Author: Kitten Kisses
Rating: T
Pairing: Hector/Farina; Lilina, Florina
Word Count: 4,084
Content Warnings: n/a
Summary: FE6/FE7. AU. After the death of Hector's wife, Farina, Florina steps in as a mother figure for her niece, Lilina.
Reasons to Read: All the characters are integrated into the universe in a way that makes sense, and probably everyone could use a little glasses-wearing-Hector in their life. More importantly, the story itself is the right amount of bittersweet, and the relationships maturely and realistically depicted.
Excerpt: "But Hector, she doesn't even remember what Farina looked like." Never before had Florina known how badly a past-tense word could hurt.
Maybe that was why Hector had put all of Farina's things away, shoving them into boxes and tossing them into a storage unit; he paid money to hide away her things. Was the constant reminder of Farina in past tense too much for him? Too painful?
He ran a hand through his hair and gave a frustrated shrug. "I told her," he said. "I told Lilina that she looks like her mother."