Title: Words I Dared Not Speak

Author: RavenLady, lemurgirl3@aol.com

Pairing: Aragorn/Boromir

Rating: G

Summary: My first LotR fic. A monologue. Aragorn has learned the price of
silence.

Disclaimer: All characters and situations were created by JRR Tolkien, not by
me.

I never told you.

Some men would call it a credit to my honor that I would not risk the unity
of the Fellowship and break the ancient law of Gondor by declaring my love.
Some men would say I was right and loyal not to take for granted Arwen's
forgiveness and understanding, to hide my heart's longing.

Some men are fools.

I know the truth, that my silence and my hesitation were mere cowardice. I
know I have failed both you and myself. This love and this knowledge will be
locked in my heart forever, without a key.

When I return to Minas Tirith, as I swore I would, I will have to pretend
that you were never anything but a friend to me. I cannot reveal that I truly
felt something more for you. Something deeper.

I can only pray that in those last few moments, you saw past the facade I had
worked so hard to maintain, that you knew the true meaning of the kiss I
planted on your brow, that you heard the words I dared not speak.