"Morgan ya can't pick a fight with everyone that says something ill about Father." Muttering, Brady waved his stave across Morgan's face, healing a bruise that was quickly turning purple.
"But did you hear them? They called him Plegian spawn! They're lucky you were around to stop me." Batting away the staff, she impatiently got up, unable to keep from pacing. Still furious, she glared angrily back at the town that Brady was ushering her out of, having half a mind to go back to set it ablaze.
Easily noting the diabolical glint in her eye, Brady put a firm hand on Morgan's shoulder and steered her back towards camp. "Keep moving, ya don't want them getting a second chance at ya. You're lucky I was there to keep you from getting creamed." Even as his sibling shook off his hand, Brady raised his staff again to continue taking care of her injuries. "Father'd kill you if he found out you tried starting another fight. Same goes for Ma." Masking Morgan's bruises and scrapes were the least he could do. Dealing with her complaints were a much better alternative than facing their parent's wrath for causing trouble.
Turning on her heel, Morgan knocked aside the staff, furious that Brady was lecturing her."Why are you getting mad at me for defending him? Doesn't it make you upset when people, people who don't even know him, people we're fighting for, call Father a monster?" Nearly in tears, she turned back around, angrily swiping her sleeve across her face.
Sighing, Brady easily caught up to Morgan, who was doing her best to put distance between them. He jogged in front of her, and wrapped his arms around her, awkwardly patting her back as she began to sob into his robes. "Course it makes me angry. But fighting it out won't make it any better. How do you think it looks when you start threatening to burn them to the ground? Not so great when you're trying to prove Father's a good person, right?" Trying to reason with her, and soothe her nerves, Brady ran a hand through Morgan hair. "There are always people that'll bad mouth the good guys. You just need to prove them wrong."
Eyes red from crying, Morgan looked up at Brady before weakly headbutting his chest. A few muffled sobs escaped before she hiccuped. Quickly wiping her tears away, she let go of Brady and set off down the path to camp again, occasionally swiping her eyes with her hands.
When Brady trailed farther behind her, Morgan stuck out her free hand, stopping until he caught up. She childishly pouted, waiting until he took her hand before walking again. Wryly smiling, Brady took her hand, swinging it back and forth like they did when they were children.
AN: Currently in despair because I can't find my copy of FE:A. Hopefully it's just resting somewhere on the mess I call my desk.
DustedWithStars & Guest: You'd think that since they get hitched so quickly the couples could break up just as fast. But if they did end up separating I wonder how it would affect the future kids. And to Guest, I think after Cordelia would get married, she'd move on with pining for Chrom and focus on the one she ended up marrying. And after breaking up, I can't really see her going back to hoping for Chrom.