SEAL ON MY HEART
by Soledad
Disclaimer:
The characters, the context and the main plot belong to Professor Tolkien, whom I greatly admire. I’m only trying to fill in the gaps he so graciously left for us, fanfic writers, to have some fun.
Rating: PG-13 to R in different chapters, for violence, angst and m/m, and eventually some m/f interaction. Nothing too graphic, though.
Warnings: If you are and Aragorn fan, you would do better not to read this. Also, if you are offended by same-gender relationships, please, go away. There are many other wonderful stories for you to read.
Summary:
An AU, based on my own Boromir-series, ’’Fall Before Temptation’’, with the significant difference that this time Boromir does not die, but gets the girl instead – well, sort of.
Dedication:
To Isabeau of Greenlea, who had asked for this AU for a very long time. This is my gift to you, for all your support and for being such a good friend.
Oh, and happy birthday! By then, maybe this story would develop some interesting plot twists.
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Set me as a seal on your heart
Set me as a seal on your arm
For love is as stong as death
Jealousy (or passion) is as harsh as the grave
Its flashes are flashes of fire
A burning fire of God (or a raging flame).
Many waters cannot quench love
And rivers will not flood it.
If a man would give all the weath of his house for love
He would be turned away in disgrace.
Song of Solomon 8:6-7 (Deborah's translation)
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INTRODUCTION
As the summary says, this is an AU. Unlike my other fics. However, it still follows the LOTR-canon to a certain extent, and so far I don’t plan an alternate ending – not while the fate of the Ring is concerned, anyway. With the characters… well, you’ll see - and hopefully enjoy.
The events are identical with my Boromir-storyline up til the Council of Elrond. It would do you good to read the earlier parts, at least ’’The Bitter Gift of Compassion’’, to understand why certain characters handle the way they actually do.
For those who won’t do it (their loss), two basic facts are important to know:
The story, however, continues differently from that point on, starting with the Council of Elrond, where a slightly different Fellowship will be chosen. Still, there will be certain paragraphs that I take over from my canon stories, especially from ’’A Heart For Falsehood Framed’’, because I wanted to stay as close to the original as possible. I apologize in advance for those who know the original and promise that the big differences will come later (around chapter 5, according the plans).
Actually, the idea came from my faithful readers (all five or six of them, who are now officially declared to be my muses), especially from Isabeau of Greenlea, who literally begged me for an AU where Boromir and Elladan could live happily ever after.
So, in this story, there will be a happy end. For the two of them, anyway. But be warned: this is still a very angsty fic, with lots of violence and several other canon characters biting the grass (as we in Hungary would say; I'm told the correct English expression would be ''biting the dust''). Not everyone of the modified Fellowship will live to see the Fall of Mordor, while other characters who were killed off by the Great Master will be alive and kicking. And since Merry and Pippin will be sent back to the Shire, there will be some differences, too.
Also, in order to avoid quoting myself too much, I moved the dialogue a little away from the books and towards the movie – this is and AU-fic, after all!
I want to express my sincere thanks to Deborah for gifting the above-written translation from a verse of the Song of Solomon upon me. I have no English Bible, and I cannot do any poetry, not even in my own language. But this was the quote I wanted to stand before my story, and this is where the title of the story is from.