Very nicely done, and a moment in the story that I haven't seen done a lot! I also have an (unpublished) story that has the parting of Anaire and Nolofinwe, and it's so completely different from your vision, which makes your vision feel so fresh to me, so intriguing to connect the canon dots in a different way.

(And I apologize if this makes little sense; it is late, and I should be in bed, but I had to read this before departing. And then, of course, review. ;) I'm so pleased to see you posting these pieces here--thank you! :)

I'm so glad that I read this story -- I think our views of Nolofinwë are remarkably compatible, and I particularly like how you've drawn Anairë as also being torn about whether or not to join the Noldorin exodus, rather than just passively obedient to the Valar.

Your depictions of Nolofinwë's sense of betrayal by all those closest to him, and the horror he and Anairë feel about their children's participation in the Kinslaying seem exactly right to me. 

It's interesting that we both have imagined that Anairë and Ëarwen would become close friends -- I would think that, as non-Noldor in the House of Finwë, they'd be natural allies.

It's a pity that Nolofinwë and Anairë part on bad terms.  She understood quite well what drove him, and yet she also knew that it was not the right choice ... was it?  Of course, a wish to not condemn their children to an unknown fate while remaining in Aman might be sufficient reason to override misgivings -- and it does seem likely that any who actually killed in the Kinslaying would feel compelled to follow the Fëanorians, if only to justify their awful actions.  So, who was right?  Still, their parting seemed especially tragic.

Finally, I liked how Nolofinwë's vision of their destroyed love, which once burned brightly but was now a ruin of ashes, foreshadowed Fëanáro's fate.