For such a man as Boromir of Gondor, accustomed to swallowing his fear and battling forward without quarter or retreat, to find him petrified into stillness was unheard of. And yet, standing before the doors of his dear beloved Aunt Ivriniel’s parlour, Boromir could barely move a muscle.
The handle taunted him, even as he tried to breathe through this irrational sensation. But that was the problem, wasn’t it? It was not irrational at all. In fact, he might very well be about to shatter a loving familial bond with but a few choice words. He didn’t want to watch her face, to know her disappointed, perhaps even disgusted. But this was a choice he had made, to tell just one member of his family, a risk but a needed one.
That reminder was what he needed to reach for the handle, opening the door just enough so that he was visible. An automatic smile appears when he sees her, he can’t help it, he so rarely gets to see his family. “Aunt Ivriniel, are you at leisure to speak a moment? In private.”
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