Well hello the stranger~!
This has been an idea that just popped into my mind and I just knew I wanted to do something with it... The genre says ''friendship'' but I'm sure there's gonna be some fluffy DenNor in this, so don't worry fangirls! :3
WARNING: LATER CHAPTERS WILL INCLUDE SELF-HARM AND POSSIBLY FLASHBACKS OF ABUSE! IF THIS MATERIAL IS TRIGGERING FOR YOU, I RECOMMEND YOU NOT TO READ THIS STORY!
Otherwise, please go ahead and enjoy~
''Are you ready to go see our new house, Mathias?'' A gentle look came over her face as she looked down at her son.
''Yes, mommy,'' the blond boy answered his mother, Freja, in a high voice as he grabbed her hand and clung to her leg nervously. She chuckled and ruffled his hair with her free hand as they got closer and closer to the door of their new home, a new life.
''Okay then,'' she spoke in that same gentle voice she used before, ''Let's go in.'' She twisted the key and opened the door to the new house. It was a lot smaller than their previous house in the city, but she was happy to get away from all of it after such a long time. The thought often crossed her mind. I should never have gone with him to that home. She hated that house and was more than glad that she finally got the chance to move away from the chaos of the city and the abusive man she had been married to. It wasn't for her that she divorced him and suddenly disappeared without a word. It was for her son, Mathias. He had been the light of her life since she first laid her eyes on him. His beautiful blond locks and bright blue eyes always seemed to give him some kind of glow. He was always happy and cried very seldom. She was impressed by her son's mental strength. The man he called his father was an abusive and sadistic man. He spoke of justice, while all he did was show how cruel a human being could be. But Mathias never cried. He kept on smiling day after day and nothing managed to get him down. He was 7 years old now and managed to show his beautiful bright smile day after day ever since he was about 4 years old. He got over his father's cruelty very quickly and moved on from all the hate in mere minutes. There truly was nothing that could ruin his amazing personality.
The two set foot in their new house. It was a rather old house somewhere near the Norwegian city Trondheim. Freja thought moving to Norway would be a good way to start a new life for both of them. Ever since she had been to Norway as a young child, Freja had known she could be happy here. She passed her love, which had almost become an obsession over time, over to Mathias, who had high expectations of the country since he knew they would be living here from now on. When he and his mother arrived in Oslo, his eyes had almost popped out of their sockets. He had never been to a city that big before. And during the journey from Oslo to Trondheim he had seen so many beautiful places and fell in love with his new home instantly.
She had actually chosen not to get on the flight to Trondheim but to Oslo, to make the little blond feel more comfortable with the impressive landscapes they were now going to see a lot more often. Turns out that that was a very good decision. Mathias had loved it from the second he saw how different the nature looked here. He was such a sweet boy. He could be very quiet, but once you earned his trust, he completely opened up. It honestly reminded her of some kind of flower sometimes. But it was silly to compare people to flowers, wasn't it?
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''Mommy, mommy! Look!'' a very excited voice came from upstairs when Freja was busy moving some boxes into the living room. She chuckled and quickly ran upstairs to see what her son had discovered. She found him on his new bed, looking outside with big eyes filled with wonder.
Ruffling his hair and taking a look at the beautiful nature right outside their door, she chuckled again. ''Are you happy with your new view, kæreste*?'' [*sweetheart -Danish-] she asked in a sweet voice.
He nodded so hard, she wouldn't be surprised if his head fell off. ''Mommy look! A bunny!'' he chirped. Freja looked outside to meet eyes with a tiny bunny, covered with brown fur and a white tail.
She kissed her sons head. ''It's adorable, don't you think?'' she asked and Mathias nodded again.
''Can we get a pet too, Mommy?'' he asked with those big eyes. ''Now Daddy is gone we can, right?'' he continued with an expression that just screamed happiness. How could you not love this boy? Yes, he could be loud or speak his mind without thinking, but he truly was an extremely kind, funny and polite little boy. An ideal son, she thought.
The boy had a point. They were never allowed to have any pets when they still lived together with that thing that called himself a human in Denmark, but now that they lived alone they could finally decide for themselves. This was the ideal place for a dog or a cat… With lots of nature around, big open fields, hills, some small creeks and mountains in the background. Norway truly was a dream come true.
She took her son in her arms and held him close. ''I'll think about it, okay?'' she said with a wink. ''But first we need to unpack and get new furniture for the house.''
Mathias nodded and she carefully put him back on the ground. He immediately ran into the hallway to go downstairs, pretending he was an airplane. She grinned. He's finally found happiness, she thought and followed him downstairs.
The boy had grabbed his stuffed dog plushy out of one of the boxes and had put it on it's head, still pretending to be an airplane. Without even knowing it, seeing her son like this brought tears of pure happiness to her eyes. She remembered the time she gave him the dog as a secret birthday present, because his dad had practically forbidden her to buy anything more for her son than the big box of LEGO they had bought for him earlier - under protest, but Freja had insisted - . Now it was one of his more beloved possessions. He took it everywhere with him as long as his dad wasn't around, to the movies, to go shopping, when they visited family, everywhere. Since Mathias never had the chance to become friends with anyone, his dog plushy Ejnar had been his best friend since that day.
Hehehehe I hope you enjoyed reading the first chapter~!
If you have any time to spare, I would love it if you left me a review to tell me what you think, if you have any tips or if I've mae any mistakes ^.^
And I hope I'll see you in the next chapter!
Just so you guys know, I don't speak Danish at all. If you are a Danish speaker and think the word I used is wrong, I hope you can send me the right word and I'll change it as soon as I can. The same goes for Norwegian, though it isn't in this chapter.
Thank you!
Have a unicorn-tastic day~!
