Drabble: Hurts in the Night

[claudia603]

Note: first line belongs to baranduin. From some "First Line" challenge circa 2004.

Sometimes Faramir and Frodo cannot seem to get things right between them in the night. Frodo has never been one to cuddle. After the love, that pleasant throb that fills Faramir deep and makes him want to hold his darling close, Frodo twists out of his grip. How it wrings Faramir's heart when Frodo pushes away and makes space -- wider and more barren than the plains of Gorgoroth.

Frodo knows it hurts him, but he cannot help the darkness that fills his heart each night, after Faramir falls into sleep. He cannot bear it that even with strong arms holding him close, even with the reassuring thud of Faramir's heart, the darkness still creeps in, chilling him to his bones. That is his to bear alone.