b2mem | Drabble and a Half: "Abandon" (PG/K+) by Febobe

B2MeM Challenge: O68, Draw a Tolkien Character (on the dark side)
Format: Drabble and a half
Title: Abandon
Genre: Darkfic
Rating: PG/K+
Warnings: Darkfic, as if you couldn't tell that already...I decided what I wrote in my WIP wasn't dark enough, so here's this! ;)
Characters: Frodo, Nazgul
Pairings: N/A
Summary: Frodo yields to the Nine, abandoning himself to join them at the Ford of Bruinen.

The Nine drew closer. Frodo felt the shadows closing in about him like living things. He no longer felt the urge to resist - rather, he felt an irresistible urge to draw closer to them, to offer them what they sought.

He drew the Ring from his pocket and held it out, dangling it before him.

Their leader approached, but instead of reaching to take the Ring, he motioned to Frodo, who stood up on the shore of the Bruinen - not the side on which Rivendell lay, for he had not gotten that far before abandoning Glorfindel's horse. He had clambered down as best he could, and now he stood facing the Lord of the Nine.

At the signal, Frodo approached. The leader dismounted and lifted Frodo onto his steed, then mounted the saddle behind.

Away they rode, and Frodo felt a strange, unaccountable relief.

The struggle had ended.

-the end-