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A sudden, angsty ficlet, though I'd like there think there is a measure of hope and happiness as well...

Title: Sunset
Author: Archet
Pairing: Aragorn/Boromir
Rating: PG
Summary: Aragorn has lived long, and has not forgotten.
Disclaimer: these characters are not mine, I did not create them, I only borrowed them and made this ficlet.
Feedback: welcomed and appreciated!




~*~

People forget. It is the way of things. Time blurs memory, perhaps so old wounds might heal, might at last cease to ache. It does not care that one might wish to hold tight to such wounds. Time does not care that some might wish not to forget, and so, I defy time. I will not forget.


Let the years turn, let the winds come and try to topple this high place, this brave city, if it can. Let your name be lost to the pages and pages of history that, even now, are still being penned somewhere down below in one of the lower circles. I will hold tight, to it and to you. Hearts love and hearts break and sometimes hearts even forget, yet I will not. I honor you in this, yes, but in truth I am a greedy man, and it is that I simply will not part with the memory of you.


Look at the sun, Boromir. Can you see her? She rides low on the horizon, her light a golden glow trapped, so fleetingly, against the clouds, her fierce, failing touch glinting as gems against our standard of the White Tree that flies free, unfurled upon the winds. It flies free, and has done so for many a year.


I have kept my word and kept your city safe. I have become a king to your people, made them my own and I have done my best to be a good king to them. I have loved and lost and I have had a wife and queen that has brought me unending happiness, a family that I love beyond measure. I have had all this and more, and I have remembered where others have not.


People forget. That is the way of things; it is as it should be. My name has joined yours in the pages of history, and one day it too will fade from memory. I would have it no other way. Let us be forgotten together, my love.


I am an old man that stands here on your White Tower, an old king that looks out at the dying of this day’s light and that shivers in the chill autumn air. I will be finished with this world soon, this autumn will be my last, and as a dry leaf fallen to the ground, I too will be laid to rest. I say let us lie down in the pages of history and be forgotten and finally find ourselves free to love. My life has been full. I have lived well and have been honored with the love of many good people, and though leaving those that love me best pains me, sometimes beyond measure, my time is drawing to a close and I cannot deny it. This is as it should be.


I stand here in this cold, high place and I want to ask, can you see me yet, Boromir? I am making my way to you, though slowly. The years have been long, and these last have been kind to me, so I come to you with a full and happy heart. I have not lacked for love since I lost you; I have only lacked having you with me to love, and so I have loved you from afar. But you have not been far away, have you? Not too far, I think, for I have felt you every time I’ve looked down upon our city. I feel you now, as I face this fading sunset.


Watch for me, my Boromir. I will come find you soon, and then all will be as it should have been. I have not forgotten. I will not forget.

Date: 2004-10-29 08:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] liars-dance.livejournal.com
Oh. Oh, I am all teary now! What a beautiful ficlet. And I don't think its angsty at all - it's beautiful - full of love and remembrance and acceptance and hope.

I say let us lie down in the pages of history and be forgotten and finally find ourselves free to love. - wonderful! Thanks so much for this..

Date: 2004-10-30 03:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Thank you! I really did want to convey those very things, remembrance and hope, not just the loss, and I'm so glad you felt them in the ficlet. Thanks so much for reading, ;)

Date: 2004-10-29 12:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amentiii.livejournal.com
I stand here in this cold, high place and I want to ask, can you see me yet, Boromir? I am making my way to you, though slowly.

Omigosh this is so beautiful. Thanks so very much for this.

Date: 2004-10-30 03:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Thank you, I'm happy that you liked this ficlet. Thanks for reading! ;)

Date: 2004-10-29 12:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] widdershin.livejournal.com
Such love and longing ... beautiful! They will be together *sigh*

Date: 2004-10-30 03:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Thank you! I'm glad you liked Aragorn here, and yes, they will be together again, :)

Date: 2004-10-29 02:05 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] ribby.livejournal.com
Watch for me, my Boromir. I will come find you soon, and then all will be as it should have been. I have not forgotten. I will not forget.

*happy sigh* So beautiful... and such lovely imagery. I love the idea of Aragorn's life, full as it has been, as a path to Boromir. Thank you!

~Kris

Date: 2004-10-30 03:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Thanks so much! This happened kind of suddenly, which is rare for me. :P I'm happy that you liked both the imagery and Aragorn here. And I too love the thought of his long life as, in the end, a path leading back to Boromir.

*cuddles you*

Date: 2004-10-29 02:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] whitewizzy.livejournal.com
Lovely!
And sad.
But still...they will meet again, yes?

Date: 2004-10-30 03:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Many thanks! Oh, I'm certain that they will meet again, I can't believe anything otherwise, :)
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Date: 2004-10-30 03:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Let us be forgotten together, my love.

This just resonates with me for some reason.


I can readily see Aragorn at the end of his days as being more than ready to be free of his duties and just wanting to have what he was denied in life... I think I'll always see him as more the wandering Ranger than the King.

This may be the first time I've written it, but the Aragorn in my head always sees Boromir when he looks out at the city, :) I'm so glad you enjoyed!

Oh, and what was your costume?? ;)
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Date: 2004-10-30 04:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Ah! I was just watching the Matrix, the first one, that is.

I figured it was the only time I could jusify wearing them to school.

Heh, I'm sure!

Oh, well, I must be a deviant, but you knew that.

Nah...hardly even noticed, ;)

Date: 2004-10-29 07:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ullman.livejournal.com
Wow. I'm not sure I can find the right words for this. So very beautifully written, such powerful images and I was close to tears the entire time. But I'm not crying because there's Aragorn's love for Boromir and the prospect of the two of them finally being together ::sighs:: Thanks so much for sharing this!

Date: 2004-10-30 03:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Oh, thank you so much. It's a treat to see that someone this was enjoyed. I'm glad that you aren't crying, because yes, they will be together again and that really was what I wanted to get across, and I'm happy to see it seemed to. Thanks for reading! ;)

Date: 2004-10-29 07:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
You are getting better and better. This was beautiful, once again.

Date: 2004-10-30 03:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Oh, thank you! I'm glad that you enjoyed it. Elladan has gone quiet on me, but at least Aragorn and Faramir are talking, so I'm hoping your stubborn Elf isn't far behind, ;)

Thanks so much for reading, *hugs*

Date: 2004-10-30 08:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
Well, you have to write the characters that do talk to you.

How's your "To Do" list doing? *hint, hint*
Sorry for pestering you. *ducks* But you write such a load of short, beautiful and finished pieces, something we'd desperately need... you get the picture, eh? *g*

Date: 2004-10-30 05:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
It is probably a good idea to pester me! *g* I'm wondering though, what catagory would I put for this ficlet? It's Fourth Age, I suppose, and it's not really movieverse, nor is it just 'angst'...any suggestions as to the best thing to label it as??

;)

Date: 2004-10-30 06:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
I'd say Romance. It is, even if one of the participants has been dead for decades.

Date: 2004-10-30 11:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Ah, romance it is, then. *g* I did manage to at last get one, "A King's Promise", posted, ;)

Date: 2004-10-30 03:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com
I stand here in this cold, high place and I want to ask, can you see me yet, Boromir? I am making my way to you, though slowly.

These are some of the most beautiful words I think I've ever read--the long, winding road, and the promise of reunion. *loves*

Date: 2004-10-30 04:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Aw, thank you, very much. I'm happy that you enjoyed this ficlet, and Aragorn as he looks forward to his reunion with his Boromir. I can't believe in anything other than that these two will be reunited. Thanks for reading! ;)

Date: 2006-05-20 06:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/ca_tharsis_/
Hi, I came across this by accident, and found it quite moving. Good job.

Catharsis

Date: 2006-05-22 04:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Thank you! I'm glad that you enjoyed, and found it moving. Thanks for reading, ;)

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