"KILL HIM!"
The order rang out like a gunshot
She was powerless to stop them
Even with all the weight her name held she could not stop the blows that fell along her beloved's back
She could try though, just as he had for her
.
They had met one night by accident
He on the way back from a beating
She returning from a cold glare and hateful words
She had stumbled coming up the stairs
They were far to polished to be safe and her tears definitely didn't help
He was the one that caught her
.
Even though it caused him pain he saved her
It was time for her to do the same
She shoved past the guards that held her back and and ran to his bleeding broken from
He wasn't supposed to look like this…
.
The first time she had seen him healthy was when Loke had taken her out on a ride
They were supposed to be talking but she was more just nodding at intervals and relishing the fresh air on her face
It was then she saw him
Swinging down with an axe that gleamed in the day dew mist
He had his shirt off
Revealing his tanned back for all to see
His indigo eyes solely focused on the task at hand
He didn't notice her staring
She noticed him though
Every inch
The muscle
The power
The scars
.
He had gathered new ones since that day
She loved them all
They were a part of him
And he was a part of her
That's why he couldn't leave
He just couldn't
.
They knew they couldn't be
But that didn't stop the notes slid under doors
The flutter of a hand in the hall
The knowing smile of a certain maid
The hushed giggles
Gentle kisses
Promises made with love
.
He had promised
He had promised to never leave her
So why did it look like he was fading
.
She couldn't keep her head up anymore
She let to fall and let the tears fall with it
.
"Please" she whispered
"You can't go" she didn't think he heard her
He smiled through the blood on his teeth as another blow snapped his head sideways
He had alway been good at listening to her
.
He cradled her as they looked up at the stars together
He listened as she babbled on and on about how the stars were all aligned
Finally she stopped and ducked her head sheepishly
He just smiled and said he liked the sound of her voice. It was like the stars. Beautiful
.
She was beautiful
He told her often
What was beauty worth when she needed strength
.
He was strong
He had survived the beatings he had received
She knew he would always be there to protect her
He would never fail her
.
In the end it was she who failed him
"Stay with me" She cried holding him
"I…..i'll….al….ways….be…...wi...th…..yo…...u"
He shouldn't sound like that
.
He sounded like pure joy when he laughed
She loved to make him laugh
With silly faces
Crazy stories
Anything to hear him laugh
.
"Shhhhhh. I-I can fix this. J-Just be still. Ok?"
He nodded but they both knew the lie as soon as it was told
.
"It a lie!" she seethed
He didn't look at her
"They would never!"
Still away he looked
"Erik, please"
Indigo met brown
Brown overfilled with tears
Indigo closed in preparation
She kissed the cut that night and told him she loved him always
.
He was falling asleep
"No, Erik stay with me!"
A soldier grabbed her and pulled her away
"Stay with me!'
.
"Stay with me?"
He shook his head, "you know what that would bring"
She pouted and he relented
.
She would never relent
She was the reason he was bleeding on her bedroom floor
She was selfish
She was also stubborn
.
"ERIK!" She had yelled when her father pulled her out of bed
Out of his arms
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!"
Erik picked up the candelabra and hit her father without hesitation
"No one touches her like that!"
.
Erik died that day
Lucy had failed to save his body
But as the new head of the Heartfilia family
She would make sure she saved his name
A/N: this is the product of reading ansty fanfics while trying to write short stories for you English class
italics are past and normal text is present if you couldn't tell. I realize this could be a little confusing
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