New Beginnings
This is the last chapter. The next posting will be the epilogue. I hope everybody
has enjoyed this as much as I have writing it.
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The day ended with the hobbits watching the last rays of the sun set over the hillside.
Frodo had shown Samwise most of the surrounding countryside as well as the
smial that, with the help of a few Elves, he had built into a select patch of earth.
It made Samwise Gamgee all the more happy to know that Frodo had spent a bit
of each day preparing for the time that they would meet again.
They entered the comfy' smial and Samwise gently shut the door behind them.
After a well deserved meal, Frodo sat little Samson on his lap and read him a
story from a book of Elvish tails. Samwise was quite content to sit by and smoke
his pipe as he watched the beautiful sight of Frodo rocking his son. Frodo looked
over towards Sam who promptly smiled at him. Frodo smiled back, then looked
down at Samson who had fallen asleep. Frodo gestured his head at Samwise and
the two made their way to put Samson to bed.
Samwise quietly pulled the covers over Samson as to not wake him. Samson shifted
and mumbled in his sleep as his father placed a kiss on his forehead. 'Goodnight,
lad. Sleep well,' Sam thought as he quietly shut the door to Samson's room. He
thought, once again, of what this new life would bring in the future. He was still in
a mild state of shock but it was overridden by a new happiness that he had not felt
for an age. A wonderful home to come to...a wonderful new son...and most
importantly...he was back in the arms of the one he loved more than life itself.
"Frodo," he sighed as he made his way to the master bedroom. He paused, just
outside the door to see what Frodo was doing. Frodo was sitting in the middle of
the clothed only in a pair of pajamas and a simple, white nightshirt. In his hands, Frodo
held a book which he was concentrating heavily on readin. Sam could only guess
but he knew very well that it must be a book of Elvish poetry that he knew Frodo
loved so much. He stood at the doorway and watched Frodo, not knowing if Frodo
knew he was there or not. Samwise gazed lovingly at Frodo, enjoying the simple fact
that he was with him, once again.
"So, Samwise-dear, what do you think about our son?"
Frodo's question broke Samwise's daydream and he stuttered before speaking,
"As I said before, a beautiful lad he is...but no' as beautiful as you," he said as he
made his way onto the bed. He slowly wrapped himself around Frodo, laying his chin
on Frodo's shoulder. He kissed Frodo's neck, shoulder, ear, and face. And for this,
he was rewarded with a low moan from Frodo.
"You might want to exert a little more control, Samwise Gamgee. We don't want
to wake Samson now, do we?" Frodo said in a taunting, seducting voice. "Besides,
you've only arrived and you could use some rest. And what's more, we've many more
years to look forward to, together. You and me." As he spoke, he turned his head
and gave Samwise an affectionate kiss on the lips.
"Beggin' yer pardon Frodo but I weren't lookin' for a tumble. Not right now, anyways.
I only wanted to hold you in my arms again. Waited sixty years, I have. It's been nigh
unbearable, in that time, to not be able to hold you, if you catch my meanin'."
"I know, Sam," Frodo replied, stroking Sam's cheek. "I worried for the longest time,
hoping you would come to understand why I had to leave."
"Aye. For a long time...I was angry. I indeed didn't understand but I finally
came to realize that I was being selfish. The more I thought about it, I came to
know that every day you stayed in the Shire, the farther and farther you were
slipping away into darkness," Sam said. He kissed the stroking palm. He then
smiled at Frodo, "but that's all in the past, as they say."
"Indeed, it is, Sam," Frodo said giving Samwise yet another kiss.
Soon afterwards, the two hobbits enveloped themselves in each other and in a deep,
peaceful sleep, as the Valinor night surrounded them. No more tears were needed
for they had been reunited and now had a new, glorious future to look forward too.
This is the last chapter. The next posting will be the epilogue. I hope everybody
has enjoyed this as much as I have writing it.
____________________________
The day ended with the hobbits watching the last rays of the sun set over the hillside.
Frodo had shown Samwise most of the surrounding countryside as well as the
smial that, with the help of a few Elves, he had built into a select patch of earth.
It made Samwise Gamgee all the more happy to know that Frodo had spent a bit
of each day preparing for the time that they would meet again.
They entered the comfy' smial and Samwise gently shut the door behind them.
After a well deserved meal, Frodo sat little Samson on his lap and read him a
story from a book of Elvish tails. Samwise was quite content to sit by and smoke
his pipe as he watched the beautiful sight of Frodo rocking his son. Frodo looked
over towards Sam who promptly smiled at him. Frodo smiled back, then looked
down at Samson who had fallen asleep. Frodo gestured his head at Samwise and
the two made their way to put Samson to bed.
Samwise quietly pulled the covers over Samson as to not wake him. Samson shifted
and mumbled in his sleep as his father placed a kiss on his forehead. 'Goodnight,
lad. Sleep well,' Sam thought as he quietly shut the door to Samson's room. He
thought, once again, of what this new life would bring in the future. He was still in
a mild state of shock but it was overridden by a new happiness that he had not felt
for an age. A wonderful home to come to...a wonderful new son...and most
importantly...he was back in the arms of the one he loved more than life itself.
"Frodo," he sighed as he made his way to the master bedroom. He paused, just
outside the door to see what Frodo was doing. Frodo was sitting in the middle of
the clothed only in a pair of pajamas and a simple, white nightshirt. In his hands, Frodo
held a book which he was concentrating heavily on readin. Sam could only guess
but he knew very well that it must be a book of Elvish poetry that he knew Frodo
loved so much. He stood at the doorway and watched Frodo, not knowing if Frodo
knew he was there or not. Samwise gazed lovingly at Frodo, enjoying the simple fact
that he was with him, once again.
"So, Samwise-dear, what do you think about our son?"
Frodo's question broke Samwise's daydream and he stuttered before speaking,
"As I said before, a beautiful lad he is...but no' as beautiful as you," he said as he
made his way onto the bed. He slowly wrapped himself around Frodo, laying his chin
on Frodo's shoulder. He kissed Frodo's neck, shoulder, ear, and face. And for this,
he was rewarded with a low moan from Frodo.
"You might want to exert a little more control, Samwise Gamgee. We don't want
to wake Samson now, do we?" Frodo said in a taunting, seducting voice. "Besides,
you've only arrived and you could use some rest. And what's more, we've many more
years to look forward to, together. You and me." As he spoke, he turned his head
and gave Samwise an affectionate kiss on the lips.
"Beggin' yer pardon Frodo but I weren't lookin' for a tumble. Not right now, anyways.
I only wanted to hold you in my arms again. Waited sixty years, I have. It's been nigh
unbearable, in that time, to not be able to hold you, if you catch my meanin'."
"I know, Sam," Frodo replied, stroking Sam's cheek. "I worried for the longest time,
hoping you would come to understand why I had to leave."
"Aye. For a long time...I was angry. I indeed didn't understand but I finally
came to realize that I was being selfish. The more I thought about it, I came to
know that every day you stayed in the Shire, the farther and farther you were
slipping away into darkness," Sam said. He kissed the stroking palm. He then
smiled at Frodo, "but that's all in the past, as they say."
"Indeed, it is, Sam," Frodo said giving Samwise yet another kiss.
Soon afterwards, the two hobbits enveloped themselves in each other and in a deep,
peaceful sleep, as the Valinor night surrounded them. No more tears were needed
for they had been reunited and now had a new, glorious future to look forward too.