Remembrance by Elwen

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: Bingo-Smells-B8-Fresh Bread
Format: Drabble
Genre: -Gen
Rating: Gen
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Frodo Baggins
Pairings: n/a
Creators' Notes (optional): n/a
Summary: After the Ring's destruction some memory returns

I don't own anything. It all belongs to JRR Tolkien. This is fanfic.

Remembrance

Cutting through the kitchen garden, seeking solitude in Rivendell’s woodland, Frodo was halted by the yeasty aroma of fresh baked bread. Memory he believed plundered burst, full blown and bright, in his mind.

Frodo, new come to Bag End, had called at No.3 Bagshot Row to collect bread from Mistress Gamgee. He recalled waiting in a steamy kitchen for the last loaf from the oven, inhaling yeast and watching flour float in a sunbeam.

Bell motherly presence died before he left the Shire but Frodo tucked her memory safely away, as shield against the ring ravaged emptiness of his soul.

END

Comments

[kayleelupin.livejournal.com]

Oh! So sweet and sad. I can just see Frodo lingering in the Gamgees' kitchen to get that fresh bread...

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

The scene was based on a chapter from my collection of scenes for Bell's Table.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/5985205/chapters/14118082

[kayleelupin.livejournal.com]

Thought so - I read some of it yesterday, then reread the whole thing last night as I was going to bed :) it cheered me up considerably and I fell asleep with a smile on my face. Your Gamgees are too adorable! Although a certain young miss needs to learn to keep her eyes to herself concerning the Young Master, I think! *Grin*

Kaylee Arafinwiel

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I think Bell's Table is one of the fics I'm most proud of.

[febobe.livejournal.com]

*melts* This is heartbreaking and lovely.

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

I had to get Bell Gamgee in here, somewhere. ;-)

[hhimring]

I like this one!

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :-)

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

It's long been known that certain scents can trigger the oldest and most emotionally-charged memories. To know that Bell's bread managed to help sustain his spirit against the Ring as well as his body when he was still a tween is so heartening! Hopefully this moment of triggered memory helps sustain him during the dark times he's still to know once he's back in the Shire.

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :-)

At least he has a good memory to remind him what the Shire should be like.

[nialoke]

"the ring ravaged emptiness of his soul" *shivers*
I'm glad some good memories are coming back to Frodo - he will need them.
A touching little piece!

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Healing comes slowly. But its a start. Thanks for reading. :-)