Short drabble after seeing the new Prince Caspian movie. Obviously movieverse, Susan/Caspian.
Home
"I wish we'd had more time together." So did she. More than just about anything at that moment, she wished she could have been with him more. But it couldn't be. She knew this.
"We wouldn't have worked out anyway. I am about 1300 years older than you." She said the words with a forced smile. As much as she wished it wouldn't be true, she knew she would have to go back. And she knew she would never return.
She had to go back home. Home? Is that really what England was? She thought she knew. Narnia would never be "home." It never could be. She had lived in England for so many years. She couldn't just leave it.
But now, things were different. In just a few days, all of her ideas about home had changed…
There was this saying she knew. Home is where the heart is. So, now there was just one question. Where was her heart? Was it in England, with her siblings, or right here, with Caspian? The choice seemed impossible, and in some way, she was glad that Aslan had made it for her.
The kiss they shared truly broke her heart. She couldn't leave him now. Could she? Did she really have a choice?
"Susan, come on," Peter said gently. No, there was no choice. She would go back to England, back home.
As she approached the portal, she looked back at Caspian one last time. She realized then that she wasn't going home, she was leaving it.
If home was where the heart is, then her home was here, in Narnia, with him…