many years in places other than Ferelden. You are an assassin, and I, a bard.
Zevran: Then you were called upon to kill.
Leliana: Often. I didn’t like it, but I did it anyway.
Zevran: You didn’t like it? You didn’t like the thrill of the hunt?
Leliana: I suppose… I did like that. The hunt… not the killing.
Zevran: The killing just signals the end of the hunt. Without it, the chase goes on. You killed your marks cleanly, I hope.
Leliana: Whenever possible.
Zevran: Good, when the prey is caught, it deserves a good death, a clean death.

OTP: Zevran and the Warden, but of course. Over the course of their relationship, the Warden can show him such acceptance that allows him to open up. He confronts feelings he has been keeping just under the skin, and finds a reason for living. The Warden gives him an olive branch of trust, a way for Zevran to live the life he wants. Zevran returns that trust with loyalty and love. 
nOTP: Anyone who would make him unhappy, or judge him unfairly.
Random headcanon: When they were staying in the city for the Landsmeet, Zevran would sneak the Warden out of the estate at night. He might make an embarrassingly large deal out of disguises, but really it’s just to get the Warden to smile. He shows the Warden all the best places to go for a drink, for sex, for anything you could imagine. Most of all it’s to walk the streets under the moonlight, hold hands and make terrible jokes, to spend some time away from it all and lift some of the weight from his Warden’s shoulders. 
Unpopular opinion: I know the joke is that Zevran is incompetent and can’t pick locks, etc. The only mission Zevran fails is with the Warden, and then, he had chosen that one with the hopeful chance that he could die. A suicide by another’s hand. Every story he told of him ‘failing’ was to show the Warden that he wasn’t going to betray them and to paint himself less dangerous than he actually is. The first few months with the Warden is all about earning trust and trying to find some sort of safety. 
Song I associate with them: Hello My Old Heart – The Oh Hellos / Storm Cloud – Rhian Sheehan
Favourite picture of them: That’ll have to be this one.