Steward's Drabbles

What Stewards Are For

“…No, my dear Faramir, not only when the King was away! There was much to do while he was in the City. I deem your own unusual insight has long run in the family. That is priceless at Council meetings and with embassies!”

“Careful, my lord, there is…”

Barely had he uttered the words when Aragorn’s foot slipped, and the King tumbled down the stairs with a loud curse.

“…that chipped step there. I thought I had warned you already!”

“You know, Lord Faramir,” he grinned as Faramir was helping him up, “perhaps this is what Stewards are for, too.”