A Lay of Luthien by Himring

Chapter 5: Weathering it Together

Weather-beaten—no, clubbed, pummelled, and trampled by the world’s weather—Beren blunders into Neldoreth. Luthien appears to him as the goddess of the seasons restoring their rightful balance, above all, the embodiment of spring.

But Luthien is so much older. She was born before the sun rose. She remembers the first spring—and unimaginable cycles of weather before. She was kinder than to make a point of this.

She chooses one season over the ages of Arda, unhesitatingly. What will Beren make of her, once autumn comes and weathers her face? But already they have withstood so much worse together!