forum At War // OxO // Closed

Started November 11, 2019 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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Nik nodded, burying his face in Eclipse's chest. "Okay." He said softly, clinging to him desperately.

Eclipse sighed, hugging him tightly, "We'll get through this…. somehow.." he said softly.

Nik shuddered a little, a soft sob catching in his throat. "Okay." he whispered, still holding tightly to Eclipse. "I-I…I don't know what to do."

Eclipse simply held him, "Just stay strong, and try to get through this.." he murmured.

Nik shuddered again, closing his eyes and holding tightly to Eclipse. "Okay." He said softly. "Sorry…"

Eclipse smiled, holding him close, "Don't be… it's not your fault." he said softly, hugging him.

Nik shrugged a little bit. "Yes it is." he mumbled, still holding tightly to Eclipse. Memories kept coursing through him, of what had happened and what had been done to him.

"It's not…" Said Eclipse, "It's really not…" he sighed, wanting to hunt and Kill Seren for hurting his Soulmate"

Nik shrugged again. "If I hadn't hurt him, then none of this would have happened, and…and my dad would still be alive, and…"

"Nikolas" Eclipse's tone was gentle, yet firm. "You weren't the one who hurt Seren. That wasn't you. It is not your fault."

Nik sniffled a little. "O-okay…" he whispered, holding onto Eclipse desperately.

Eclipse nodded, just holding him close, doing his best to be the other's rock.

Nikolas was crying a little, but was also starting to fall asleep again, leaning against Eclipse and holding onto him.

Eclipse simply held him, clueless on how to make this better as he let the other fall asleep.

Nikolas stayed pressed close to Eclipse, shaking and shuddering a little as he drifted off into sleep, exhausted and worn out.

Eclipse held him tightly until he was positive the other was fully asleep, before shifting him to the cot beside him, getting up so he could go find Errol.

Nikolas shifted a little bit. When Eclipse let go of him, he clutched the blankets tighter around his body, curling into a ball on the cot.

Eclipse sighed, "I'll be right back love" he whispered, before heading out of the tent, finding Arron and sending him to wait with Nik as he searched for Errol.

Errol was by the fire, sitting and poking at it with a stick. The male was approximately in his thirties, but his eyes looked older than that, worn and tired.

Eclipse hummed, moving over towards the flames. He was younger by a bit, and he knew Nik trusted the other, that was enough for him to make a priority of what he had to say. "Errol?" he asked.

Errol looked up. "Ah." he gave a small smile, scooting over to make room for Eclipse. "Good. I…" he rubbed his forehead with his hand. "Should tell you what they did so you understand. If you wish to know, that is."

Eclipse sat down with a sigh, "I want to know so I can help him," he said softly.

Errol nodded, clasping his hand over his stump and looking at Eclipse for a long moment. "Alright." he sighed, looking at the fire again. He hesitated, then began to speak, slowly. "They…well. Obviously there's the physical trauma, which you saw." he made a vague gesture with his hand. "But…there was also some mental…I don't know what they said or did, but there's mental trauma. It's…pretty bad. About as bad as Aron's was when he first arrived to be a new guard."

(Alright)