Across Seas Remade Mark II

"Of course he does," Darcy frowned, "Like you need him to aswell. You need to hold each other, grieve at the same time. Get each other through the pain."

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"She-'s already behaving like a stone." Wyatt mumbled. "I can't grieve with her when she refuses to grieve with me."

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Bella just shrugged, smoothing his hair down gently.

"Ever thought she might be giving you space to grieve?"
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He watched her.
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"He won't want me there. Now."

"Ever think that right at this moment, I don't give a damn about being rational and trying to be understanding of other people. Get lost, leave me alone with my son, your shit at comfort and I dont need anything else to be emotional beaten about."

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"He won't want tough love you, he won't want 'strong' you. He'll want the real you though, he'll want you to be truthful with your own feelings around him. This isn't a complicated mind game situation, Amora, dear. You've both lost a son, you're both heartbroken. All you have to do is be heartbroken together; thats the best kind of help you can give him, and that he can give you."

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"Does it hurt.. Your legs?"

Amora nodded and she looked to her daughter. "Can you watch her?" She asked.
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Jack nodded. "As you wish it."
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He shook his head.

"Of course," Darcy whispered with a nod.

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Wyatt sat on the edge of the bed in silence then, staring at the floor.

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She frowned at that, sitting herself up and resting her hand on one of his legs, pressing some of her weight down on it. "Feel that?"

She handed her the baby before she walked off to. Find Wyatt and she sat next to him.
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He shook his head.

"Your dad is shit at being comforting." Wyatt mumbled to Amora.

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Bella wrinkled her nose in worry, laying herself back down beside him and wrapping an arm around him again.

"Yeah I know."
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He held her close.

"Is the baby ok?" He whispered, sliding his arms around her waist.

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"You'll be ok,"

"Is the baby ok?" He whispered, sliding his arms around her waist.

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"You'll be ok,"

She nodded. "Darcy is keeping her safe."
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He nodded.

"Ok," Wyatt whispered, resting his head on top of hers and closing his eyes.

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She offered him a smile.

She held him close.
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He smiled softly.

"I'm going to go and find your dad, ok? Speak to hin about stuff." Bella whispered.

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"You ok?"

He nodded. "Alright."
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"Not really."

She got to her feet and headed out of the room then, wandering down the hall in search of Jack.

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Wyatt nodded.

Jack was making dinner.
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She sighed.

"So good news... Kovu is awake, bad news he has no feeling at all in his legs." Bella whispered as she stood in the doorway behind himm

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"Please don't push yourself away from me now, or close yourself off. I don't have it in me to fight for you to trust me enough to cry around me, you should just do it." Wyatt whispered.

"I'm not doing any of that... I don't know what I want to do."
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Jack nodded and he sat in the seat rhay she had been previously occupying.

"So what dl we do about it?" Bella asked quietly.

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"Right," Wyatt grumbled

"There's not a lot we can do but wait."
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"I guess I'm... Numb... I thought I could save him."

"Yeah..." Wyatt whispered as he listened, brushing his fingers through her hair gently.

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"Ok, and what do we do if he has lost the use of his legs?" Bella asked.

"We will find a way to deal with it."
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"I don't know how I could not have saved him."

"Yeah... Me too."

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"Like ho-" Bella began, cutting off when Darcy placed the baby in her arms.

"Go and let Kovu spendme time with his niece," Darcy hummed, watching as Bella nodded and left the room. A moment later, Darcy slid her arms around Jack's torso from behind, "You okay?"

She sighed.
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Kovu was lying in the bed watching the ceiling.

Jack shrugged.