#🦋｡✧﹡｡╰‘𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 › au

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"And where do you think you are going?"

Mirabel's gift ceremony hadn't gone well, and Pedro hadn't slept since, he knew Alma had asked Bruno to use his gift to see what would become of their miracle, but it was unexpected to see his son sneaking out in the night.

That wasn't like Bruno at all.

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"I think I'll live, Cariño." Pedro said taking his daughter's hand. Pepa's gift was tied to emotion, and apparently today was not a happy emotion day for his little girl.

"What happened?"

& pá !

Pedro knew his daughter, she would cope with her emotions, she had always felt things so deeply, even as a child.

But still he worried, what had brought all this on?

“Do you want to be alone?”

     the cloud starts to thunder a bit as her arms cross against her chest.  still – she didn’t want to push away her father. after all, he always had a of making her feel better.

    ❝ no, ❞ she says, exhaling a bit.  ❝ vamos, papá. come with me. ❞ she says, holding a hand out towards him, ❝ if you don’t mind getting a little wet. ❞

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@miraclestitch liked for a starter

The ceremony hadn't gone according to plan. Alma was concerned about the miracle, and everyone else was ushering their guests out, but Pedro could not sit idly by.

So, he went to the nursery where he knew his youngest granddaughter had run off to.

"Mirabel, let me in, Corazón."

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"Brunito, don't cry." Pedro said hugging his young son close, he missed Alma more than anything when his children cried. Drying his six year old's tears, Pedro tried to smile.

"Do you want to hear a story?"

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@amischievousgrin liked for a starter

Pedro often worried about his son, had since the first time the boy had come home from school in tears because the other children were cruel to him.

So when he knocked on Bruno's door, he tried not to show his concern. Julieta and Peppa had told him enough about how the other boys had tried to beat up their brother because of his gift, that he knew his son was still hurting.

"Brunito, may I come in?"

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"Feliz Año Nuevo, Julieta." As always his daughter had prepared a feast, and it all looked delicious.

"This all looks so good, I don't know what I want to eat first."

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“If I could shake the crushing weight of expectations would that free some room up for joy?” @atouchofsalt

Was he glad Bruno felt comfortable enough with him to express how he felt? Yes, but it still hurt Pedro as a father to know that his only son was hurting like this.

"Don't you worry, Brunito, I'll speak to Mamá about letting you take a break from your chores, how does that sound?"

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@impcrfecta liked a something on the wish list, so they get a thing

Isabella was the spitting image of Alma, the older his granddaughter got the more he saw it.

His Alma was gone now, sacrificing herself to protect her family and community. But he found himself surrounded by his children and grandchildren.

That would have to be enough.

"You look so much like your Abuela, Palomita, she'd want you to wear her wedding dress on your big day."

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"It's alright, Brunito." Pedro smiled clapping his son on his shoulder. Too long Bruno had been away, and yet he had never truly left, but still he'd closed himself off from the family.

"You look tired, are you feeling alright?"

The one thing he never liked to talk about following his visions were the headaches that followed. It was probably no surprise- they were draining, images of what was yet to be swirling in the sand and through his mind, leaving him rattled and occasionally dazed, at least depending on the intensity of what he saw.

Today was no surprise. He was again out in the open in his home, but following a slew of questions from young Antonio, he found himself equal parts drained and aching. And when he heard the familiar voice cutting through his self imposed exile sitting in the shade behind the casita, he cracked one eye open, peering in that direction until he immediately tried to stand, shaking off the notion that anything was wrong at all.

“Ah, Papá, I didn’t hear you calling, one second sorry-”

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[abuelolost]

@dosesca liked for a starter

"Mi amor, the one who is always injured is here." Pedro said with a sly smile, he had to tease his daughter a little.

Poor Agustín, Pedro had put the fear of God into the boy the first time they had met when he had come to take Julieta out, but the boy was still coming around, despite all that.

He was a good enough boy, even if a little accident prone.

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"Mi mariposa pequeña, I know today will be... difficult, so if you need to talk before Antonio's ceremony, I am here for you."

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"Buenos días, Valentina!" Pedro greeted as he normally did, Valentina was special, just like her Papá had been.

So Pedro made a point to be warm towards her, always.

"How did you sleep, mi vida?"

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"Dolores, you look tense, mi amor, what's wrong?"

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"I am so proud of you, Brunito, I know that you don't make bad things happen. You just try to warn others." Pedro patted his son's back sympathetically, even he heard the whispers about his son from the villagers.

"But sometimes people don't understand, that's not your fault."

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Bruno out of all his family, needed the most watching over, especially when he "left" so Pedro watched over him, made sure to redirect the others so that no one would discover him in the kitchen late at night, and just genuinely tried to keep Bruno safe.

He may not had been able to be there for his son physically, but he had a feeling Bruno knew he was there.

His son had fallen asleep in his old arm chair, so Pedro grabbed a blanket and put it over his sleeping son.

He hoped that Bruno's dreams were good, and not filled with the worry he often felt during his waking hours.

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@trvehearted liked something on the wish list so they get a thing

He'd haunted the halls of Casita from the moment the miracle had taken hold. He'd never left Alma or the triplets, watching over them even now.

Alma had changed over the years, she was older than he would ever be, but he still found her beautiful.

Though to her he was nothing more than a cold breeze sweeping through a room, Pedro still visited Alma when he wasn't caught up with their children or grandchildren.

She was reading when he came into her room tonight, his presence making the pages of her book flutter.

He wished he were still alive so she could see him. But he would settle for what he had.

"I love you, mi amor."