Ringless; Challenge: Missing

[liadt]

Title : Ringless (on AO3).
Author : liadt
Fandom : The Lord of the Rings
Rating : General audiences
Category: Gen
Characters: Gollum
Spoilers: Ring backstory
Disclaimer : Not mine, no money made, don’t sue
Notes: Vague reference to torture

Gollum cried because of the pain and because he was missing the ring. He hadn't wanted to tell his tormentors about the ring, but with it in the uppermost of his thoughts, was it any surprise when he talked it was of it? Sauron missed the ring too and he was more powerful than him. If the ring resurfaced, the ring would be Sauron's. Gollum wouldn't be able to reach it from a cell. He wished he was dead, but then the ring really would be lost to him forever. His only consolation was imaging how Sauron would punish Baggins.

Comments

[fredbassett]

EEk, I was almost feeling sorry for Gollum, but that last line was pretty malicious! And very in keeping with how he must have felt.

[liadt]

I'm sure he felt it was the Bagginses fault, he would have stayed hidden in his cave forever otherwise and avoided torture with a staple gun!

[hhimring]

"Sauron missed the ring, too."
That reminds me of Sam watching that scene with Frodo and Gollum: ring owner-addicts sort of understanding each other across huge gaps.

[liadt]

The ring does have a Gollumising effect.

[periantari.livejournal.com]

He wished he was dead, but then the ring really would be lost to him forever. His only consolation was imaging how Sauron would punish Baggins.
Wow, creepy point of view. Awesome how you can fit everything in a drabble. :)

[liadt]

Thank you! Gollum doesn't have the best personality it has to be said.