Written by: _The_Nosiest_Bitch_

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Erik's/Uzaeris' POV
"I walked across an empty land. I knew the pathway like the back of my hand."

I walked hand in hand with the woman of my dreams, her leaning against me as her hair swayed with the light breeze. Her (E/C) eyes were closed as we walked along, giving me the chance to stare at her unending beauty. She was so perfect, it made me wonder how in the world she chose me of all people. I didn't deserve her. I never did.

"I felt the Earth beneath my feet. I sat by the river and it made me complete."

We had met on a day much like this one, I remember it like it was yesterday. I was sitting on the edge of a bridge while staring down at a rushing river, and I must have been making a distraught face because she noticed me. God, she was like an angel.

"Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I'm getting old and I need something to rely on."

I remember the few words she said so vividly as if I were reliving it all over again. I would gladly do it again if it would let me hold her in my arms a bit longer. I would do anything to kiss her just one last time.

"So tell me when you're gonna let me in. I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin."

We had hit it off immediately and flowed from friends to dating to marriage so quickly it seemed like a dream. If it was a dream, then I'd rather stay here in a coma than wake up, because at least I feel like I belong here.

"I came across a fallen tree. I felt the branches of it looking at me."

She had told me such wonderful and dreadful things, and I told her the same in return. We had known practically everything about each other by the time we were two months into dating. I knew how she would hit her pencil against her temple when deep in thought, and how she liked to hide in her baggy clothing. Everything seemed to be perfect when we moved in together and sealed everything. I was at bliss.

"Is this the place we used to love? Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?"

We had our own little place where we would hide away from the rest of the world, where no one could hurt us or make us feel lesser. It was a simple thing, really, but it meant the world to both of us. It meant the world to me, and now it's all I have.

"Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I'm getting old and I need something to rely on."

I remember how she had called me there one day, saying that she had something important to tell me. I had no idea how bad it would turn out.

"So tell me when you're gonna let me in. I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin."

Earlier in the day, we had been having a normal, happy conversation when her smile seemed to drop. She had spoken so quietly, that for a moment I had thought she hadn't said a thing.

"And if you have a minute, why don't we go talk about it somewhere only we know."

She had seemed so worried that for a moment I froze, wondering what I could have done wrong. A thought flashed across my mind, and it left me silent as it repeated in my head.

"This could be the end of everything."

I shook my head and nodded to her with a weak smile.

"So why don't we go somewhere only we know?"

I had gone to our special place, only to find her curled into a ball while a note laid beside her. I had figured that she had decided to take a nap and picked up the note, thinking it would just be something simple. It was nowhere close.

"Somewhere only we know..."

The note had explained everything. She was in fact not taking a nap, for she was long gone, due to a heart condition that she had refused to share with me. I vaguely remember dropping the piece of paper as I fell to my knees, letting out an anguished cry as I held her form close to me.

"Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I'm getting old and I need something to rely on."

That was the last time I ever got to hold my princess again. She had left me to frolick in the fields in the afterlife, leaving me alive and well, many years away from my own demise. She had kept it from me so that she wouldn't hurt me, but that left me unprepared for just how hard it would hit me when she was gone.

"So tell me when you're gonna let me in. I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin."

That leads me to now, as I sit hunched over my princess's grave while muttering her favorite song. It was unbearable without her here with me, and for a moment I thought I felt her hand on my shoulder, though I brushed it off like the wind.

"And if you have a minute why don't we go talk about it somewhere only we know."

My voice cracked as I clenched my fists tightly, my fingers that were wrapped around a blade turning white.

"This could be the end of everything."

"So why don't we go somewhere only we know?"

I heard her voice as I looked up, the blade now embedded into my chest. I could see her smiling down at me sadly as she caressed my cheek.

"Somewhere only we know..."

My body fell limp, though she still stood there smiling down at me. I had leaned into her touch as she spoke one final time.

"Somewhere only we know."

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The song is 'Somewhere only we know' by Keane