Reasoning

DISCLAIMER: These characters aren’t mine (I wish!). They belong to Tolkien and no one else. I wish only to do them justice in my writing, and hopefully amuse myself and those who read them.

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~~Reasoning~~

My brother asked me once why I love him. I could not answer.

He asked, sarcastically, if it was his grimness. I could not answer. His coldness? I could not answer. His distance? I told him to stop his questioning. How can he understand?

I thought. I considered his grimness, his coldness, his distance. I smiled to think of him. His kindess, his rare laugh, his arms that hold me so tightly and so safely. Only I have those things, and so I told my brother why.

“It doesn’t matter why I love him. What matters is that I do.”