Serenity of the Dawn
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✧ Excerpt from Chapter II: Our Spot by the Shore ✧
✧ Prompt: Sleepy Morning ✧
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✧ Full chapter is here! ✧
✧ Full fic is here! ✧
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How long had it been now?
Hugo looked out onto the tranquil water, opalescent waves crashing softly against the sand. Fleeting rays of sunlight enveloped him in their comforting warmth as the freckled blonde watched the blazing star in the sky descend.
He’d waded into the cool water, shoes and all, not noticing — or perhaps, simply not caring about — the discomfort brought by damp clothes as they clung to lanky limbs.
He’d come here not long after it happened.
Like a sleepless corpse, he’d wandered aimlessly for hours before stumbling upon the familiar clearing. Hugo had stayed there for a while, simply staring at the melancholic scene with dulled eyes.
He couldn’t remember ever moving, but he’d woken up the next morning curled up against a rock near the shore.
He spent countless days in that glade.
Day after day, night after night, Hugo remained as unmoving as the rock he slept close to. His dreams were haunted by sweet memories before they were yanked out from underneath him like a rug, slivers of reality slipping their way into his visions.
He’d wake up in a panic, arms reaching out for the ghost of something that was no longer there.
There was no comfort anymore, no loving silence, in that spot by the shore.
Their spot.
Hugo closed his eyes, taking a few more steps as the water sloshed up to his knees now.
He could still hear his voice, that quirky laugh reverberating within the chambers of his pained heart. The wind picked up now and with it came the soft brush of a hand against his cheek.
How long had it been by now? Days? Weeks? He didn’t know.
But as he stood there amidst the crashing waves, Hugo let the tears fall freely and he cried for the boy he never thought he’d love.
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SO, here’s a potential ending to that ol’ Varigo one-shot I wrote called Serenity of the Dawn. Forgive me, I like angst oop-
