New Challenge: Bollywood
This month's challenge offers songs, films, and tropes from Bollywood, the world's largest film industry based out of India, as prompts for fanworks.
For Borka and Mattis
Warning: Character death, death of a pet
18. Loss
(Prompt 30: Death)
“I am so very sorry,” Elrond said, gently stroking the soft, black, fur. “There is nothing I can do for him.”
A strangled sob was quickly swallowed as Erestor turned away, his back painfully rigid. “Thank you all the same,” he said with a choking voice.
Elrond did not know what was worse: being unable to help the badly-injured cat, or witnessing the distress and pain of his dear friend, unable to help him either.
Erestor’s shoulders heaved. “He is so dear to me, more than any cat has ever been before. How shall I bear living without him?”