Film-verse casting. Title from the Coldplay song The Scientist.

Disclaimer: Characters you recognise belong to C. S. Lewis.


"Caspian!"

You hadn't dared dream you'd hear that voice again. It's a moment's work to rip your attention from Lucy and turn, your stomach somersaulting as your eyes lock with Edmund's.

Somebody shoves a blanket into your hands and you move to throw it around Edmund's shoulders, trying not to notice how his touch burns you when you take the opportunity to pull him into a half hug.

It takes less than the space between one breath and the next for the unnamed thing between you, sparked anew from this unexpected yet welcome meeting, to burst again into open flame.