Prompt: "belief"

Pairings: Gen

Content Warnings: N/A


Chapter 4: We are The Lights in the Sky


1. For Lucy, there was never a moment of wavering, never a sliver of uncertainty. Her faith was more reliable the sun or the tides. Sometimes, it humbled the others, but others it just exasperated them and she was at times left alone, holding her belief like a beacon in the dark.

2. Peter tried to be faithful. He was humble enough to admit that sometimes he fumbled, that he followed the letter rather than the spirit of the word. But in the trembling dark, when it was easiest to falter, Peter kept his faith with him, a life preserver to pull him back to safety.

3. Edmund would be first to admit that he was one to first falter. But he was also the first to find his way back. Edmund kept faith and doubt in his heart and used it to make him kind.

4. Susan kept her faith in her mouth, hidden under her tongue where no one could snatch it away so carelessly. She kept her smile closed and tight lipped because it was a fragile thing, abused again and again, and a sharp word would protect it, even if it meant she had to stumble in the dark without the light. It was only fitting that a kiss (a lifetime of kisses) was the thing to draw it out of her, to let it shine the way back.

5. It was not a competition, their faiths. Despite bitter words, it was never supposed to be a condemnation on each other's souls. So when Susan joins them once more, faith as bright and steady as theirs ever was, they shine together, four bright stars in a constellation again.