The Shortest Path - Fire Emblem Three Houses - Edelgard

[aroberuka]

Title: The Shortest Path
Fandom: Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Challenge/Prompt: Drabblesoup - the ticking of the clock
AO3 Link: here

***

Sometimes, in moments like these, when all three classes are mingling together with no regard for petty politics, Edelgard wonders. It doesn't happen often, but sometimes: Claude's smile rings more true than usual; Dimitri looks almost relaxed; and Edelgard thinks maybe, thinks what if, in the same distant way she thinks of all self-indulgent things.

But peaceful change takes time, and time is the one luxury she can never have. From the moment she crawled out of the pit her siblings died in there was only one path to her goal: quick, violent, and unwavering.

To the bloody, bitter end.

***