Dec 24, 2024
for @vangerd
It feels bizarre still. His things are in his pack – he never had much – and his heart is beating hard as he walks through the halls of the abbey. Some of the other boys are giving him looks. He doesn’t know if they’re jealous, or if they’re… glad he’s leaving?
He half-expects that Duncan will not be there waiting for him. That something will have happened, some intervention or–
But when he pushes open the doors, there he is.
His knees are weak. His legs shake.
“I’ve got everything, I think,” he says, and his voice is smaller than he might like it to be. “I’m… ready to go.”