I Wish...
Fionna turned in her sleep. The tree house was quiet, the leaves outside swaying in the gentle night wind. Marshall Lee peered through the window, thinking how beautiful she looked in the starlight. Cake rolled over, muttering in her sleep. Marshal watched Fionna scratch her left arm.
Marshall had spent the past two months watching Fionna sleep. He could stare at her for hours without interruption. He sat perched on a branch outside her bedroom window. The same one he knocked on when he first met Cake and Fionna.
Fionna, the girl he had loved for so long. He loved her with every fiber of his being. If only- He cut the thought short. There was no "if only". Thanks to Gumwad. Fionna loved Prince Gumball, the prince of the Candy Kingdom, the bane of Marshall's existence. And Gumball was completely oblivious to it. Sometimes Marshall thought about what it would be like without Gumball. He would tell Fionna how he felt, but unlike last time, when he sang her a song from his heart, it would register with her. They would spend their nights together, exploring Aaa without fear.
One day, she would join him and become the Vampire Queen. She would tell him how much she loved him, whispering in his ear, sitting beside him and ruling over the night. He became lost in his thoughts, leaning against the window. He didn't even notice it start to lean inward.
Cake sniffled loudly, startling Marshall to the point of falling through the window. He caught himself to a hover before he hit the floor, and breathed a sigh of relief. He moved backwards slightly, but bumped a table, the flower pot on top wobbling. In his attempt to stop it, he ripped the flower out of the pot. But he didn't stop it from falling to the floor and breaking loudly. Marshall turned, wide-eyed, at the awakening Fionna and Cake, and flew out the window as fast as he could, ducking down behind the wall.
"What the freaking glob was that?" Cake cried in alarm.
"I don't know." Fionna answered, then turned on the lights. Marshall ducked down below the branch he had been sitting on.
"It looks like it was just the wind." Cake said, picking up the table and examining the broken flower pot, noting the missing flower. "Just go back to sleep, baby. We'll take care of it in the morning." Cake looked outside, then closed the window.
When the light turned off, Marshall let go of his breath. He flew closer to the ground and made his way back to his cabin. He opened his hand to see the little white flower he had taken, roots still attacked. He got an old mug and filled it with dirt from outside, fertile from decomposing on the cave floor. He planted the flower, thinking about the two petals at the top reminded him of Fionna's hat. He loved that hat, with its little bunny ears. So innocent and sweet... He put the flower on the table beside his couch, and lay on the couch with his head staring at it upside down. He allowed a single tear to travel past his eye to his forehead before he wiped it away in frustration.
Marshall went into his room, and pulled out his lock of Fionna's hair. He had had to do a lot (or something like that) to get it from the Dark Wizard that Fionna had given most of her hair to in order to save Cake. He inhaled, smelling Fionna in the soft strands. It smelled like fresh rain and spaghetti and oranges.
Now there was nothing to do but pass time until daybreak. He fiddled with his guitar, strumming a few notes.
Hours passed, and the sun started to rise. Marshall sat on the couch and looked at the flower. He started to fall asleep, but then got up and undressed, taking off his shirt, jeans, socks, and shoes, leaving just his boxers. He threw his clothes to the floor and fell back onto the couch. He spent the last few minutes of the night making a list of things he wished for with all his heart, things he had wanted for a long time. I wish Gumwad would get eaten by a flock of carnivorous ducks. I wish Mom would stop pressuring me into running the Nightosphere. I wish Simone could remember who she used to be. The Vampire King fell asleep that day thinking to himself I wish Fionna... But that was as far as he got, because he fell asleep, dreaming that wish instead.