#liandrin/joanna

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Destiny And Her Whims - Liandrin Guirale/Joanna Beauchamp

A/N: Alt 8 for @flufftober.

Liandrin Guirale had always known the call of the wild, the need to protect Joanna Beauchamp, what she had not understood was why, why she was still alive, why they were still so bound together. Then she sees her again, mourning her children, Ingrid and Freya, a hand resting against her stomach, the routine will start again. Joanna’s hand tightens as she steps from the shadows, watching Joanna tremble, her steps more sure the deeper the link between seems to become. Joanna folds into her, eyes closing with a soft sob of pain. “I can’t do this again…” “You must…” “Not alone, I… I can’t do this….” “Who said you were alone?” “But…” “I was… afraid. Of us. Of this… feeling.” Liandrin’s voice softens. “Joanna… I have always, always loved you I was just… just afraid you needed someone else.” “You’d really stay?” “Of course I would.” Liandrin’s fingers cover the already forming child between them, her lips finding Joanna’s ear. “I should always have been here. With you.” Later, mere days really, Wendy is given back to them all. The woman’s lives returned by Liandrin’s new choice, a reset that breaks many an old habit. The children grow, aware but not practicing, trusted with the truth, Liandrin’s laugh warm when finally, aged merely 10, Ingrid begins to learn at her mother’s side. Liandrin, herself, is more than content to hold Freya, soothing the tired 9 year old who complains about being left out. In time, a year, she too will be learning but for now, for now it’s enough to be held, her smile soft when Liandrin coaxes magic through her fingers, wrapping the girl in fireflies. “We have all the time in the world, Freya love, just enjoy the process.”