Jubilee Instadrabbling 2025 by Lindariel  

Prompt: spark, night, rooftop, woodsmoke

First Age 455, Gondolin

Húrin and Huor could barely breathe in the tower room that was their guesthouse. As soon as the chatelaine left them alone, they bolted for the night air beyond their balcony door. 

As the boys stood at the balustrade they could see much of the south side of the city of Gondolin, which seemed to stretch endlessly beneath them. They watched woodsmoke carrying spark after spark emerge from stone chimneys that dotted every structure. They squirmed, waiting for the inevitable fires to break out, not realizing that they were seeing for the first time the advantage of a slate rooftop.