kingite:
𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐃𝐎𝐄𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐆𝐎 𝐔𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐃, 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 is not blind to his son’s courage. ❛ a wise man once told me, that you needn’t be fearless to be a hero. ❜ fingers ruffle through hair before pulling him in, the embrace bringing reassurance of his presence, that this was not a cruel dream. how unkind fate could be, he was no stranger to tragedy, those who have fallen on this day would not be forgotten. but the pang of guilt rises within at the selfish thought that he was glad henry was not one of them.
* 𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑. / @heirite
𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐃𝐘 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐑𝐈𝐁𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐒, each one with a tip sharper than the next digging into the fragile organs that lay beneath. the strength that had once made him a fearless boy, ready to learn and help his people, fractured and brought to ruin ( though not easily ) with the heads of people he had known, some he had even loved, impaled onto spikes without an ounce of remorse or mercy. “ dad— “ how had henry survived? how was it that he was the only one to make it out alive? his head should be up there, he can practically taste his own blood as if his head had been severed at the same place enid & tara’s had... yet there it was, still attached, though not without guilt.
