The Lord of the Rings: What if?

an AU fic, what if Frodo had not thrown the ring into the fires of Mount Doom in his trance state? What would Sam do?

There Frodo Baggins stood, at the edge of the mountain, sneering, watching as the fires played with each flame, one consuming the other. Frodo's curly dark hair whipped about his face whilst the eye of Sauron was waiting, watching silently, for the Ring to come to him. Frodo had been given the Ring by Bilbo Baggins, who had found the Ring in Gollum's cave. (I'm sure you've all heard the story.) Sam Gamgee got up, after getting hit in the back by Frodo. "Mister Frodo! Toss it into the fire!!!" Sam yelled, worried that Frodo had let the Ring take hold of him at long last. Frodo turned, his blue eyes blank, yet cold. "No." Frodo said simply.