Challenge: Write anywhere from 100-300 words based on the music provided. You can go with a literal interpretation of the song, base your drabble on the overall mood it inspires from your perspective, or just include a few lyrics that resonate with you. There's no right or wrong way to approach this challenge, as long as you're incorporating the music somehow. -The Heart of Camelot
Song: "I'll Follow You Into the Dark" by Death Cab for Cutie"
Category: Gen (Canon)
Characters/Parings: Uther/Ygraine
Rating/Warnings: K+, pre-series 1
Word Count:215
Disclaimer: I do not own Merlin
One Day
He had yet to see his son. He had heard his first cries that night, that horrible night, but he had no desire to see the life that cost his beloved wife hers. Not yet, not now. He bent over her, lying his forehead against hers. Her eyes were closed, her lips turned up into a smile, a peaceful expression on her face.
Only once before, at the death of his mother, had Uther shed tears and he shed them now for the second time. Ygraine had been his all, his everything, and now she was gone. Dead because of a foolish decision, because he had trusted that curse, that evil of magic.
"I'll follow you." he whispered, stroking her cheek gently. lovingly. "I will be by your side again, I promise."
How long he stayed like that he wasn't sure. Minutes, hours, days, he no longer cared. All he wanted was to be with his wife, to stay with her, to see her alive and well again, whatever the cost. He had cried until he could cry no more and then he straightened, wiping his eyes.
"Sleep my love," he soothed, grasping her hand one final time. "We will be together again one day."
With a final squeeze, he turned and didn't look back.
