Time Past

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Title: Time Past
Author: Altariel
Word Count: 100
Characters: Faramir, Aragorn
Adult content: None
Disclaimer: Not mine, sadly
Notes: A birthday drabble for windswept1, who asked for a Faramir-Aragorn conversation.



Time Past

A king and his steward have much to talk about. Taxes and tariffs; placating the guilds and playing the council; restoring a city and a kingdom (or two). Present matters, future hopes.

Now and again, they find the time to talk of other things. And sometimes, when the business of the day is done, they talk about the past. He tells him of Ecthelion, a wise lord who welcomed him and loved his servant like his son. He tells him of Denethor, subtle and valiant and brilliant. He tells him of Finduilas, dancing, with white flowers braided in her hair.

Comments

[ribby.livejournal.com]

Lovely--and how perfect that Aragorn, who brought Faramir back from the dark, would strengthen that bond and Faramir's own light with memories of his parents, and redeem Denethor from his own darkness. Just beautiful!

~Kris

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I'm really glad you like it! It's sad that Faramir has few memories of his mother, and that his memories of his father would, I think, be marred by Denethor's decline and eventual madness. Aragorn is a link to a happier period of their past.