Shut Out
A loud shatter shook the entire room.
Thorax jumped up from the pillow, sweat pooling off of his forehead. The sound of something like glass busting open was a little too familiar, his beating heart telling him to run and run far away.
He shakily sighed as he reminded himself of where he was. He was in Fluttershy’s cottage, the same one he’d been living in for the past few weeks. No possible way a changeling could be in this room right now ready to take him back to the hive, right?
“...ow...how did I get here...?” a low voice mumbled, and Thorax sighed as he realized who it was. Turning his head, cyan eyes landed on his older brother, who rubbed his head as he stood. Remembering what had happened the night before sent the younger changeling onto his hooves, tackling Pharynx in a hug as he giggled.
“What- Thorax get off!” Pharynx grumbled, still regaining his energy. He was a lot more responsive than yesterday, so Thorax saw this as a win either way.
“No,” he replied simply, squeezing his hooves around his brother’s neck. Soft trills filled the air as he nestled his head into Pharynx’s crest, clicking with content as Pharynx struggled underneath him.
“I swear you are getting heavier,” Pharynx wheezed, pushing against Thorax’s death grip. After a while of struggling and a great deal of whining, the older nymph managed to push off the cyan heap atop him. “Finally!...wait why is there a cocoon here...?”
“Oh! Um...you kinda passed out yesterday and I remember watching Healer Tymbal put changelings in a cocoon when they needed the energy...so...”
“Wait...you did that?” Surprised filled the older changelings body, kicking the broken shards of hardened changeling goo away from him. Thorax nodded, smiling nervously as Pharynx processed the information. “...color me impressed, because you actually remembered...”
“O-oh...um...” Thorax rubbed his hooves together. Pharynx hasn’t complimented me before...not that I remember at least, he probably meant that as a jab.
The cyan changeling shook his head, getting up onto his hooves. He looked up at the ceiling, the stem of the healing cocoon still hanging loosely. I’ll have to clean that up later...
A soft knocking pecked at the door, and both nymphs perked their ears. Thorax turned a curious gaze towards the entrance while Pharynx back up towards a wall, his snout scrunched into a hiss.
“Thorax? Are you okay?” Fluttershy’s voice was muffled by the door, but it didn’t stop Pharynx flinching upon hearing it. Thorax gazed worriedly towards the older nymph before using his magic to twist the doorknob open.
“Yeah, I’m okay...” he opened the door slightly, just enough so he could see her face. The pegasus mare sighed visible worry seem to dial down a bit.
“Oh, good. Angel said he heard something loud shatter up here...”
Thorax silently cringed. Flattening his ears, he momentarily looked back at Pharynx, who was staring straight at the down. Bright green and gray energy radiated from the older nymph, but his expression didn’t betray his anxiety.
“Um...yeah, that was just the cocoon, that’s all...”
“Oh? So Pharynx is feeling better?” She asked quietly. Thorax nodded, still firmly holding the door in place. Luckily, the pegasus didn’t try to open the door any further, a soft expression plastered onto her face. “...can I see him?”
Pharynx clicked against the floor sporadically, but Thorax wasn’t sure if he was trying to communicate for if it was a nervous tic he was doing.
“...Pharynx I’m going to let Fluttershy in, okay?”
The older nymph clicked his hooves, before sighing in defeat. This greatly surprised Thorax, the pouring worry for his brother clouded his mind.
...usually Pharynx would put up more of a fight...
With concern trills, he slowly let the mare into her room. Her steps were quiet as if sudden noise would break the walls and the floor into dust. Slowly, but surely, she trudged towards the recently awakened nymph, her eyes portraying her worry.
“...good morning, Pharynx,” she started with a greeting, her voice had a calming tone to it. The pegasus kept a small smile on her face as she crouched down beside the flaring changeling.
Curious to see what would happen, Thorax trotted over, taking a seat next to Fluttershy. He stayed relatively quiet, watching them like a shadow.
“...hi...” Pharynx muttered, keeping his ears flattened as he looked away from the pegasus. Thorax could feel Fluttershy's emotions sadden slightly, a yellow hoof trying to reach out towards the red-hued changeling.
“...I’m really sorry about yesterday,” she quietly said, sighing to herself. Thorax couldn’t tell if Pharynx was listening or not, his head was turned away from the both of them. It alarmed Thorax how deadly silent his brother had become, his emotions as stunted as his words.
Fluttershy pressed on with her apology, “I...I know you were very uncomfortable during all that...I wished I could have done something to prevent it.”
The older changeling tilted his head, only his skeptical eyes shown.
“Really! If I could go back in time and fix it, I would...”
Pharynx stayed silent, watching the mare with narrowed violet eyes. His gaze shifted from Fluttershy and Thorax, and then back again.
“...okay...and...?”
Another sigh emitted from her throat. “I know you still don’t trust me...I just hope you can forgive me...”
A dead silence followed thereafter. Thorax grimaced as an unfamiliar taste gathered onto his senses. Both bitter, bland, and spicy, he could feel the emotion wafting around the silent changeling. It seemed to be a mixture of emotions, but Thorax couldn’t pinpoint what kind of emotions were involved in the cobwebs...seeming to drag Thorax down into the mess, too...
“...Alright...can you leave now...?” Pharynx muttered shakily. The jumbled emotions seem to snap shut, and Thorax blinked. The cyan changeling’s tilted his head.
Did I just imagine that or...?
Fluttershy smiled sadly, getting onto her hooves. Thorax followed her movements, biting his lip as he approached his upset older brother.
“That goes for you, too,” the red-hued changeling muttered towards Thorax harshly. Cyan eyes widened, his crest flattening along his spine.
“But-“
“Go away...” Pharynx muttered through grit teeth, a low growl starting to emit from his throat. The sound momentarily made Thorax freeze, the small sense of fear rising in his heart.
Gulping, he quickly trotted after the winged mare, who had already left the room. The door was wide open, but getting the sense that Pharynx wanted some alone time, he grabbed the doorknob.
With one final glance, he shut the door.
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Aww, poor little Pharynx...I need to give him a hug, now
And I like the chapter, don't worry, sometimes writing is like that, you hate your work but it's really not that bad
Oh boy pharynx is going to be a handful now and he still feels uncomfortable with everything what's happening around him even his own brother dang he really is going to be very hard to get him to open up I'm sure they will give him some space hopefully he'll talk about how he feels Maybe but anyway your chapter isn't too bad so no worries and usually happens to a lot of people
Yep, Pharynx needs a hug now, even if he doesn't know/want to admit it. Anyone got any ideas how to hug him while remaining in one piece?
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I don't know he's kind of hard to read not even thorax couldn't figure it out
Again, this is some great work on the exchanges, characterizations and future chapter set-up. I really enjoyed Thorax's reactions to Pharynx being more responsive after some time in the cocoon as well as Pharynx's reaction to the fact that Thorax remembered HOW to make the healing cocoon. Unfortunately, Pharynx is going to be moodier than usual for a while, but I DO hope things are going to work out for the best.
At any rate, very certainly looking forward to more of this.
Pharynx fears betrayal, despite how honest Fluttershy is. Comfort breeds complacency, and he doesn't want to suffer loss of something he's discovering he needs so deeply he can't even recognize it...
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You ever seen those massively padded suits police use to train their canines to bite suspects? Yeah, use one of those.
Though there is the chance he'll just set you on fire...
Poor Pharynx. They seem to be going mad with uncertainty and fear. I do hope he finds help before it turns into violence, be it outward or inward.
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Our only hope is that he isn't that good at shapeshifting yet
Something tells me he'd just turn into something with teeth big&hard enough to bite through all that padding, or into something big enough to crush you in spite of any protection you might wear
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If not even Thorax could figure him out, then we're screwed
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Not to say you can’t hug him just that you are entirely screwed if you do-
both these bug bois are a tangled bramble of troubles
More Pharynx focus. Yay.
Your scenes are excellent and fluffy, and the trauma is really a thing for our two sad bug bois. 100% worth the occasional spelling error. Your pacing is awesome too. Haven't read a slow fic this good in a while. Although I do really want to see these two get better.