A/N-I wrote this as its been raining for ages, and my horses are turned out until the weather clears up and ground dries a bit, which isn't going to happen for awhile. So this is my riding withdrawal treatment! 10 minutes to write this =D Hope you enjoy.
Everything Eowyn did was attractive to Faramir. But of everything she did the thing that Faramir found most amazing was to watch Eowyn ride her horses, in particular a huge equine called Helkarothion, he was 17.2hh, and bay. A present from the stables of Edoras. He was a mighty and noble beast, orginally intended to be for Eomer himself, but found that he prefered mares to riding this stallion, so down to his sister he was sent, who warmed to him straight away. Eowyn had many horses at her disposal, but he was her favourite by far. Faramir took everyopportunity to watch her ride. He watched as she, who couldn't be more than 60kgs at the most could control a beast who was at the least 500kgs.
It amazed him, he knew men who were twice her size who needed brute force to control their horses, they kicked their guts and wrenched on their mouths all just to get them to adjust their speed and turn, Eowyn was different, every move she made was tiny and the horse responded. A slight change in pressure with her legs and the horse turned or speed up, nothing excessive. A tiny tightning of the reigns and the horses head tucked in neatly. The horse was not merely a means of transportation when she rode, but it was a partnership, she the brains and Helkarothion the power.
Though he would never admit it to anyone, even his wife, he found Eowyn riding Helkarothion a huge turn on. To him the sight of the proud testosterone ridden stallion, muscles ripping, veins popping, sleek brown coat shining in the light of the sun over Gondor and his mane and tail blowing in the wind while his wife controlled him was positivley orgasmic. He watched as their colours contrasted with each other well, she so pale, with blonde hair and he with brown coat and black mane and tail worked in unisome. It was the most erotic thing he had ever seen-Eowyns back straight yet relaxed, she looked like she was just sitting there, bobbing gently in time with the horses gaits, while her bottom and legs controlled all his actions almost invisibly to watchers. her arms were almost not needed to control his pace or direction, she just used them to keep his head neat. No spurs or harsh bits were needed, it was just her and the horse, separated by the leather of her custom made saddle. But of everything that Faramir loved about watching Eowyn and Helkarothion the thing he adored was her facial expression-she was concentrated and focused on the horse completely but it was a bad focus of inexperience or nervousness it was a concentration of someone who was entirely passionate about what she was doing. When she was riding she was not Eowyn, wife of Faramir, Stewart of Gondor, nor was she a Shield Maiden of Gondor, she was a equine Goddess. Dedicated entirely to the horse.
Faramir smiled to himself as he stood watching Eowyn ride. He had never been happier.
The end!
If you want to know how I imagine Eowyn riding, youtube natural horsemanship. Its a truly beautiful style of riding and requires a lot of skill! I'm actually learning to do it on one of my horses, but I'm not near as good. Too much riding these days requires the use of spurs, harsh bits and other forms of technology but truth be told if you can't ride your horse without the use of these things (spurs excluded) then you shouldn't be riding that horse and thats what I want to convey here. The sheer joy of watching someone ride a horse who works as a team. Its beautiful and so attractive!