my held breath fills the room with blood
hurting in ways I can't describe
She isn’t far, could never hope to be far. Her children - child, just one now - still kneels on the stone and snow, and the soft cry from her throat snaps a noose tight around Ru’s throat, dragging her swiftly from Sah’s side and back to Flora’s. The stone is cold and hard beneath her knees as she kneels at her daughter’s side. It’s all she can focus on, all she feels as she draws Flora into her arms.
“Shhh. Shh, honey, I have you. I’m here. But I need you to let go, okay?” she murmurs, warm lips against Flora’s cold temple. Cold, so cold - she has to fix that. Ru carelessly shrugs out of her cloak, meant for Halo’s cold, and drapes it around her daughter. This, she can fix. Such small, meaningless things that distract her from a roiling black grief she can’t look at full on. “I need you to let go of him, sweetie. We need to get you both inside.”
“Shhh. Shh, honey, I have you. I’m here. But I need you to let go, okay?” she murmurs, warm lips against Flora’s cold temple. Cold, so cold - she has to fix that. Ru carelessly shrugs out of her cloak, meant for Halo’s cold, and drapes it around her daughter. This, she can fix. Such small, meaningless things that distract her from a roiling black grief she can’t look at full on. “I need you to let go of him, sweetie. We need to get you both inside.”
my heart bends and breaks
so many, many times
HOTARU
