Áine is a mage from Kinloch Tower. She was there during the blight and had Cullen as one of her acquaintances.
She fell in love with him but was too shy to say something about it. Nevertheless, he was in love with her friend Amell and didn't know sh...
A party is being held in Skyhold and Áine alongside Sera decides to join in.
Cullen is supposed to keep them away, but they have a plan and nothing will keep them from the candies.
Áine challenges Cullen and he gets his prize.
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Since she arrived in Skyhold, they haven't had much time to spend together because Alessa was hosting a party to celebrate her first dragon slain. The Fereldan Frostback.
As head of the soldiers, Cullen was responsible for the security, and so were Leliana and her spies. Josephine took care of the party's details, and Áine, alongside Sera, was trying to come up with a plan to steal desserts.
Sera had tried to bribe the kitchen staff into smuggling some candies to her for many days until they told Josephine, who asked Leliana and Cullen for help to get her out of the way.
Áine will never forget the day she was in Sera's room planning their assault to the party when they heard intense and resolute steps on the wooden floor leading to Sera's quarters. They sat looking at the door. Waiting for whoever was interrupting their hard work, when Cullen appeared into the door frame.
He opened his mouth to say something with a scowl when he saw Áine. His jaw dropped, and eyebrows went up, prompting Sera to snicker and earn a small punch from her friend.
"So, what do you want, Cullen?" Sera was trying really hard to repress her laughter.
He looked at them, adjusted his position to his Commanding stance, took two steps into the room, and spoke in his firm but surprisingly brotherly tone.
"I was told you were harassing the kitchen staff into smuggling candies to you, Sera."
"What? Me? Pffffft." She raised her feet and rested them on Áine's legs.
"But I am sure this is not just because of the desserts. Am I right?" He turned to face Áine, who was thinking how amusing the scene ahead of her was.
She was caught by surprise and stammered an incomprehensible answer looking to the window.
"Maker, what am I to do with both of you?" He sounded defeated.
"We aren't doing anything. I'm just here with my friend Sera, planning what we are going to do tonight, while our friends are partying and eating delicious foods, seeing beautiful people and having nice chats-"
"Nonsense. You know very well this is more about politics than fun."
"And that's why I should be there! Watching the nobles to make sure they are behaving. Besides, you know my friends from the Red Jenny will be there, right?"
Cullen let out the longest sigh they have ever heard.
"I know it, and so does Leliana. All I am asking is for you to behave. Please, can you just give me a break, Sera? I already have to deal with all the nobility..." He turned to Áine, put his left-hand fingers on his temples. "And you too?"
