Courage of the Trembling Tongue by StarSpray
Fanwork Notes
written for the instadrabble prompt:
Let mine be the courage
of the trembling tongue
that confesses its true need
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Summary:
Passing headlights sweep across the wall, yellow and striped through the blinds. In the distance a siren wails, and in the dark, quiet hotel room they lie facing each other, each curled toward the other like parentheses, with thousands of years of history tucked between them.
Major Characters: Daeron, Maglor
Major Relationships: Daeron/Maglor
Genre: Fixed-Length Ficlet, Slash
Challenges:
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Mature Themes
This fanwork belongs to the series
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 205 Posted on Updated on This fanwork is complete.
Courage of the Trembling Tongue
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Passing headlights sweep across the wall, yellow and striped through the blinds. In the distance a siren wails, and in the dark, quiet hotel room they lie facing each other, each curled toward the other like parentheses, with thousands of years of history tucked between them. Daeron is tired. He long ago stopped counting the years, stopped counting these encounters—whether they end in tears or in blows or in bed. All he really knows is that they end, just like everything else, and he is tired.
Maglor reaches out to brush strands of hair away from his forehead. Daeron still wears it long; Maglor’s is different every time they see each other, curled or straight or in today’s case, long and dyed a bright rainbow of colors. “I missed you,” Maglor whispers. “Where are you going next?”
“I don’t know.”
There’s a hesitation. Then, Maglor says, “What if you came home with me?”
Daeron catches his hand, laces their fingers together. Someone is playing music in a nearby room, just loud enough that the strains of a waltz are recognizable. He’s so tired, and he wants. “Do you have one of those?”
“Well—no. But we could make one.”
Oh, these two! Bouncing off…
Oh, these two! Bouncing off of each other for so long that it has been ages and ages it seems. I hope they can make a home, as Maglor suggests. :) I think will fall in love with them every way that you write them. :)