Talk:Tam Song/@comment-2606:A000:1128:4169:A81F:DE77:BE9A:D5ED-20190205022335

Sorry I haven't been on a lot lately, I've been kinda distracted. So, here's a headcanon to make up for it.

So, a little ways from Choralmere there's this small lake, almost like a pond. It's deep enough to swim in, and it's surrounded by woods. As you reach the beach, there's this little rock outcropping that you can jump off of into the water.

Now, when Tam and Linh discovered this little secret place, they were ecstatic. It became their favorite hideout, their little get-away from their parents' yelling and expectations. They built forts, they played pretend, they dove off the outcropping and swam around, and got the chance to just be little kids.

Then Linh manifested, and the place changed. It was now their practice arena, when Linh would work on her ability and Tam would cheer her on. They laughed together and played around, having water fights that Linh always won. Tam had yet to manifest, and their parents were still holding out hope that he would become something that would bring their reputation higher. But then he did manifest--as a Shade. Their faith dropped like a stone, and their attention turned to Linh. Expectation after expectation, fight after fight, and the secret place eventually faded to a remote corner of their mind, where all the laughing and untainted memeories sat, unseen and untouched.

Eventually, it got bad. Really bad. Quan was screaming, Mai was sitting silently, wondering how her daughter could've almost destroyed an entire elvin city. Their fear was loud enough to bring Linh to tears and Tam to anger, his fists curled and fully prepared to take his father's rage to spare her. But Linh took him away, and they ran into the woods, following a path their feet remembered even if their minds had forgotten.

They stopped a the lake, panting, adrenaline and emotions rushing through them. But one look at the still water and the remains of ancient forts, and the feelings evaportated, replaced with disbelief and nostalgia. So they sat on the sand, facing the lapping water, Tam holding Linh while she cried, enjoying the peaceful silence one last time.

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