forum Arthur and Mikhail

Started January 19, 2019 by Deleted user

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Mikhail chuckled. "I think I can handle it. Do you think I can?"

"I have no idea…" said Arthur, "The nightmares from earlier… that was just the surface…."

Mikhail kissed his head. "No one is as messed up as my real dad."

"I'm fairly certain I could beat him easily on that scale…." said Arthur, his voice barely audible.

"I don't think you'd be able to beat him on that scale." Mikhail murmured.

"You have no idea…" said Arthur….

"Are you sure?" asked Mikhail.

"Trust me. You have no clue what I've survived……" said Arthur a dark shadow clouding his eyes, a faint scream of agony ringing in his ears.

"I've almost been killed almost every day." Mikhail mumbled.

"I wished I could die every day for 12 years…"

"I used to think that before too, but it's honestly horrible. Especially when you know someone is waiting for you to come home everyday."

"For a lot of it, I didn't have anyone there waiting…. they didn't even know…" Arthur tensed as memories came back,

"Well, you do now." Mikhail muttered, trying to comfort him.

Arthur leaned into Mikhail's arms, trying to block out screams of pain, his own, and his brother's as they rang in his ears.

Mikhail didn't say anything and hugged him tighter. "You okay?" He asked quietly.

"It wasn't….. A nightmare….." Said Arthur shakily… "It was memories…" he tensed as a faint, bloodcurdling howl rang in his ears, along with someone yelling for others to run.

"It's okay." Mikhail murmured comfortingly, gently rubbing his back.

Arthur tensed, tears coming as he tried to force the sounds of fighting out of his ears.

Mikhail stayed like that, letting him cry if he wanted to.

Arthur leaned into Mikhail, really needing something to drown out the clashing of blades and the hiss of magic, as memories flooded his mind.

Mikhail kept rubbing his back comfortingly, hoping he wasn't making anything worse.

Finally the torrent stopped, Arthur relaxed a little, trembling a little.

Mikhail glanced at him when he relaxed a bit. "Feeling better now?"

"No.." said Arthur quietly…

"Oh, okay then…" Mikhail murmured.