Attack of the Plot Bunnies Chapter Thirty (and Author Notes)

For them that hasn't noticed, I rearranged the old ficlets and drabbled and mixed in a bunch of new ones. They are all now in chronological order -- of sorts anyway!

Timeline: September 1482/F.A 62 Chapter: Appendices

Credit where Credit is due: previously on my LJ

Disclaimer: It all belongs to Tolkien (except for the bits that belong to Peter Jackson and the rest of the people who made the movies.) I'm just playing with the toys.

Author: rabidsamfan

Title: Tower Hills

That evening Sam stood in their garden listening to something only he could hear, and it seemed to Elanor that light shone out of him like hearthfirelight glinting through the cracks of a poorly repaired chimneystack. His sleep was brief, and broken by the nightmares he'd never had in her mother's arms. She sat by his side through the wee hours and held his hand in the shadowed room, hearing parts of the old story that she had never known. His hand felt as fragile to her touch as he did to her heart.

She knew he would not stay.

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Author notes:

Well, I've pulled the old author notes here and added new, thank you everyone who's commented. I appreciate the feedback!

balrogthane -- Glad you liked Elfhelm. Sam's in a lot of these, but I branch out now and then.

Coriandra -- Thank you! I hope you like the new stuff too! (And I have a sneaking fondness of "Soldier of Gondor" since it was one of my earliest drabbles.)

Danny Barefoot – I haven't actually read "A Pretty Good Year." I may, once I've got my own story about Rosie worked out so that it doesn't get warped by preconceptions, though. I didn't imagine that particular drabble as a threesome – more as stumbling down the hall and looking for the nightlight… Glad you enjoyed Elrond! (new) Yes, "Ash Nazg" is "one Ring". And "Reunion" here has the prequel of "Farewell" which is not a drabble, but does expand on the relationship.

Eiluj – you're quite correct, Elfhelm does survive. But I think that at the moment he was giving Eowyn permission to join his eored, he was as convinced as anyone else in that army that he was riding to his doom, and so would she be. That another chance would arise just doesn't cross his mind.

Eykar -- Sorry that the revision will disconnect some of your reviews, but I know which one went to which. You've seen most of these at my lj though and commented. "Betimes" was used in the sense of "once in a while". Frodo's rotten times do grab me, but I think that they are rotten moments, as opposed to being absolutely flattened all of the time. He pulls himself together when he needs to.

Illyria – thanks for reviewing – although I think you did at my lj, which may be why the other one isn't here…

Sigil Galen -- grin I'm glad you liked that connection! I don't know if it's accurate, but it's fun!

Unhobbity Hobbit -- I love your take on "Faramir and Pippin"! LoL! Glad you enjoyed the first dozen of these, and hope you'll enjoy the rest!