Challenge - suicidal risk: And death was his reward, by Himring

[hhimring]

Author : Himring
Fandom : Silmarillion
Rating : Teens
Characters : Turgon and his brother Fingon.
Disclaimer : The characters are Tolkien's, but their conversation is not.
Spoilers : For the outcome of the Fifth Battle of Beleriand.
Summary : Once again Fingon has leapt in to rescue somebody at personal cost. Turgon retreats to the greater safety of the secret city of Gondolin, from which he re-emerges to try and save his brother—and fails.

‘Do all your plans have to include suicidal risk?’ Turgon demanded.

Valiant as ever, Fingon smiled, despite his pallor.

‘Thank you for assuming that there was a plan. Father accused me of not thinking at all before I leap…’

‘I can see why he might.’

‘We are here. Just being in Beleriand is a suicidal risk.’

‘I have not forgotten.’

Their eyes met across a gulf of…oh, so many things.

‘But do you absolutely have to embrace it?’

Finally, after the endless retreat, Turgon was alone. He shut his eyes, hitting the wall with his fist until his knuckles bled.


A/N: The title is a quotation that refers to Fingon's death in the Fifth Battle.

Comments

[liadt]

Aw, the sense of inevitable sadness!

[fredbassett]

I adore Fingon! So brave.

Sigh. And so bloody tragic that such a cheerful soul ended that way.