Starlight turned away, giving them some privacy and shedding a tear as the duo fell to their knees and wept deeply, holding each other in the throes of their despair as they recalled the cruelty of the two Strix. Sandbar's lips quivered as he whispered "Why... how could they?"

Silverstream, in an odd twist, went "Actually... in a weird kind of way... I'm not completely upset... after all, if this hadn't happened to us then maybe... we wouldn't have developed feelings for each other, if this hadn't happened then it's possible we might not have ever fallen in love with each other... do you understand what I'm saying here Sandy?"

Sandbar couldn't help but agree "Yeah Silvy... I suppose that's right, it's true that this whole thing brought us together... we can't forget that..."

There was a moment of silence, they didn't know if they'd ever fully recover from what had happened, they could live their lives but their lives had fundamentally changed in a big way and there was only so much therapy could do... they didn't revert but they couldn't be sure they'd ever go "back to normal" either... the damage was too great.
Finally, Silverstream asked Sandbar "Are we... are we gonna be OK?"

Sandbar replied "Yes... we're gonna be OK..."

The End

Author's Note

Thank You Anonymous for this story idea! I hope you enjoyed it :)