Fic - From a Mother's Point of View
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cmk418Notes at the end as to the characters and fandom, I'm curious as to who can figure it out
She knows there’s something on his mind. It comes from bringing someone into the world and watching them grow from a boy to a man. Unlike his older brother, he’s never done anything rash. He’s always thought about things deliberately and weighed the alternatives. Even if he’s not directly following in his father’s footsteps, the way their minds work is frighteningly similar.
He tells the family that night that he’s going to be enlisting in the Army. To say her husband doesn’t take it well is putting it mildly. He’s always wanted better things for his youngest boy and, with his influence, he could have made it happen. In bed that night, she speaks in a hushed whisper to her husband. She says that it’s time to trust the young man’s decisions and not interfere. He will go overseas and make them so proud.
Her youngest returns home a war hero. She, more than anyone, can see that it’s taken its toll. There’s a hardness to his look that wasn’t there before. He reminds her of how his father used to look. Quiet, observing everything in the background. Calculating, always calculating. It will serve him well with the next step as long as he’s not distracted. The girl he’s with now won’t last. She’s not one of them.
Three years later and he moves into his role effortlessly. The woman, the outsider, is at his side, enjoying a place in his life for the moment. She could have objected, but she knows it would have driven her son away again and she needs him here. She watches him learn things about the business from his father, watches him command more respect as time goes on.
She mourns with him when her husband dies, sees him even calculating at the funeral, as he watches other powerful men process past the body. Soon it will be time. She has one last debt to settle and it will be up to him to collect.
After the baptism, he stops on the steps beside her. She can tell there is something on his mind. Something he wants to confess. She pulls him to her, tells him in Italian to stay strong and that she loves him. She kisses him on the cheek and sends him on his way. She knows he’ll do the right thing, just as he’s always done.
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If you haven't figured it out, it's from "The Godfather", a snapshot of Michael Corleone as seen by his mother, Carmela
She knows there’s something on his mind. It comes from bringing someone into the world and watching them grow from a boy to a man. Unlike his older brother, he’s never done anything rash. He’s always thought about things deliberately and weighed the alternatives. Even if he’s not directly following in his father’s footsteps, the way their minds work is frighteningly similar.
He tells the family that night that he’s going to be enlisting in the Army. To say her husband doesn’t take it well is putting it mildly. He’s always wanted better things for his youngest boy and, with his influence, he could have made it happen. In bed that night, she speaks in a hushed whisper to her husband. She says that it’s time to trust the young man’s decisions and not interfere. He will go overseas and make them so proud.
Her youngest returns home a war hero. She, more than anyone, can see that it’s taken its toll. There’s a hardness to his look that wasn’t there before. He reminds her of how his father used to look. Quiet, observing everything in the background. Calculating, always calculating. It will serve him well with the next step as long as he’s not distracted. The girl he’s with now won’t last. She’s not one of them.
Three years later and he moves into his role effortlessly. The woman, the outsider, is at his side, enjoying a place in his life for the moment. She could have objected, but she knows it would have driven her son away again and she needs him here. She watches him learn things about the business from his father, watches him command more respect as time goes on.
She mourns with him when her husband dies, sees him even calculating at the funeral, as he watches other powerful men process past the body. Soon it will be time. She has one last debt to settle and it will be up to him to collect.
After the baptism, he stops on the steps beside her. She can tell there is something on his mind. Something he wants to confess. She pulls him to her, tells him in Italian to stay strong and that she loves him. She kisses him on the cheek and sends him on his way. She knows he’ll do the right thing, just as he’s always done.
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If you haven't figured it out, it's from "The Godfather", a snapshot of Michael Corleone as seen by his mother, Carmela
