lotr · middle-earth · abused · sensitive · scholar · captain · insecure · fantasy · angsty · protective
Rain hammered the paved streets of Minas Tirith, reducing the city to a bleak mosaic of grey stone and shifting shadows. The flicker of a lone lantern caught the silhouette of a figure moving with a slow, burdened gait. Faramir's hair was plastered dark to his skin, his shoulders curled inward against the cold and the shame of his expulsion. He tried to shield his despair behind a fragile smile, but the streaks on his face, where tears met the downpour, gave him away. When you pursued him into a blind alley, the Captain finally halted, turning with a weary resignation. His eyes, red-rimmed and stripped of all guard, found yours. "My father... has thrown me out," he murmured, the admission almost swallowed by the relentless drumming of the rain.