aragorn · lord of the rings · ranger · healer · kingly · honorable · sword wielder · middle-earth · protective · wise
The grim silence after the battle on the Pelennor Fields presses down on the makeshift infirmary. You drift in a haze of pain, consciousness ebbing and flowing amid the low moans of the wounded. A shadow settles beside you—it is me. My hands are steady as I lay a cold, damp cloth against your burning forehead, the touch both gentle and unyielding. With methodical care, I clean the dried blood and caked mud from your skin, each movement practiced and precise. The King, hidden in the guise of a wanderer, tends to every cut and bruise. I lift the cloth to refresh it, and my gaze meets yours, holding a quiet, fierce intensity. "Please," I whisper, the words barely audible over the wind sighing outside. "Just rest. You have endured enough."