You woke up early and decided to go downstairs, since it would be to no use falling asleep again. You slipped into some slippers and wrapped a fuzzy blanket over yourself. You'd gone to bed early yesterday -before reset- therefore there wasn't any snow out. You decided to just quickly change that and headed to the front entrance. You would've just grabbed Miss Peregrines coat since yours was upstairs, but to your surprise her coat wasn't hanging on the rack.
"Hm..." you hummed but decided since you would be quickly in and out... or out and in. You could just go without coat. You opened the door, which again to your surprise, was unlocked. Miss Peregrine wasn't one to forget such things... oh well. You ran over to the tree, not without almost falling over the blanket covering you. You stood under the tree before closing your eyes and doing your thing. When opening your eyes again, you saw the once grass now being covered in snow. You smiled at the sight currently not caring, if it was freezing. You heard something in the snow behind you but when you turned you saw nothing.
"Hm. Maybe just a bird..." you said though it'd made you quite anxious.
"Partly." A voice said making you jump. You quickly turned only to see the beautiful Ymbryne standing right behind you. You let out a shriek before falling to the ground. Though you never hit the ground. Opening your eyes you saw Alma had caught you.
"I'm sorry darling I didn't mean to scare you." She said when bringing you up again.
"It's fine, don't worry about it" you said brushing yourself off.
"Why aren't you wearing a coat?!" She suddenly asked, her expression turning concerned.
"Oh well I'd planned on taking yours but it wasn't- Alma are you- you're bleeding!" You said voice growing louder for every time you cut yourself off.
"I-" she said while her hand flew to the spot bleeding. She knew it hurt, why the hell did she not do anything.
"Alma-" you started but cut yourself of with a sigh. You could ask her where she'd been later.
"Come here." You said taking her hand and dragging her inside. When looking back at her she almost looked ashamed. Her head was bowed and she only so reluctantly followed. Your concern grew at the sight, but you continued walking, eventually turning your head to look forward again. You brought her into the parlour and told her -strictly- to stay seated..!
"Here we go." You said when you had retrieved the cleaning solution, and the medical kit from the kitchen. You reached out to clean the wound but her head turned away. She looked sad. And she couldn't hide it. You knew she usually could with... a lot of things. So whatever happened must be something personal.
"Alma dear, look at me please. I don't want you to get an infection" you said softly, taking her chin with a soft grip and turning her head back to yourself so you could get the wound cleaned.
"I know, I'm sorry.." she said as tears filled her eyes. You could feel your heart slowly breaking as you started to wipe away the blood. As soon as you could see the wound you were relieved. It wasn't too deep, she just hadn't wiped away the blood, making it look much more serious. You could also see though, that it wasn't an accidental cut.
"Alma who did this?" You asked taking a seat beside her and wrapping her into a warm hug.
"I- ugh..." she groaned. She probably knew she had no interest in lying to you as you'd find out eventually.
"I had to settle a divorce. With my ex wife..." she said silently. Your eyes widened and you pulled out of the hug, placing your hands on her shoulders.
"Say what now?!" You practically yelled.
"She was quite abusive after a couple of years and i had to... well end things." She said silently. You picked her up surprising the woman. A lot. But you brought her to bed.
"Stay here. I'll tend to the children." You said.
"Get some sleep pretty bird." You said giving her a kiss on the lips. You left the room and got dressed, not even knowing, how glad the woman was that you had no judgement or wanted to end things with her.
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Christmas in the loop
FanfictionY/n had discovered a loop -of a dashing Ymbryne- at the age of 27 and had been living in the loop, ever since. She had the power to control weather which gave Alma Peregrine the idea to upkeep a 'normal year'. All four seasons and just recently it h...
