5 Drabbles Competition
Andromeda/Ted
'sometimes I think you know me better than I know myself'
It had been a long day for Andromeda, both physically and emotionally. She'd spent the day going through the attic with her grandson, Teddy, looking for photographs of both her daughter and her husband. Both of whom had died during the war. Losing her daughter was like her heart had been ripped from her chest, and losing her husband was as if the other half of her soul had been severed from hers.
She felt empty.
Teddy held her together for the most part, but even he couldn't keep her going on the worst days when she wanted to curl up and mourn her losses. Today was one of those days. Seeing all the photographs of days when they were happy and together was just too much for her fragile heart, especially when she found an unopened letter from her husband inside the photo album. A letter that she knew she had to open but couldn't quite bring herself to do so.
"Come on Andromeda, you need to do this." She psyched herself up before carefully opening the seal and tugging the letter out of its envelope. Her hands began to shake, and her body rattled with the sobs she struggled to contain as she smoothed out the folded parchment filled with the handwriting of her husband.
My darling Andy,
I hate to be leaving you right now while we're in the middle of this war, but I know that you are safe and will always be able to look after yourself. I've always loved that fierceness you hold within.
I wish it didn't have to be this way and that we didn't have to part, but know that I will do everything that I can to return to you, and if I don't then remember that I will always be there with you, in your heart and soul.
I will never leave you Andy. I can't thank you enough for putting up with me and loving me for all these years. You've been the wife that I always dreamt of, and I would never regret any of our life together. It's been the best life possible.
I want you to know that I would do this all over again, so please don't blame yourself or your blood status for any of this. Don't wallow in the pain like I know you want to. Keep on living and do everything we planned together for us.
You have been the best wife possible Andromeda darling, so please live for yourself.
All my love,
Your Ted.
p.s. stop worrying so much! You're bloody amazing Andy, so keep being who you are, that's why I fell in love with you all those years ago.
"Oh Ted! Sometimes I think you know me better than I know myself." Andromeda began to laugh, it was just like her husband to tell her off for worrying, even when he was gone.