The familiar fear she had been experiencing those 100 years as she fought in wait for Link’s r
The familiar fear she had been experiencing those 100 years as she fought in wait for Link’s return reared their ugly head yet again. The evil encapsulating and the darkness surrounding…but instead of darkness, she was met with her light. Embodied in this beautiful young man before her and his calm blue eyes. There was still a fear since her powers had left her…but Link hadn’t. It may have taken over a century to get him back after almost losing him forever on that dreaded Guardian-littered battlefield – but here he was – and he wasn’t leaving…“I’m here,” his words were unexpected and gentle; calming her heart slightly even if it still felt as if it may escape from the tattered confines of her chest. Zelda almost collapsed into him; her hand stopped to rest in the crook of his elbow and the other pressing against his flank to hold herself up. Unmoved by her stumble, Link stood steady.Warm calloused fingers holding onto her elbow and the other brushing tenderly over her cheek to cup her face in a movement that made her want to cry. This infernal nightmare still had yet to end! Not even able to taste the freedom both so richly deserved after 100 years of misery…There had been such little time between Calamity Ganon falling and the smoke escaping from under Hyrule Castle – such little precious time they couldn’t even enjoy their once hard-fought freedom that still wasn’t in their grasp just yet. Zelda had yet to see his house in Hanato; to meet the descendant of their dear friend Daruk or to meet Prince Sidon again. Such precious little time she was terrified they never would get even as the words of the Master Sword grew quieter to her ears each passing day even with the possibility of them still yet to meet the greater evil buried deep below their feet.It was so damned unfair when all she wanted to do was get to know Link again – to help him recover the precious memories still lost to him… yet, the only thing on his mind was comforting her.Zelda did not deserve this… nor him…but here he was.Tensing and letting out a gasp when she suddenly felt Link gently nudging his forehead against hers. The intoxicating warmth of his skin, the firm and capable muscles underneath her fingers and the small hints of tea and honey on his breath as he brushed his forehead over hers in a gesture of unbelievable consolation.In that moment of sensing the tremor of his hands, his uneven breath, she knew deep in her soul that he was just as uncertain as she was – but yet he refused to show it. The bearer of courage that steadied her soul; a foundation and rock she needed; especially now. There was no certainly in any outcome – but if Link was with her – she knew she would make it through……I’ve been super into Zelink lately; fueled by fanfiction and the upcoming sequel to Breath of the Wild just had me inspired by these two. While I’m not super hopeful Nintendo will let them be officially canon in the sequel, here’s to hoping we’ll at least get more touching moments like we did in the original! T_T Still can’t wait for the next installment regardless! -- source link
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