In The Winter Garden, Chapter Five.

[curiouswombat]

So -
Author still curiouswombat
Rating still 13
Fandoms still Lord of the Ring/Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

This chapter is 2,300 words.

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[petzipellepingo]

“And, now that this elfling has been awoken, what can we do? We cannot, in all conscience, leave him in an existence between life and death.”

Yes, clearly someone has to bring him out of the shadow of the garden. And maybe Legolas is just the right person for that job - or he knows someone who is.

Nicely melancholy tale, definitely has a chill tang of Winter.

[curiouswombat]

It was interesting trying to put the chill into a story written in the summer and, actually, set in the summer!

We will find out, in the next chapters, whether three heads are better than two...

[ningloreth]

Waaaaah!

The part where Tindómë tells what happened to the elfling is exceptionally moving.

I knew that Leggy would come to the rescue -- they need to get Lord Namo to come back.

But I do think they should tell Eowyn.

[curiouswombat]

they need to get Lord Namo to come back.

Ah - you are not the only person to come to that conclusion...

This is Éowyn who believed that Tindómë must have been stolen by elves, and that Lothlorien was the haunt of a witch served by ghosts... I think they worry about un-nerving her or making her unsettled in her own home. That would be cruel.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

You write a sad tale, but a lovely one. I'm hoping other readers are right, and help for the winter boy is at hand.

[curiouswombat]

You write a sad tale, but a lovely one.

Thank you!

They will find an answer in the end, to help him, honestly.