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On this day, I go to Sovngarde 2/2

[(Anonymous)]

"I know, father. I love you, too." Sia sniffled a little and got up. Tacina put the tray down on an end table, brushing a comforting hand over her daughter's back as she slipped out of the door.

"And you're as beautiful as the day I met you." Vilkas said, turning to Tacina. "Cina, come here." He said as sternly as he could manage, and she smiled, slipping into bed next to him.

They lay like that, for a long while, not speaking, but just being together, for what she knew would be the last time. His fingers idly played in her copper hair, and if she closed her eyes and ignored the sickly smell in the room, she could pretend that it was twenty or thirty years earlier, that she didn't have to face the event she'd dreaded for so long.

"Tell me about Sovngarde." Vilkas demanded, and the request sent ice through her. He'd forbade her to speak of it after she'd returned from fighting Alduin there, and knew that if he was asking, it was almost time for him to go there.

"It's a lot like Jorrvaskr was when we were both there." She said, and he gave a wheezy laugh. "The mead is plentiful, and you'll be greeted by Ysgramor himself. All of the heroes are there, and I spoke to Kodlak." Tacina said in a whisper, straining to remember. "I'm sure Farkas will be waiting for you."

"As I will wait for you."

"I'm not a Nord, sweetheart."

"You're a hero of Skyrim, my truest love and part of my heart. When your spirit departs this realm, I'll be able to find you."

"Perhaps you're right." She said, more comforted by the thought than she wanted to admit. "I love you, Vilkas."

"I love you, Cina. On this day, I go to Sovngarde." He said, a hard finality underscoring his softly spoken words. With that they descended into silence, holding hands in the bed, she listening to him breathe. It got slower and slower as time wore on, and she didn't know how long she'd stayed there,

Sia reentered the room, and the eldest of Farkas's children came and sat down. No one spoke as they all sat there, the broth turning cold on the end table. A breeze fluttered through the room, hardly noticeable, but it made her shiver. Vilkas gripped her shoulder with a strength he hadn't possessed in many years, and turned to smile at her with unseeing eyes. With a last, quiet breath, he was gone, and with him, her heart. The place where it should have rested in her chest felt hollow and cavernous, so noticeably empty as she sat up to face the others.

"He's gone." Tacina managed to get out in a choked voice. She wanted to scream and cry out all the pain and helplessness she felt, to give voice to her next thought, which was, so was she, and how, how was she supposed to go on for hundreds of years in this kind of pain, but she didn't.

Sia, ever her father's daughter, came up and cradled her mother in her arms as they both wept. Her broken heart found some solace in Sia's embrace. This was how she was would manage the darkest of days to come, when she would miss Vilkas and forget that she'd never hear his voice again, never feel laughter rumbling in his chest, or know his kisses. She'd get through with the strength that Vilkas had passed on to their daughter.

Re: On this day, I go to Sovngarde 2/2

[(Anonymous)]

That's supposed to read, "She wanted to scream and cry out all the pain and helplessness she felt, to give voice to her next thought, which was, she was so alone now, and how, how was she supposed to go on for hundreds of years in this kind of pain, but she didn't."

Anon blames it on the tears she couldn't see through.

Re: On this day, I go to Sovngarde 2/2

[(Anonymous)]

OP here!

Thank you for writing this! I had to choke back tears during dinner because of it.

Re: On this day, I go to Sovngarde 2/2

[(Anonymous)]

damnit I made two posts because I didn't see it load the first time...
derp.

Re: On this day, I go to Sovngarde 2/2 -OP here

[(Anonymous)]

The tears... they won't stop. Thank you!

I know I didn't specify a person but I love Vilkas so that was a plus.

Re: On this day, I go to Sovngarde 2/2

[(Anonymous)]

Right in the emotions, a!anon. Right in the emotions.
Beautifully well-written, and I was honestly on the verge of tears by the end of it.