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  Off Label by Dragonflies_and_Katydids

  Fandom Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Origins

  • Explicit, Mature, Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Series

  07 Sep 2017

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Alistair/Zevran Arainai
  • Zevran Arainai/Original Male Character(s)
  • Alistair (Dragon Age)
  • Zevran Arainai
  • Female Mahariel
  • Morrigan (Dragon Age)
  • Taliesen (Dragon Age)
  • Leliana (Dragon Age)
  • Original Characters
  • Anora Mac Tir
  • Under-negotiated Kink
  • First Time
  • Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot
  • Consensual Kink
  • Fluff and Smut
  • Mild Kink
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Angst
  • Past Torture
  • Safeword Use
  • Flashbacks
  • Triggers
  • Light Bondage
  • Dom/sub
  • Subdrop
  • Slut Shaming
  • Attempted anyway
  • Possessive Sex
  • crow training sucks
  • and not in a fun way
  • Self-Harm
  • Masochism
  • Sort Of
  • Rough Sex
  • Very rough sex
  • Dubious Consent
  • Grief/Mourning
  • Torture
  • Self-Destruction
  • Fluff
  • Light Angst
  • very light angst
  • it was all fluff and then the end got weird
  • Self-Hatred
  • something that's almost kink negotiation
  • Self-Acceptance
  • getting there anyway
  • Death Threats
  • Blackmail
  • Revenge
  • zevran isn't a very nice person
  • which surprises no one
  • but sometimes you need a not-nice person
  • First Time Blow Jobs
  • Marking
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • But also
  • Communication
  • FUCKING FINALLY
  • look! everybody uses their words!
  • I'm so proud
  • i also totally forgot when in canon everybody actually finds out grey wardens have to die
  • so ooops
  • Sorry Not Sorry
  • oh and i have personal opinions about the dark ritual
  • and how much it's basically a fuck-or-die scenario
  • which may have influenced this story
  • also the author is unnaturally fond of symbolism
  • Declarations Of Love
  • declarations of love as only zevran would do it
  • Trust
  • Past Rape/Non-con
  • ok that's kind of a weird collection of tags
  • but they all apply?
  • I'm Bad At Tagging
  • Rope Bondage
  • Subspace
  • Forced Orgasm
  • Emotional Baggage
  • i could save time and just tag every story in this series with that one
  • Navel-Gazing
  • maybe too much
  • oh well

  Summary

  Alistair has spent his whole life hating himself for the things he wants. Zevran is just looking for a fun way to pass the time. What could possibly go wrong when someone who has no experience with sex gets into a D/s relationship with someone who has no experience with healthy relationships?

  Or: Alistair and Zevran serve as a case study on how to do (almost) everything wrong but still end up in the right place (eventually).

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  64,552

  Works:

  11

  Bookmarks:

  204

  Bookmarked by ele_cdv

  25 Feb 2025

  Bookmarker's Collections:

  • zevran x mixxx (dragon age origins)

• Public Bookmark 3

  o, come, be buried a second time within these arms by atiya-nagrano (beatriciad)

  Fandom Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening

  • Explicit, Mature, General Audiences, Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • F/M, F/F, Gen, Multi
  • Series in Progress

  14 Feb 2026

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Zevran Arainai/Female Warden
  • Fenris/Isabela (Dragon Age)
  • Bethany Hawke/Isabela
  • but only obliquely; it's pure pining
  • but background tbh
  • mention of morrigan/warden but they've got a decade before that gets sorted out
  • Felsi/Oghren (Dragon Age)
  • Zevran Arainai/Isabela
  • Zevran Arainai/Isabela/Female Warden
  • Zevran Arainai
  • Female Cousland (Dragon Age)
  • everybody's sort of milling abt in this
  • the gang is all here - Character
  • Fergus Cousland
  • Original Characters
  • and v briefly - Character
  • Illario Dellamorte
  • Alistair (Dragon Age)
  • Leliana (Dragon Age)
  • Eamon Guerrin
  • Sten (Dragon Age)
  • the whole gang is there but not everyone has a whole lot to do
  • Felsi (Dragon Age)
  • Oghren (Dragon Age)
  • Morrigan (Dragon Age)
  • Isabela (Dragon Age)
  • Avernus (Dragon Age)
  • Emetophobia
  • not excessive
  • Cultural Differences
  • First Time
  • if a tag is missing for you let me know and i'll add it
  • mentions of - Freeform
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Dubious Consent
  • crow-typical Bad Implications
  • it's all p glossed over but those elements are there
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • not mentioned but like. that's what this is lol
  • drunk talks
  • Magic Tricks
  • emotional evasion
  • Knifeplay
  • Roleplay
  • prob the tamest possible version tbh
  • go in knowing they're married and wanted to get a little silly with it
  • Fantasy Racism
  • Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence
  • Domestic Violence
  • in reference to a man grabbing his wife's wrist
  • as well as the implied violence of isabela's marriage
  • this makes this sound like it's extremely serious and it is the opposite
  • whimsical to an unrealistic degree but who cares
  • idk plague
  • ruminations abt past losses
  • fergus is sad abt his murdered wife and child and also is busy with the present
  • again: plague that is running rampant
  • teyrn responsibilities
  • Child Death
  • it's not happening in the fic but it's the big thing threading thru it
  • Sexual Trauma
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • this makes it sound like this is entirely wretchedly sad but i don't think that's true
  • sometimes when you love somebody you have to talk abt things that you wish were instinctive
  • but the good news is that these ppl love each v much and there's no danger of anyone being abandoned or rejected
  • zevwarden week 2025
  • Married Sex
  • Marathon Sex
  • anxieties abt aging
  • anxieties abt mortality
  • but in a silly way
  • brief references to crows-typical abuse
  • in general this can be summarized as guy wants to hang out w his wife and mostly succeeds barring a few interruptions
  • Drinking
  • in the aftermath of taliesen's death zevran thinks some things over and gets absolutely shitfaced
  • it's not the fun kind of drunk
  • there is sex in this but it's unsuccessful
  • it's not dubious consent by any means but it takes both parties a second to get on the same page
  • brief allusions to crows-typical sexual trauma
  • but this is p lighthearted fare
  • brief mention of having dead parents
  • i don't think there's anything else that might warrant a tag but if there is let me know and i'll be happy to add it
  • idk oghren makes me sad
  • Near Death Experiences
  • not so passive suicidal ideation
  • religious trauma
  • Threesome - F/F/M
  • i have never rly bothered to get specific abt the types of sex happening in a fic but
  • Squirting and Vaginal Ejaculation
  • does feature prominently
  • Dom/sub Undertones
  • i believe in my heart of hearts that isabela is queen of making mommy issues fun
  • without veering too far into being actually maternal
  • Accidental Sub Drop
  • resolved without issue
  • you know how holidays suck
  • little bit of a medical emergency resolved relatively quickly
  • Blood
  • Lots of blood talk
  • Chronic Illness

  Summary

  zevwarden zevwarden zevwarden

  Words:

  205,646

  Works:

  14

  Bookmarks:

  3

  Bookmarked by ele_cdv

  18 Mar 2026

  Bookmarker's Collections:

  • zevran x mixxx (dragon age origins)