Aramis [the musketeers] (
averygoodshot) wrote2015-06-17 03:02 pm
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Upon the realization of loss
There is little that will keep Aramis away from his son. Even trips to exotic beach locales only serve as temporary diversions from what he considers his family. He has not gone back to Paris to appease the Queen, he has been diligent and loyal and good (love, he tells himself, is a powerful force).
Then comes the day when he knocks on the right door and no one answers. When he's told that Anne, Queen of France, no longer resides in the Nexus at all. How, he wonders, his heart clattering in his chest, can he keep the Queen safe now? How can he protect his son?
After a thorough and emotional search, resulting in nothing, not even a door back to Paris, Aramis does the only thing he can think to do. He drinks (and yes, he does let the others know of his findings, or lack thereof) and he wallows. This is how he finds himself in the tavern, a wine bottle and goblet in front of him, and his head in his hands.
Then comes the day when he knocks on the right door and no one answers. When he's told that Anne, Queen of France, no longer resides in the Nexus at all. How, he wonders, his heart clattering in his chest, can he keep the Queen safe now? How can he protect his son?
After a thorough and emotional search, resulting in nothing, not even a door back to Paris, Aramis does the only thing he can think to do. He drinks (and yes, he does let the others know of his findings, or lack thereof) and he wallows. This is how he finds himself in the tavern, a wine bottle and goblet in front of him, and his head in his hands.
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"If she did, I wonder if .... " If it would matter. If the Queen would ever feel free enough to love as she is capable of, and be loved in return.
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Sighing out, Aramis does indeed drink, draining his cup, then refilling and offering to refill Athos's too. "Have you been back?" he asks. "To Paris?" Already, he's given his word to Constance to stay away. Will he never be free?
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He knows it is coming and he is girding himself for the very real possibility that he can see himself going. He has yet to tell any of his friends that, however.
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"And what of Rochefort?" he asks, voice low and tight. "What do you know of him from what you've seen?"
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"He will use that power, won't he?" he asks, "he'll abuse it."
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Argh.
Aramis's hands tighten around his cup enough that his knuckles whiten.
"Do you think death awaits me?" he asks, looking over at Athos, knowing he will not lie. "To die at Rochefort's command.... " does not sit well with him, not by a long shot.
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That's what Aramis gets for asking. He cannot fault the answer, though, for it comes after his own question.
"So," he says, exhaling the word, "perhaps it is that I am prolonging the inevitable."
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