[drabble] The End of a Letter to His King [A/B] G

[aesc]

For the lotr100 "Letter" challenge.

Title: The End of a Letter to His King
By: HF
Pairing: A/B
Adult Content: Not really. Minorly slashy.
Disclaimer: Alas, not mine.
Other stuff: Movieverse

Notes: The first new thing I've written in a long time. I was looking through some old notes, and ran across a poem I'd copied, "The End of a Letter to Ausonius," by Paulinus of Nola, which was the inspiration for this.


THE END OF A LETTER TO HIS KING

The hope of you was in my breath, my King.

What the mind could not accept, the heart knew. In Dwimordene’s mists I saw my duty. In the blood of Parth Galen I saw what was true and real. I remember the first time beneath the trees, when I bid you ride home with me. I remember the second when I died.

Both times I swore, “So long as I live, I will serve you.”

Though the world’s encircling separates us, my noble lord, I still serve you, and I will remember you beyond the doom that waits, forever.

Farewell.

-end-

Comments

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

I've loved your writing since I got into this fandom, and I'm really, really delighted to see more of it. This is just beautiful.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it :)

And, if I may say it, I love your icon... Boromir should smile more often.

[liars-dance.livejournal.com]

Oh, heavens - that's so beautiful! I'm all teared up over here *sniffles* Wonderful drabble - thank you...

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Heath! *hands over tissue* I'm glad you liked it :)

licks your icon, while she's here

[przed.livejournal.com]

That first line is lovely, as is the rest of the piece. Thanks for sharing.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reading!

God, I love your icon. :)

[przed.livejournal.com]

The icon is by fileg, one of her best, I think.

[the-reverand.livejournal.com]

Lovely and sad. Especially love the lines: 'The hope of you was in my breath, my King...' and 'I remember the first time beneath the trees, when I bid you ride home with me'. There's so much that can be taken, real and imagined, from just those two lines. Of course, most of what I take from it is imagined. *g*

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Of course, most of what I take from it is imagined. *g*

That's usually the way it is for me, too :) I think that's the best part about drabbling... there's so much that can be imagined in so small a space.

[ribby.livejournal.com]

Beautiful and bittersweet, as anything between these two must be... and Boromir is so strong here, so confident in his love for his King. Just wonderful!

*sniffle*

~Kris

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Beautiful and bittersweet, as anything between these two must be...

Ah, that's why I love them so much!

*tiger-tackles you*

[makamu]

Dare I call it beautiful? Yes, I dare! :) I am crying here, really, I am

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Heh heh. Thank you for daring! *hands over Kleenex* There, there... now, now..

[cruisedirector]

*wails, sniffles and hugs you*

Beautiful.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

*clings*

Thank you! I think I'll always remember the boat from the LotR exhibit... that was very present in my mind as I wrote this.

(I'm glad to see you made it through Yu-Gi-Goh alive!)

[cruisedirector]

Yu-Gi-Oh was vastly better than the Pokemon movies. Which is not saying much, but, you know, I did sit through two of those!

I was so tempted to touch him in the boat but really afraid it would set off alarms...

[aesc.livejournal.com]

I was so tempted to touch him in the boat but really afraid it would set off alarms...

Yeah, or else get tackled by scary guard-type people.

Y'know, the closest thing I to which I could compare that experience, in terms of the freakish uncanniness of it all, was when I was at my grandmother's funeral. It was open-casket, and I remember very clearly how strange it was that I saw her so still, asleep, and being convinced (for a few seconds only, but still convinced) that she was going to move.

[cruisedirector]

*shivers* I've never been anywhere near the casket at an open casket funeral. Jews don't do open caskets and the one Catholic funeral I went to, I was as far away from the casket as possible. My grandparents all died when I was in my late teens-early 20s and I never saw them once they were gone.

[seleneheart]

*tears*

Just beautiful. What else can I say? You know this touched my heart.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Raederle! A/B is such a beautiful pairing to write, in any season, and I'm glad you liked this one.

[amentiii.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for this. I'm such a sap for hurt/comfort. And undead Boromir.

This was beautiful.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :) Boromir, per the challenge, actually is dead, but in M-e, death seems to be a relative thing -- the Gift of the One to men, and all.

[amentiii.livejournal.com]

Oh good grief, I am such an idiot!! That little fb snippet was for Archet's story A King's Promise.

What I meant to tell you was that this broke my heart:

In the blood of Parth Galen I saw what was true and real. I remember the first time beneath the trees, when I bid you ride home with me. I remember the second when I died.

So beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing it.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

OMG, I stole someone's feedback! *g*

*quickly hands it over*

Glad you liked this, still :)

[widdershin.livejournal.com]

I am always stunned at how so few words can elicit such a strong emotion. I am in awe ...

[aesc.livejournal.com]

I love that about drabbles, too :) Thanks for reading!

Oh, if you want a couple more great Aragorn!drabbles, definitely check out mrkinch's most recent two. Lovely work.