So, this prompt came from Israel Pena and I had more fun writing it than I should have... sad+ships=happy me? I don't know... I hope you all enjoy, and I own nothing!

Loss and Comfort

It was gone. Everything. Everyone. That feeling of safety, of everything being right… Nora sobbed into her hands, curled in a ball in the corner, seemingly invisible. Everyone was crying, or outside to survey all the damage, and one little girl was easily forgotten.

Ren sat behind her, eyeing his hands silently. So small and weak… if he'd been stronger… if he'd been able to fight, would his parents still be alive? Would Nora's?

Turning slightly, Ren watched his friend silently. For a moment, he envied her ability to cry; even now, he felt the need to hold in his emotions. To be reliable and independent and keep control until he was alone.

In the next moment, he took his hand and put it on Nora's shoulder, wanting nothing more than for her to stop crying. Not because it was a bad thing, but because crying didn't really fit her. Nora was for smiles, and for all the happy things in the world.

That was all the invitation she needed to collide into him, crying into his shoulder about the nightmare they had both lived through. She didn't need specifics to know that monsters had come and killed their parents, and she didn't need words. Ren sensed that what Nora needed was to know she wasn't alone –the same thing that he needed.

They sat there for a long time, curled into a corner at the inn, two small children against the world. It was there, among the rubble and other survivors that they promised to always be together, a family of their own creation. They didn't need anyone else, not as long as they had each other.

And Nora's tears stopped when they decided to become Hunters and Huntresses, strong enough to stop anything like this from happening ever again.

If it would make Nora better, if it would help her smile again, Ren would stay with her forever, no matter what.

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And later that night, when they'd finally been noticed and taken to the orphanage, it was Nora who found Ren and chased the nightmares away.

There's the drabble! I hope you all enjoyed this, let me know what you think, and I will see you all in the next chapter!