(Child death tw; grief tw) Over the land there lies a long shadow

[lightofthestars]

In the court among the flowers, a small grave has been made. Next to it, upon a bed-sheet shroud, lies Frisk.

Tauriel and the Batman had worked to make Frisk ready for this funeral. She could not bear the thought of laying them to rest as she had found them, and so together, the two of them had cleaned Frisk's body and dressed them in new clothes. Tauriel had bathed their body in many tears as she had worked, for their wounds were grievous and had surely caused them great anguish. She had need, in the end, to find a cloth to wind around their neck, for nothing could cover the wound that had ended their life.

When the work had been carried out, Tauriel had called as many as she could find of the people of the castle to the garden. She cannot be the only one to say farewell to their dearly loved friend.

Comments

[systematicsupport]

"I... I hope so. I don't know if it's really good enough, but I want to try to help."

He wants Frisk to be happy, wherever they are. He always feels so much happier when Sans reads to him.

[lostinmyway]

"It's good enough already. Because you're putting all your heart into what you're going to read." She smiles. It's a wistful thing. "I just know Frisk feels better already."

[systematicsupport]

"...Wherever they are, I really want them to feel better. That's why I'm g-going to try. Even if I can't read well yet, I think... I think they can be patient."

Frisk was always so kind to him, even when S-4 took so long figuring out things.

[lostinmyway]

She nods. "Frisk will understand. Because even if they're not here anymore, they're still your friend."

[systematicsupport]

"...Can someone be my friend even when they're de- they're gone?"

He still doesn't want to say 'dead'. It used to be a simple word, but now it was so much more than that.

[lostinmyway]

"Oh yes." She gives his hand another little squeeze. "As long as you love them and remember them, they'll be your friend forever."

[systematicsupport]

"I'll... I'll always remember them. I'm going to m-miss them so much..."

He squeezes her hand tighter, tears coming up to his eyesockets, no matter how much he tries to will them away.

[lostinmyway]

She looks over at him, then gently draws him into her arms.

"I am, too," she says softly. "It's all right to miss someone, and it's all right to cry. It means you love them very much."