Warnings: Angst, border-line-obsessiveness, Sheik x Link, BL, Rating unknown, AU a bit

Disclaimer: The idea is barely mine, based on a picture. The characters, sure I own a Link plushie, but I don't own them. That's Nintendo's job.


Want 1

I knew it was wrong to linger and I knew it would hurt to watch, but something in me cemented my legs and glued my eyes to Link's form. I needed to stay, I needed to see. (No, not need… I did feel like I needed but it was just a desire, just a want, albeit a strong one that convinced me that I needed it.) I wanted to stay, and I wanted to see. (Perhaps they, too, were needs because I needed to stay in order to see, and I needed to see to ensure that my other wants were truly just desires or were the actual truth.) I wanted Link to deny Zelda's claim, I wanted Link to treat her formally, I wanted Link to reject her offer to return to his time, I wanted Link to reject her. I wanted Link

For the Sheikah it was wrong to desire, it was wrong to want so badly that it was needed, it was wrong to act other than ordered, it was wrong to defy orders. I, the survivor of the Sheikahs, knew better, but I still desired, I still wanted – needed –, I still watched, I still lingered.

So I watched. I watched as the bright light allowed Zelda to replace me, I watched it fade, I watched as she revealed a lie – that she was me. Then, I watched him. I watched Link. He gasped and stepped back, his blue eyes widened, his body tensed. His lips didn't move, his stature didn't twitch, He was shocked. I watched as she didn't care, I watched as she continued the story, and I watched as the temple trembled. And, then a new surprise shook him, it jolted him into reality. He finally moved, but it was too late. I watched as Ganondorf spoke, I watched as Ganon encased her in a crystal glass and watched as the dark one taunted him. He ran after the evil lord, sword in his left, shield in his right. He listened as Navi whispered into his ear and he replied. "Navi, I know, but…" His voice trailed into a whisper and he was gone.

I lingered in the temple as I contemplated my observations, as I contemplated Link's reaction. I thought, Why did he freeze like that, I hoped, Did it seem so inconceivable that he tried to deny it, I wanted.