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Summary: She had considered, for a brief while, volunteering to take her mother’s place. To run and hide the two of them away on the coast, well away from the dangers of the north. But her brother deserved better than that. If he could not have both parents, then he should at least have one, and not just an older sister who knew nothing of raising children. And besides, her father needed her here. She was still his heir apparent. The first resort and line of defense. It was her who had the training and the knowledge to lead their people if anything should happen to their lord, and the lineage to reinforce her claim. But something deep in her chest, sitting somewhere behind her still-beating heart, went sharp at the thought. If she did take her father’s place, she feared it would not be for long. Sighing, she lifted her baby brother up and kissed his forehead. His skin was still soft, the way that infants’ was. This might be the last time she would ever see him. What a burden to place on the shoulders of a child who was only just seeing his first winter Major Characters: Finduilas, Gil-galad Major Relationships: Finduilas & Gil-galad Genre: Drama, Family Challenges: Rating: Teens Warnings: In-Universe Classism, Mature Themes
Chapters: 1	Word Count: 5, 504
Posted on 9 January 2026	Updated on 10 March 2026
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