"It's something I know now, that I wasn't able to realize even when you were by my side. Maybe I'm closer to you than I was back then.
Even if I merely embraced you with all my might, unable to protect you, I destroyed many important things, but..." From tsubasa shunraiki opening.
"I am home."
After a day working both at the royal court and at the circle of mages, Wynne was beginning to feel tired and her old age didn't do any better.
However...
In this house so empty, she had one person who had always a big grin on his face and who opened his heart to Wynne without flinching.
It didn't matter if his hair was as red as Leliana's hair or had his father's green eyes, it didn't matter if he couldn't talk and mostly tried to grab Wynne's hair. In the child's room, she found peace.
The room was small with a few toys that Wynne bought for him. Today was no special day but she felt like bringing something new to the child.
A ball and a wooden sword.
He stared and then with the big grin that always made Wynne's chest seem about two sizes too small, played with both of them.
He couldn't decided which one to play with first, so he played with them both by throwing the ball and swinging the false sword.
Wynne couldn't help but laugh at the scene. "Well well, aren't you quite the little hero of Ferelden."
And after that she red him a bedtime story, whatever it was about the circle or another theme he was very happy about it. He loved stories...like Leliana.
But it was beginning to be late, every good things have their end.
Until tomorrow.
"Well, we have played enough and I am a bit tired, but we will play again tomorrow."
He looked so disappointed and was beginning to cry.
"I will be in my room. it is next to yours remember? I will come back, I promise."
She was leaving the room however...
The sobs and pleas were growing louder.
It was a heartbroken sound.
sigh
Wynne had no choice but to return to the young child.
"You...you don't like to be alone, do you?"
He continue to whine until Wynne was by his side again.
Then he began to laugh happily and put his hands on hers.
Wynne's heart was filled with warm, the child was really adorable, she never thought to see this kind of innocence again in her life and was blissful about it, but...
He was alone.
Sure Wynne was here but she won't live much long.
He was destined to be alone.
A father he will never meet.
A mother he won't remember.
...
"Your mother too..."
She was both smiling a smile full of love and crying tears of happiness.
"I...I am going to see him!"
"...couldn't stay alone for too long."
"I am going to see my love again at last!"
Before she succumbed to the darkness of dreams.
Wynne could still feel the small hands of young Bryce Cousland on hers.
Like everything would be alright.