This was only originally meant to be a one shot drabble, but everyone wanted more, so it's going to be a bit longer… I think I'll stick with short, drabble-like chapters, so here be part two :)
I'll be there for you, as the world falls down...
He had crouched there outside her window for hours, unable to stop the tears from falling. He watched in agony as the blade cut into her flesh over and over, the blood dripping onto the bare floor. He wanted to go to her, to take her away from all this, to never let anything hurt her again. She wasn't ready to know how much he still loved her though, the guilt would break her even more…and he couldn't hurt her. He would never hurt her. I'll be there for you… He looked through the window again at her now sleeping form. She was thin to the point of emaciation, scarred and bruised but somehow more beautiful to him than she had been those few years ago. He knelt in the wet grass, begging the gods once again to not let her wake and see him.
He reached out a gloved hand and silently opened the window as he had done countless times before. He slipped into the small room, wiping the tears from his eyes as he knelt next to the bed. He removed the glove from his left hand, lifting the girl's arm with his right. He gently ran a bared finger along the cuts, sealing them, his tortured eyes barely straying from her face. He had failed her yet again. He had sworn to always be there for her, yet he was letting her mutilate her body day after day. He choked back a sob as the tears returned, falling hot and fast. The Goblin king let his head rest on the edge of his beloved's mattress, his shoulders shaking with silent grief. A hand gently touched his trembling shoulder, and he froze, looking up into the wide, green eyes of the girl who had ripped out his heart four years ago.
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