ArthurxReader :: The Call, Songfic

It started out as a feeling, which then grew into a hope...

Arthur and _____  had met on accident. An accident, a long time ago. Arthur was sure it was fate. They connected instantly. Like they had known each other their entire lives...

Which then turned into a quiet thought, which then turned into a quiet word...

He realized, after a long while of wondering. Wondering what it was he was feeling, that she was the one. She held his heart in the palm of her hand. She always had. And, he realized, she always would. He told her. He told her he didn't want to be friends any longer. _____ cried. As she did, he held her. He held her and told her he wanted to be more.

And then that word grew louder and louder, 'til it was a battle cry...

Many years after that day, _____ said yes. Yes. Yes, she would marry him. So they were to be wed. Eternally tied. Then the war broke out. Arthur hid it from _____ as long as he could. But he was drafted. He had to go. He had to leave her.

I'll come back when you call me, no need to say good bye...

He hugged her. His uniform crisp and new. He murmured hushed words into her newly curled hair. They stay there. The moments seem like years. Years that are gone in seconds. Seconds are not long enough for goodbyes. He tells her he'll be back. No need for tears. 

Just because everything's changing doesn't mean it's never been this way before. All you can do is try to know who your friends are as you head off to the war

He picks up his pack. Into the truck. His tears hit the floor. She's out of view now. He knows. He knows she'll stay there. Stay there until the truck is but a pinprick on the horizon. But she'll be strong. Strong for him. Strong for Arthur. That's all he needed.

Pick a star on the dark horizon and follow the light, you'll come back when it's over, no need to say goodbye...

Months. They feel like eternity. Over and over again. She gazes. Gazes out her window. The stars bring her comfort. They bring her comfort, because he sees them too. He sees the same stars. Every night. So she gazes. Beholds their beauty. And dreams of Arthur. Arthur coming home. Up the cobblestone drive. It will be home again for her, too. Home. Where the heart is.


You'll come back when it's over, no need to say goodbye...


Now we're back to the beginning it's just feeling and no one knows yet but just because they can't feel it too, doesn't mean that you have to forget...

She sits. _____ sits in the kitchen. Tea in the cup in her hand. His favourite tea. He hasn't written. He hasn't written in a month. A horrible, agonizing month. She inhales. The sweet smell warming her. It smells like him. Like Arthur.

 Let your memories grow stronger and stronger until they're before your eyes. You'll come back when they call you, no need to say goodbye

His jacket. She wears it. She drinks his tea. Her eyes close. He isn't gone. She pretends he isn't away. Away from her. In her minds eye. He is here. She pretends he just came home. Home. Her mind plays tricks. Tears find their way to her chin. Before they can leap, they are caught. Caught by a calloused hand. Open your eyes. He tells her. They do. Tears flow freely now. He was home. 

Arthur and _____ met on accident. An accident, a long time ago.... _____ was sure it was fate.....

You'll come back when they call you, no need to say goodbye....