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It's Quiet (Edgeworth x Depressed! Reader)

It's Quiet (Edgeworth x Depressed! Reader)

Requested by Offical-Lucy

A/N: In this chapter, topics such as miscarrying, depression, etc, will be covered. If this may trigger you, please don't read this chapter.

Your Pov:

I laid in bed, staring at the wall. Miles sat in a chair in front of the bed, trying to talk to me. I ignored him. I didn't want to eat. I couldn't sleep. The guilt and depression was eating away at me. How could Miles still stay with me like this? I had lost my baby two weeks ago and I still haven't recovered. I know that Miles is trying to stay strong for me, but I can see that he feels how I feel all the same. Miles stood and left the room. Then, I felt the tears run down my face.

There are moments that the words don't reach. There is suffering too terrible to name. You hold yourself as tight as you can. And push away the unimaginable. The moments when you're in so deep. It feels easier to just swim down...

I cried in silence like I've done so many days before. The tears subsided and I laid there in silence. I laid flat on my back and put my hands over my stomach. What once used to be plump and round, was now flat and thin.

The Edgeworths move uptown

And learn to live with the unimaginable

I curled up and then, I heard Miles voice. He was on the phone with who I'd assumed was Franziska. He spoke, "I spend hours in the garden. I walk alone to the store. And it's quiet uptown. I never liked the quiet before. I take myself to church on Sunday. A sign of the cross at the door. And I pray. That never used to happen before." I could hear the sadness in his tone. Then, I heard him hang up the phone. Suddenly, he began to sob. Softly, almost silently. He started talking through his sobs, "You would like it uptown, it's quiet uptown. You knock me out, I fall apart..."

The sobs stopped and footsteps came towards the bedroom. The door opened and Miles sat in the chair again. He spoke to me, "Look at where we are. Look at where we started. I know I don't deserve you, (Y/n). But hear me out. That would be enough." I stayed silent as he continued, "If I could spare his life. If I could trade his life for mine. He'd be standing here right now. And you would smile, and that would be enough. I don't pretend to know the challenges we're facing. I know there's no replacing what we've lost and you need time..." I let his words echo in my head. Would that really make me any happier? No.

He continued despite my silence, "But I'm not afraid. I know who I married. Just let me stay here by your side. That would be enough." It was then that I sat up in the bed. Miles looked up at me in shock. I slowly got up and got dressed. I brushed my hair and turned towards Miles. He gently led me outside. We walked in silence. The people we passed looked at us sadly as they mumbled to themselves, "If you see him in the street, walking by her side...Talking by her side, have pity." Miles brought me into a park, "(Y/n), do you like it uptown? It's quiet uptown." He looked at me, "Look around, look around, (Y/n)!" An older couple looked at us with pity, "They are trying to do the unimaginable."

A few hours later, we were in the backyard, looking at the garden. I felt lighter and brighter. The pain was still there, but I tried to look past it as I leaned into Miles. He looked at me.

There are moments that the words don't reach. There is a grace too powerful to name. We push away what we can never understand. We push away the unimaginable. They are standing in the garden. Miles by (Y/n)'s side. She takes his hand...

I grabbed Miles hand and looked up at him, "It's quiet uptown..." He looked at me in shock. I hadn't spoken a word since those two weeks ago. He picked me up by my waist and spun me around before putting me back down. We hugged each other in the peaceful and silent garden.

They are going through the unimaginable...