A Rougher Sea, a Deeper Gulf by Himring  

A Rougher Sea, a Deeper Gulf (2)

POV Anarion's wife

She walks the muddy beach, with Meneldil on her arm, because she cannot bear to give him up, and with every step she thinks: that is what the living do.
Salt prickles on her skin. They have not found enough water for washing yet as well as drinking. She worries what to feed her son. He is not yet fully weaned, but she has not enough milk. What will they eat, any of them—rations spoiled by sea water?
Worrying about food is what the living do.
Anarion has gone to look for his brother. Her own family are drowned.

Chapter End Notes

The prompt for this was: I've been thinking: This is what the living do.  From: Mary Howe, What the Living Do.

The main title is adapted from The Castaway, by  William Cowper.

As it is said later that Isildur and Anarion take their ships up the Anduin, to make this entirely canon-compatible, you have to assume that, unlike Elendil's ships, this ship of Anarion's was capable of sailing again, at least after minor repairs.

This was 2 x 100 words in MS Word.