Steel shaper's pain

The wind howled outside as Steel Shaper made his attempt at sleep. Sleep didn’t come easy to him anymore, not since the accident. Groggily, he sat up and rubbed his eyes.

“Curse it, it’s been days since I’ve slept…” sighed Steel. Blinking a few times to clear his exhausted eyes, he looked around the room. Blank walls staring back at him, except for one which contained a picture. The picture of himself and his beloved, his black mane spiked at the front, halfway covering his left eye. His blood red eyes looking at his beloved Mystshade, a Pegasus, her light blue eyes seemed to gleam, even in the still frame, as they had so long ago. Her blue-black mane flowing down the sides of her face vibrantly standing out in contrast to her flawless white coat. The unrestrained smile on her face hurt him to look at. Wincing at the pain he felt in his heart, steel knew how great the love they shared was. Tears threatened to pour down his cheeks, almost losing the struggle to maintain his composure of breaking down again. Taking a deep breath he regained his composure, as much as there was to regain.

“Myst,” he began, “I’m not sure how much more I can take without you, I can feel myself falling apart, piece by piece. I still love you, and think about you constantly. I feel lost without you… I’m sorry… I wasn’t fast enough to save you…”

And he wept for an hour before managing to get his hoofing and sulked off to bed. Sleep came and so did the dreams…

The Dream
Part 1.

Blankets of rain fell from the sky, soaking the coats of the curious onlookers.
“It hurts, please…” thunder crashed and muted the rest.
“You’re going to be okay, please stay with me Myst. Don’t go to sleep!” Steel Shaper pleaded. Lightning filled the sky behind him as Mystshade looked up into his eyes, red and soaking from tears and the rain. Feeling her eyelids grow heavier, quietly said,
“I’ve always lov….”