Eyes On Fire

*Ignatius* · 11-17-2018, 02:18 PM

Time seemed to freeze for a minute as the brothers stared at each other, their eyes meeting and a slew of emotions playing out across both their faces, most mirroring each other despite having very different origins. The pause between the end of Ignatius' words and the start of Souzan's seemed to stretch into infinity. A lump was forming in Ig's throat already. While Sou was the silent protector, Ig had - after a lengthy rebellious phase - grown to be a largely stoic and dutiful man. Sometimes he'd been so swamped, forced to take all these stupid lessons and do so much unnecessary princely crap he ended up having no time for friends or his siblings. He always regretted being the more distant one, often coming off as aloof despite his best intentions.

Despite his distance and the difficulty that they'd had as they aged connecting and spending any time together, Ignatius had never imagined a world where their sweet baby sister would be killed and he'd find himself with only Sephira left at his side and Sou standing opposite him, asking him-

A look of hurt flashed across his face, then indignation as he leaned only an inch or two closer for a moment before drawing back. Sitting, he composed himself and found himself struggling to do better than shout something angrily along the lines of 'of course not and fuck you for thinking I ever would or could'. That might make him feel better for a moment, but then things would escalate and explode unnecessarily and Ignatius couldn't add fighting with his own littermate to the list of things that he regretted.

"Absolutely not." His voice was firm and unwavering, face still betraying the agony that lay just beneath the surface. He couldn't entirely resent Souzan for wondering. Of course the framing had been convincing - otherwise Ignatius never would have been exiled. Breathing a heavy sigh in an attempt to reduce that weighty feeling settling over him all over again, Ignatius continued, "You know we'd spent the previous day together? I took her to the market because I finally had a free day, and she was so excited to finally go with me for once," He tried not to choke on that rising tide of emotion that threatened to drown him as he fought to keep his features under control and his eyes from betraying him and spilling the flood of tears he so rarely allowed himself to release, "It was a good day. I knew she was still sad that we never saw each other. Her eyes told me that and more every time she thought I wasn't looking. I was going to make it up to her."

Normally he wouldn't fall apart like this. Not even with Sephira unless things got really bad. But they were the same, they needed each others strength and it wasn't the same. This was Sou. Strong, hardly ever outspoken or even really talkative but still always dependable like no other. Always the shoulder ready to support others. Thoughtful in ways only his siblings could ever appreciate. Even if he decided for some reason that he wanted to be closed off, the habit was too established.

"Only a monster could think to harm someone so pure. I'm a lot of things, Sou, and I have my bad qualities, but that could never make it on my list of sins."

Tears he'd held back for some time cascaded down the fur of his cheeks. If it'd been darker, maybe the light from his soft glow might've made them sparkle with an ethereal shine. But as it was, they simply fell and were lost on the icy ground.

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