Mercy, Love by Elleth

Chapter 1

The lover Findekáno cuts loose from the precipices of Angband has once been Maitimo.

It is anger that guides his hands, half-frozen not only by Helcaraxë, which he conquered and survived, not only by the abandonment in Araman, but by the bitter winds that lash the mountain and help his dagger cut through dying flesh and shattered bone.

"You will not die before you explain. Before you atone. Before you answer me!"

The words howl into the wind. Maitimo, a half-conscious shell, breathes out snatches of Findekáno's song back into his face and asks for death.

It is also love.