Prompt: "afterwards"
Pairings: Gen
Content Warnings: N/A
Chapter 23: Changelings
There is something off about the children after they come home from their stay in the countryside, but Helen can't place her finger on what it is. Perhaps it's when she brings them home from the station and they see the shelled out remains of their neighbor's home; Lucy is the only one to make a sound-a sudden intake of breath-but once they find out old Miss Mary is fine, they abandon putting away their luggage and are rolling up their sleeves to help clear out debris. Perhaps it's in the way Edmund never complains about the ration on sugar, or the way Peter talks to returning veterans like he knows, or that Lucy and Susan suddenly know how to change a wound's dressing without flinching.
Something is changed, but Helen is afraid to know what.
