Baby's First Trauma

by Precisely_Measured_Words (Measured_Words)

Summary:

"Being lovers didn’t always entail the kind of friendship that his mark connected through. He’d only done it twice before. The first time had been intense and wonderful, and he’d been devastated when it had been ended by a stray arrow on their third deployment together, in a defensive battle just outside Per An."

Notes:

For the Whumptober 2025 day 31 prompt, "Blood Loss."

 

Probably not baby's *first* trauma, but even so.

They’d been fighting side to side at the front, pushing back the Hanu line. The battle had become a melee, marked by occasional spells. And occasional arrows.

Aldaan saw Sura stagger and fall. He let other Nerathi surge into the gap in the line they’d created. His stomach was twisting. The shaft had passed though Sura’s thigh, too close to the artery. They were out of potions. He called for a healer, but knew none would come in time.

Will, no matter how forceful, wasn’t enough to staunch bleeding. Aldaan felt it when his lover passed, felt lost and alone.

Series this work belongs to:

• Part 6 of AWRR AU: Aftermath Extras