Archive of Our Own

Summary:

Written by whatsthepointe, read by me.
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stabat mater- “stood the mother, full of grief.”
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Cole has faced many, many battles in his life: the anacondrai, his own brothers, and even evil tyrannical leaders of distant kingdoms. In a sense, these battles were all the same, each with a stereotypical villain that wanted to take over the world (or something along those lines).
Cancer- his mother’s own disease- was certainly new.