01 - Beginnings
Jun. 10th, 2008 11:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Follows Trust.
Most beginnings were just that: the start. The initial start. This wasn't like most beginnings. This was starting over, trying again, forgetting what had happened before to look forward to a life that wouldn't be without this new start.
It took a goddess to make them forget, to wipe the memory of the hurt Shar's action had caused, and the memory action itself. Shar couldn't live with himself knowing he'd hurt Connor, and Connor couldn't live knowing deep inside, he was afraid of his own husband.
There was a moment of hazy confusion following the instant of memory wipe when Connor and Shar looked at each other blankly, as if unsure of what had just happened. Then a smile lit the young bard's face, and he slipped his hand into Shar's, raising up on his toes to press a kiss against his lips.
As for as they both knew, Shar had simply been sent to the Demon Web Pits, made a deal with Lolth while under Szass Tam's spell, and was returned through the power of the rest of the party. Neither remembered Shar hurting Connor. And their goddess Eilistraee knew that was the only way they could ever be as happy as they deserved to be.