A Darkness Lies Behind Me by Zdenka
Fanwork Notes
Written for femslashfete for the prompt "splinter" and the femslashficlets Language of Flowers prompt table challenge: daffodil, meaning "memory."
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Summary:
Níniel regrets not knowing her past or her family, but at least she and Finduilas have each other.
Major Characters: Nienor, Finduilas
Major Relationships: Finduilas/Nienor
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Rating: Teens
Warnings: Mature Themes
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 181 Posted on Updated on This fanwork is complete.
Chapter 1
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It pokes at Níniel’s mind like a splinter she can’t get out: Who is she? Where did she come from? Who are her family? She shares her thoughts with Finduilas, as they are sitting comfortably curled up together, her head on Finduilas’s shoulder.
Finduilas says carefully, “I know my kin, but many of them are dead. The rest are far away in the Falas or the Havens of Sirion, and it would not be safe to journey there to find them. Would you wish to know the truth, even if it brought you sorrow?”
“Yes,” Níniel says without hesitation. “If they are dead, I can perform mourning rites for them and honor their death-day each year. I can grieve that they are dead, and rejoice that I am alive.”
“I too rejoice that you are alive,” Finduilas says gently, and turns her head to kiss Níniel’s hair. They have both escaped danger and pain and death to find a refuge in Brethil. To find each other, and that is not a small joy.
