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The battle was done.
Elger’nan was dead.
The Blight was gone.
Harley had Neve back.
The past three weeks had been hell. Her sister gone, lost in the fade. Neve gone, taken by Elger’nan. She hadn’t even known that she was still alive.
The battle was won; the war was over.
All they had to do now was pick up the pieces.
But that would come later.
Now was the time to rest.
Yet, for Harley, sleep didn’t come. She lay next to Neve, watching her as if she would vanish at any moment.
She had been cured of the Blight, but Harley could still see the spiderwebbing lines as scars around her eyes and down her neck.
They had a matching set now.
Harley could see the weeks of dirt caked on her skin and through her hair.
No one had really had the energy to do more than change their clothes and collapse into bed.
They had time now.
Really, truly had time.
Time to live, to love and just exist… at least until the next world-ending event happened.
Harley reached out and brushed her thumb across Neve’s cheek. She titled into the touch but didn’t wake.
Her chest rose and fell steadily.
Her expression was soft and peaceful. No nightmares plagued her dreams this night.
If they tried, Harley would chase them away.
“Neve Gallus…” Harley spoke so softly that her lips barely moved, too afraid of waking her. “I promise to love you forever.”
Neve rolled her head towards her; hair fell over her face.
Harley pushed it away.
“I promise to love you.”
“I promise to hold you. To protect you.”
“I promise to be by your side. To never leave you.”
“To be your confidant. To be your rock and support.”
“I promise that I will always listen. To make you coffee and fish dinners.”
“To make you eat your vegetables, to care for you when you’re sick.”
“To spend the rest of my life fighting to make you laugh. To see your smile.”
Harley leaned closer and pressed a featherlight kiss to her forehead.
“I promise that I will always love you.”
In her sleep, Neve smiled, ever so faintly. But it was there, and it was everything.
Harley curled closer, closed her eyes and let herself sleep.