Bring me to life

Epilogue

   
 
 When the healer gave her the response, Kreshen almost jumped on him for she was perhaps the happiest woman in all Middle Earth.

Thanking the old man for his help, the girl exited his room to run into the courtyard, deciding that she had to tell it to Faramir first.

Opening the door with a bright smile, forgetting even to knock, she found him in his favourite armchair, reading what seemed an ancient book.

"You should be preparing that room at the bottom of the corridor instead of being idle here..."

"Wha--" he began, stopping abruptly as the meaning of her words sunk in, his blue eyes growing wide. He closed the book that was laid on his knees and gulped nervously, all the while staring at his beloved, a hint of a smile on his lips.

"You are not trying to tell me that.. well.. that... oh Valar... I--I.."

"Yes...Daddy" she smiled happily, sitting on his knees and brushing aside a lock of hair from his forehead.

"Our little babe is inside here" the girl whispered then, taking his hand and placing it on her womb. "You will feel him move within months..."

Faramir said nothing this time, letting the pure emotion in his eyes, now damp with happy tears, speak for him. For long moments he held her tight within his arms, his face buried in her soft hair, feeling happy beyond measure. In fact, he'd never felt so happy in his whole life before that very moment.

A child.

They were going to have a child together, and the mere thought was threatening to drive him mad with joy.

"Happy, are you?" she asked playfully, kissing his head and tightening the embrace, knowing that even Boromir would be happy for them. Their child. The one they’ve been waiting for months. A creature generated from their love was to be born within eight months.

"Awfully happy" Faramir said softly, his voice muffled and filled with emotion, without loosening the embrace at all.

"Does Boromir know already?"

"No, I’ve come straight to you" Kreshen smiled, gently caressing his back. "And… I don’t know how but…I’ve this strong sensation that it will be… a son…"

"Whatever it will be, I'm sure that I'll be too happy to complain anyway" he chuckled, giving her a loud kiss on the cheek and then another on the lips.

"I love you."

"I love you, too" she whispered against his lips, before kissing him with the outmost tenderness, closing her eyes and firmly wrapping her arms around his neck.

"I’ll love you forever…"