Kingsfall chorus

Finley's words were comforting even when he didn't want to be receptive to them, making the assurances he needed to hear. Still he couldn't help that feeling in his chest, of a permanent schism between before and after today. His stormy eyes looked away to the ground, and while that twisting expression on his lips had lessened, it wasn't completely gone.

"I didn't want a bigger family," was all he could bring himself to mutter, tone as bitter as the words. Did Caspian? Ryder felt his brother was being so quiet because he didn't want to disagree, but who with? Himself or their mother?

"Can I go?"

He needed to run off these emotions.

The Lennox woman looked toward Caspian with almost desperation in her eyes, but he remained silent and without reaction. She blinked away the mist in her eyes at the hurt of Ryder not wanting a bigger family, the self doubt she had been pushing down now bubbling up. Swallowing the lump in her throat and sniffing quickly she only nodded in response to his question not trusting herself to speak.

She suddenly felt very selfish, but held the tears back until both of her sons were gone feeling very alone. She had been trying to build the perfect family but maybe her recent actions had actually torn it apart. Finley let the tears flow, but would have them wiped away by the time either of her sons came back or Jethro came to check on her, too proud to let them in.

FADE

(This post was last modified: Jul 21, 2023, 09:59 PM by Finley.)