Double Drabble: The Steward's Lady (LotR, Gen)

[przed]

Title: The Steward's Lady
Author: P.R. Zed
Fandom: LotR
Notes: The idea for this originally came to me for the tolkien_weekly AU challenge, but I couldn't get it down to 100 words. It exists here as a double drabble.


The Steward's lady watched from a balcony as her eldest son left the city, bound for the nearly forgotten Elven outpost of Imladris. Not for the first time, she was glad she had survived the illness of her early years in Gondor. She had not succumbed, but survived to see both her sons grow and thrive.

Boromir had ever been a protector, and today he served that role yet again. Even now, the people gathered in the streets to wish their Captain success in his journey, to give him their hopes to carry.

But if he carried the people’s hopes, he also carried their fears.

Finduilas knew her eldest son, and could see the care that lay upon his shoulders, see the worry that ever so slightly bowed his head. A shadow of foreboding encroached on her pride in her son.

But just as a frown began to form on her face, she felt a light touch on her arm. She turned as her husband took her hand in his, their younger son at his side.

"He will not fail, mother. He will save us all."

And meeting Faramir's confident gaze, Finduilas felt her faith return.

Life would prevail.

Comments

[undonne.livejournal.com]

Oh, nice! I may be living a sheltered life, but I don't remember reading an AU where Finduilas lives. Nicely done.

[przed.livejournal.com]

I was on vacation when the challenge was issued (checking lj from an internet cafe) and idly casting around for an AU idea that I knew I didn't have time to write when this came to me. I've been looking for a way to have a happy (or at least happier) Boromir for ages and this seemed like the ticket.

[archet.livejournal.com]

Oh! Lovely! So glad to see a world where they're happy...or at least, happier. This makes me smile, thank you, ;)

[przed.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it. I still want to do a longer, happy A/B piece some day, but for now this will have to suffice.