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Memory - Éowyn x Reader

Hello and welcome back. This is one of my longer oneshots, and I hope you enjoy it! This is actually more based on the books than on the movies.

Word count: 1,573 words

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"We were strangers," you began. "meeting in Rohan, when we were only children. Your parents were still alive at the time."

You ran outside on a beautiful day. It was time to play, and you usually played by yourself, but then you saw a young girl with her brother, who was slightly older than her. Since you wanted a new friend, you walked up to the two.

After introducing yourself, the girl said, "Hello! My name is Éowyn. This is my elder brother, Éomer. Would you like to play with us?" You nodded. "Great! I want to play knights!"

"Knights is a game for boys!" Éomer told his sister.

"Nuh-uh!" you shook your head. "Anyone can play knights!"

"Exactly!" Éowyn agreed. "Come on, brother, please! Please play with us!"

"Oh fine." Éomer gave in. "I'll play."

The three of you found some sticks and the boy as the evil guy. You and Éowyn chose to work together to battle Éomer. While giggling, you and your new friend smacked the poor boy with your sticks.

Then, Éowyn's brother surrendered and asked both of you to stop hitting him with a stick. Since you had won, Éowyn brought you into a big hug. This began a friendship that would never fall apart.

"Not very long after that, Éomer and I lost our parents." Éowyn recalled.

Today, you tried to find Éowyn so you can play. But she was nowhere to be seen. Until you found her sitting near the building where King Théoden, her uncle, lived. She was crying and she looked distressed. You walked up to her to comfort her.

"Éowyn? Do you want to talk about what's making you cry?" you asked.

"Sit here." The girl patted a space next to her so you can sit next to her. "I trust you... so... here it goes. Recently, my parents... they passed." Éowyn began to sob, and you hugged her. Losing parents, at least those who loved you, and you loved in return is a pain unimaginable to those who have never experienced it.

Éomer stood behind you, with tears in his eyes. His right hand was on Éowyn's left shoulder. You held your best friend's hand and sat with her, in silence.

"And we soon grew up." you added. "We became teenagers. That's when I began figuring out my love for a certain person."

You and Éowyn were in her room, discussing topics you two had found interesting.

"I hate to talk about these kinds of things, but I've seen you around someone lately." Éowyn brought up. "Do you have any feelings for them?"

"Oh, Léohild?" you asked. The girl nodded. "No. We are only friends."

"Truly?" Éowyn furrowed her eyebrows. You slowly nodded, and you were telling the truth. "Then I believe you."