Andiron, Hearthstone, Blitzen, and Inge: A Story Idea/Insanely Long Synopsis
I thought this idea was interesting:
Seven year-old Andiron was saved from an untimely death at the hands of a brunnmigi- at the cost of his elder brother's innocence. Eight year-old Hearthstone had killed, gutted, and skinned the beast to prove his strength and worth and to earn his father's favor. But when he is rejected once more, his hatred turns on his younger brother, who had their parents' love handed to him on a silver platter.
As the years follow, their previous love falls into shambles and, in the cold, blank walls of the Alderman mansion, their rivalry is nurtured. The mansion opens its doors to the vicious whispers on the streets of Alfheim, allowing for nothing short of perfection, and they flood the brothers' minds with venom as they scheme and pry into each other's lives, searching for a weakness, the path to being the better child.
But when their mother, Greta Alderman, passes away, Hearthstone cannot help the grief weighing in his heart. Just as he is losing battles with his brother, being scorned by his father, letting down his best friend, Inge, and forgetting the reason he wakes each day, the clouds part and a dark figure hurtles from the sky, crash landing where Hearth risks a closer look. What he is not expecting is to find a dwarf, petrified in an instant under the Alf sun.
Imperfect, short, stout, dark, a mess, and everything that his realm despises- and yet, someone Hearth cannot help but find beautiful. For better or for worse, as old doors begin to close, new ones open, and Hearth must decide which is more important to him: the only love that he has ever known, or the love that just might exist on the other side.
Notes: To be honest, this is heavily inspired by the relationship seen between Sirius and Regulus Black. I have always loved a story with a complicated family relationship, and under the roof of an abusive home, relationships between siblings are insanely wound with pain, anger, and regret. And yet, somewhere between the lines, there's also undeniable love.
