Twisted Ties that Bind [Henry x Reader]

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Oh no

You ran through the halls with Julia trailing behind you to try and go stop her brother and Henry from making a big mistake. Not Seliph, her half brother, but Julius. The two red mages were talking. You know, because Henry needed to make friends and Julie knows how her brother is antisocial and probably needs another dark mage who is friendly and approachable to talk to. Big mistake. Horrible mistake. Now they have to stop everything from going to hell. You had Arvis, Deirdre, Saias, Sigurd, and Seliph all along with you and Julia. They've managed to become one big family so yeah. Don't ask how because it was complicated getting Arvis and Sigurd to make up after the first half of the Holy War.

You made a sharp turn, hanging onto the corner of the wall so you don't fall and break an ankle, and keep sprinting towards where Est said she saw the two about to fight. A flash or orange light could be seen. Fire. Julius. Yep, you're definitely going in the right direction. With the family and then some of Julius following you, you managed to get into the room to see the two mages beaten up and throwing magic at eachother with no technique. The room was ablaze and an ominous purple mist shrouded Henry. His eyes were open and glowing bright red to match the fire, his tome emitting the purple aura. 

Julius sent another pillar of fire at Henry, which he stepped back from gracefully and launched a spell of whatever magical tome he had at Julius. It took the form of claws extending out to reach for Julius. With his super high res stat you built for him, he spun around two to dodge and literally punched one of them away. Before he could throw yet another one at Henry, Julia jumped in and held him back. You did the same for Henry, the rest of the people forming a human wall so Julius wouldn't be inclined to attack. 

Henry struggled against your grip, Pinning him backwards against yourself. You struggled to get him of the room. Once he was you threw the door closed and the slam echoed throughout the entire Order. You we're breathing heavily and Henry was on the ground, breathing sharply and looking up at you with those big bloodshot eyes of his. His tome had slid across the floor and his clothes were a burnt and torn mess. Henry.... what's gotten into you?

"هدم καταστρέφω 破壊する להרוס 破壞"

What was he saying? You had no clue, but it was starting to freak you out... You didn't know what else's to do so you slapped him across the face. He gasped and looked up at you blankly. He blinked a few times, staring directly into your eyes. You were getting scared. Henry? HENRY ARE YOU ALRIGHT!? You took a step back, holding the hand you slapped him with. You watched him bring his hand up to his cheek where your palm hit. He didn't break eye contact. Then he breathed out a smile, Closing his eyes. The fact he acted like that was normal scared you even more.

"I went too far, didn't I? Nya ha, I must have scared you (name). I wouldn't want to scare my precious now would I?"

His voice was high pitched, childish, and soft as if he hadn't spoken in a long while. It broke your heart. He stood up and looked around silently. He walked over to his tome and picked it up, dusting it off. The purple mist finally subsided. He looked at the door, fists clenching. He looked back at you and must have figured you deserved an explanation. He tried to laugh it off, but you could hear the pain in his voice.

"I'm sorry. I just got mad at Julius for the child projects. Those kids actually were loved and he ripped them away from their parents. It just made me wish I had what those kids had and hate him for taking that away from them. I'll try to be better."

That's part of his original character, child neglect. However in the Eastern version and Western version its a different level of neglect and different consequences for his magical awakening. Either way, it scarred him. You know what Julius had done was horrible and his morals were offbalanced by more than a mile but you've been working for his redemption. You walked up to him slowly, looking at him. His smile was quivering. He was trying his best. Remember what you said before about it being okay to rely on someone? Or did you say that yet? Either way, you took him into a hug.

"I know it's horrible, but you're in a better place now. Everyone is here to be in a better place, including Julius. Nobody is perfect. Some people are worse than the devil himself but still have been summoned here and showed love so that they could reform. I know it's hard, but try not to kill anyone? And you are loved. We're you're family now. The Order will give you all the love you missed out on. I promise."

He didn't do anything but limply put his arms around you. He seemed lost on thought. You haven him one last squeeze before breaking away from the hug. You sigh and see him frowning, but his eyes closed. You turned to the door. He and Julius should try and apologize to eachother now and find some sort of compromise, however that might not be the best idea. That thought was thrown out of the window when Seliph opened the door. Julia dragged Julius out and he was scowling, not wanting to be there. He thought he'd just get this over with.

"Look, I'm sorry for being insensitive to your past or whatever. I probably shouldn't have went on an hour rant about my manifesto if I knew you'd be such a weakling over it."

Julia elbowed him, but he rolled his eyes in response. You smiled, giving a thumbs up to Julia and Seliph. Seliph gave awkward finger guns back and Julia smiled wholesomely. Fire emblem has a lot of wholesome sweetheart girls, doesn't it? You looked over at Henry, who's fists had relaxed to be normal hands. That was a weird sentence but we're going to keep it for a lack of a better word choice. It was almost as if nobody had apologized to him for hurting him before. Well, emotionally. 

"Nya ha... I'm sorry for being too sensitive. You're magic is really cool though! Ive never Met someome so skilled in both dark magic and fire magic like you. And coming from a world littered with dark mages that says a lot!"

Julius smirked, taking the compliment. It looks like Henry just made a new friend? Ish? But you should have them supervised just to be sure. You noticed that Henry was trying to grab your hand for some reason. You couldn't help but smile and happily oblige, letting him slip his hand in yours for comfort. 

Thinking about it, Henry had been physically clingy recently....

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