I just wanted to give Emma a break from her batshit-crazy life and a chance to cuddle on the couch with her husband, but I ended up giving her a cold with a side of angst.
Takes place shortly after the Final Battle.
She’s sick within a week.
Truly nothing serious, but thoroughly miserable
nevertheless; she’s put her body and her nerves through too much lately, and
now she’s paying the price. Naturally, Killian acts as though she’s dying and
given the events of the past few months, she tries to be sensitive about it. He
does come from a world where a fever and a sore throat very well could have been
the beginning of the end. And, of course, there’s the fact that she very
clearly did die (or at least came
close to it) right in front of his eyes not even ten days ago.In a way, it’s a relief. She can’t even think of the last
time that she’s been free of gut-sickening adrenaline long enough for her body to
succumb to simple illness.It’s a relief to feel run down and beat up when the cause isn’t
some malevolent magical force trying to wrench her away from the people she loves. She’ll take this any day when it means getting to wake up to her
husband who still looks at her like she’s the most beautiful goddamn thing he’s
ever laid eyes on despite the fact that her eyes are swollen and she can only
breathe through her mouth.
Relief
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