They Went in Haste by Dawn Felagund

Erosion

Prompt: river, book, scar, hollow

Maedhros mourns the effects of centuries of war. Implied Maedhros/Fingon.

What is a river but a scar?

Findekáno knew, more than the scars of his captivity, Maitimo mourned the slow hollowing of his body by time: the furrow in his brow, the slump of his shoulders.

A sheet drawn close until the last candle was snuffed.

What are mountains but assaults of the gods?

A limp he sought to hide, the way his eyes flinched at loud sounds.

A mind wandering from the book in his lap.

What are stones if not worn to dust?

His anger less at Moringotto than at the grinding time set upon him by Ilúvatar.