Heaven Cannot Hold Him
Title: Heaven Cannot Hold Him
Author:bookdragon01
Prompt: Winter Prompt #1:
In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,
In the bleak midwinter, long ago.
--"A Christmas Carol" or "In the Bleak Midwinter" by Christina Rosetti
Fandom: Narnia
Characters & Pairings: Edmund
Rating & Warnings: PG/none
Word Count: 205
Summary: Back in England after the events of LWW, Edmund copes with his reaction to winter snow
Edmund watched the falling snow. Once he'd loved the winter, looked forward to sled rides and snow forts and ice skating. That had been before the Witch, before her bleak, icy castle and a world buried in the snows of eternal midwinter; frozen as hard and cold as her heart.
He shuddered with the chill of recall. When he'd been a Prince in Narnia, he'd found a way to enjoy winter again - riding through the woods with friends, marveling at the way light played on crystal flakes and sparkling icicles. But that had been another gift from Aslan, a freedom that came with redemption. Since returning to England, to the 'real world', he'd found it harder to feel that freedom...here his heart still held the fear of unrelenting cold.
As he turned away from the window, the faint sound of carol touched his ear
...Heaven cannot hold Him, nor earth sustain;
Heaven and earth shall flee away when He comes to reign.
In the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficed...
The words echoed in Edmund's heart like the first crack in the ice of the Snow Queen's winter. He looked back through the window and was struck with awe by the brightness of snow on evergreen.
Author:bookdragon01
Prompt: Winter Prompt #1:
In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,
In the bleak midwinter, long ago.
--"A Christmas Carol" or "In the Bleak Midwinter" by Christina Rosetti
Fandom: Narnia
Characters & Pairings: Edmund
Rating & Warnings: PG/none
Word Count: 205
Summary: Back in England after the events of LWW, Edmund copes with his reaction to winter snow
Edmund watched the falling snow. Once he'd loved the winter, looked forward to sled rides and snow forts and ice skating. That had been before the Witch, before her bleak, icy castle and a world buried in the snows of eternal midwinter; frozen as hard and cold as her heart.
He shuddered with the chill of recall. When he'd been a Prince in Narnia, he'd found a way to enjoy winter again - riding through the woods with friends, marveling at the way light played on crystal flakes and sparkling icicles. But that had been another gift from Aslan, a freedom that came with redemption. Since returning to England, to the 'real world', he'd found it harder to feel that freedom...here his heart still held the fear of unrelenting cold.
As he turned away from the window, the faint sound of carol touched his ear
...Heaven cannot hold Him, nor earth sustain;
Heaven and earth shall flee away when He comes to reign.
In the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficed...
The words echoed in Edmund's heart like the first crack in the ice of the Snow Queen's winter. He looked back through the window and was struck with awe by the brightness of snow on evergreen.