Title: The Trial
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Eomer/Theodred
Summary: Eomer faces an unexpected trial and Theodred has a choice to make.
Warnings: Canon age ranges
Disclaimer: The originals of these characters belong to their copyright holders. I borrow them for fun.
Prompt: This is written for
uisgich, who asked for something Rohirric, set during the Mid-
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There was a real sense of a rich history behind the task the boys had to perform, and I was anticipating reading about Eomer's trial, but there was more to come in the unexpected encounter with the orcs. The detail was amazing, and I was drawn right into the story.
There were so many things I loved about it. The scene at the beginning with Eomund first telling Eomer about the trials and how Eomer missed his father when his own trial came around. That Eowyn knows her brother well enough to make sure he had his comfortable boots before he set off. Theodred telling Eomer that he sees how skilled he is with the horses, and doesn't miss how he avoids his other tutors. The attraction between them, and that Theodred is the cautious one, being given hope that he might be able to trust Eomer with his heart.
And it ended with such a hopeful line:
And Theodred found himself gazing at those strong hands, playing with the rope end and wondering what it might be like, for once, to trust to ( ... )
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about these characters as a pairing before, but once I did somehow it became interesting to work from the
canon ages, if only because it allowed me to explore Eomer as a more solitary figure. I was interested in
the idea that in this society Eomer and Eowyn had to earn the valued places that we see them in throughout
the later books, that at this point in their lives they still depend largely on one another but they are at the point of
emerging from their childhood status. Anyway, thankyou again for your kind comments and a Happy New Year
to you and yours!
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~Kei
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set of prompts and couldn't resist taking the chance to work with Eowyn and Eomer at a younger age.
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prompts and although I've written a bit about Rohan before, this was a fun one to tackle, setting up Eomer's
and our expectations of one kind of trial and then dropping in two others, one direct in relation with the orc
and the other sneaking up on him, and on Theodred. Great fun and I'm really pleased it spoke to you.
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which is linked from my profile, you'll find down at the bottom of the page links to a
group of fic that are outside my main AU.
'Home' could be a prequel to this fic.
'Invisible Ink' is Eomer/Faramir and was the first challenge fic that took me to Rohan.
'The Roan' is another challenge fic that is a bit of a unique piece, not to everyone's taste.
I'm really touched that you should think of reading more. I hope you enjoy them.
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