Disclaimer: Alas, not mine, but J.R.R. Tolkien's adorable little hobbits and angsty people. I do not have permission, I am not making any money, and I might as well be telling James Audubon that birds have feathers.
Author's Note: Ah, pointless cuteness. Gandalf said something in _The Return of the King_ to the effect of "The evils of this day would have been far greater if you [meaning Pippin, I think] had not been there." Maybe there was some reason they went along...that is encouraging to bumbling hobbits.
Meant to Be
"Do you know, Merry, I think we were meant to go along with the Company," Pippin remarked suddenly as they were walking together in the courtyard beside the Houses of Healing.
"Not more things the bloody Ring intended!" Merry cried in mock remorse.
"No, no, not the Ring," Pippin insisted.
"How do you mean, Pip?" Merry asked, puzzled.
"Well, Gandalf said to Frodo once that there are forces in the world besides the forces of evil, and it was those forces that meant Frodo to have the Ring. And those forces meant for us to be part of the Fellowship, too."
"Now, what makes you say that?" Merry inquired.
Pippin smiled knowingly and nodded toward the high walls that looked east. "Look over there," he said cryptically. Merry obeyed, and noticed Éowyn and Faramir standing together on the walls, very close to each other, talking with their hands touching.
"You see, you saved Éowyn's life, and I saved Faramir's, so that they could find each other. Faramir needed a love that he would never get from his father, since he was not the favored son..."
"...and Éowyn needed healing of her perpetual sorrow and her longing for death," Merry finished, cottoning on. "And we were meant to bring them together so the wounded could heal each other."
The two hobbits stopped strolling and stood side by side, arms slung companionably across each other's shoulders, watching the two people on the high walls. Then, gently, Faramir bent and took Éowyn's face into his hands, and kissed her tenderly yet passionately. Merry glared reprovingly at Pippin when the younger hobbit gave a quiet whistle. The spectators below the walls were too polite to burst into applause, though Pippin felt that such a response would be in order.
"You know, Pip...I think you're on to something with that `meant to go with the Company' theory," Merry said, watching Faramir and Éowyn with a sly grin spreading across his face.
Author's Note: Ah, pointless cuteness. Gandalf said something in _The Return of the King_ to the effect of "The evils of this day would have been far greater if you [meaning Pippin, I think] had not been there." Maybe there was some reason they went along...that is encouraging to bumbling hobbits.
Meant to Be
"Do you know, Merry, I think we were meant to go along with the Company," Pippin remarked suddenly as they were walking together in the courtyard beside the Houses of Healing.
"Not more things the bloody Ring intended!" Merry cried in mock remorse.
"No, no, not the Ring," Pippin insisted.
"How do you mean, Pip?" Merry asked, puzzled.
"Well, Gandalf said to Frodo once that there are forces in the world besides the forces of evil, and it was those forces that meant Frodo to have the Ring. And those forces meant for us to be part of the Fellowship, too."
"Now, what makes you say that?" Merry inquired.
Pippin smiled knowingly and nodded toward the high walls that looked east. "Look over there," he said cryptically. Merry obeyed, and noticed Éowyn and Faramir standing together on the walls, very close to each other, talking with their hands touching.
"You see, you saved Éowyn's life, and I saved Faramir's, so that they could find each other. Faramir needed a love that he would never get from his father, since he was not the favored son..."
"...and Éowyn needed healing of her perpetual sorrow and her longing for death," Merry finished, cottoning on. "And we were meant to bring them together so the wounded could heal each other."
The two hobbits stopped strolling and stood side by side, arms slung companionably across each other's shoulders, watching the two people on the high walls. Then, gently, Faramir bent and took Éowyn's face into his hands, and kissed her tenderly yet passionately. Merry glared reprovingly at Pippin when the younger hobbit gave a quiet whistle. The spectators below the walls were too polite to burst into applause, though Pippin felt that such a response would be in order.
"You know, Pip...I think you're on to something with that `meant to go with the Company' theory," Merry said, watching Faramir and Éowyn with a sly grin spreading across his face.