I thought I saw you, sometimes. [ Haunting her, almost. Never close enough for her to confirm it wasn't a mere errant spirit, a black wolf between the trees of the Fade. ] Though-- I was afraid I was imagining it. It brought...some comfort, to know you were still out there, and that you still wanted to see me.

[ She knew he loved her, those long years. God of lies or not, he was a lousy liar when it came to her. But sometimes, after long, lonely days--it was difficult to not let her worries overtake her. That something had happened, or that he no longer wished for her company.

His arms are an assurance that this is not the case, pulling her in as they lay down. It's a wonderful feeling, his heat radiating from behind her, his arms around her. If she could just pause time, and luxuriate in this singular moment. The kiss is returned, Lavellan radiating her own happiness in turn, in the simplicity of this, in the culmination of getting all that she had patiently waited for. ]

And I will stay here, by your side. There is nowhere else I'd rather be.