STUMBLE

Written on October 29, 2021 (♏︎)

Author's Notes: Written for Whumptober 2021 for prompt No. 27: I'm Fine. I Prom... (Collapse).

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Delita did not want to cause any further embarrassment. He did not ask as to the particulars of the massacre; he did not push when the boy refused all healing. Algus Sadalfus had made it abundantly clear that he resented pity.

They were just over the crest of the hill when it became clear something was wrong. Algus did not stumble at first, but he swayed. When he finally collapsed, the side of his doublet had just begun to stain itself red.

Delita caught him, and Algus shoved him off immediately as if he had caused him some new injry.

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