{"id":31387,"date":"2012-12-31T05:16:16","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T05:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/12\/31\/valley-of-the-shadow-iamvictor-roth-32\/"},"modified":"2012-12-31T05:16:16","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T05:16:16","slug":"valley-of-the-shadow-iamvictor-roth-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/12\/31\/valley-of-the-shadow-iamvictor-roth-32\/","title":{"rendered":"Valley of the Shadow | @iamvictor-roth"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cHe \u2014 he was old, Victor darling, he was just old, and he\u2019d been suffering pneumonia for weeks.\u201d Her voice broke, and she dragged in a rasping breath, muffling the harsh sob into his chest. Tears burned down her face, silent after that one choked gasp.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Victor was no stranger to death, they worked side by side as a matter of fact, but he knew just how hard it was when someone he cared for died. It was a horrible feeling. \u201cAs corny as this may be, it is true, at least he doesn\u2019t have to deal with all of the pain and suffering anymore. I\u2019m sorry though, that you have to go through this.\u201d He began humming an old tune he had heard several years ago when he had come across a father comforting his child. It was a soft tune that resonated in his chest. Victor rubbed her back with one of his hands and continued to rock her.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It seemed like ages, but was only a few minutes, actually, when she finally ran dry for the second time. She didn\u2019t let go, though, just kept clinging tight, shoulders heaving. \u201cYou\u2019re right. I know you\u2019re right. But I still miss him. He was quiet, and \u2014 an-\u201d She swallowed the cry that tried to escape. \u201cGod. Hurts.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cShhh shhh shhh. I know it hurts love, I know.\u201d He willed some of his strength to her as he saw her shoulders heaving. \u201cI\u2019m going to be honest, you\u2019re not going to stop missing him, your memories of him are always going to be with you. You can\u2019t let them consume you though love.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“I know.” She pulled in a deep breath, borrowing his rock-steady strength for a moment, just a moment. Then Summer leaned back, looking up. “I know. It’s not the first time. I’ll survive, it’s just so new and raw.” She pressed up to kiss Victor quickly. “You help. Just … don’t leave me alone, right now?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

iamvictor-roth: iamthefirechild: iamvictor-roth: iamthefirechild: \u201cHe \u2014 he was old, Victor darling, he was just old, and he\u2019d been suffering pneumonia for weeks.\u201d Her voice broke, and she dragged in a rasping breath, muffling the harsh sob into his chest. Tears burned down her face, silent after that one choked gasp. Victor was no stranger to … Continue reading Valley of the Shadow | @iamvictor-roth<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,1052,3676],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31387"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}