*Theo POV*
I pull the hair off Ella’s sweaty forehead.
“Do you feel better now baby?”
She snuggles into my chest and doesn’t answer me. I knew it wouldn’t actually take away the pain, it is just a momentary distraction.
But it did make her forget her troubles for an hour or so and I definitely can't say I hated it, it is actually the furthest thing from torture. I hold her tight and kiss her forehead.
"If you want to talk about it you know I'm here"
"That is the thing I don't want to talk about it, I'm a terrible person I absolutely know that I should be talking about them, I should be talking about happy memories, I should be reminiscing, I know I should not be remembering them in that way, in their last moments, but as soon as I think of them that is all I see, the blood their life
