we're fading faster than the speed of light
Today's rec is another of those rare, wonderful finds that you tend to trip over in the dark. They find you, not the other way around. Not only does this story expand on a hitherto untouched area of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, it does so almost entirely independently of the main storyline and with none of the characters really involved. The original characters are all so well-realised that you don't need Frodo or Aragorn or Legolas to carry it. It doesn't hurt that the prose is exquisite, either.
the rest is silence by Merrin. Extract: It’s the quiet he remembers most. The long hours spent looking off at distant Gondor, the silent beacon of Amon Din towering above him. “What do you think of?” Bremand asks him, and it’s the silence he thinks of most.
Tags: lordoftherings, oc, slash, fic, original, a:merrin