HymntheSiren
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An alternate - yet equally as painful - ending to chapter six. Arthur helps John escape, life fading with the ghost of a smile, knowing his brother might live the life he never could.
But just as peace finds him, a familiar voice calls his name from the cliff he lays on, heavy with guilt, thick with the weight of their sins.
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27 Aug 2025
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Beneath the warm scent of sunshine and grass, between the notes of its natural musk, a delicate fragrance clung to its fur. Charles couldn’t quite place it, and with another thoughtful inhale, he turned his face to follow the refreshing notes of citrus-y sweetness and stepped closer to the horse’s withers.
“You smell nice,” Charles said. Then, with another lungful of the sweet air that surrounded Arthur, he pondered the notes of the scent with a thoughtful quirk of an eyebrow. His thoughts couldn’t settle upon an answer, though, when his attention piqued back to Arthur as the man—face flushing, bashful and pretty in the dusting of pink upon his cheeks—ducked his chin to get a whiff of himself.
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In which Arthur finds a lilac bush to nap under, and its scent clings to him. When he takes too long bringing some of its flowers back for Mary-Beth and Tilly, they send Charles out after him. And Arthur finds he doesn't mind sharing the little slice of peace he found there with Charles.
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10 Aug 2025