△ My muse shows up outside your muse’s door after being presumed dead. [arcxtech]
send a symbol for our muses to be caught in one of these situational tropes
the battle was over . but it had been so , so awful . and they hadn’t really even gained much — heavy casualties on both sides , the loss of a lot of resources . but the horde would be back . and the rebellion would have to fight them again .
glimmer was inconsolable . queen angella was with her now , trying to comfort her . they had lost bow . in the confusion , in the chaos , he’d disappeared . after much looking they’d found his bow and quiver , scraps of his shirt , and bloodstains . but no bow . at first they’d all tried to be optimistic , but it had been nearly a week and they still hadn’t had any news of him .
adora had never lost anyone before , not like this anyways . catra and her other friends in the horde were still alive at least . bow... she should have been paying more attention . as she ra it was her job to keep the other rebellion fighters safe and she hadn’t been able to do even that much . she’d lost one of her closest friends and she had no one to blame but herself .
the knock on the door snapped her out of her misery . she doesn’t want to , but she drug herself out of bed to answer it . and on the other side was the very person she’d been crying over .
“ bow! “ adora hurried the few steps to his side — he looked pretty bad off — and wrapped her arm around his back to help support him . “ we all thought... i’m so ... “ tears dripped down her face , adora tried her best to hold them in but there was no stopping them .” come on ... you need to sit down , and then i can go get the medics for you ... “
she helped him to the edge of her bed , holding onto him tightly as she tried to sniffle her tears away . “ what ... what happened to you ? we looked for days but there was no sign of you ! “