Hey, guys, I am back!
So recently, I've been watching play-throughs of Mogeko's work, and the one game I really liked was The Gray Garden (I liked Wadanohara and the Deep Blue Sea too, but it was so heartbreaking...). So I decided to write some fluffy stories with the song 'When You Say Nothing At All' as my prompt, cos' I think it fits perfectly.
Disclaimer: I do not own Mogeko's works, nor do I own the song. I am merely using the characters and the lyrics to satisfy my need for lovey-dovey stuff.
A/N: They may be a bit OOC, cos' I've never written about them before...
This is set after they had beaten back the invasion and everything was more or less back to normal.
It's amazing how you can speak right through my heart
Carefree, calm and cheerful. That was how everyone saw Etihw, the God of the Gray Garden. No one knew of the regrets that plagued her mind, what dark and terrible nightmares haunted her sleep at night.
No one but Kcalb. After all, he was witness to her moments, when she would wake up crying in despair.
On nights like these, he'll gather her up into his arms, let her cry onto his shoulder, act as her support. He didn't know the details of her nightmares, but he could guess; he had them too, after all. He just dealt with them a bit better.
Tonight was such a night, where Etihw had woken up with a scream. Kcalb was by her side in an instant, and the God clung onto him like a lifeline.
"K-Kcalb…"
She was shaking, badly. Whatever happened in her nightmare, it had scared her terribly. It was disconcerting, to see the usually calm Etihw so… broken. Kcalb's arms went around her, pulling the God into a warm hug.
"Shh… Etihw… It's ok…"
"I… saw you die."
He jolted at that. She… dreamt that he died…? Oh, right… he did almost die fighting Ivlis… So she was afraid of losing him…
Etihw held onto him even tighter, as if to reassure herself he was really there. She almost lost him that time… to see it happen in her nightmares made it worse.
What if… what if this was a dream too?
"Please… please don't go away…"
At this, Kcalb tilted her face upwards to meet his eyes, willing her to see that this was reality, that he was here, alive and well.
"Etihw… I'm not going anywhere."
With just that one sentence, Etihw's worries vanished.
So I had this idea that Etihw is a strong, confident character, but underneath she hides a vulnerability that only Kcalb (and possibly Wodahs and Alela-Grora) knows about. So this story was born, because everyone has moments where they needed to lean against someone for support, and I think that Etihw is no different.
