#gothicwrites

He hates it and hides those few strands to prevent anyone from seeing them.

As time goes on, more strands of his hair turn white and he doesn't know why. It stresses him out, he hates how it looks. It's becoming harder and harder to hide. People are noticing the change to his appearance.

He considers dyeing his hair back to it's regular navy color, having heard that it was possible to do so with modern cosmetic tools.

Link and Zelda come to visit the village before Revali could dye his hair, and he catches Link staring at him.

Surely the knight thinks Revali looks ridiculous with the white strands of hair replacing the beautiful navy.

He angrily asks Link what he's staring at, wanting the Hylian to advert his gaze. He's already stressed enough about his hair, he doesn't need the knight's judgement.

It's much to his surprise when the Hylian's face reddens and he glances away. Then an awkward, "Sorry, I was just looking at your hair. It looks good on you."

Link...thinks his hair looks good? It confuses Revali, as it wasn't what he expected. He couldn't believe it possibly think it looked good, let alone that the knight thought it looked good.

He frustratingly decides to not dye it yet, as if letting his hair turn white would prove that it doesn't look good.

Weeks go by before he realizes that his hair was no longer turning white. Staring at his reflection, he can't help but think about Link's statement about it.

Perhaps...it wasn't that bad of a change, if that little knight thought it was a good look for him.

...

Oh...

Link is confused by it at first, but doesn't push Revali away. He understands the feeling of being out of place, especially in a place that used to be home. So he doesn't say anything about the Rito tailing him like a duckling to its mother. Or when Revali grabs his hand, squeezing a little too tightly, as the children run past them in excited play.

Link doesn't question when Revali asks him to stay the night in his new roost, instead of sleeping at the inn. He allows the Rito to pull him into the hammock, laying against Link with his head on the knight's chest despite their difference in height. He doesn't say a word when he starts to run his fingers through the warrior's hair, ribbons and beads sitting on the shelf on the other side of the room.

He doesn't complain when Revali's hold on him becomes just a little too tight. Neither of them are asleep, if Revali's mumbling is any indicator — the Rito quietly repeating that this is real, they're not dead, the Calamity is gone, Windblight can't hurt him anymore.

Link holds Revali a little tighter, the other letting out a shaky breath, a whispered "thank you" leaving a trembling beak. An apology spoken so softly, Link almost misses it — he knows why Revali says it, even if he doesn't remember their strained relationship.

"Let's just start over, okay?" He responds.

Revali: yes, I swear I've explained this

Link: do you still lay eggs?

Revali: ... Should I be concerned about what is going through that head of yours?

Link: ...

Revali: Link...

Link: ...

Revali: Link, I swear to the Goddesses you better stop thinking whatever it is you're thinking!

I was actually really worried about being able to post this today because I struggled so hard to write it. Sucks when the motivation just...leaves you mid-writing, haha.

Angst, Bittersweet, Established Relationship, Established RevaLink, Past RevaLink

I’ve been wanting to write Revali having an eating disorder, but haven’t had the motivation for what I was originally going to write. But I had a thought that sounds interesting.

It has no energy to cry, it hasn't had that in a long time.

It watches in silence as the researchers do what they wish with its body.

How long has it been?

How long has is been since it felt human? It doesn't remember. Was it ever human?

They poke and prod, do they ever get bored? What much more can they do to it?

"Did you hear? That the princess will be assigned her knight tomorrow?"

"Oh? How unfortunate, means our project will be too busy."

Right... It's a knight... for a princess...

What princess? It can't remember...

"Hopefully the maids can make you presentable, you look like shit."

They researchers laugh, like a joke was told. It doesn't care...

It hasn't cared in a long time.

I want to write because I can't draw my own era merging thing, I have a bunch of ideas written due to a night of brainstorming with @/flapjackerz but I may need some help because I'm not always creative and I don't know much about all the Links and Zeldas.

So far, I know that Sky, Time, Twilight, Wind, Warriors, and Wild (and their Zeldas) are going to be part of the story. Only Wild has a nickname and I have some dynamic ideas already. I also have ages and where they are post-game. :D

I know the least about Twilight, Wind, and Warriors. Your headcanons ARE welcomed if you want to give ideas, because I love headcanons.