There Is No Story Without a Fall by Deborah Judge  

| | |

Fanwork Notes

Written for the SWG challenge Allusive, for the prompt, from Tolkien's letter to Milton Waldman, :"There cannot be any ‘story’ without a fall."

Fanwork Information

Summary:

Miriel makes a dress for Indis.

Major Characters: Indis, Míriel Serindë

Major Relationships: Finwë/Indis, Finwë/Míriel

Genre: Fixed-Length Ficlet, Het

Challenges: Allusive

Rating: Adult

Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Mild)
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 204
Posted on Updated on

This fanwork is complete.

There Is No Story Without a Fall

Read There Is No Story Without a Fall

The first dress Miriel made she gave to Indis. This was back at Cuiviénen, where the Minyar gathered berres while the Tatyar hunted with stone tools and the Lindar caught fish from the stream with their hands. At night they all coupled with their mates in the open field, except for Indis who had no mate. She watched Finwë as he lay with Miriel and followed the the lines of the muscles in his back.

"It's called a dress," Miriel said, and it was unlike the ribbons Miriel made to adorn the hair of the Eruhini or the gloves and shoes she made to protect their hands and feet. This dress would cover her nipples that hardened when she looked at Finwë and the flush on her chest when she watched him couple. No one had ever hidden the beauty of an Eru-made body before, but a dress this lovely could be no shame.

"Will you wear one as well?" Indis asked, not wanting to be alone in this, and Miriel's nod lifted her heart.

The dress was a generous gift, colorful and well-made. It kept Indis warm on her way from Cuiviénen, to which no one will ever return.

Leave a Comment

"except for Indis who had no mate" Oh, that is so sad, poor Indis all on her own! And Míriel's dress-gift is so many things at once! 

What an evocative picture you've painted with this. I love how the dress can be seen both as a gesture of friendship or, quite uncomfortably as a means of hiding something shameful, and how the uncertainty is preserved for which intent Míriel has given it.