For this WIP Wed, I posted a whole chapter of Wolves at the Gate. My cowboy AU
Lil excerpt:
“You still haven’t said where we are going.” Stiles said when he managed to catch up enough to ride side by side with Derek. He ignored Stiles and spurred his horse into a quick canter. The bag at his side banging into the side of the saddle. Lydia’s horse easily kept pace.
The snow started coming down in big chunky flakes.
“If you tell me where we’re going, I can protect you easier. You know there are bandits in these hills.”
Derek gave a single grunt from his mount. Stiles thought it sounded a lot like permission to continue.
“You’ve probably never heard of the Viper Boys. They’re our own little terror. They think themselves so big and tough ever since they – killed. Well, they’re the reason we don’t have a sheriff in this town. And the townspeople themselves. They’re selfish cowards. You can’t trust them.”
“And I can trust you?”
“Of course,” Stiles gave Derek his best winning smile. Snow swirled between them. Derek’s eyes lingered on Stiles for a beat before he looked back at the beaten path in the sand. “I’m the most trustworthy man you’ll meet for three towns over. Uh huh. There’s no doubt about it. Just last week, I returned a man’s missing wallet.” This wasn’t exactly true, and judging by the way Derek looked over at Stiles with an arched eyebrow, he knew it too.
“Well, I gave it back, eventually.” Stiles was fucking this up.
Thank @dear-massacre for tagging me even though I’ve been majorly fake these last three months. <33
I was trying to think of what would have drawn Astarion to Aldiirn in act 1 and wrote a couple 4-panel comics that rapidly blew up into a lot of page style comics whoops. But hey, a more serious thing gives me the chance to give a bit of Aldiirn backstory, show him more in his element, and have a Bard and Rogue duo doing what they do best - conning and robbing people blind hehehe.