I suggest listening to "Lying on the Grey Foam" by Artesia while reading this. It just sets the mood.
Quiet They Are Now
Darcy leaned over his body, one of his hands held tightly in her own. She could hear foot steps coming her way, but she paid them no heed. If the orcs had returned to finish her off she wasn't sure she really cared at the moment.
Tears threatened to fall, gathering at the corners of her eyes. The dirt encrusted hand of the man in her arms reached up, his fingers gently wiping the tears away.
"None of that now." Boromir tried to smile, but he could feel a trickle of blood fall from his lips. He had been so foolish, wasting so much time.
"I'm not likely to laugh at a time like this…. Boromir…." Darcy choked on a sob, his name hardly able to push past her lips.
"I dearly wish you would. If I have to leave, let me go with the sound of your laughter." He cupped her face in his hand, using what little strength he had to pull her towards him. So much time had been wasted, so very much…
Darcy allowed Boromir to pull her down, pressing her lips to his. The kiss wasn't one of dreams, but of nightmares. She could taste his blood, its metallic tang mixing with the saltiness of her tears. When she pulled back she tried to smile for him, but she knew it had come out more as a grimace.
"I would have married you; brought you back to Gondor and made you my wife." He would have seen her in Gondorian finery walking the halls of Minas Tirith. He knew she would have been loved by all his people.
Darcy opened her mouth to speak a thousand words, but all that came out was, "And you would have been my husband." Her heart clenched at the look Boromir gave her, but before she could speak again Aragorn had kneeled beside them.
She tried to hold her tears at bay, but every pained breath from the man beside her brought them ever closer to falling. By the time Legolas and Gimli found them sobs wrecked her body, for Boromir of Gondor was gone.
Author's Note: So, I tried to write happy, fluffy Eomer/Lothiriel stuff, but I guess since I'm in a crap mood this is all I could write. Again, this is a scene I've had in my head for a long time now.
Anyway, this is sort of connected to the last chapter. If I ever get to write the full story it will all make sense.
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