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By Sentimental Star
Chapter XIV
28. Overprotective
He finds his brother sitting on the edge of one of the bluffs overlooking Cair Paravel and the Eastern Sea. Even before Edmund sits down, Peter begins to speak, bowing his head and pressing the heels of his palms to his eyes as tears start streaming silently down his cheeks. "I'm sorry, Ed," he whispers, voice rough, "I'm sorry. I know…I know you're not a baby anymore and that you don't always need my protection, but…but--"
Peter cuts himself off with a gasp as Edmund's fingers reach up and catch a few sparkling tears as they slide down his skin. "Edmund?" he murmurs, not quite daring to lift his head.
Edmund smiles sadly. "You feel too deeply, Peter," he responds softly, "you always have. And that's not a bad thing. But it hurts you," his voice quiets, "I hurt you. I'm sorry."
This time Peter does lift his head. Before he can open his mouth to object, however, Edmund presses his fingers to it, "Hush, you idiot," but the voice he speaks with is tender, "I'm allowed to apologize, too. I just hope you know," and he removes his fingers to rub them gently along his older brother's cheek, "that the only reason I get irritated with you is because I love you."
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