Hi:)
This is just a little something I wrote a couple of weeks ago, when I suddenly felt an urge to create something:P
It takes place in Randall's childhood. If you've read "The Runner-Up", you know that my headcanon is that Randall lost his parents in a car-accident when he was eight. He was in the accident too, and suffered severe injury. After a month in hospital, he was left in custody of his sister Sophie, who was ten years older than him.
Maybe it's clishe, maybe it's not - that's up for you to decide.
Here's the story:)
Footprints
"You`re probably the only kid in Monstropolis who's crying right now, Randall..!" Sophie placed a hand on her little brother`s back as she sat down on his bed.
It was still so weird to have him home again. The eight-year-old boy had been hospitalized for more than a month, and this was only his third night back in his own room after the accident.
"Little brother, it`s snowing!" She sent him a smile;
"Doesn`t it look beautiful? And tomorrow`s Saturday, maybe we can go sledging?"
The little boy continued sobbing. Sophie couldn`t understand it; he had always loved snow, and before he had been taken to hospital, he had been going on and on about how much he wanted more of the white stuff - more than the thin blanket that had covered the ground at that point.
It had been an extremely cold fall, and the mere centimetre of snow had fallen in the beginning of November. About the same time Sophie`s parents had taken Randall with them to visit their grandparents.
A single tear appeared on the blue monster`s face as she thought back to the moment she had received the phonecall, and she placed her arm a little tighter around her brother;
"Thank heavens I still have you, Randall..!"
The boy still didn`t answer. His eyes were glued to the scenery outside the window, where the snow was falling, creating a thick, white rug.
"They`re disappearing..!"
When Randall finally spoke, Sophie didn't catch his point;
"What`s disappearing..?"
"Their footprints..!"
Sophie looked to where her brother was pointing, and eventually, it occurred to her what he was talking about;
"Is that why
you`re crying, Randall..?"
He nodded quietly.
"I`m so sorry…I didn`t think about that…" Sophie brushed away one of her brother`s tears;
"…but footprints in the snow won`t last forever, you know..! Eventually they all disappear."
"I wanted these to stay…they were mum and dads..!"
"I know, honey…"
She stroke her brother`s three fronds and didn`t speak for a while. Randall was still crying, but appeared to be much calmer now. And when Sophie opened her mouth again, he even stopped sobbing in order to listen to her;
"…there`s nothing we can do about the prints in the snow, Randall…" She met her little brother`s gaze;
"…but all the snow and cold in the world can`t cover up the footprints they left in our hearts..!"
The siblings embraced. Outside, the snow continued to fall.
And soon, the footprints could no longer be seen.
That was it, I hope you liked it. Leave a review if you want:)
I don't know exactly when I'll update this "collection" again, but it won't be too long from now:) Thanks for reading!