100 Theme Challenge 20. Fortitude
Title: 20. Fortitude
Author: poptart_chan
Fandom: Axis Powers Hetalia
Character: Matthew Williams (Canada)
Pairings: N/A
Summary: Sometimes, you have to keep strong even when you want to give up. You have to keep strong and keep fighting.
Notes: I wrote this last night, around 4 AM. I was listening to the song Skin by Rascal Flatts when I got the sudden urge to write it.
Matthew was scared to death.
All this time, he had been able to hide the fact he was sick. No one, aside from his closest of friends, knew about the sickness but now he wouldn’t be able to hide it.
He looked down at the clumps of soft blond hair in his hands, feeling the stinging of tears in his eyes as he stares at the strands. More lay on his pillow behind him but he doesn’t want to look.
He wasn’t vain. He could care less about his looks but waking up to see that, to see the painful truth just laying there, it hurt. It really hit him that this was real and, for a moment, he lost it. He broke down, holding the once silky strands on his hands as tears cascaded down his cheeks.
His father came in and was soon sitting next to him, holding Matthew as he tried to comfort the teen, holding back tears of his own. Matthew continued to hold the fallen hair in his hands as he leaned into the man’s embrace. Alfred and his Papa appeared in the doorway, staying there for a moment until Matthew calmed down enough to speak clearly. With their help, they cleaned up the bed, tossing away the fallen hair.
Matthew went into the bathroom and finally let go of the strands of hair in his hands. He looked up, catching his reflection in the mirror and it made him pause. Too pale skin, dark circles underneath his eyes which were now red from crying and, now his hair was beginning to show it‘s thinness. Timidly, he reached up, grasping a handful and pulled. More strands came out but he just tosses them.
It was just hair, right?
When he gets better, it’ll all grow back. With that thought in mind, Matthew smiled slightly and exited the bathroom. It was about time he had a hair cut anyway.
Author: poptart_chan
Fandom: Axis Powers Hetalia
Character: Matthew Williams (Canada)
Pairings: N/A
Summary: Sometimes, you have to keep strong even when you want to give up. You have to keep strong and keep fighting.
Notes: I wrote this last night, around 4 AM. I was listening to the song Skin by Rascal Flatts when I got the sudden urge to write it.
Matthew was scared to death.
All this time, he had been able to hide the fact he was sick. No one, aside from his closest of friends, knew about the sickness but now he wouldn’t be able to hide it.
He looked down at the clumps of soft blond hair in his hands, feeling the stinging of tears in his eyes as he stares at the strands. More lay on his pillow behind him but he doesn’t want to look.
He wasn’t vain. He could care less about his looks but waking up to see that, to see the painful truth just laying there, it hurt. It really hit him that this was real and, for a moment, he lost it. He broke down, holding the once silky strands on his hands as tears cascaded down his cheeks.
His father came in and was soon sitting next to him, holding Matthew as he tried to comfort the teen, holding back tears of his own. Matthew continued to hold the fallen hair in his hands as he leaned into the man’s embrace. Alfred and his Papa appeared in the doorway, staying there for a moment until Matthew calmed down enough to speak clearly. With their help, they cleaned up the bed, tossing away the fallen hair.
Matthew went into the bathroom and finally let go of the strands of hair in his hands. He looked up, catching his reflection in the mirror and it made him pause. Too pale skin, dark circles underneath his eyes which were now red from crying and, now his hair was beginning to show it‘s thinness. Timidly, he reached up, grasping a handful and pulled. More strands came out but he just tosses them.
It was just hair, right?
When he gets better, it’ll all grow back. With that thought in mind, Matthew smiled slightly and exited the bathroom. It was about time he had a hair cut anyway.