Right by your side || The Chronicles of Narnia

The apple

"Ed?" Peter asked, his voice nothing more than a whisper.
Edmund seemed to freeze completely at hearing Peter's voice, and his eyes instantly filled with tears.
Peter frowned slightly. "Edmund?" He asked - after sneezing.
Edmund's eyes squeezed shut for a moment before he turned to face his older brother. "Pete?" He choked.
His voice was so quiet that Peter almost didn't hear him - almost. "Hey." He whispered in reply, coughing a little before smiling down at him.
Edmund did nothing but stare at Peter for a long while, obviously trying to figure out where he was, and Peter was starting to worry, that is until Edmund launched himself into his arms.
"You're okay." He sobbed, burying his face against Peter's chest.
Peter was rather shocked, and had to quickly bite back a hiss of pain as Edmund's arms tightened around his waist. After recovering slightly Peter hugged him back, placing a kiss to the side of his head. "Course I am." He whispered gently.
Edmund continued to sob into Peter's tunic, holding onto his brother with as much strength as he could. "I'm so sorry." He choked. "It was all my fault. You never should've gone. I'm so sorry."
"Hey shh." Peter whispered quickly. "It wasn't your fault Ed. I chose to go. Me."
Edmund didn't reply to him but just shook his head, continuing to cry.
Peter sighed and reached for the apple on the bedside table, thinking that Edmund needed to eat it, and now.
He was just about to grab it when Edmund went still in his arms, his crying stopped as he completely seized up. "Ed?" He questioned, sounding worried.
When Edmund didn't respond Peter looked down at him, and his eyes went wide.
Edmund was staring up at him, eyes and mouth wide open. Peter could tell just by the look in his brothers eyes that he was asking for help, and two seconds later Peter realised why.
Edmund couldn't breathe.
Realising that Edmund crying probably had something to do with it, he swore under his breath, he should've tried harder to calm him down!
Swallowing hard Peter sat Edmund up straight and placed him in his lap, pressing his back to his chest. "Come on Ed." Peter whispered, feeling the sweat on his forehead and willing himself not to throw up. "Breathe with me. Come on."
Peter stared down at Edmund as his eyes went even wider, his back arching in an attempt to breath.
"Come on Eddy." Peter choked, taking deep breaths and trying to get his brother to do the same. After a couple more seconds Peter sighed a little and pushed Edmund forward, rubbing his hand up and down his back and giving it the occasional pat.
"Breathe Edmund." He said, his voice shaking. "Come on!"
He continued shouting at Edmund, in the end pulling him back against his chest and wrapping his arms around his shoulders. "Just breathe."
Two seconds later the door flew open and Susan burst in, Lucy following. They were both in their dressing gowns and looked completely startled.
"Peter why are you shouting like-" Susan trailed off when she saw Edmund, and the horrified look on Peter's face. "Oh no." She muttered. "Not again." And with that she ran across the room, Lucy following quickly behind her.
"Please Ed." Peter said, panicking at seeing how red Edmund's face had gone. "Come on. You can do it."
Edmund shook his head, his eyes as wide as they could go.
Peter's heart skipped a beat. "Don't you dare." He choked. "Don't you dare give up. Breathe. You breathe right now!"
"Peter!" Susan said quickly, realising that Peter was panicking... and big time.
Peter sighed, tightening his grip around his brother and taking deep breaths. "Copy me Ed." He whispered in his ear. "Don't give up."
"Susan." Lucy choked, reaching out to grip her sisters arm.
"It'll be alright Lu." Susan choked, tears in her eyes.
"Ed I know you can do this." Peter mumbled. "Breathe."
"He managed to last time." Susan said as confidently as she could.
Peter gave her a wary glance before going back to taking deep breaths. "Breathe Ed. In and out. Come on." He choked.
His eyes filled with tears when he saw a trickle of blood run down Edmund's chin, and this time Peter's breathing wasn't heavy on purpose. "Please Ed." He sobbed. "You can't do this, just breathe. Please Eddy, please."
Edmund heard the panick in his brothers voice, and nodded slightly, even though he was sure none of his siblings saw. He would do this... for Peter.
Peter continued sobbing into Edmund's shoulder, until Edmund took as deep a breath as he possibly could.
Peter's heart skipped a beat as Edmund started gasping for air. "Yes." He choked. "That's it, there you go."
After a long while Edmund's breathing sort of returned to normal and he collapsed against Peter, tears streaming down his cheeks as he wiped the blood from his mouth.
Peter breathed a sigh of relief and pulled Edmund close, immediately looking up at Susan. "Get me the apple." He said quickly and quietly.
Susan nodded and jumped from the bed, grabbing the apple and handing it to Peter.
"Ed?" Peter asked gently, bringing the apple to his brothers lips. "Here Ed."
Edmund let out a sob and turned his head away, his throat burning.
"Ed please, come on." Peter choked. "You have to eat it."
Edmund let out another choked sob but opened his mouth, slowly and weakly biting into the apple.
Peter watched him as he chewed slowly, before trying to swallow... trying.
"Come on Ed." Peter whispered. "Come on. I know it hurts, I know. But you have to. Please."
Edmund glanced at his sisters, who both looked as though they were about to burst into tears. As soon as he heard the desperation in Peter's voice he managed to swallow the mouthful, wincing as it practically scratched down his throat.
"That's it." Peter murmered. "And again."
This continued for the next maybe ten minutes, until Edmund managed to finish the apple.
Peter threw the core aside and stared down at Edmund, hope in his eyes.
Edmund soon relaxed against his brother, his tears slowly stopping as he rested his head against Peter's chest, maybe even smiling slightly.
Peter breathed a sigh of pure relief, it had worked.
It was quiet clear though, as Edmund took a deep, shaky breath, that it was gonna take a while for him to recover, but that didn't matter.
Edmund had eaten the apple, and he was safe.

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