Hollyand’s Carver/Merrill fics
Hey! I’m hollyand on AO3 and I write Dragon Age 2 fanfiction! I write mostly Carver Hawke/Merrill, Garrett Hawke/Anders [link], and the odd DA2 rare-pair fic. Here are the Carver/Merrill fanfics I’ve posted to Archive of Our Own.
LONG FICS (MULTI-CHAPTERED):
The Courtship of Daisy and Junior (Rated Mature/Explicit):
Following the trip to Chateau Haine with Carver, Isabela hatches a plot to matchmake the templar with Merrill. Varric bets that it won’t work, while Merrill has no idea what’s going on. Will Carver manage to win Merrill’s heart? Or will Isabela lose her bet? (Set near the beginning of Act 2; inspired by party banter between Carver and Isabela in the Mark of the Assassin DLC.) Completed, 64,516 words and 23 chapters long.
A Chance Engagement (Rated Teen and Up, some F!Hawke/Isabela):
Regency AU. When Miss Merrill attends the Kirkwall public assembly ball, the last man she expects to engage in a dance is Carver Hawke – a single man who has just come into possession of a large fortune. This chance meeting, however, sets them both on a path they never expected. Based on Pride & Prejudice. Ongoing, 116,977 words and 57 chapters long.
A Marriage of Convenience (or: The Spy Who Married Me)
(Rated Mature/Explicit):
Modern AU. Garrett Hawke has political ambitions – and one of those involves marrying off his ex-Templar brother Carver, to smooth his promotion to Viscount. Merrill is in modern-day Kirkwall spying (badly) on Hawke on behalf of Keeper Marethari. When Carver and Merrill agree to marry for convenience and later annul the marriage for non-consummation, they might find that maybe, just maybe, all might not go as planned. Completed, 20,920 words and 6 chapters long.
The Templar And The Blood Mage (Rated Explicit; some M!Hawke/Anders):
Carver has finally managed, with Isabela’s help, to get together with Merrill. Being a Templar, however, means he is forced to keep his relationship a secret - a fact that is not helped by the publication of a certain friend-fiction that becomes the Kirkwall version of ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’. Also known as Hollyand’s excuse to write lots of smut. (Sequel to “The Courtship of Daisy and Junior”, although I wrote this fic first.) On hiatus, 42,142 words and 9 chapters long.
Far Too Cute to be Anything But Naughty (rated Explicit):
Merrill discovers she has a templar kink, where she gets off on being Silenced or having her mana drained. Since no-one else seems to want to do “dirty things” with her anyway, she decides Carver will be the man – and the templar – to indulge her. Set mostly during the Mark of the Assassin DLC. Completed, 8,420 words and 3 chapters long.
whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same (rated Teen):
Soulmate AU. Templars and blood mages are mortal enemies—but what if one is the other’s soulmate? Polyamorous-friendly and Aro-friendly Soulmate AU with time skips; angst with a happy ending. Written for an exchange. Completed, 9,785 words and 7 chapters long.
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SHORT FICS (ONE-SHOTS):
Carver and Merrill Go On A Picnic (Along With Everyone Else) (Rated Teen and Up):
Written for two prompt requests for the Black Emporium Rare Pair Fanfic Exchange 2016: “Carver crushing on Merrill, Merrill being obliviously adorable, and Hawke (preferably female) being a huge troll. Bonus points for Varric being Hawke’s backup troll. No smut for this one, just Carver and Merrill fumbling adorably around each other. Happy ending please!” and “Carver pines over Merrill, is really awkward about it, and the rest of the gang tease him mercilessly”. Set in Act 1. One-shot, 2,404 words.
Truth or Dare (Rated Mature):
The crew play ‘Truth or Dare’ over a few drinks at the Hanged Man. Merrill ends up with a forfeit that makes things a little awkward… for Carver, anyway. Set in Act 1. One-shot, 3,470 words.
Cupcakes (Rated General/Teen and Up):
Modern AU. Merrill participates in a local baking competition, and everyone is head over heels in love with her special Dalish cupcakes. One of the judges, Carver Hawke, reluctantly attends the event because his mother is the president of the local Baking Society… and might have fallen for more than her baking skills. Written for a Tumblr prompt. One-shot, 2,384 words.
In Vino Veritas (Rated Teen):
Warden Carver helps Merrill home from the Hanged Man when she’s drunk. Cuteness ensues. Written for an exchange. One-shot, 1,162 words.
Do You Wanna Build A Snowman? (Rated Teen and Up):
It snows in Kirkwall, and Merrill persuades Warden Carver – and Fenris and Marian Hawke – to play in the snow with her. Set after DA2; written for the Carver Defence Squad Secret Santa Exchange 2016. One-shot, 1,955 words.
A Fake Date at the De Launcet Mansion Ball (Rated Teen and Up):
Merrill gets lost in Kirkwall… and accidentally ends up at a ball at the De Launcet Mansion in Hightown. Fortunately for her, she runs into Carver Hawke - and together they formulate a plan to pretend that she is there as his date, while he can secretly spy on Emile de Launcet’s parents for the Knight Commander. What could go wrong? Written for a Tumblr prompt. One-shot, 6,614 words.
Knight Takes Queen (Rated Explicit):
Merrill is a size queen, and only a certain Knight-Corporal of the Kirkwall Templar Order can satisfy her (and give her the creampie of her dreams). One-shot, 4,348 words.
Major Arcana: VIII. Strength (Rated Teen and Up):
From a collection of ficlets based on the cards of the tarot, posted on AO3 as a multi-chaptered fic by accident instead of posting as a fanfiction series. Carver and Merrill sit around a campfire and talk in Act 1. One-shot, 776 words.
Major Arcana: XIII. Death (Rated Teen and Up):
From a collection of ficlets based on the cards of the tarot, posted on AO3 as a multi-chaptered fic by accident instead of posting as a fanfiction series. Grey Warden Carver comforts Merrill after the death of her entire clan. One-shot, 2,043 words.
the things we cannot say (not out loud, but i love you) (Rated Teen and Up):
In the years that follow the Arishok battle, Grey Warden Carver Hawke and Merrill try to write to each other. Epistolary angst fic set in Act 3 written entirely as a series of letters. One-shot, 1,692 words.
