And the Sky Wept - Drought

[almaheart]

Title: And the Sky Wept
Author: Alma Heart
Characters/Pairing: Denethor, Faramir, Boromir, Finduilas
Rating: G
Warnings: canon character death mentioned
Book/Source: LoTR
Disclaimer: All of Middle Earth is from the hand of Tolkien.  I own nothing.  I make no profit from the drabble.

I'm catching up!  Or trying to, anyway.

Comments

[periantari]

oh that's beautiful :( so sad though but wonderfully written!

[almaheart]

Thank you! But, yes, made me so sad to write. :( It must have been so hard on them.

[someplacetobe]

I cannot help but want to give them all a hug.

[almaheart]

Me, too. Sniff. Poor things.

[kortirion]

...he dreamt the land dead, never to live again, thirsting forever beneath a rainless sky.

Very effective response to the prompt, a nice turnaround from 'floods of tears', to have everything seem arid to Denethor. And a very poignant proof that he did love both his sons... even if he forgot that later.

[almaheart]

Thank you. She came from the sea, after all; I thought it felt right he would see a desert without her. Poor Denethor. :( At that point, I don't think there was anything in the world he loved and needed more than his two little boys.

even if he forgot that later... (starts sniffling in the corner)

[curiouswombat]

What good imagery - and how right are all their responses to her death.

[almaheart]

Thank you! I am very glad to hear you think so; I was rather startled with myself when I had Denethor so close to tears... The poor little ones were easy, but he worried me.

[lindahoyland]

This was very moving.

[almaheart]

Thank you. I am glad, though it also makes me sad. Poor things.