Consumed - Chapter 2

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Three weeks had passed since he lost his beloved, and a week since he lost his baby girl. Glanni hadn’t slept much, nor ate. He mostly sat around in a stupor, only eating when his mother, Roberta, managed to convince him to.

Curled up in his bed, staring at the wall, he didn’t even budge when Robbie entered the room, nor when he sat on the edge of the bed. Of course, Robbie felt awkward. What was he supposed to say or do? He didn’t have time to think of anything to say as Glanni shifted and rolled over to look at him, tears in his eyes.

“What do you want?” Glanni asked, voice barely showing any emotion.

“Now is that any way to talk to your favorite sibling?” Robbie teased.

Glanni didn’t respond.

“You have to quit blaming yourself for this… Ólafur wouldn’t want you to blame yourself, nor be like this!”

Ólafur.

That’s where Glanni’s mind shut off; all he could see was his beloved Ólafur, lying on the ground, blood pooling beneath him as Glanni had tried to stop the bleeding.

“I failed… could have prevented this… I’m sorry…” Glanni choked out, tears in his eyes as he stared right through Robbie, still lost in his own memories. “Sorry… so sorry…” he repeated, over and over.

Robbie had never seen his brother like this. He gently placed a hand on his shoulder, looking him in the eyes, and noticing how vacant he was.

“Shit…” Robbie scampered off, feeling guilty that he had caused Glanni to practically shut down. He had went to grab their mom and bring her to try to snap Glanni out of it.

Upon walking in, Roberta had noticed Glanni’s vacant stare, and she knelt down in front of him, before looking back up at Robbie.

“What happened?”

“I--I told him that Ólafur wouldn’t want him to blame himself for all of this, and he just… shut off.”

She sighed, gently stroking his cheek. “He’s really hurting right now. I think at this point, it’s still too soon to mention Ólafur.”

Robbie nodded. This situation was… nothing like he’d experienced before. He’d never lost someone like the way Glanni had. All he knew was Glanni wasn’t the person he used to be, and he hoped his brother would be alright.

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