Lily white and poppy red by Anérea  

Lily white and poppy red

For the Musicals challenge prompt:  
Lily white and poppy red 
I trembled when he laid me out 
"You won’t feel a thing," he said, "when you go 
    ~ Hadestown, Flowers

I tremble when Maglor lays me out, my vitality drained by the pain unbearable, my father's gem, burning bright as his spirit, trapped now in my fist as I ever was by his oath.

"You won’t feel a thing," my brother says, "when you go down."

He kisses me, and

Chapter End Notes

(The prompt made me do it.)