Narnia drabble: Abandonment [Edmund, general]
Title: Abandonment Author: celandineb Fandom: Narnia Characters: Edmund and others Rating: general Summary: Edmund tries to assuage his unhappiness. Note: Written for the Melbourne Cup Day challenge at edmund_caspian, prompt "drunk by teatime."
Edmund ignored the fact that although back in Narnia, he was still (again) a child, not the grown-up king he had once been.
He disregarded Susan's disapproving look, and Peter's, and even Lucy's softly reproving, "Oh, Edmund."
Two days after victory, the day after watching Caspian watch Peter all through their meetings with many Narnians and Telmarines, Edmund sat with a flagon of wine at his elbow.
"Just this once," he promised himself, promised Lucy to assuage the sadness in her face. "On my honour."
He was drunk by teatime... but he kept his word and never did so again.