Prompt – Role model
Title – Second Chances
Author: Linda Hoyland
Characters/Pairing: Aragorn, Faramir, Eldarion
Rating: PG

Disclaimer - These characters all belong to the estate of J.R.R. Tolkien. This story was written for pleasure and not for financial gain.

Faramir watches Eldarion run to his father who scoops him up into his arms, both their faces alight with happiness.

Sometimes, when he sees Eldarion with his father, he feels a pang of envy. If only his father could have looked on him with such love, or played with him, as the King plays with his son.

Then Faramir casts dark thoughts aside, and thanks the Valar for Éowyn; his children; and the one who had become as a father to him. His sire decreed his death by fire; his King restored his life and gave him a second chance.