Title: How Can You Laugh?
Fandom: Greek Myth (post-Iphigenia in Aulis)
Characters: Baby Orestes, Clytemnestra
Rating: G
Length: 100
Summary: “Foolish child,” the grieving queen murmurs, resting a finger over her son’s lips.

Every time the carriage hits a bump on the road back to Mycenae, Orestes giggles, eyes sparkling, and every time it reminds Clytemnestra of before. When they took this journey in reverse, when Iphigenia held her baby brother and laughed with him, chatting excitedly between ruts about the visit to their father and her upcoming wedding.

“Foolish child,” the grieving queen murmurs, resting a finger over her son’s lips. “How can you laugh when your sister has been murdered and by that demon known as your father? How can you laugh when you carry that very accursed blood as well?”