Ficlet: Seabird A/B (Gen)

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Ficlet: A/B

Title: Seabird

Author:alex_quine

Pairing: Aragorn/Boromir

Rating: Gen

Warning: Wingfic

Summary: Time alone cannot lessen the sorrow

Words: 300
Archive: My LJ

Disclaimer: These characters/actions belong to their copyright holders. I borrow them for entertainment, not profit.

Feedback: Received with thanks.

 

 

Each year as the day approached he grew silent; sadness spread from his touch, the healer’s hands a blight to hope and joy. 

 

The moon was full, the pale, cold, light reflecting off the white walls and marble pavements as chill as the night air.

 

He could not sleep and had come to the fountain court, where the white tree bore pure fragrant blossoms, the perfume at its most potent under the moon.

 

A solitary guard stood sentry, head bowed, the white seabird’s wings to his helm stirring faintly in the breeze.

 

Sick at heart, Aragorn went to stand by him, gazing into the silvered pool. In the water the reflection of the feathers shivered around Aragorn’s head and he closed his eyes to silent call to his lover, not to forget him, anchored to this beloved place that had become as a prison to him.

 

Aragorn could hear the wind stirring the leaves on the white tree. He gazed again upon the pool and a drift of blossoms ruffled the surface of the water. 

 

As it cleared, there was a feather-light touch to the back of his neck as of lips that brushed against his skin. A rustling and a warmth wrapped around him and a beloved voice sounded in his ear. “You are not forsaken, my King.”

 

In the pool’s glass, the great white wings enfolded the pair in a living sheath of pearl.

 

Aragorn hugged the strong arms around him, leant into the embrace that banished the chill from his heart. Boromir laid his bearded cheek gentle against his neck, kissed the pulsing vein that carried his love’s breath. The wings stirred.

 

“All in good time we will meet again upon the strand.”

His heart cried out, but how can I live until then? 

"I am here."

Comments

[nevanoon.livejournal.com]

Just a little something for you..



Because images evoke images. :)

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

Oh wow! I don't know what to say, except thankyou! It's amazing. I'm so pleased that the words spoke to you. And I've taken a copy. Thankyou.

[archet.livejournal.com]

Lovely imagery, but so bittersweet, Aragorn having over time felt Gondor a prison as he misses his Boromir, but I'm so glad to see that even death cannot truly part them. Thanks for sharing!

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

Thankyou for reading and for your kind feedback. Aragorn has a long life ahead of him without Boromir, but they remain connected at a fundamental level.

[redminerva17.livejournal.com]

Oh my -- extraordinary images. Both. There are no words....

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

So glad that it's worked for you. Thankyou for feeding back.

[govi20.livejournal.com]

Beautiful, but then again you do never less, and you never disappoint. Same goes for you Nevanoon.

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

The picture's great, isn't it! Many thanks for your kind feedback. It was a sad piece to work on at one level, but it brought some things together and I felt Aragorn would go on happier knowing he was not really alone.

[rotpunkt.livejournal.com]

wow, beautiful and sad, and nevanoon's illustration fits marvellously!

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

It's a gorgeous picture. Many thanks for reading and feeding back. I'm glad you liked it, although I rather hope that Aragorn comes to take comfort, be strengthened, by Boromir's 'presence' knowing that he is loved always.

[mooms.livejournal.com]

This is sad and beautiful, but comforting, too, in that Boromir is still "with" Aragorn. I love the wing imagery and nevanoon's picture is also beautiful and a perfect banner for this story.

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you enjoyed this. Many thanks for feeding back. I did want it to bring a positive element to a sad situation. I was bowled over by Nevanoon's picture. I'm going to see if I can embed it - so that readers can 'discover' it, as Aragorn discovers Boromir's presence, rather than have it tell the story before it starts, which it would do as a banner.

[rifleman-s.livejournal.com]

"...there was a feather-light touch to the back of his neck as of lips that brushed against his skin. "

Just what we would all hope for from a passed-on loved one . . . what a wonderfully moving moment.

I am here. And Aragorn's safe in that knowledge.

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

Many thanks for reading and feeding back. I'm really glad that it spoke to you. Although it is a sad situation, and this, even though it was a short piece, was undeniably sad to work on, I really wanted to give something positive at the end, that he is not wholly gone and they will meet again.

[seleneheart]

Simply gorgeous, and heartbreakingly sad, yet like all tales from Middle Earth, there is hope at the end, that things will be mended and wrongs righted.

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it spoke to you, particularly of hope in the end. Many thanks for reading and feeding back.

[lab-jazz.livejournal.com]

Beautifully sad...but comforting to know that Aragorn and Boromir will walk through eternity together

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

Thankyou for reading and feeding back. I wanted to show something of hope beyond the present sorrow, so glad it spoke to you.