Chapters: 20/29
Fandom: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Link/Revali (Legend of Zelda)
Characters: Link (Legend of Zelda), Revali (Legend of Zelda), Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Mipha (Legend of Zelda), Urbosa (Legend of Zelda), Daruk (Legend of Zelda), The Rito (Legend of Zelda), Prince Sidon, Koroks (Legend of Zelda), Aryll (Legend of Zelda), Alfon (Legend of Zelda)
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Pre-Calamity (Legend of Zelda), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Getting to Know Each Other, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, emotionally repressed character, Emotionally Repressed Link, Amnesia, Childhood Trauma, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Link does not have a good time, but he can't even comprehend it, Tentative Friends to Lovers, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Basically, Link thinks of himself only as a belonging to the royal family, and has to un-learn all of his developed behavior, Revali helps, Eventual Happy Ending, Angst with a Happy Ending, SLOWWW to update, Happy Ending, Slow Burn, Will go from pre-canon, most likely skip or skim over canon, before going to post-canon, please enjoy, Unreliable Narrator, Revali is a mother-hen, Team mom Urbosa, Zelda and Link are BFFs and if you don't think so f-cking fight me, aka that will happen at some point, Nonbinary Link (Legend of Zelda), Demiromantic Revali (Legend of Zelda), Transgender Aryll (Legend of Zelda), transgender character
Series: Part 1 of Of Golden Glows and Emerald Eyes
Summary:
âI donât understand,â he says, and his arms are wrapped around himself now, as if he is cold. They are in Hebra, yes, but he canât help but feel as if the cold has nothing to do with how he is beginning to shiver.
âWhat do you mean you donât understand?â Revali demands, turning back to him, his glare even deeper on his face than before. âIâve expressed myself clearly to you many times before - it is no fault of mine that you see yourself as better than I simply because of the sword on your back. Surely you cannot blame me for cutting my losses here - Iâve wasted enough time on you as it is.â
âI-I donât understand,â Link repeats, because for once, he truly doesnât know how it was that he didnât please this individual. He thought he understood, before, but Revali has grown more and more upset, and Link simply does not understand what he has done wrong to cause this.
He wants to fix this.
It is the first time in his life he can ever truly remember wanting something.
It is as his vision begins to blur (he doesn't know why) that Revaliâs expression shifts.
âOh,â the Rito says, and suddenly, his face is no longer stuck in a glare, but in horror, and a deep, deep sadness in his eyes. âOh, no.â