Chapter 74: It's All Gonna Be Okay

I bring you the 74th chapter of You're Not Alone, based off of a prompt from deity-prompts on Tumblr, labeled as follows:

"A is emotionally fragile but holding it together. After being strong for a long time, they finally break down at a scene from a movie. B comes home to find them as a sobbing mess."

Now, as this one-shot series takes place during Viking times, there will be no movie scene that Character A will break down at, but at someone from their past, who is long gone.

Enjoy!

(Becky's POV)

It's been a year since we found out Eret's mom passed, and four years ago today that she passed, according to Amalie and Eret Sr. I'm doing the grocery shopping for the week, knowing that today is hard for Eret.

Granted, it's hard for me, too, even if I only met Ruby once in ghost form.

After doing my grocery shopping, and chatting with Valka for a few minutes, I head home.

I open the door and find a mess in the living room, and my husband amongst the mess, sobbing.

I drop the groceries and immediately go over to him.

"Eret? Baby, what's wrong? What is it?" I ask, even though I already know the answers to my questions.

"I did this."

"Did what, honey?"

"I caused you to have the miscarriages. By causing you too much stress or something, I don't know!"

"Eret, look at me."

He does.

"Us losing these babies is not your fault. It never has been and it never will be, Eret!"

"I just…I wish my mum was here. So she could tell me everything was going to be okay."

"And you think I can't do that pretty well on my own?"

"I'm sorry…I'm sorry…"

"Eret, baby…"

It's then my husband breaks down, and I sob along with him, comforting and being comforted.

"It's gonna be okay. It's all gonna be okay. I promise."

"A-are you sure?"

"As sure as I'll love you forever and ever and always."

"Okay. I believe you, love."

And Eret and I stay that way for a while, not saying anything, not doing anything but holding each other, there on the living room floor.

I just know that it's all gonna be okay.