Back to Our Roots

He didn’t really know if they would repair the tears that were rendered in the fabric of their family. That’s what they had created together and that was what they stood to loose now on the precipice of disaster. They struggled and fought but would it be enough to come back together? Indigo didn’t know anymore. He knew he wanted his family around him, but with so much air left uncleared he didn’t know if they could. He looked up to Emersyn as she watched him, his answer not what she had desired to hear.

Indigo should have pulled himself up by his bootstraps by now, death happened as life did you moved on or you stayed behind to rot. And he had been rotting. He was supposed to be the band’s leader, and he was supposed to be a man. It was his job to keep him family safe and together and he had failed. Completely. He’d have to pay the full price for his negligence as everything he worked so hard for crumbled between his toes.

Em’s soft voice pulled him from the easily accessible self destructive thoughts that plagued him over the past few weeks. She answered him too after a beat. "And it’s my fault you’ve had to fight it.” He muttered softly, finding himself looking away as well. She said it was getting easier but if anything he was fighting harder today than the night everything broke.

For a moment it looked lie Emerson was going to leave him standing there, but she tossed her head over her shoulder and invited him along with her. The hint of a smile showed on his features as Indigo found his paws and paced after her slender frame. They were of the same mind despite everything. Indigo wanted those bright confident feelings back. He thought he could take on the world with just his own little family beside him. But he couldn’t and he didn’t. "The sun’s return has helped.” Indigo commented softly, not sure where to really take the conversation. He wasn’t sure how to move forward, he felt like he was in this broken state for so long that he wouldn’t ever be able to escape it.

"Speech"