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October 22: On the beach before dawn as remnants of a ship wreck wash onto shore
Riona was alone on the beach. It was surprising, honestly, but people really did try to sleep as long as they could. And a lot of them had gone to the caves. So it shouldn’t have been as surprising as she found it.
And she thought that maybe it was a good thing, because she was alone when the pieces started drifting to shore. She tried to hide the pieces, but she wasn’t working fast enough.
“Princess, what’re you doin’?” Sawyer drawled.
“Nothing,” she squeaked.
“Don’t look like nothin’, an’ you’re a terrible liar. What’ve you got?”
Riona held out the pieces. “I think it was a ship,” she said softly. “Someone was close.”
“Fuck,” he breathed.
That about summed it up.
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We are having a month of daily spooky prompts at the Dev tea room discord server to be used as starters or drabbles!
October 13: A church right after a funeral, a small handful of people dressed in black hanging their heads in silence.
Five Times Riona Attended a Funeral (And One Time It Was Hers) ~ Multi-Verse
Under a cut for obvious related triggers, such as death. Y’all know Riona’s story. AUs include her general human AU, Star Trek AOS AU, Lost AU, The Boys AU, and then a role-reversal in her main verse.
I: Soll (Human AU)
Riona was still sitting by the headstone. She knew the only reason that she was there was because her parents could not afford to allow their image to be ruined. They had said such scathing, hurtful things to her. Aislinn sat at her side. The pair of them were both in black, but Aislinn had brought Riona a purple hair ribbon. She had tied it around Riona’s hair, making it pull away from her face. Riona almost flinched at not being able to hide, but she knew she would never have to hide with Aislinn. That was part of the point.
Other people were still milling around as well. Everyone dressed in black. Everyone mourning for a child. But Soll was never just a child. He was her brother. He was her everything. Riona didn’t know how to move forward from this. It had been excruciating to listen to the priest. And her parents. She kept swallowing and trying to hide her tears, but there was really no point in it.
She hated Church now. She hated how these people said all these pretty words and offered their prayers. What good were prayers? What good was God? How could He have let this happen? She had so many questions, and she knew that there were no answers.
II: Aidan (Star Trek AOS AU)
After everything was over, they were finally able to honor Aidan. She didn’t know how to do it. It was like losing a limb. They had the death rites; they spoke the words that needed to be spoken. But it felt like…it felt like she was just going through the motions. She knew that she had the right to mourn. Death did not come easy for them. But they had also accomplished so much. And the victory felt so hollow now. It was…it wasn’t right. Something was fractured. This was what she had wanted, but there was no joy. Only a bleak sense of the void laughing at her.
III: Sawyer (LOST AU)
He jumped off the helicopter. He had wanted her to survive. He had wanted her to have a happy ending. He didn’t seem to understand that she wouldn’t be happy without him. She wished that she had been able to convince him of that. She wished that she hadn’t had to say goodbye.
There was a public funeral for Oceanic Flight 315. Jack said some words. All of the Oceanic Survivors were expected to be there. They read off the manifest, and Riona couldn’t stop crying when James’ name was called. Her fiancé. The father of her child. She wouldn’t get that life with him.
IV: Becca (The Boys AU)
It was her idea, actually. Mallory had gotten Becca’s body. They had a service, with a priest, and they let Butcher say goodbye. But Riona felt the need to say goodbye, too. Even though she hadn’t known Becca for more than a day, she felt like she’d known Becca forever. After all, this whole thing had been for her. And Riona was beholden to her promise to Becca. Butcher would not be alone. Not now, not ever. She thought it was important that Becca knew that she would take that promise seriously.
V: Butcher (The Boys AU)
They buried him next to Becca. Riona had gotten on the first plane she could, with twin newborns, and she returned in her mourning dress. Another October, another funeral, another death-versary. She was really starting to hate October. But the twins were born the same day, right as the stars came out, and she at least had that.
“It’s not how I wanted, but we did it,” she whispered to his headstone. “You’re with Becca. Vought’s gone. Everything we worked for. And the twins are here. Shiv and Liam. I’m going to miss you so much, Butch. I really wish you’d seen an after in all of this. Maybe if you had, you’d be here with me. I love you.” She touched Becca’s headstone. “At least you get him back. Your turn to take care of him again. We both know he’s not one to sit still, so you’ve got some work to do.”
She swore she felt the wind laugh.
+1: Role Reversal—Soll’s POV
“Rona should be here,” Soll told his parents.
“Soll, let us finish the rites,” his mother scolded.
He shook his head. “She saved me. She should be here.” He never talked back to his mother, but he felt like she wasn’t listening.
“She was very brave,” Papa agreed. “She did a good thing.”
“Did the stars tell her this would happen? Did she know? Why isn’t she still here?” Soll asked question after question.
His mind was all questions. His first memories were of Riona smiling and trying to show him how to fly. It was Riona who had always been there for him. He didn’t know who he was without Riona. It wasn’t fair. Why was she not here?
“Death is not easy,” Queen Roisin said to him. “Especially for one so young. You have much life to experience, Soll. You will understand someday.”
“Understand what?” he asked. “I want my sister!”
He flew away, going to the tallest tree he could find—that wasn’t the Queen’s Tree—so that he could look up at the sky. He wished he could hear the stars. He needed answers. He needed to know why he had lost his sister. Riona believed in the stars, and he refused to believe that they would let her go unprepared. Which meant that she knew she had to protect him, and it was his fault. The stars could not speak to him, so he just stared at them, trying to find meaning in the way they shone.
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