𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 ✦ 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁

𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀

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She wasn't aware of when exactly she had done before she black out. The last thing she did remember though was someone gently telling her to rest up for a little bit.

She had slipped into unconsciousness after that only for her peaceful rest to be interrupted by a dream. Well, a memory.

It was one she would rather not remember. Now that she had, she had nobody to direct her anger towards.

"Ah... Dragonspine is beautiful, isn't it? When was the last time I was here, hm?"

A woman was curled up in a cave by a torch, smiling gently. She was bundled up in a large blanket so that only her face was visible, the face of her two year old daughter peeking out beneath hers.

"You don't seem to like it very much though." Eira chuckled, "Don't worry, when we get to Mondstadt, you'll never have to worry about the cold ever again! I'll get a nice and job and I'll take care of us!"

The young y/n tilted her head up, e/c eyes round and the woman gave her a grin.

"Your Mom is the strongest person in the world! She'll always protect you, one way or another, heheh!" the woman exclaimed.

"Ah..." the little girl breathed, eyes sparkling and giggled when her mother nuzzled her forehead with a cold nose.

"Come on, we should get going. The quicker we get out of Dragonspine and to Mondstadt, the farther from the Fatui we'll be!" the woman chimed, standing up.

She bundled the little girl up in the blanket and left the cave emerging once more into the harsh cold of Dragonspine.

•••

"Hm?" the Fintan's eyebrows raised when he noticed slight movement from the h/c haired girl as she shifted on the couch.

He recognized the expression on her face, brows knitted closely together and a frown upon her face. Somehow that frown still managed to look fearful.

Fintan had seen it plenty of times when y/n was still just a baby. Even after all these years, he still knew the facial expressions.

The man walked over and crouched beside the couch, taking her right hand and observing it. It was still cold but at least it wasn't pale and covered in ice anymore.

'Ice from a delusion is a pain to get rid of, especially this one.' Fintan thought to himself, gaze moving towards the delusion resting on the table. The delusion that had once belonged to the woman he had loved dearly.

Now, this emotional train wreck had it in her possession and it damn near killed her the previous day. Had Fintan not jumped in and knocked her out, it wouldn't have just been her right arm and shoulder that were encased an ice.

The girl would've turned into a human popsicle, which definitely would've been bad.

It took a while but Fintan managed to melt the ice before it could do any real damage to the girl. All that the girl needed to do now was get some rest.

Y/n whimpered something in her sleep, reaching for Fintan's hand. He blinked then held her right hand in both of his. He remembered when her s/c hand could barely hold his pointer finger and how it used to be free of scars.

His daughter truly had grown a lot. She looked so much like her mother that Fintan had initially mistaken her for the deceased woman. Perhaps it was desperation. Maybe it was the grief that never really went away. Who knows.

Fintan let out a small sigh, averting his eyes when the girl rolled over and pressed his hand to her forehead. Despite growing, y/n hadn't changed much.

He pulled away gently and left his home to go check on his garden. The man lived rather close to Wolvendom but never had trouble with wolves.

He figured the h/c haired girl would panic upon waking up but he was ready for whatever was going to happen.

His main goal was to make sure that y/n was cared for until he was sure that she would be able to take care of herself again. As soon as she was better, she would leave and live her life.

Fintan sighed heavily, "Reckless."

But for now, the snot-nosed brat was his responsibility to take care of.