Dragon Age One Shots

Cullen and the Cat

I know Cullen's always done with a mabari because total dog guy but I was just thinking what if a cat wandered into his office one day and refused to leave?

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Catching a shadow from the edge of his desk, Cullen rose to investigate. A fat orange tabby glares up at him having slunk in through the door Jim left ajar. It meows once, whether a threat or warning he can't tell. "You're not a dragon attacking, I don't have time for this." Certain the cat will continue on its way, Cullen returns to work.

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Midway through the afternoon, the cat leaps onto his desk. He lashes his hands out, trying to stopper the ink before it runs black rivers over his maps. The cat mewls once more, the tail batting a challenged at him before it flops onto the edge of his desk. Yellow eyes dare him to move it. At that moment, the scouts arrive requesting his attention in the yard. Cullen waves a single finger of warning at the cat to move before he returns. For its part, the cat yawns.

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While talking with the Inquisitor about the latest troop readiness reports, Cullen bites into a meat pie, hears a pathetic mewl, and palms the rest to the orange tabby at his elbow. The Inquisitor stares in confusion at the grumpy man and the desk cat licking its teeth.

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After a week, when the snows blow bitterly against Skyhold's walls, Cullen hears a pathetic cry from below his loft. He abandons his warm bed to find the cat circling the ladder and screaming for him. With a sigh, he slides down. Picking the fatter tabby up under his arms, he climbs into his loft. "You can sleep on the..." Before he can finish, the cat leaps into his bed, finding the pillow the best spot to sleep. Growling at the mass of orange hair, Cullen lays down beside the cat, his fingers ruffling through the purring fur.

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Within a month, Cullen paces the grounds inspecting his troops while an orange face meows from within the fur around his shoulders. But if you ask him about the cat, he insists it'll move on soon. It's just staying for a night.