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Dear Lavendertook, your mathom awaits you here!
Title: Endurance with Hope
Author: Gini_Baggins
Pairing: Frodo/Sam
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On September the twenty-first they set out together, Frodo on the pony that had borne him all the way from Minas Tirith, and was now called Strider, and Sam on his beloved Bill. It was a fair golden morning, and Sam did not ask where they were going; he thought he could guess.*
They camped in the Green Hills that night when Frodo sat down next to Sam with a small bundled up crate in his arms. He unwrapped it and held its precious content in his hands. It was a black kitten, velvety it looked and eyes as blue as, as…. Sam swallowed as Frodo turned around in his arms, holding the kitten in front of him. He gazed at the moon, “it will be another hour until my birthday Sam, but I didn’t want to wait any longer.” He fixed his eyes upon Sam’s. He placed the small furry kitten in Sam’s hands, “this is Estela, and she needs a home.” Two pairs of blue eyes watched him as tears rolled down Sam’s cheek. Estela meowed, looking a bit unsure as she sniffed her new owner.
“Hope,” he stammered between tears and Frodo leaned forward in a soft kiss and hugged him close, leaving enough room between them for Estela. But Estela meowed once again and Frodo stroked her back making her purr. Sam let out a small chuckle at the sight, but it disappeared as Frodo’s eyes locked with his. Frodo picked up the kitten and put her back in her crate. “I have wanted to tell you long ago, but I hadn’t found the heart to.” Frodo spoke. “I’ve decided that the only way to find rest and healing is to leave Middle-Earth forever and sail into the West.” Sam’s heart sank but Frodo went on, his face calm. “We set out to save the Shire Sam, and it has been saved, but I have been to deeply hurt Sam.”
“But, I thought after all we’ve done, I thought we were going to enjoy the Shire for years and years to come,” Sam body trembled under Frodo’s arms. Frodo soothed him and kissed his neck. “I thought so too once, and I’m sure you will. Sam look at me.” A tear filled face looked up at him and let out a deep shivering breath. “You must, for me.” Frodo sighed, feeling released but far from relieved. Their mouths locked and they kissed for a long time. Holding each other tight as they did. Eventually they broke apart and caught their breaths. “Think of the beauty of waiting Sam.” Frodo said and Sam looked up questioning. “The desire.” He spoke softly, “yes we will meet again,” he lay a finger on Sam’s trembling lips. “But we have spoken enough for tonight. Let us sleep Sam.”
And cuddling together they fell into a deep untroubled sleep.
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Sam woke many years later feeling soft hair tickle his hand and a soft meow calling him.
* The Grey Havens. J.R.R. Tolkien.
Frodo and Bilbo would like to thank Gini_Baggins for helping them with this mathom!!!
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