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See I didn’t lie about writing a fanfic...
Chapters: 1/3
Fandom: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Link/Zelda (Legend of Zelda)
Characters: Link (Legend of Zelda), Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Ganondorf (mentioned), Sonia (mentioned), Rauru (Mentioned), Various Legend of Zelda Characters
Additional Tags: In which I make the Blonde Boy Insecure, Relationship Study, Post-TotK, Scenes from pre-totk/post-botw, scenes from various zelda games, this is totk zelink but i can't shut up about ocarina of time zelink, Hurt/Comfort (kinda), something something soulmates something, Discussions of death, totk spoilers, love letter to the idea of heroism, Learning to be selfish, how many times can i get away with referencing oot, lets find out
Summary:
Link looks up from his half-empty mug. The drink has long gone cold, he doesn’t even remember what sort of tea he’s brewed. Across from him, Zelda studies his expression. She looks at him like she’s scared.
At no response, she repeats, “Are you mad at me…or what I did..?”
“I,” he thinks about his words carefully, “why should I be mad?”
Zelda stares at him, the layer of fear in her brows replaced with confusion, then uneasiness. He doesn’t like that he’s done this to her.
“It’s just…” She sits down across from him, playing with her hands. “We promised not to leave each other.” She says, “I left you.”
Maybe the first step in a truly happy ending for heroes is learning how to be selfish with the things you want.
A look into heroes, learning to be courageous, and simply telling the girl you love to stay with you for the rest of your life.
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