#linked universe angst

[mylove-iv]

❝goddesses, he wants you in some chaste, victorian way.❞

ʚ aged up, hw! link x fem! reader ɞ

synopsis: the hero of warriors catches glimpses of your skin and he’s entranced, lustfully so.

genres: romance.

rating: mature, 18+ (mdni).

reader specifications: reader is written dressed in a silk robe and slip dress, reader is also written to have long-ish hair and uses lip rouge, no pronouns are used but was written with a female reader in mind.

content warnings: suggestive, contains depictions of implied smut, bruising, and biting.

word count: 849 words.

author’s note: based and inspired by this post on pinterest! i’m slowly getting into writing linked universe (lu) members, so stay tuned for more!

―originally posted on @mydarling-iv, apr. 2, 2023

ʚ part i ɞ | ʚ masterlist ɞ

Warriors sighs, running a hand over his face in frustration because of high society's conformities and the annoying nobles. Fake smiles, poison-drenched words, and wavering loyalties amongst the nobility had always drained him.

But as he reaches your door, a smile can't help but tug on his lips, the exhaustion in his bones evaporating at the thought of spending time with you.

He forgoes knocking, knowing that you are in your quarters and won't mind his presence. His steps are quiet and the soft smell of jasmine your room is encompassed in hits his nose in an almost wanton and sensual way that reminds him of silk and rouge.

The very same silk draped against your smooth skin and the rouge he noticed you'd sometimes apply to your kissable lips.

Warriors ignores his straying thoughts as he reaches the archway that leads to your room, silken threads tangling and hanging from the arch and his breathing nearly halts at the sight before him.

Sitting atop a creamy white vanity stool, there you were, clothed only in a silken robe, soft and smooth legs on display for Warriors.

He had never seen you in such little clothing—skin exposed for his vivid cerulean eyes to feast on—forcing Warriors to lose himself to the burning inferno within his mind.

Goddesses, how he wishes he could embrace you with no barriers of clothing in between, feeling your heartbeat hammer against his chest in a raw, wanton way.

He longed to have your legs wrapped tightly around his waist, hips swaying in a sinful, lust-filled dance as he kisses and bites your saccharine lips so much your lips would blush as if you had freshly applied rouge. You'd sing sweet nothings and praises, whines and whimpers tumbling from your kiss-bitten lips from how good he'd make you feel-

Warriors' body starts to warm up, a blistering heat he could only recognize as desire flaring beneath his skin as his eyes follow and trace your every move.

Removing the hairpin that tucked your hair neatly, your h/c locks fall over your shoulders and down your back in soft waves. His hand twitches at the urge to thread his fingers through your hair before pulling gently, hoping to elicit a sound that would only feed the raging fire of want simmering within him.

Warriors closes his eyes as a means to keep the bubbling of his yearning from spilling over before he opens them once more. A grunt nearly tumbles from his lips as you gently and carefully slip your robe off your shoulders, movements slow and teasing.

You run a delicate hand through your locks before swiping your hair over your shoulder and he can't help but let out a barely audible groan tumble from his lips. It becomes apparent how much he desires you, his groan borderline sounding agonized at the sight of your bare back your silk slip dress presents to him.

The skin of your back looks so smooth and so soft and the need of bruising your hips and love handles with marks of his hands having a tight grip on the flesh of your waist becomes prevalent, growing stronger with every passing second.

The skin of your shoulders tempt him to dig his teeth into your sweet skin to leave hues of red and purple that'd stain your skin for weeks, letting the world know who you belonged to before he'd move his lips to your ear, whispering sweet nothings and the sinful things he'd do to you-

He silently groans at the rush of blood flowing through his body—goddesses was he screwed.

Just the mere sight of your bare legs and shoulders could get him going. Just a glimpse of bare skin from any part of your body can and will kill him.

You'll be the death of him. Warriors swallows thickly, eyes squeezing shut before a quiet sigh leaves his lips and he makes the decision to leave.

He turns and his body suddenly freezes, shuddering as you call out his name softly, your voice ever so soft and filled with an apparent wanton need that sent off a chain reaction within his body, want blooming into full-blown desire and lust.

It's silent and it feels like an eternity to Warriors before you murmur his name again, voice teasing and smooth as the obvious want dripping from your honeyed call of his name coaxes him into turning around.

Warriors' vivid cerulean eyes meet yours in the mirror sitting atop your vanity and his heart nearly stops, The fires of want and desire for you blazing strongly as your e/c look into his, mirroring the same carnal desire he's sure is apparent in his own eyes.

The air between you fills quickly with tension as you smile softly—teasing even—and it evokes a heated reaction from the man that he could no longer ignore and hold back.

Warriors’ legs bring him closer to you in long strides before you're encased in his strong arms, lips moving hurriedly against each other’s in desperation overflowing with a love-filled yearning and raw desire.

© 2024 𝐌𝐘𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄-𝐈𝐕. do not copy, repost, share, or translate any of my works to tumblr, social media, and any other websites/platforms.

#𝐢𝐯'𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.°♡༉‧₊ #legend of zelda: gallery of warriors ༉‧₊˚✧ #legend of zelda #hyrule warriors #loz #hw #legend of zelda link x reader #hyrule warriors link x reader #linked universe #linked universe x reader #lu #lu warriors #lu warriors x reader #warriors x reader #linked universe fluff #linked universe angst #link x reader #link x fem reader #reader insert

[aestrellation]

This probably makes no sense. As it is abrupt in it’s telling. I just wanted an excuse to draw angst, this has been in my doodles for a while but I don’t plan to mess with it anymore so I might as well post it.

I needed an outlet.

Next month will mark two years since my fathers death, often times I wish to give up my duty too.

I am tired, just as legend. But just as the portal opens to the unthinkable, he has yet to meet his brothers.

The horrors ahead aren’t to be faced alone any longer.

To truly understand love, is to understand grief. For grief is love without an outlet. That love you have nowhere to turn but the lost or dead, it’s cruel how many forms love retains.

Don’t lose yourself to your grief as I did. Don’t alienate yourself, open up to others, as legend did to ravio. Trust. You are not alone, you deserve love and happiness.

I believe in you.

#legend of zelda #loz #fanart #zelda fanart #link #lu legend #legend lu #ravio fanart #loz ravio #linked universe #doodlings #linked universe angst #angst #aestrellation art

[helianruby]

For the lovely and Talented @jumpstrike <3 

based on their fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43563750 

highly recommend you give it a read they are such an amazing writer AHH!!

#linked universe #linked universe time #digital art #digital painting #Fanart #art #linked universe angst #linkeduniverse twilight #I only draw twilight in distress lol #luwap

[silver-the-pendejo]

Distress Call 💦

“Link!!!!”

Wild had wake up at the sound of someone screaming his name, it had been happening a lot since a month ago, messing with his sleep schedule, making him volunteer himself for the night watches more frequently, just to delay as much as he can his sleep time, not wanting to go back to the nightmares that were waiting for him in his sleep.

Sitting in his place, he looked around to see if someone else was awake, sighing in relief when he noticed no one was awake, except Twilight probably, but knowing him, he was probably in his wolf checking the perimeter to be sure that they had no monsters nearby the camp.

He removed himself carefully from were his sleeping bag was, trying to not step on Sky, that was sleep at his side, once he was in a point of the camp where he was sure he was not going to step on any other member of the chain, he walked a little far from the camp, founding a tree that he could climb up and rest on one of the larger branches.

After he carefully change himself in his stealth set, he start to climb, making sure to not step in anything that could make noise and wake up the others or that could alert Twilight about him being awake, once he decide that he was high enough, he decide to sit in a branch that look strong enough to maintain him and to not break.

He decided to take out his sheikah slate from his belt, turning it on, deciding to open the map, since they were in his Hyrule it should work, when he opened it, he noticed something strange, the teleport symbols of the divine beasts where twitching and shining more than the teleport symbols, but something else caught his attention.

The moment where he decides to touch the teleport symbol of Ruta, instead of showing the message of “are you sure to teleport?” that Wild was acostume to see, a message showing the signals of a distress call entering the system of the slate, having no alternative, Wild decided to press the button to hear the distress call, hoping that it wouldn’t be too loud so it doesn't wake the others.

Once the distress call started, Wild almost let his slate fall from his grip. The sounds that were coming from it sounded a lot like Ruta, but not like the other time that Wild had heard her make a sound. This time she sounded sad, like she was lamenting something.

He decided to try with the other 3 divine beasts, just to check if they were also doing that sound.The others were also doing it, but Naboris and Medoh sound more angry than anything. Wild left his slate at his side, but not before noticing what day it was today. The anniversary of the return of Calamity Ganon. It made sense now, the reason why the divine beasts were sending the distress calls, sending reminders of the day the champions failed, a reminder of his failure 103 years ago.

Wild was so centered in the pain of the few people that had met the champions and were still alive, that he never noticed that the divine beast also lost their pilots, pilots who they had formed a connection with, that they also had to mourn them, so they repeat the same calls that the champions send that day, hopping from help that never came.

Feeling the knot that was forming in his throat, he returned the slate to his belt, shushing the calls for help, he hugged his knees, and started crying in silence, hoping to be done before the others woke up.

#linked universe #wild linked universe #linked universe angst #hurt/no comfort #angst #Lu Wild #Trowing more guilt on Wild #Cloud this is revenge for wanting to kill mecha

[veeiiiii-0-ween]

We were thinking of a fic idea or prompt

Welcome to Wonderland- by Anson Seabra

The chain has finally defeated dark link and they have set up camp for what they think is the last time. One of the chain starts to sing or they hear it from nowhere.

(The song just makes us feel things and we assume if you listen to it i. This context you will feel stuff too)

-And as they are all getting tired or as the song is ending

"Now, that I must leave with a heavy heart

Oh, Wonderland I love"

Everything goes black.

And

Legend wakes up from his dream.

#Its Koholint all over again #yeah just the thing of legend at the end of lu just waking up from it being a fucking d r e a m #is just so good #just very good concept #why does nobody write this prompt #is it bc its to angsty? #linked universe #linkeduniverse #linked universe prompt #linked universe angst #legend linked universe angst #lu legend angst #lu legend #yes #The Mind of Moss

[ovegakart]

twi and leg go on an adventure

#linked universe #lu twilight #lu legend #lu sky #you know i had to angst em

[tsukinoshinjiu]

Lee brainwashed me into his Braided Wars propaganda, and then it inspired a lovely fic snippet by Jack on the Discord (i so wish i could link it, it's such good angst) which then inspired me to draw the second one with the Mulan-esque angsty hair-cutting scene Jack wrote and honestly the inspiration rabbit hole just digs really deep here, it's funny xD

#my art #artwork #digital art #artists on tumblr #art #sketch #angst #linked universe #lu warriors #warriors linked universe #hyrule warriors #having a hard time with inspo lately #so interactions like these are just really heartwarming for me #gonna keep working on more rendered pieces though #they're just a lot more time consuming

[ultimatedirk]

'and i was so young when i behaved 25. yet now, i've found i've grown into a tall child.'

#legend of zelda #ocarina of time #linked universe #lu time #lu mask #oot #tloz #fanart #wow! even more time angst guys #wasted summer by juju also fits this piece #bro took body dysmorphia to a whole new level

[mischefous]

im so sorry if this sends twice tumblr has acted strange for me ;~; but for the whump request can we have Sky waking up from a prophetic nightmare? or super injured?(near death maybe?)

Don't worry Anon! I got your other one hehe. And thank you for the requesttt!💙 you have a splendid day!

HYLIA how many times have I drawn Warriors?! make it 5 times MWAHAHA! he felt like a good fit for this situation. As a Captain, he is well-equipped to handle this. Sky definitely needed that hug T3T

I didn't know how to describe crying i sowwy if it looks stoopid ahhhhh

#one of the boys finally gets a hug TwT #linked universe #linkeduniverse #lu #my art #art requests #hurt/comfort #angst #i wouldnt really call this whump #lu warriors #lu sky #lu fanart #dw warriors fans #theres more of him on the way XD #hero of warriors #hero of the sky

[snailtaco]

"Sun to Me" - Zach Bryan

#merry christmas #have some angst :) #silly times over here #great song btw #lu legend #link #hero of legend #loz #legend of zelda #linked universe #art #my art

[mylove-iv]

❝could have had it all.❞

ʚ aged up! twilight x fem! reader ɞ

synopsis: the ghost of his past always seems to loom over the hero of twilight's heart and he is forced to look it in its eye yet again. as retribution, he is offered another chance to prevent the untimely death of the ghost in his past that continues to haunt him: the ghost of you.

genres: angst, romance. | mentions an established relationship.

reader specifications: none, no pronouns are used but was written with a female reader in mind.

content warnings: spoilers for twilight princess! mentions of injuries (twilight being hit on head like the in-game event and bomb arrow explosions), time and dimension travel, and implied death.

word count: 1.6k words.

―originally posted on @mydarling-iv, jun. 26. 2023

ʚ masterlist ɞ

The barren and war-torn earth was a strong indication of whose Hyrule they were all thrown in. The Captain needn’t say a word to the rest of them before he’s ushering them away from the castle, which promptly raised a few eyebrows.

“The castle’s that way, Captain.” Legend teasingly murmurs, a smirk tugging his lips as he recalls of the freakishly obsessive women the said reincarnation encountered.

But before Warriors could retort, a gasp leaves some of the member’s lips as they’re suddenly thrown into another portal.

It’s odd this time. Instead of feeling ominous and dark, the gateway within the portal felt wide and open, the space within it constricting while stretching simultaneously.

They catch whispers of places far beyond, unfamiliar and familiar sights flash past members of the chain before it’s only a wisp of color and their feet suddenly touch on solid land.

Confused glances are exchanged as a feeling of deep, foreboding anxiety settles in the pit of Twilight’s gut, almost urging him to throw up his stomach’s contents as he takes in the familiar flora and fauna around the group.

He doesn’t register what the Captain had been saying before Wild elbows his arm softly, snapping him out of his trance before whispering, “You’ve been distracted.”

Twilight blinks at him before nodding, “Have I?” He mutters, tone sounding apologetic causing his successor to give him a small, lopsided grin before motioning his head to the Captain.

“The sands of time within my Hyrule billowed differently before..” He continues but it all clicks for them.

They weren’t only thrown into a different Hyrule, they also traveled back in time.

Those who dealt with the complexities of time inwardly grimaced. Yet Twilight is eerily quiet, the Captain’s words confirming his thoughts while also worsening his dread.

The ranchhand goes silent, an air of unease leaking into the space around him. His eyes reflect a skittish gleam as if anything could set him off anytime soon.

The time and memory of the forest made him anxious, almost mirroring the memory that haunts his dreams—the very last memory he holds of you.

Judging from where they stand, Twilight knows he’s near the scene of the incident—your death—and the realization makes him wince uncomfortably.

His skin tingles from the sun’s hot rays just like it had been years ago on this wretched day. Twilight bristles as his enhanced sense of hearing picks up on the familiar cries and roars of that cursed day.

A painful ache spreads throughout Twilight’s body as his mind wanders to you, and Goddesses, the painful memory intensifies the ache he feels. Sky takes notice of his odd, seemingly pained demeanor and moves his hand to place it on Twilight’s shoulder but it’s only met with air.

He bolts, weaving through the group from his spot at the very back before his silhouette starts to become a wisp of dark fur amongst the shrubbery.

“Twilight!” Sky shouts, starting to give chase after the said man. A split second hasn’t even passed before Twilight’s fellow brothers-in-arms follow his lead, confusion starting to fill their veins as their guards are raised and strengthened.

┊ ੈ✩‧₊*°࿐ྂ。

It’s odd, the forest is quiet. Birds no longer sang nor trees danced with the wind’s embrace and the wild, erratic beat of his heart is the only sound that fills Twilight’s ears.

His mind drifts to you and an all too familiar ache starts to grow in his chest, one that he’s tried to ignore but is always incessantly lingering.

His childhood best friend, who smiled at everything he’d say regardless of how dumb it was, the very best friend whom he had developed a strong love for and gradually transformed into his childhood lover accompanying him from their halcyon days of their youth to their late teens.

Twilight’s body aches as he reaches the clearing before the bridge and he’s taken to the day you were taken from him.

Hours before he was transformed into a beast of twilight, his village had been attacked by armed bulbins who wracked up a storm of chaos before closing in on the spirit residing in Ordon Spring, effectively throwing the area at the mercy of the twilight that befell upon it.

It was only when you both came back from the woods, hand in hand with Twilight as love-struck grins dotted your faces, that you crossed paths with the bulbins riding atop a giant wild boar, one having an explosive arrow readily nocked.

Twilight had pushed you behind him but the beasts were faster as they took advantage of Epona bolting due to the sudden panic. Being separated by mere meters, he had felt a painful pressure against the back of his head as the world around Twilight became a muddled canvas of colors bleeding into each other.

But before the world had gone dark, an explosion of yellow and red rips out before his eyes. He electric blue orbs catch onto your figure flying backwards, being blown over and into the ravine by the explosion, a scream ripping itself from your throat as you fell.

He now experiences the whole ordeal over again, only now conscious and fully prepared. But time was unkind and mercilessly slipped through his fingers quickly like fine sand. 

He was late by a few minutes and as punishment, Twilight is forced to relive the very moment that kills him inside.

Twilight sees the same bulblin swing its club at his younger self but ignores it as his body carries him farther. He hears the Captain’s shouts of him to come back and regroup as his brothers quickly tear down the foes, but it’s all muffled and drowned out to the Hero of Twilight as his eyes latch onto you.

Confusion filled murmurs reach his sharp ears but he pains no mind, choosing to keep his pale blue eyes steadily fixated on you.

You’re the only thing Twilight could focus on.

But it’s too late.

The very same flurry of red and yellow flashes before his eyes and your pained scream deafens his ears, the heat from the explosion hot against his skin yet why does he burn when your eyes meet his so briefly?

You’re free falling to your death, the very same death he’s lived through and haunts him when the moon rises.

He had lost you before and he might lose you once more.

Hands shifting with the grapple connected to his arm guard, Twilight picks up the pace before he throws himself over the cliff.

The roar of the wind running past his ears deafens Time’s shout and the screams of worry from his fellow warriors of courage, but none of that mattered to him.

Twilight’s focus was solely on you.

And as the wind runs past him, he’s ripped from reality as his thoughts envelope him in a bitter embrace.

He wanted it all—everything related to you; a future together, a simple and safe life together.

Was it such a greedy wish of his?

Mercifully, time seems to slow and his heart breaks at the tears flying from your eyes as your limbs flail wildly against the wind rushing past you.

A flurry of thoughts rushes through his head once more yet one stands out from the rest: what were you thinking of as you fell? 

Did you ever hope he’d come save you? Were you disappointed when you realized he wasn’t coming? Did you ever wish you had never met him? 

The last thought is haunting, pain and anxiety prickling at him as he realized that it was he who insisted for you to come with him on that fateful day.

Twilight’s mind blanks as his fingers brush against yours and the contact alone sends bolts of electricity running atop his skin and all over his body.

It’s a familiar feeling Twilight had been yearning to feel again.

Your eyes snap open, riddled with unshed tears as they blearily focus on his blue seafoam colored eyes.

The eye contact ignites a fire in his heart and Twilight allows himself to finally admit that he misses staring into your eyes which twinkled with delight and love whenever they would meet his.

It’s a familiar occurrence that Twilight repeatedly wished for to happen again.

Twilight’s left arm wraps itself around your waist, pulling your body flush against his causing his heart to bloom at the contact and it sets off a chain reaction.

He catches a faint whiff of your scent and it throws him into the heartwarming memories of your halcyon days filled with obvious pining and poorly hidden love-struck gazes.

It’s a familiar scent that sends him reeling into memories of him placing soft kisses atop your head, interlacing your hands that always seemed to send sparks flying down his spine, and embracing you whenever he’d catch you after a game of tag with the younger village children.

Those memories—the scars of your love—left him breathless as he so badly wished for things to have happened differently.

Twilight had lost you before.

He’ll be damned if he did again. 

Liftings his right arm, Twilight fires the hook before he tightens his grip around your waist.

A grunt tumbles from his lips as the grapple harshly tugs you both, finally latching onto something solid and only does he lower his guard slightly.

His heart stutters before a phantom pain fills his chest as you tightly wrap your arms around his neck, face buried securely in the juncture of his neck.

The smallest of touches causes tremors of lightning to dance on Twilight’s skin and when your eyes meet his, the eye contact alone lights his heart ablaze. 

Despite the adrenaline coursing through his veins and the shocking effect you've always held over him, the ever so comforting smell of you leaves him relaxed.

Experiencing the things Twilight has repeatedly yearned for felt like a dream and now that you’re in his embrace, alive, deepens the scars of your love forever etched into his heart and the very being of his soul.

Twilight couldn’t help but feel that he could have had it all.

© 2024 𝐌𝐘𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄-𝐈𝐕. do not copy, repost, share, or translate any of my works to tumblr, social media, and any other websites/platforms.

#𝐢𝐯'𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.°♡༉‧₊ #legend of zelda: gallery of twilight ༉‧₊˚✧ #legend of zelda #linked universe #twilight princess #loz #tp #lu #legend of zelda link x reader #twilight princess link x reader #linked universe twilight x reader #lu twilight x reader #tp link x reader #lu twilight #linked universe twilight #twilight x reader #twilight x fem reader #linked universe x reader #lu x reader #link x reader #lu angst #linked universe angst #reader insert #twilight angst #lu twilight angst

[nell0-0]

AHHHH! He lost his EYE in the war! AHHHH!

I am perfectly normal about your last comic. I swear. Very normal. Just...not at all sobbing and emotional over it. You should know that. Definitely. ;_;

It's so good and so sad!

Yep ;u;

Glad you liked it tho!

Take the broken mask drawing as symbolism (?). A piece of him is now forever a part of Mask, and there's no taking that back.

There are many protrayals of Fierce Deity out there, but I like to think he ain't necessarily mean (quite the contrary), just a bit out of touch with how hylians work and feel. Fierce Deity deemed some things necessary for Mask's survival and well being, and not necessarily all of them were free of consequences. It was done with good intentions tho. If only he bothered to explain/tell Mask that...

Tormenting Twilight a bit is fun sometimes too ksksks

> Context about the ask HERE

> Twili Twilight looks HERE

> Continuation of this HERE

#linked universe #lu mask #oot link #mm link #lu twilight #tp link #wolf link #twili link #twili twilight #post lu #pre lu #time travel shenanigans #tloz #tloz fanart #angst #I guess I should tag that #tw: blood #tw: eye injury #tw: childhood trauma #bc boy is Mask traumatised #Twilight too I guess oop- #asks #my art #I was an Obito (Naruto) fan and it shows lmfao #I wasn't sure about the second drawing because it's not my usual stuff but why not. giving them heroes trauma #if the goddesses + Hylia + Demise can #then so can I #sorry #my poor boy #febuwhump may be over but the angst sure ain't

[linderosse]

Based on a scene from Ch2 of The Secrets We Keep.

(Note: This takes place in the same universe as Wielders of Wisdom. Certain characters’ arcs are intertwined, but you should be able to read one without reading the other.)

#linked universe #lu legend #lu warriors #loz marin #fanart #lin draws #I drew this so long ago #almost a year maybe #comic practice #hope u enjoy #same universe as wielders of wisdom #but you can read one without the other #angst #lu the secrets we keep #lu wielders of wisdom #the secrets we keep #wielders of wisdom

[la-sera]

I humbly request you draw Wind angst. I don't see my boy getting beat up enough

As you wish, Master.

Sorry, it took me 2 days to draw Wind because I don't know his character yet. Hope you like.

#linked universe #link #zelda #lu fanart #legend of zelda #lu wind #lu warriors #angst

[yuhlmaooo]

funny haha man

he's (me) going thru it

#legend not wanting to apologize to a squirrel is a reference to me headcanoning his voice to be like percy jackson in the musical #linked universe #lu legend #everytime i draw him his design changes frfr #me when im in a legend angst competition and my opponent is ang huling el bimbo

[gintrinsic-writing]

Twilight’s eyes were wide with distress. He opened his mouth twice before speaking. “Is that another Link?”

The child on the beach coughed and spluttered, buffeted by the tide. Their small hands sunk into the waterlogged sand before they managed to crawl toward the nearest palm tree. A fairy hovered nearby, its aura dim with unease.

“That’s… me,” Time croaked. In his satchel, he felt the pulse of the Zora Mask—an eddy, salt-rich and so, so mournful. There was a similar feeling from the child on the beach. “I don’t know how, but that’s me.”

Warriors took a deep breath as if to speak. Haltingly, he began, “He looks like you. As I remember you, I mean.”

“What do you mean, remember?” Sky asked. “You knew each other before?”

“Not exactly,” Warriors answered when Time could not. The child on the beach began to sob.

“Why are we just standing here?” Wild asked quietly, his feet rooted all the same. “We should be helping him. We should, right?”

Anxiously, Time reached for his ocarina. The color was faded after so many years. “I don’t… I don’t think we can.”

“Why not?” Legend asked, grief and kindness poorly hidden beneath a scowl. “He’s hurt. He’s hurting. You’re…” He cleared his throat. “You’re just a baby.”

The child on the beach struggled to pull himself together. He covered his head with his arms and asked ‘why’. The Oceanside Spider House lay like a tomb ahead of him.

“This is the third day,” Time told them hollowly. His stomach rolled and rolled and rolled. He fought the urge to double over. “We can’t interfere.”

Wind glanced between child and adult. “But what if—”

“We can’t,” Time said again, searching the sky for that haunting grimace. The ground rumbled tellingly. “People will die. It has to happen this way.”

A portal opened behind them, promising a new world. “This is cruel,” Warriors muttered, more furious than any of the others had ever seen him. “There’s no point to this but cruelty.”

In the end, the nine heroes left Termina without truly entering it—tourists to what had happened during some brief moment in time within time within… time. They glimpsed a broken child and left him to his fate.

The child did not notice. He panicked, then he carried on.

#ayooooo who wants ANGST #lol my favorite hero time sorry chump #linked universe #lu fic #lu time #majora's mask #gintrinsic writing