Brother Athelstan (athelstan_) wrote in spinningcompass, @ 2013-03-31 20:41:00 |
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Who? Athelstan and Lagertha
Where? The church.
When? Sunday morning
What? Athelstan is celebrating Easter. Lagertha...is there. Also.
Rating? Um. High. Lagertha.
Status? Closed, ongoing.
Easter had always been the most important time of the year in the Christian calendar and it was the day that Athelstan broke his fast (despite it being very short this year, since he had appeared so far through Lent) and the day he bathed himself thoroughly. He had already broken his fast a few hours earlier whilst contemplating the Glory of Christ and His sacrifice as he sat in the church and now he had conducted himself to prepare a bath and find the clean clothes he had set aside for such a time as this. He stripped and stepped into the bath, relishing the warmth of the water and the sensation of being physically cleaned.
Yes, he felt peaceful. Able to deal with all of the challenges of the island and to better face the spring and summer. He would repair the church.
It didn't occur to him that he was planning his life on the island. That he was considering his future. That he wouldn't return to Denmark and Ragnar was apparently not up for debate, though stil he felt pity for Lagertha and secretly hoped that Ragnar would appear.
He ducked his head down beneath the water, smiling as he emerged again.
Not that Athelstan didn't feel at a loss. So much had happened and so far there had been very little word from God on what he was supposed to do. What he was doing here. How he was supposed to help- There were times, the darkest times, when he wondered if God had left him, and that the shell of the church he had made into his home was just a sign of God's abandonment.