Swallowing Questions

[rabidsamfan]

elasg asked for a companion to her story "Swallowing Sorrows" from Sam's p.o.v.



He didn't sleep again last night. There's smudges under his eyes, and his hand keeps creeping up to the place where he got stung two years gone. I'll bet the whipmarks hurt him too – they're hurting me just to think on, and I ain't got the scars. I'd ask him if he'd let me, but he don't want to be asked. Truth is, I don't want to think on that day neither. I dream of him lying there dead sometimes, and Rosie and the babe dead alongside. I dream of Shelob, of Orcs and the Ring.

No, I won't ask.

Comments

[elasg.livejournal.com]

VERY good.... Yes, that is just the touch that I was looking for; Sam is very realistic here - and very hobbit like - and like most humans too - you don't ask when the answers might cause pain. Very, very perceptive.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it. There might be a longer story there too, but I've got another plotbunny (for Cuthalion) which is clinging fiercely to my ankle just now.

[periantari.livejournal.com]

love this~
I'd ask him if he'd let me, but he don't want to be asked.
it's so Sam.. you really do have the Sam voice down so well.
I really missed your drabbles.
This one was awesome. and the title is so fitting too. Poor Sam.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm thinking about drabbles again, which is a good thing...

[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

Very good. Now that I come to think of it... he must have been afraid to ask questions for nearly two years; he was afraid enough to hear the answers, I presume.

Excellent...

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Oh, not all of the time, but I'm sure that in March and October it was hard to play along with Frodo's determination to be brave.

[girlofring.livejournal.com]

we never really knew how hard it was on him either; how he had to be strong for his friend to the very end, putting his life on hold.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Yes -- which is why I love Sam so much!

[mariole.livejournal.com]

Argh! Okay, hit me again. Very nice. *shudders*

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

Sometimes the angst just wants to shine through...