A Little Fox in Arda

It was supposed to be a 300 words excerpt for the Momentous Wedding. It transformed into a full chapter for the Swan...

It was inspired by a brooch made by René Lalique in 1890 looking like a swallow :

Eowyn (wearing a red wig, holding a sword): Now Wulf, you execute Hama and I'll be stricken with grief!

Theodred: This sucks why do I have to be the harp brother

Eowyn: SILENCE. DON'T BREAK CHARACTER

꧁ Chapter 9 - A King's Life ꧂

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SUMMARY : Lothíriel of Dol Amroth marries Éomer King of Rohan, but she despises her new home, with its unfamiliar landscape and customs. She seeks to escape the only way she knows how, but when her plans go awry, she finds redemption in a place she never expected.

CHAPTER SUMMARY : Éomer gets ready for his night with Lothíriel.

PAIRING : Éomer / Lothíriel RATING : M┃WORD COUNT : 2.2 k chapter, 52 k total THEMES : arranged marriage, enemies to lovers, angst, whump, mental illness WARNINGS : suicide, medical procedures, violence - overall nothing graphic. Things start to get steamy in this chapter, and there is a smattering of foul language. A/N : A short and sweet chapter for today, and I hope that Éothain fans will be pleased. FANCAST POST : here

PREVIEW :

Once [Éomer] arrived, he was glad to see that his bath had already been drawn, and he scrubbed himself thoroughly, thinking of the way his body might feel to Lothíriel – how she would wear the artless, diffident expression she sometimes did when she was neither posturing nor stoic, and how she might extend her fingers, weaving them through the tapestry of muscles and scars that a life in the éored had dealt him.

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