Stone Circle And I will sing a lullaby

While he knew he should trust her, he couldn’t do so completely. She’d already promised him once before that she wouldn’t go out and find a way to make herself have children- but she had anyway. She’d come back, but it was of little solace to him now to know that she had left him behind to go and find whoever Fig was. 

Part of him wanted for Fig to hate him. Then he could test to see if she meant what she said- and push him away so that he would not be there to take her time and love from him. He felt he could weather the surprise of there being children, but only as long as Fig wasn’t there too.

He burned with jealousy. ”Not like me.” He insisted bitterly. If Fig had been exactly like him, then she wouldn’t have gone off to find another one. She already had Skáld, but it was becoming obvious that that wasn’t enough. She wanted more- and while it was totally fair for her to want that, it made Skáld feel very bitter to find himself feeling replaced yet again. 

”You said…” He began weakly, with a sniffle. What he wanted more than anything in the world was for her to forget about Fig and just keep her promise to him.