FIC: Home Fires Burning (R)

[frodo_sam_mod]

Title: Home Fires Burning
Author: lbilover
Summary: In the spring of 1421, Frodo asks a favour of Sam and is surprised by his response.
Rating: R
Word Count: 3813
Warnings: If you're a canon purist, this may not be for you. If you're okay with a scenario where Sam doesn't marry Rosie and there's a chance for him and Frodo, then read on. :-)
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[caraloup]

Oh, goodness, I so loved reading this! :))) And I want to reread it closely and carefully, but my favorite part - so far - is your description of Frodo's changed awareness of Sam. This disturbing suddenness of total, sensual presence reflects so much of what they have shared during their journey. Yes, Frodo has fallen in love, but there's so much more to it, too: you've captured a unique, raw feeling there that really speaks to me.

It's perfectly fitting, too, that the profound change in Sam and Frodo's bond is tied to everything that happened at Cirith Ungol. This must have been the most difficult chapter Frodo had to write (with the only exception of events at Mount Doom, I suppose), and it's intriguing how the difficulty to talk about that experience is linked with their difficulty of expressing their changed feeliings for each other.

Oh, and another element I totally love is the way you've connected the different fires - from Frodo "clothed in flame" to the homely fireplace in Bag End - shading everything that happens in a firelight no one else in the Shire will be able to see quite like this. And of course it's impossible not to think of the fires of Orodruin, or the moment when Frodo first tried to cast the Ring into the hearth of Bag End...

Well, as you can see, I could go on and on, this is such a delight to read! Thank you so much for writing it!

[ext_2639466]

Thank you so much, Cara. I find it hard to believe anything sexual happened between Frodo and Sam on the Quest, especially in Mordor, but Vaysh is right that there is something very erotic about how Sam sees Frodo in the tower. Her request really spoke to me. I started thinking about how that image might recur to Sam later and how it would make him feel. I imagine that Frodo couldn't have written Cirith Ungol, or the remainder of their journey, without Sam's help, but there is nothing they can't accomplish together. And of course, I always want them to be happy and in love, so I had to give them that.

Thank you again! Any comment from you is like gold. :-))))