Fili and Thorin stay with Kili until the bitter end. Fili does not let go of his hand once. They talk of their youth and of hopes and dreams and Kili tells his brother that he's scared... that he doesn't want to die, but they both know it's already too late.
When the time comes everyone knows when Kili has passed. Fili wails his brothers name over and over, begging him to wake up. Thorin stays for a little bit, but eventually it's too much even for him. He's still weak and shouldn't be moving about on his own, but he does. Retreating to some place private where he can grieve on his own. He weeps openly, loudly, he cries as he had not since the battle at Moria when he found Frerin's body among the dead.
He is so very sure his heart will never mend from this, even if he should be so terrible happy. Erebor is theirs again, Fili still lives. His people will have their rightful home back. Yet he cannot find it in himself to climb up out of the pit of despair he's fallen into.
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Date: 2013-07-14 06:11 pm (UTC)When the time comes everyone knows when Kili has passed. Fili wails his brothers name over and over, begging him to wake up. Thorin stays for a little bit, but eventually it's too much even for him. He's still weak and shouldn't be moving about on his own, but he does. Retreating to some place private where he can grieve on his own. He weeps openly, loudly, he cries as he had not since the battle at Moria when he found Frerin's body among the dead.
He is so very sure his heart will never mend from this, even if he should be so terrible happy. Erebor is theirs again, Fili still lives. His people will have their rightful home back. Yet he cannot find it in himself to climb up out of the pit of despair he's fallen into.