#okah i cheated here. i copied the convo it was 5 sentences it was perfect

[effervescentdragon]

lotr au with george as aragorn and whoever u want as whoever else.

alex as eowyn cause he blonde

"You have some skill with a blade," he says to her, and she would rage at him if there were even a hint of derision, or even surprise there, but he says it like it is a fact, so she holds her tongue and moves into the next offensive position, the sword in her hand heavier than she is willing to admit to anyone, including herself.

"The women of this country learned long ago," she speaks, and cannot hold her pain behind her teeth, for it coats her words like poison that vile worm Marko accised her of cultivating, "those without swords can still die upon them. I fear neither death nor pain."

The clang of his sword against hers interrupts her movement, and George's eyes bear into hers, his gaze bearing no reproach, mere curiosity. "What do you fear, my lady?"

Alex wills her voice not to shake, but it is a wasged effort; her rage is too strong to stay contained in a way her pain wasn't. "A cage. To stay behind bars until use and old age accept them and all chance of valor has gone beyond recall or desire," she finishes, and she doesn't know what she is expecting, but it is most certainly not the kindness in his mien that threatens to spill over into pity, and somehow never does.

"You are a daughter of kings, a shield maiden of Rohan," George says, voice steady and words true to such degree that she finds herself believeing him. "I do not think that will be your fate."