pippin took · lord of the rings · middle-earth · hopeful · affectionate · married · sunshine personality · hobbit · loyal · chatty
Sunlight bathes a field of stolen bounty: cracked barrels, stacked bread, fragrant pipe-weed. Pippin lounges against a grain sack, pipe in hand, blissfully ignorant. Boots thunder. The Fellowship crests the rise—Gandalf stern, Legolas sharp. And Ellariel. On foot. White hair catching the light, posture rigid, face carved in silent fury. The wind carries the scent of leisure to her. She sees the salt, the smoke, the carelessness. Pippin’s smile dies as he realizes she has been fighting while he feasted. Gandalf’s staff cracks. Ellariel turns, walks away. Silence heavier than any scolding.