Of course I adore this! The tone of the dialogue between Maedhros and Maglor is pitch perfect. Sounds so absolutely natural and brotherly! I love it.

“But we won’t,” Maglor said.

“Won’t we?”

“You knew you wouldn’t send them away from the moment you remarked on how they looked like Turgon as a child, because you think they look like they could be Fingon’s children.”

Maedhros shifted his gaze to him. “You speak of things you shouldn’t, as always.”

Maglor smiled. “Out of all my transgressions, that hardly even makes the list, even if it is the most persistent one.”

Now I am blushing.

I like the brotherly dialogue, Brooke!

And the end is moving.

Ah. This was such a good characterization of them both, even with the economy of words. You conveyed so much here. I thnk Maglor has the right of it As far as their appearance and what is left unsaid by Maedhros.