TDIR: Sweet in the Bitter
Fandom: The Dark Is Rising
Pairing: None
Warnings: Angst
Rating: G
Summary: John listens to Bran's harp playing. For the Greek muse of music, Euterpe.
John has found that there is always something a touch mournful about Bran's harp playing. There's no fault in Bran's music, but everything seems to come out painted with Bran's own strange remoteness, with his horrible loneliness, and sometimes even with echoes of his Da's neverending grief. Listening to Bran play always makes John think of Blodwen, what he had and lost. He understands, now, why Owen was at first reluctant to let Bran play.
There's comfort in it, though, some hint of sweet woven through the bitter, and so John stays to listen, and remember, as Owen does not.
Pairing: None
Warnings: Angst
Rating: G
Summary: John listens to Bran's harp playing. For the Greek muse of music, Euterpe.
John has found that there is always something a touch mournful about Bran's harp playing. There's no fault in Bran's music, but everything seems to come out painted with Bran's own strange remoteness, with his horrible loneliness, and sometimes even with echoes of his Da's neverending grief. Listening to Bran play always makes John think of Blodwen, what he had and lost. He understands, now, why Owen was at first reluctant to let Bran play.
There's comfort in it, though, some hint of sweet woven through the bitter, and so John stays to listen, and remember, as Owen does not.