the king lives

warning: crying

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authors pov

01:00 PM. WAKANDA, AFRICA

y/n wants to run right at the cold body of t'challa as she sees him. but he's so still. so pale. ramomda wails out in joy, crounching down with y/n and shuri. they all touch t'challa. but he's so cold. 

"is he breathing?" y/n asks aloud. 

"he's in a coma," m'baku tells them. "barely clinging to life. one of our fishermen found him at the edge of the river border. he brought him to me,"

"why do you have him in the snow?" shuri asks. 

"it is the only thing keeping him from joining the ancestors,"

"we need to get him to my lab. i can heal him there," shuri says, looking at her mother and her sister in law. 

"take him," m'baku motions. "he'll be dead in seconds," ramonda looks down at her son and then to y/n. 

"n/n, the herb," she says, y/n handing the purple herb to her. the ex queen grinds up the herb, letting it form a purple liquid. steam comes off from it. "i call upon the ancestors. i call upon bast. i am here with my son, t'challa," m'baku turns around, giving the women privacy. everett looks at him and does exactly the same. "heal him," ramonda pours the drink in t'challa mouth, making sure it is every last drop. "we must burry him. cover him. cover him!" the three women cover the unconscious king with the snow. 

"okay," shuri mumbles, covering her brother with them. 

"dumisani izinyanya," ramonda says. 

"dumisani izinyanya," both y/n and shuri repeat. y/n looks at the snow where her husband is laying. 

"wake up, my love..."

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t'challa takes a deep breath as he rises. y/n touches the side of his face, letting her head rest on his shoulder. t'challa smiles at the touch of his love. and his mother and his baby sister. 

everett smiles in relief as m'baku nods. 

"do you have a blanket?" he says with a laugh, looking around and shivering. shuri giggles, getting him one as he puts his arm around y/n's waist. "you are so warm, my love...i missed you,"

"i missed you too...my love,"