Fic: Tears

[what_we_dream]

Title: Tears
Series: Hornblower (book-verse)
Pairing: None, or I suppose Hornblower/Maria...
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 3,000
Disclaimer: Don't own Hornblower or the characters.
Notes: Takes place after Hornblower and the Atropos.
Warnings: Deals with child death.

Summary: Tonight she has nothing left in the world but him, and he is not here. Bush is drawn into a family tragedy.

She needs to know he is safe to keep her splintering heart from shattering.