Forbidden Love

Scene 1

Éomer stared as a dark-haired maiden appeared out of an alleyway and headed toward a market shop. He poked Éothain in the shoulder. "Who is the lass?"

"The Gondorian?"

"Aye."

"Idril. She's a merchants' niece, moved here with him last year, about a six month ago, just before winter set in."
"Why haven't I seen her before then?"

"He kept a pretty close eye on her, she did not even have leave to go out of the house until this past month." Éothain hesitated, watching Éomer's face before giving him a shove. "You should close your mouth."

Éomer spun towards him, a grin on his face, "She is lovely, is she not? I can see why he kept her close." Éothain shook his head, "As for that, I'd be subtle if I were you, or he might lock her up again."

"Aye…I think you have the right of it, Éothain."

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A/N: This short story is complete (although it's fun to re read and tweak things around still). I am planning on uploading a new scene every two to three days as some of the scenes have a rather small word count (like this first one). The story does not deal beyond superficially with any of the books happenings and does time-skip liberally.

Trigger Warning: Miscarriage.

It is rated M for allusions to sex and the miscarriage.