#happy ending!
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Too Little, Too Late - P3
Whump Rating: 3/5 (first paragraphs sad, then comfort)
TW: MCD (kinda), suicide, we reach the happy ending!
When Hyrule reaches Legend, there’s only dull apathy as he looks at Four, prone on the ground. Even from here, he can see the swelling disfiguring his head. He never should have let the smith walk away.
Legend sits next to him, running his hand through the smith’s hair. He doesn’t look up when Hyrule settles next to him.
“Are you hurt?”
The vet shakes his head. “Where are the others?”
“Dead.” Maybe he shouldn’t drop the truth like that. But Hyrule is numbing to everything. Too much has happened in too short a time.
“You’re alive.”
“Yeah.”
Legend finally looks at him. “You didn’t save them.”
He squeezes his eyes shut and curls over his knees. “I know.”
“What’s the point of all this? This journey? If this was the end goal, why did the goddesses send us on this journey?” Legend’s next words are as sharp as a blade. “Why didn’t you save us?”
“I tried,” he sobs. “I tried Ledge. I promise. I just—I’m out of magic and—
“Excuses.”
“What? No, it’s the truth!” He looks up to find disgust on his predecessor's face.
“If you cared about us, you would have tried harder.”
“I did! I did, I swear, I did!”
The vet pulls a knife from his hip and slowly turns it. The blade catches the light, reflecting back red. Then he offers it to Hyrule. “If you were a true hero, you’d remove yourself from the equation.”
Hyrule stares, heart sinking. “You want me to—” to kill myself, hangs unspoken. “You’d really ask me to do that? For, for not trying hard enough?”
Legend shrugs, still holding out the knife. “Your blood carries a curse, doesn’t it? Killing yourself is the least you can do. This whole battle?” He gestures at the field and bodies of the heroes, cast aside to lie with monsters. “This is all because of you.”
Shaking his head, Hyrule scoots backward. “No. No, that’s not true. Something is wrong with you; with this situation.”
The vet snorts and finally pulls the knife back. “Figures you’d say that. I can’t have my line continue to spawn such a pathetic excuse for a hero.” He fixes Hyrule with a glare. “You are a coward, Link.”
Then he stabs the dagger into his chest.
“No! No, no, Legend!” Hyrule throws himself on his friend’s body, even as it slumps into the grass. How many times has hot blood stained his hands today?
“Please! I’m sorry! I’m sorry, okay? You’re right, it’s all my fault. I should have told you about the curse! I should have—look, there’s a lot of things I should have done, okay? Just, please, don’t go where I can’t follow.”
Legend takes a ragged breath, face paling. He stares at Hyrule, disappointment thick. “Why didn’t you save us?”
Then his eyes roll back and he lies still.
“No, no! Legend! No! Please I can’t—I can’t live without you all! Please! Come back! Legend! Anyone! Please!”
There is no answer. Hyrule is alone.
Someone is screaming. There are hands on his shoulders and voices, but all Hyrule can hear is the screaming.
“What’s going on?”
“It’s the curse!”
“Hyrule! Snap out of it!”
“Time, what do we do?”
“Just hold him still so he doesn’t hurt himself! Wars, see what healing supplies we have!”
Hyrule tries to move, only to find hands holding his limbs in place. He struggles against them, but it’s hard to concentrate past the screaming. His throat is sore.
A blurred shape enters his line of sight. “Hang in there, Hyrule! You’re okay! You were hit by a curse, just try to breathe.”
The screaming cuts off as the traveler tries to follow the instructions. Oh. That was him screaming.
“That’s it, just breathe.”
“Here, I’ve got the potion!” Glass nudges his lips and he takes an obedient swallow. It helps settle the racing of his heart and he takes another.
“There we go. See? You’re okay.”
Hyrule blinks and the Chain shimmers into focus. Warriors and Time lean over him, surrounded by the rest of the group. Looking up shows Legend supporting his head in his lap. One hand gently pets his hair.
The vet smiles at him. “Hey Rulie, you back with us?”
Hyrule meets each of their eyes—alive and worried—and bursts into tears.
“Shh, I’ve got you.” Legend curls over him, one hand cupping his cheek and wiping away tears. “Everything is going to be okay.”
“B-but I couldn’t save you and—and—”
“That’s just the curse. None of that happened.”
Hyrule continues to sob, unable to process the vivid memories still pulsing in his head. “I’m so sorry, Ledge. I never wanted to disappoint you!”
“You didn’t.” The vet plants a soft kiss on his forehead and gives him a gentle smile. “You’ll never disappoint me. I’m proud of you, Link.”
Despite the tears that still stream down his face, Hyrule tucks the words deep in his heart.
By the time Hyrule is allowed to move around, he’s hugged all the heroes at least twice. “I thought you were dead,” he sobs into their shoulders. “I couldn’t save you!”
“Nothing is getting me down!” Wind says, but all the traveler can remember is how scared the sailor was.
When Wild offers food he turns it down. The last thing he needs is to be sick. Curse or no curse, the memories flare bright in his mind. Blood, injury, agony—gruesome detail on replay.
It’s not real, he tells himself. It was just the curse. Somehow, it doesn’t help.
“Got space for a few more?”
Hyrule looks up from where he’s staring at his blanket to find Legend with his sleeping mat and blanket. He nods and the vet sets up his bed directly next to Hyrule.
“I get the other side!” Wild joins him, dropping his bedding on Hyrule’s other side.
The traveler frowns at the motion. Wild normally sleeps by Twilight, curling up into his wolf pelt. The champion shoots him a sunny smile. In hyrule’s memory, his throat gapes. No, that’s not real.
Sky is next. “No fair! I wanted to cuddle!”
“You get a head or feet.”
Sticking out his tongue at Legend, Sky sets up by his head.
The rest of the chain join him, jostling and grumbling to set up their beds in a circle around him. Hyrule finds himself completely sandwiched on all sides.
“Move over!”
“You’re shoving me!”
“Sky, your elbow is poking me.”
“Let me hold you, then.”
Legend is pushed into his side and, while he grumbles, he doesn’t move. One hand digs under the blankets to find Hyrule’s, squeezing tight.
The traveler squeezes back, running a finger over the ring bands within reach.
On his other side, Wild chuffs and burrows into his side, trapping an arm within his. Sky, with Four now clutched to his chest, reaches up and pats Hyrule’s hair. The rest of the Chain settle, most with a hand on Hyrule somewhere.
By the time their breathing is evening into sleep, he can finally let go of some of the lingering tension. With so many close bodies it’s impossible not to feel their hearts beat, their lungs breath, and life—vibrant and rich—in all of them.
Hyrule isn’t trapped in a cursed vision. He’s here, with his family, tucked at the center like something precious to be protected.
No matter what, he will give everything he has to save his brothers. And in return, they will support Hyrule if he breaks.
He’s not alone.
#don't go where I can't follow#tw blood#tw injury#happy ending!#comfort#whumptober2023#linked universe#linkeduniverse#lu whumptober#breannasfluff#mywriting#lu hyrule#lu time#lu legend#lu wild
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I was gifted Moonseeker smut for Dirty Festivus! 🥹✨🥰🙌
#Moonseeker#moonwater#not platonic!#remus lupin#regulus black#happy ending!#dirty festivus#marauders fanfiction
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Tease Tidbit Tuesday!
Ya girl is back on her bullshit with some more lines from the Angsty McSadface fic (a.k.a lazarus rising).
In update news, I just have the final scene to write! Huzzah! And my lovely beta is ready and waiting, so all going well this should be up in the next two weeks. 😊
Enjoy?
“I’m taking some time off.”
Eddie nodded. “Considering you didn’t really take much time after the- after, I’m not surprised.” He pushed off the bench, turning around as he reached into a cabinet. “You had me scared, Buck, I thought you were going to say you were leaving us for good.” His words were full of relief, as if he had really been worried.
Which just made Buck feel awesome about what he was about to say next.
“Uh, about that,” he said, trying a laugh of his own that fell flat, strangled on its way out of his mouth by the iron band around his chest. “I won’t be- that is, I’m not-” Buck huffed, trying to find the right way to say it. “I’m not gonna be in contact with anyone. While I’m gone.”
If Buck hadn’t been looking at Eddie directly, he would have missed it. Eddie’s entire body tensed, spine stiffening and hand freezing mid-reach. And then, in a blink, it was gone, leaving Buck to wonder if he’d actually imagined it after all.
“No contact?” Eddie’s voice was calm and controlled as he crossed his arms. “What does that mean, exactly?”
#buddie#911 buddie#911 abc#911 fox#my fics#fics#Angsty McSadface#There is whump#But as always#Happy ending!#tidbit tuesday
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If you thought I could resist a joke like this you think very kindly of me. I appreciate that.
“What are the odds?” Phil asks him.
“Even I am unable to calculate that.” Unai says.
“Was that a joke?” Phil smiles at him.
“No.” Unai says. “The number of zeros isn’t reflected as a commonly used number.”
“Your banter needs work.” Phil says. Unai frowns at him and Phil grins back.
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*slowly crawls out of a crack in the wall, holding a note*
[kind sir may i have the sardines]
Of COURSE you may! Here they are - I think you were just so very fast you missed them!
*sets the sardines in easy reach*
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actually just thought of an infinitely funnier possibility regarding iceberg's spectation of the Kondraki Closet Situation which is that he absolutely calls kondraki gay/closeted/etc on a regular basis and kondraki consistently goes 🙄 not to be homophobic but Some People apparently think everyone is like them... is it not ok to be straight... and so absolutely nothing is helped or resolved but you can't fucking blame iceberg
#txt#the situation continues for a literal decade before iceberg eventually gets to be smugger than he's ever been about anything in his life#happy ending!
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um so idk what HEA means i’m dumb sorry but my english isn’t that good and it’s not my first language and what will be HEA i don’t get anything rn😭SORRY
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hey, same person that just sent you the ask about dirk kinning, are you ok? like is this satire or are you just like this?
its satire. i have no problems with dirk, i just found it curious that many different people (my sister, my friends, personality database) all saw me as dirk, and just ran with it.
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how do you live?
#the boy and the heron#how do you live#studio ghibli#artists on tumblr#art#illustration#counting this as my first big drawing of the year bc i started it just after new years… v happy i stuck it out to the end#i loved this movie a lot#i want to draw weird herons all the time now
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Charlie: “I’m so glad my most villain-coded friend is at full power again! 🥰💕”
*throws this to you angst goblins like raw steak* ❤️
(No I will not do a part 2!❤️)
#grey art#hazbin hotel comic#hazbin hotel#charlie morningstar#hazbin alastor#alastor#auntie grey needs to take a nap now Jesus Christ#I’m really happy this fixation is pushing me to do grand comic projects like this- but I’m TIRED.#😂😂😂#my theory is that alastor wants Charlie’s soul cause she’s insanely powerful or special#and she could probably take him out in one strike#but she would never do that cause she is so sweet and lovely#she’s like a gentle giant in terms of power#but she’s not stupid or childish or meek#she’s such a compassionate leader and good friend I love her so much#and then there’s alastor with his manipulative charismatic energy#I think he’ll underestimate her in the end#man i’m so tired#hazbin hotel fanart
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i lowkey forget that percy's full name is perseus. and like. that name goes so hard. because it just sounds like this mf could kick your ass. like imagine you're a junior in high school and your teacher introduces a new student by the name of 'perseus jackson'. and before you even raise your head to look at the guy. you just know this mf could clock you.
#yeah sally definitely knew this too#sally 'i named my son perseus so he could have a happy ending' jackson#AND so ppl would know not to fuck with him just by hearing his name#percy jackon and the olympians#pjo text post#pjo#pjo headcanon#percy jackson#perseus jackson#goddddddd say his nameeeeee
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A Moment in Time - Dearly Missed
#love them so much#a moment in time is the title because seeing the sunlight once more is gonna only be for a short period of time...#because karlach [spoilers] non blue ended#and astarion spawn ending#the two people who havent seen the sun in decades#enjoying the sunshine that was robbed from them when they were forced into servitude#i only wish we could have extended this time for them... i wish nothing but happiness for them#baldurs gate 3#baldur's gate 3#bg3#astarion#astarion bg3#karlach#karlach bg3#bg3 karlach#astarion ancunin
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Dame Aylin and Isobel...
#bg3#baldur's gate 3#i dont care about tadpoles anymore#all i want is a happy ending for these lesbians#i care them so much
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canary’s ascent to death
#HE’S FREE!!!!!!! FREED CANARY!!!!!#something about jimmy being happy with his ending despite being in the first round of deaths again#so proud of him for surviving 20 minutes longer than the past 4 series <3#and at the same time devastated at mumbo and lizzie’s deaths#mcyt#trafficblr#life series#solidaritygaming#jimmy solidarity#secret life#slsmp#secret life smp#sopuuart#good soup
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Au where Betty didn't jump through the portal but lived the post apocalipsis with Simon and Marcy
#adventure time#adventure time fanart#adventure time au#simon petrikov#simon petrikov fanart#betty grof#betty grof fanart#marceline#marceline abadeer#marceline the vampire queen#marceline fanart#that won't end well#but at least they are happy for a while#winnie art
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you can pry happy endings from my cold-dead hands. It can be the most heart stopping, gut wrenching fic that has every existed and I will read every drop of it if I get my happy ending. I have had enough painful endings in real life, give me happy in my fantasy world. It can be at the last second, it can be a single sentence, even a single word. Give me all the angst and hurt in the world for 500,000 words, but please give me the comfort I need in the ending. please and thank you.
#do I love angst? yes. but also need to be happy in my delulu world for five seconds#sometimes you need domestic fluff to soothe the burn#fan fiction#ao3#hurt/comfort#steddie#stranger things#lumax#byler#ronance#steve harrington#Eddie Munson#archive of our own#wattpad#robin buckley#steve x eddie#happy endings
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