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Edmund x Reader - Meant To Be

hello bby!! can I request an edmund x reader in which they fall in love with each other in narnia but both think it's unrequited? the pevensies come back to england and ed doesn't know that reader also isn't from narnia, so he's really relieved when one day they both meet by accident on the streets or something like that?? I don't want to sound demanding, so sorry if I did :(( I love your writing, have a nice day, love!!

After another failed date you were certain you would never be able to fill the gaping hole in your chest. You had lived lifetimes that no one would ever be able to understand. You were wise beyond your years because you had already lived your future but fate had been wicked and you had been taken back to your civilian life. Every single day your heart ached for your true home, Narnia.

Yet, it was more like your heart had been left behind in Narnia and now you were only a shell with a hollow cavern for a chest. Existing and pretending it was living. You loved your parents and your friends, that couldn’t be denied but you had found love in Narnia that rivaled anything you could ever possibly feel again.

Edmund Pevensie was the being that held your heart in his hand and you hadn’t asked him for it back before you were back- in the past or future you couldn’t say-your parents calling your name and rousing you from sleep to get you ready for school. You walked down the streets, the England skies dark and clouded, the wind picking up a piece of discarded trash and discarding at across the busy town.

It was hard during times like these to keep your emotions in check. You didn’t feel right in England, you didn’t feel right knowing you were but a child again, all of the meaningful years you had spent as a guard for the Queens and Kings of Narnia gone. Did the Pevensies miss you? Did Edmund miss you? Your greatest regret was not telling him how you felt when you had the chance. He had grown into a wonderful man and king and you had loved him every step of the way. You were his best friend and he yours. But you were never to see him again it seemed. You sniffled and sat heavy on a bench as you waited for the train to pull into the station.

Edmund scowled as he walked two steps behind his siblings. It had been his constant expression since he had arrived back in England. This wasn’t where he was suppose to be, where any of them were supposed to be. They ought to be back at Narnia, ruling their kingdom with the skills they had fought hard to earn. He was a soldier and a statistician, not to mention a king. He was no student. Edmund Pevensie was a Narnian and that couldn’t be taken from him.

Nothing had been right since coming back. He had gone from being a man, grown and intelligent, having faced all sorts of wonders and horrors to going back to being a boy who couldn’t get an ounce of respect from the kids around him who didn’t know what it meant to have a kingdom on their shoulders. Edmund couldn’t say he had been alone in his endeavors, he had learned how to be a man from his brother. He had learned to cope properly with loss from Lucy, and admittedly Susan had taught him the manners he had lacked.

You however had taught him the thing that had strengthened him and kept him from collapsing under his own self doubts. You taught him how to love with every ounce of his heart. You were his rock back in Narnia. His heart ached. Did you miss him? You must think he was dead, but did you care? Edmund knew you would, you were his closest friend, but that’s all he was and you would inevitably move on and learn to be okay with his absence.

Edmund couldn’t say the same. He didn’t feel whole anymore and he knew it was because he couldn’t remember the sound of your laugh or whether your left or right eye twitched when you were annoyed. It was little things that he was loosing hold on that made him feel like he was loosing his reality.

Edmund was thrown from his thoughts as his little sister had stopped abruptly in front of him. If it wasn’t for him reaching out and grabbing her shoulders she would have toppled over from him running into her. “Lucy what was that about?” He scolded as he narrowed his eyes at her but she looked as if she’d seen a ghost. Edmund looked to Susan and Peter, hoping they would shed some light on the absurdity yet they were frozen on the spot as well, small but hesitant smiles on their lips.

“Come on guys, what gives?” He begged for information, growing irritated, something he hadn’t quite mastered.

“It’s her isn’t it?” Lucy asked, looking at Susan as his older sister nodded slowly.

“Well it has to be, doesn’t it?” Susan said, voice nearly a whisper.

“But how?” Peter asked. “I suppose it makes sense we weren’t the only ones but she never said anything-”

“Neither did we,” Lucy butt in.

“Excuse me, I’m still here!” Edmund demanded the attention of his siblings but his outburst drew in more than just their eyes.

It must be a dream, you told yourself as your head snapped to the gang of teens you loved so dearly. You had heard someone holler, a voice that had been familiar years ago in Narnia, when he had just been a boy and you just a little girl. You supposed you were those children again but you had never thought you would hear his voice again, let alone see him.

You weren’t sure what to do as Peter and Susan looked at you with odd expressions and Lucy helped Edmund relax from his sudden outburst, pointing him towards you. His already fair skin paled impossibly more and his knees quivered imperceptibly. He felt shaken to the core.

The both of you seemed at a loss as you were glued to the spot, the bench underneath you feeling as if it would give way any moment as your world was flipped upside down. Edmund had one leg in front of him but he paused, hands in tight fists that turned his knuckles white. “This isn’t real,” He choked out as you stood on legs that felt like jelly, taking one step forward.

“It can’t be him,” Your lip quivered as he mimicked you, legs carrying him at a snail’s pace. The realization snapped within both of you in the same instant, tears welling in your eyes as he broke into a special grin that was reserved for you and you alone. You sprinted through the throngs of people trying to get to past you. Edmund nearly stumbled as his legs were suddenly tugging him forward, taking long strides as he made his way to you.

“Ed!” You explained as you got closer, the hope in your chest now swelling as tears welled in your eyes.

Edmund reached you first, arms encircling your waist as he lifted you up, spinning you in delight. “God, Y/N, how is this possible?” He laughed in disbelief as you clung to him.

Your hands were in his hair, his soft curls held no resistance as you explored him with your touch. “I-” You started but were at a loss for words as he set you down and you cupped his freckled cheeks in your hands. He was so young and beautiful and you felt like you had been thrown back to Narnia, a stubborn and scared King unsure of how to rule a kingdom. Yet in his eyes was the look of a man who had grown and learned how to be his very best.

You stared at each other as people moved around you, sparing questioning glances as Peter, Susan and Lucy were pushing their way through the traveling people.

Edmund couldn’t see anyone but you as you held him as tenderly as he held you. The wonderment in your eyes had him choked up and he stroked your cheek. He pressed his lips against yours, not having the words to convey what he needed to. “I’m sorry I-” He pulled away, embarrassed. I missed you, I love you, I meant to tell you but then I was gone. I thought I’d never see you again.

You shook your head, kissing the corner of his mouth as your chest rose and fell against his. “No, I know,” I’m not myself without you, I love you too.

Peter’s voice shattered the moment but Edmund grasped your hand as his siblings pulled you into hugs. He wasn’t ready to let go of you yet. “Our best soldier,” Peter had greeted you and you squeezed Edmund’s hand that held yours so tight it was like he was scared you were still only a figment of his imagination.

You had to suppress the urge to bow to the people you respected endlessly. “My kings, my queens, I’ve missed you all,” You said in a low voice, just for the five of you. You had all missed the train, people now cleared out as you all sat on a bench, waiting for the next one to come in.

“We’ve missed you too!” Lucy said cheerfully as her legs swung beneath her. “Edmund probably thinks he missed you most though,”

“I think it’s safe to say you missed him most too,” Susan teased referring to your still intertwined fingers. “You both should talk, we’ll give you a moment,” Susan added, giving Peter and Lucy pointed looks as they got up and gave you some space.

“Lucy’s right, I don’t care what they say, I missed you more than anything,” Edmund declared without a hint of doubt in his voice. He brought your knuckles to his lips as he had done a thousand times before and just as before your heart skipped a beat.

“I was so worried that you were in Narnia, not knowing what happened to me, or fearing I abandoned you,” You admitted, the guilt you had carried with you starting to fade.

“I feared the same, if I had known I would have said goodbye... Most importantly, I would have told you how I felt,” Edmund blushed, his shyness was something he could never truly leave behind.

“I would have told you I felt the same,” You said, voice watery as you teared up again, brushing your lips against his once more as he sighed into your mouth.

“It’s a miracle that we are both here,” You added as you sniffled, trying to make your tears vanish. You were far too happy and it was having you bursting at the seams.

“I don’t think it’s a miracle,” Edmund said honestly as he tenderly tucked a strand of hair behind your ear. “I think we are meant to be here, right now, together. I think we’re meant to be,”

“They should have called you King Edmund the Romantic,” You teased as he kissed you again, hardly believing you were here but having just a difficult time processing that you felt the same.

“Only for you,” He said quickly, “Just you, for as long as I live,” Edmund knew it was bold, you were still so young but you had grown together in another lifetime and he had no fear anymore. It was clear you felt the same as you agreed.

“I love you,” You finally spoke aloud, relishing in the way Edmund’s eyes lit up, your free hand was pressed against his chest and you felt the way his heart picked up it’s pace.

“Lovebirds! The train is here!” Peter called and Edmund growled.

“I’m gonna kill him,”

“As much as I hate being interrupted as well, he’s right, we can’t miss another train. We can talk on the ride,” You assured as Edmund nodded, following you as you guided him to the train.

Just earlier everything had seemed so... hopeless. Yet here you were, Edmund and his siblings surrounding you as you all sat together and talked of better times, times that had been and times that would have yet to pass.

Edmund leaned over his seat and kissed your temple as Susan told another story.

You were both finally whole.

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