#...you in the mood for any specific zelinks? XD

[skyward-floored]

I assume you've already gone to bed, and hopefully for sleep, but here's a little gift for you when you wake up. Also, take it as an apology for being so late; I've been trying to work on your birthday gift but it's been slow going, alas. I will try and finish it as soon as I can, and until then, have this instead! *lots of love and hugs*

There was music coming from the tree. Link stood at it’s base, hands on his hips as he peered up into the dense foliage.

“Sprite, I know you can see me.”

The music continued—well, not blithely, but without pause, in the familiar sweet tones of a lullaby.

“I’m coming up.”

The music stubbornly continued on, while Link hauled himself into the tree. He may not have been raised the woods like certain gremlins he could mention, but he’d been a little boy enamored with adventure, and knew his way around a tree. He hauled himself up into the tree, and after a few moments had narrowed in on his quarry.

To his surprise, the Sprite was not alone.

The kid was sitting on a high branch, his ocarina at his lips, while below him, stretched out on a wide, thick bough, was Shiek.

Link nearly fell out of the tree, grabbing hold of an obliging branch and hastily steadying himself.

“Wha—what are you doing here?”

Shiek didn’t so much as move, her eyes closed and hands folded on her stomach. “I’ve been having trouble sleeping, so Mask is trying to lull me to sleep.”

Link leaned on the bole of the tree. “Is it working?”

“Well, not while you’re talking to me.” Shiek replied shortly.

Link shrugged, “Or maybe because it’s Zelda’s Lullaby, and not yours. Maybe she has exclusive rights to it’s soothing properties.”

The soft notes halted for a second with a slight squeal, before the music resumed. Link gave Mask a funny look, but his eyes were firmly shut. It took Shiek a second to respond, but when she did her tone was very dry. “I’m certain that’s not the case.”

“Well…” Link dug into his pouch and pulled out an ocarina of his own. “Would maybe a second musician do the trick?”

Shiek’s peeked open one eye, looking up at Mask. “Would you mind accompaniment?”

Mask lowered the ocarina from his mouth, looking away with a sniff. “…He’d better be able to keep up with me.”

Link grinned at the pink tinge showing on the edge of the Sprite’s ears. “Sure, if I drag you down I’ll stop.”

“Well,” Mask seemed to be wrestling with what to say. “…Good.” He sniffed again, and lifted the ocarina again. “On three!”

Mask counted down three beats, and they slipped into the restful tones of Zelda’s lullaby.

Shiek let her eye close again, and slowly, her breathing shifted to match the deep, slow rhythm of the notes.

The two of them continued to play as the sheikah slumbered on; her rest deep and easy with two heroes standing sentinel over her dreams.

Aaaaaaaaa Tellie 🥺 This was so sweet and soft, and FUNNY ACK Mask and Sheik both pausing at the Zelda’s lullaby thing abdgbbgdscbdgh

Thank you so much Tellie <333 Also I will gladly wait as long as it takes for a fic from you (you’re writing me one??? aaaaaaaaa 😭), you don’t need to apologize!!