Part 1

Context: Like the other kids in your village, you grew up being friends with the Prince of the kingdom. You've been through everything together, always having the other's backs, and you even dedicated yourself as a healer to his army. You've watched him transition from humble Prince to humble, considerate King forced into an arranged marriage with a Queen as pleasant as poison. It doesn't help that a war is brewing. That is where your focus should be but you can't help but try to be there for him. No matter what.

Setting: A battlefield

Tags:[MM4A][Friends to Lovers][Established Relationship][Vengeful King Speaker][Reaper Speaker][Betrayed Healer Listener][Hard Angst][Losing Them][Secret Feelings][Hugs][Comfort][Reverse Comfort][Grim Reaper][Vengeance][Blood Pact][CW: Death/Betrayal]

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[K] = Your King

[G] = A curious Grim Reaper

[Scene opens back in the afterlife, moments before disaster]

[You watch your King raise his blade, anguished, and hear the final words of Grim:]

[G] Good luck.

[SFX: Transitional dark magic]

[On raw instinct, you rush forward, from one plane of existence to another]

[K] “-I love you!”

[SFX: The blade trying to swing but clattering away]

[K] “...Healer-?”

[You sit up fully, holding him tightly]

[Pause!]

[K] “Wh-...? Don’t call me foolish, I was going to end myself to be with you! I…”

[...]

[K] “You’re…!”

[Pause!]

[He gawps for a moment before he embraces you tightly, sobbing once more]

[K] “Gods above, you really weren’t kidding when you said you were the best healer in the kingdom! You.. I thought for sure you were dead…”

[You can hear the cold chuckle of the Grim Reaper on your nape]

[Pause…]

[K] “W…What? You did die…?”

[Pause…]

[K] “...Alright, alright, slow down! I have you… Tell me what happened…”

[...Pause]

[Note: If you’d like to attempt to recreate this via SFX, the general ones will be listed below while Kieran recants with the Listener:]

[K] “...You and the others had just cleared the first pass in the mountains… Spirits were high, despite the wind howling and the snow rising…”

[SFX: Wind and snow howling/a plentiful helping of shoes crunching in the snow]

[Pause…]

[K] “When you reached the first valley, you made it about three miles across when you were suddenly surrounded by soldiers in black armor… black and gold armor… Everyone was dead before you could even cast a spell…”

[SFX: The roar of quite a few soldiers charging swiftly/the battle (as bloody as you’d like)]

[Pause…]

[K, gentle but livid] “..You do not need to apologize… You gave… everything just to come back to me…”

[. . .]

[He holds you, shaking for a long moment. You see his long ears twitch and guess he is listening for other survivors… it’s just the wind]

[K] “...I can hear no one else breathing… One perk of these big ears, I suppose… If there is no one else to attend to, then I must ask you an important question, my love…”

[Pause?]

[He hesitates but manages it, at long last:]

[K] “...The gold on the enemy’s armor… Did you see if it was shaped in the emblem of a phoenix?”

[...]

[He takes another breath and stands, carrying you]

[K] “...Yes? I see… Then we need to away as quickly as possible.”

[Pause?]

[K] “Here, wrap your arms around my shoulders and your legs around my waist. I… I think being dead for a bit may have done your body some harm, and your legs appear limp…”

[Pause…]

[K] “Yes, I am very deliberately not telling you what is going on. Largely, my dear, because I don’t want to believe my wife, raging bitch though she is, wouldn’t have sent a godamned hit squad on MY people!”

[...?]

[K, a bit unstable] “I never thought… Not for a second… Not for a SECOND did I believe that woman could do something so evil, and for what?! To make me bow?! To hurt me??? I…”

[He takes a breath and painfully turns from the battlefield]

[K] “...You are a Reaper, now… Do they hate me…?”

[...?]

[His voice catches, agonized]

[K] “The others… our friends that I failed, same as I failed you… Do they loathe me…? Will they loathe me further if we cannot bury them…?”

[. . .]

[SFX: A sad but calm wind]

[...You get the impression that they understand, and tell Kieran as much]

[K, weeping openly] “...Thank you for your forgiveness, m-my… my family… I swear, on EVERYTHING that makes me a man that I will see justice done in your names!”

[...]

[K] “...Don’t tell me it wasn’t my fault… If I’m right and Ibra did this, then she aims to take this kingdom by force, arranged marriage or not! I planned for this… I might not be the roaring, foul-mouthed braggart that she seems to find appealing, but you know me… When someone wrongs me, I plan. I connive. I scheme. And then…”

[His voice turns darker than you’ve ever heard it go]

[K] “I fucking ruin them... Ibra will rue the day that she EVER decided to assault the family I care about!”

[Pause…]

[He pauses and smiles sadly]

[K] “...Of course you heard my confession from the afterlife… Bit late, wasn’t I?”

[Pause <3]

[He laughs, managing to get you both on his horse]

[K] “Yes, we are romantic, aren’t we…? A disgraced King and a newly born Reaper, off to set a kingdom on fire. Perhaps we should honeymoon in Moonvale, post-genocide, hm? I have a lovely summer home there!”

[...Pause <3]

[He exhales, almost in relief]

[K] “...I know you love me back. How could I not when you shook Death’s hand, just to save me…? I can only hope I can show you that I love you similarly, though… perhaps in a different manner. I think I’m a bit too silly to be a Reaper.”

[Pause <3]

[K] “Ahh, that you did. You did sneak a weasel into my spare pants… I suppose you are still you, Reaper or not, hmm?”

[Pause…]

[K] “...Without the healing now, yes… It’s fine. As long as you are still with me, then it doesn’t matter if you can heal or not. I just… I need you to stay with me, alright? No matter what happens, I-I… I cannot lose you again…”

[Pause…]

[K] “Good. Are you settled on Rosemary? She’s a bit stubborn still but the fastest horse we have.”

[Pause <3]

[K] “Alright… Then, away with this cursed thing.”

[SFX: A crown being thrown away]

[He throws his crown into the bloody wayside of the battlefield]

[K] “King Kieran is dead… as far as this blood-soaked ground is concerned, at least. Now, there is simply a wandering mercenary with his mysterious, black-cloaked friend… A man out for murder that no one will see coming until it is far, far too late…”

[. . .]

[SFX: Rosemary beginning to trot through the mountain clearing]

[K] “...Yes. We could leave… but I want our friends avenged and I want this kingdom to not be ruled by a cold-hearted witch that would massacre her own people out of fucking spite… Once she is dethroned, tortured, and dead, then I promise, we will go somewhere… Somewhere to live in peace together, for the rest of my time. Alright…?”

[...Pause]

[K] “Thank you. Rest, now. The Silver Tide Inn is a few hours away, even on a horse. Gods willing, Ibra won’t have another attack saved up…”

[SFX: Fade out on Rosemary trotting away and the wind howling]

[To be continued]

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