audentes fortuna iuvat

the last chamomile of summer

Characters: Henry of Skalitz, Hans Capon, Godwin Oderin, Albich Uniczow Pairing: Henry/Hans Capon, Henry & Godwin, Henry & Albich Fandom: Kingdom Come: Deliverance Rating: M Words: 9k Other Tags: Sickfic, Hurt/Comfort, Medieval Medicine, Humourism Summary: Autumn has arrived, and as their time at the Devil's Den draws to a close one of Hans's invented illnesses swiftly becomes a real one.

His Ma once told him a lie, told often enough, will begin to embody the truth.

Like much of his mother's more superstitious advice, Henry ignored it, and continued living his life as though he were the first boy to ever live.

Like much of his mother's advice, it eventually comes back to haunt him.

Autumn leaves trim the trees outside the Devil's Den; branches trail with orange and yellow and red, like the colourful train of a bride's gown. This year, rather than being a portent of a bountiful harvest, they are an omen of the encroaching winter— and the wedding to follow.

At first it had been a game, inventing illnesses for Hans to recuperate from. A lingering cough from a siege that had nearly taken everything from them; a persistent headache sustained from an injury; a summer cold, a paradoxical illness that had infested the Den.

Rumours of some mysterious illness in Sedletz lent credence to the farce, and Hanush doesn't question why his nephew, until that point the picture of health, has suddenly become as sickly as a waifish orphan.

And then the fever comes.