Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (Jackson Movies)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Merry Brandybuck & Pippin Took, Gandalf & Pippin Took
Characters: Pippin Took, Merry Brandybuck, Gandalf (Tolkien), Faramir (Tolkien), Aragorn (Tolkien), Frodo Baggins, Sam Gamgee, Bilbo Baggins, Éowyn (Tolkien)
Additional Tags: Hurt No Comfort, Angst, Post-War, Canon Rewrite, Protective Gandalf (Tolkien), insecure pippin took, fear of being alone, pippin needs a hug immediately, but more than that he needs a hug from merry, merry and pippin's friendship means the world to me, Gondor (Tolkien), Trauma, Houses of Healing (Tolkien), Friendship, I love them so much
Summary:
"The silence was what Pippin found most unsettling: the waiting around, the solitude. He’d hardly had a moment’s peace for months and months, but now, when the battle was over and said peace—however fragile—was long overdue, all he desired was noise and busyness and life. If he couldn’t have that, he at least deserved to be involved in looking after his friends."
When Merry is seriously injured during the Battle of Pelennor Fields, Pippin fears not only for his friend's life, but for his own. How could he possibly go on without Merry?