The Silent Street by Sophinisba Solis (R)

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Fandom: THE LORD OF THE RINGS
Pairing: Merry/Pippin
Author on LJ: sophinisba
Author Website: http://sophinisba.livejournal.com/
Why this must be read:

The Silent Street is an excellent, excellent, look at Merry and Pippin (most especially Merry, I'd say), with angst, and rather dark themes, as far (as she put it originally) as Merry/Pippin fics go. It is, really, simply excellent, with such deep emotional force -- when I first read it, there were points where I had to cry. The writing is powerful, and as mentioned before, incredibly emotional. The characters are strong, and real. I could go on more, but I will leave you with an excerpt, instead, and a link to the story.


And how strange, Merry thought, for how certain he'd been that the world was ending then. And after all mightn't it end at any time? What was the use of any oath then?

But Pippin continued thoughtfully, "Well, he did release me from his service before we even came here. At least he tried to, though I was somewhat -- well, you might say I was somewhat 'impertinent' about that."

"There you are, nothing for you to be sorry about," said Merry. "You stopped serving the man himself and you did what was right for Gondor and, well, just plain what was right. Sam would be proud of you."

Pippin chuckled a little. "That's right," he said. "Good plain hobbit sense, he'll say. I do think he'll like to hear that story when we see him again. And to hear about you and 'Dernhelm' and the Black Rider as well."

They were doing it again, Merry realized. Or Pippin was doing it again, and Merry found that he no longer could. He could not say when we see Sam again or when Frodo finds out, for he simply could not be sure that such a thing ever would come to pass.

The Silent Street