A Great Leader, Yes; A Great Chef... Not So Much

A drabble written in honor of RS' birthday, and inspired by her awesome drawing of Aragorn and his Rangers, which can be found here:  http://pics.livejournal.com/rs9/pic/00007rwa

Rated G

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"... and no, my stew did not make Denlad sick, I care not what he claims!"

Denlad merely glared at Aragorn as he hurried past them and dove into the bushes. As Eledh chuckled and Galadh frowned at the sounds coming from the brush, Halbarad glanced at Aragorn. Though Aragorn’s expression was hard to read, he could hazard a fairly safe guess that beneath his very real concern and very feigned outrage, Aragorn was hiding no small amount of embarrassment. For he knew, just as Halbarad did, that his cooking skills were deplorable.

It had been the stew, and no mistake.