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Kaikamahine Asked: Haides Lavellan/Dorian Pavus, original post

this got excessively long so I skipped a few prompts, but it was such a fun writing exercise! and, as you well know, I love them a lot so it was great to write these ideas down. So, thank you so much for prompting this, Elizabeth!!

Who is the werewolf & who’s the hunter?
Dorian is the werewolf, and he tries to deny it. Incredibly, all “Would someone this beautiful turn into a half-wolf beast and rampage around the forest? I think not!” His hands are on his hips and all. Except it’s just after sunrise, in said forest, and Dorian is stark naked.
Luckily, Haides is just so charmed by his bluster that he just laughs and offers Dorian his coat.

Who is the mermaid and who’s the fisherman sailor?
Oh gosh, I love this going either way! But imagine Haides as the mermaid. The Lavellan clan works with pirates & smugglers, luring sailors into traps, and then gathering the gold? But one day there’s Dorian - who seems to be courting such disaster. And Haides think he’s ridiculous, but worth saving. Gets back to his family about keeping this one ship safe - this one fool covered in gold.
Except Dorian has to save him instead when the ship turns on Haide’s who is trying to be helpful, all “look, this guy is cute. Head east and you’ll be safe, okay.”

Who is the barista, and who’s the coffee addict?
Dorian is the barista! It started as a gig to get some independence from his father and the Pavus family. A highlight though is Haides, the cute student that pops in at least three times a week lately. Dorian flirts with him A LOT, harmlessly. Haides smiles, always, as he shares about his day and how he’s so close to finishing his masters, Eyes bright as he talks about it. He takes it well when Dorian writes his number on a cup for him, winking outrageously as Haides leaves. He certainly never expected Haides to call.
“What do you mean?” Haides asks, laughing through the phone. “Did you think I liked spending so much on coffee?” Dorian blushes furiously on his end.

Who’s the professor and who is the TA?
Dorian’s the professor, and I imagine he gets whiny sometimes about it and his age. It’s all in good fun, so Haides just laughs along (I imagine they’re lying tangled together on the sofa in Haide’s apartment) while Dorian is saying, “It’s just so much ore fun being the TA flirting with their professor! I want to seduce you coyly over grading papers, Amatus.”

Haides kisses him and says, “You’re forgetting that you did flirt with me over grading papers.”
“Professor Pavus just makes me sound so old, like my father! My hair is going gray as we speak!”

Who’s the teacher, and who is the single parent?
Dorian is the single parent, Haides the second grade teacher. It’s his first year at this school and he’s nervous the Parent-teacher meetings haven’t gone quite well. Half the parents didn’t even show up, and his next parent is running late. He’s part homesick, frustrated and defeated when he hears deep, warm laughter out in the hallway. A strikingly beautiful man is laughing as he jokes, “Oh no, is it this door?” veering toward a door, only to have his hand pulled toward Haides’ classroom by the small child. “Dad! YOU KNOW where it is!” the kid yells, though the two of them keeping falling into giggling.

Haides leans in his doorway to watch, certain the closer they get that this is June and her father. When Dorian smiles Haides thinks “oh no, I’m in trouble.”
(It’s the same for Dorian, when they’re close enough and he sees the teacher, handsome and leaning in the doorway with a grin
“Mr. Pavus, I presume?”
Dorian looks at his daughter and whispers loudly, “I believe we’re in trouble, my dear.” And when he looks back up, the most beautiful smile is on the teacher’s face. Trouble indeed. It’s love at first sight.)