Once A Man Of Rohan
By: LadyErestor83
yup it's a new story...don't get too excited, it's a one-shot
pairing: Grima/Theoden
setting: takes place during TTT (movie) and ROTK (movie, slightly changed)
disclaimer: don't own anything except myself...the title to this fic is a line from Theoden in the ROTK film...
A/N: this is all from Grima's POV...
summary: Eomer always thought that Eowyn was Grima's promised price...
I know what they all think of me. They find me a witless worm that cannot be good. They find me horrid and terrible, but if only they knew. Eomer thinks my eye had fallen to his sister, that I will make her my wife. How upset would he be to find out that it is not his sister I am interested in, but his Uncle. The only problem is, thanks to my deal with Saruman, the King is not himself. He looks old and weary. The truth is, he is nearly possessed by Saruman. That damned wizard swore to me that no ill would come to my King, yet it has. Then the other wizard comes and releases my King from his curse. I try to explain myself, I beg him not to send me away, but now it is too late for me. Without any thought, I abandon my King and Rohan and flee to Isengard. If only I had known what this psychotic wizard had planned, I may have stayed with Theoden, not had Eomer banished, and possibly become the man I once was. I look out over the lands of Isengard and see ten thousand Uruk-Hai. I swallow hard and allow a tear to slip past my eye. I hate this wizard, all he is, all he stands for. I hate his master as well. I would ride to Rohan, warn Theoden. I step back into the tower, thinking of my King. Theoden, my 'promised price'as it were, though I do not think of him as that, I never would. As war goes to Rohan, the trees have come to hunt Isengard. Good. I watch the water break from the dam and groan. Not good, this means I will be in this tower with the psychotic one for the rest of my life. A day or two passes and I begin to wonder what has happened to my King. I hear Saruman the psycho talking to my King from the tower. I go up to see him for myself. My King pleads with me to come with him and I attempt to, but am stopped by Saruman. He hits me once. I want to kill him, but I will not. I leave his presence and go to my King. I do not care what happened to that wizard, all I care about is my King. We make it back to Edoras and my King calls me aside.
"Grima, you are once again a man of Rohan."
I incline my head to him and without thinking, I press my lips to his. I nearly jump for joy when I feel him hold me tight to him and kiss me back. It seems my King cares for me more than I thought. The next thing I know, he is making love to me. Slowly, not roughly. He is gentle with me. After our lovemaking is over, he takes me into his arms.
"Never leave me again Grima."
I kiss his forehead.
"Never again Theoden, my love."
~*THE END*~