Fantasy AUs

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[fluidgender]

It's easier to feel rested with you, I suppose.

[hououji]

Come. [ She pulls on Ranma’s hand just a little. ] I’ve missed you so much.

[fluidgender]

[Smiling, they crawl into bed easily, wrapping gentle arms around her.]

[hououji]

[ She snuggles into their chest, so happy to be together again. ] Are you feeling well? Have you heard from the girls?

[fluidgender]

I'm better. The girls have been resting too. I think everyone has been.

[hououji]

[ She reaches up to stroke their face, so content in this moment. ] I’m so glad to hear. It’s been such a hard time on everyone.

I hope we can put it behind us and find a way to mend this rift with the North. If they came for Adora or Kaori again, I don’t think I could handle it.

[fluidgender]

...it'll be a long time, I fear. A lot of harm has been done. A lot taken.

[hououji]

We have to try. For their futures.

[fluidgender]

There's a lot of things about the future to worry about...

[hououji]

I know. But we take them one thing at a time, like we always do.

[fluidgender]

Like always, huh. Maybe we're too used to stress.

[hououji]

Have we ever had a moment without it?

[fluidgender]

[They laugh, nuzzling into her neck.] Maybe. Maybe not.

[hououji]

The only peace I have ever had was with you. I feel it again right now.

[fluidgender]

...The priestess told me some bad news. Its not... an emergency, but... do you want it now? Or later?

[hououji]

[ Fuu looks up at them, terrified. So the peace is gone again. ] Is Adora all right? I know they were doing something terrible to her, I thought I was able to shield her from the worst of it…

[fluidgender]

The children are fine. Adora is fine, Catra is fine, I'm fine, and the kingdom is fine.

[hououji]

Then… what’s wrong?

[fluidgender]

...The arrow had magic in it. It took out more from you than we thought.

[hououji]

The priests healed that, though. I feel just fine now.

[fluidgender]

There was something... we couldn't expect.

The fae king has been stealing life from his victims.

[hououji]

[ She blinks??? Finally, she sits up, trying to figure out what ranma means. ]

[fluidgender]

[They sit up with her, still holding on.]

They say... twelve years. Whatever your natural lifespan would be... he took twelve years from it.

[hououji]

… [ She stares at ranma, trying to process. ]

More? They wanted more from us? Was our daughter, my ability to have children, our guards, our daughter’s sense of security, your father—w-was that not enough?

[fluidgender]

[There's no words. They just... wrap their arms around her in a gentle embrace.]