TDIR: Eyes Open

[edenbound]

Fandom: The Dark Is Rising
Pairing: Will/Bran
Warnings: None
Rating: G
Summary: Owen knows. For 5sentence_fics.


Owen watches them climbing up the slope away from the house. He doesn't understand, really, what binds them two together, but he understands that Will drives the wild hopeless loneliness from Bran and makes him laugh, makes him smile, makes him come alive like Pinocchio from wood. And that, he finds, he can't really disapprove of, even if he's seen them playing, rolling in the grass, and then kissing with their eyes open and smiling, the sun shining down on them.

He finds that the cold of the church as he steps in no longer feels so welcoming, because he knows that his Bran is looked on with more than fear, now. He finds that sometimes he wishes he'd played more, up on those hills and slopes and mountains that Bran and Will have made their own.

Comments

[spiderstars.livejournal.com]

I love this. Owen is so wonderfully characterized. You can tell he's not entirely okay with Will and Bran together, but at the same time he doesn't fall into the stereotypical homophobic parent cliche.

Also, the imagery in this? Total love.

and then kissing with their eyes open and smiling, the sun shining down on them <-- this especially.

[edenbound.livejournal.com]

I find it reeaaaally hard to believe when I've read stuff where Owen was totally against it and threw Bran out. I much prefer seeing him conflicted about it (and at best, supportive). :D