Waiting For A Kings Return
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Tucking Junior in after their afternoon in the gardens left Drifa impossibly sad. Making sure he was snug, sleeping soundly she walked to the tell windows, sitting on the ledge, beginning to swipe at the tears that silently fell. When Scorpius had left she had managed to lock down the tears, because she knew she would only be a distraction to him, and the mission at hand. He had to find the people who had pillaged his home and killed his daughter. And she had promised to care for his son, urging him to come home in one piece so they could finally be married and make up for the years lost to them.

Still her control only lasted as long as Junior was awake. He was still on the mend and she tended to him in her mothers home, both of them anxious for word from his father. Once the healers had given her the OK to move him around a bit she used a wheel chair to give him a tour of her family’s new home, introduced him to her Mother and Step-Father, her sisters and new brothers. It was a good distraction for him in missing his twin and waiting for his fathers return.

Their rooms adjoined at her request and at night she would wake to his cries, waking him from harsh dreams or just hugging him until he fell sleep depending on the evening. And once the sun rose she would find ways to distract him. The gardens and exploring the castle, all while he rested in his chair. She read to him and often times he would fall asleep leaned against her arm or his head pillowed in her lap. She knew she was a poor substitute for the family he lost and was waiting to return but she tried daily to make him feel better, or as best as she could.

The day Odins Unworthy son attacked his brothers home Drifa had stayed with Junior, him crying and curled in her lap until they were told it was safe to come out. It didn’t help Juniors nightmares and Drifa worked doubly to put him at ease so he could sleep soundly for more then a couple of hours at a time. The house was in mourning at the loss of her step brothers, but still she worked hard to help Junior through his fears. That afternoon while they had been reading outside for son air for him he had asked why they had no word from his father.

“Well you know this isn’t the first time he has had to go off and protect people. Before you were born he had to do something similar. And I had to wait a long while before we got any word on him. But you shouldn’t worry. He was a hero then and he will come back a hero this time. He told me before if he isn’t sending word that means he is close to the bad people, and he cant sneak up on them if he sends word to the outside world. So the sooner he catches up to them the sooner we can see him again. It wont be to much longer,” she told him, pressing a kiss to his hair before he told her he was tired.

Bundling him up she took him back inside and helped him up into the tall bed. He then asked her a question that shocked her. “What would happen to me if Daddy goes with Mommy and my sister?” Drifa hadn’t expected him to ask so she sat beside him and answered as candidly as she could. “I don’t think anything will happen to him. He will be home soon. But even so you wouldn’t be alone. You have me, and your Grandpa and Clytemnestra and your uncle and aunt. I lost my dad when I was about your age. And even now I know he looks over me and protects me. Just like your mother and sister do. But you will have a long long time still with your dad because he is coming back safely.”

Drifa brushed his hair back from his face and hummed to him until his medicine helped him off to sleep. And after tucking him into bed she sat in the room with him in case he woke, silently crying. Her forehead pressed to the glass she watched the quiet scenery outside the window. Tough she only ever spoke confidently to Junior everyday that passed without Scorpius only made her more and more fearful that he wouldn’t return to them. There was this intense ache in her chest and a hollowness in her belly when she thought of it but still she couldn’t shake her fears. She didn’t know how to find him, or if seeking him out would put him in harms way but every second longer without her only made her more worried she would never see him again, that he might miss out on his growing family.  

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