Darkness Beyond Night (LotR drabble, Eowyn/Faramir, G)
Another drabble for apreludetoanend's first line meme = another fandom. *g*
First line of this is hers. Eowyn and Faramir belong to JRR Tolkien. It's worth noting that Eowyn is much less severely injured in the movie than she actually was in the book. Same with Faramir. These are the original book versions, meeting in the House of Healing.
Darkness Beyond Night
It’s an empty sound, desperate and not right, like laughter turned inside out. It summons her.
She rises from her pallet and moves silently through the halls, barefoot in her pale shift, hair unbound past the small of her back.
Faramir stares through her at the darkness.
She lays her right hand tentatively on his chest. She has not touched anyone with that hand since her wounding. But he, too, is deeply wounded in more than body.
Slowly he returns from the lost places, his gaze regaining clarity. One hand comes up to cover hers.
They lie unmoving until dawn.
First line of this is hers. Eowyn and Faramir belong to JRR Tolkien. It's worth noting that Eowyn is much less severely injured in the movie than she actually was in the book. Same with Faramir. These are the original book versions, meeting in the House of Healing.
Darkness Beyond Night
It’s an empty sound, desperate and not right, like laughter turned inside out. It summons her.
She rises from her pallet and moves silently through the halls, barefoot in her pale shift, hair unbound past the small of her back.
Faramir stares through her at the darkness.
She lays her right hand tentatively on his chest. She has not touched anyone with that hand since her wounding. But he, too, is deeply wounded in more than body.
Slowly he returns from the lost places, his gaze regaining clarity. One hand comes up to cover hers.
They lie unmoving until dawn.