WHO: Lothíriel and Applejack (Match-up!) WHAT: Random meeting! WHEN: Thursday afternoon WHERE: The park WARNINGS: None expected/TBD STATUS: Closed/Ongoing!
Lothíriel had been a little concerned when the lights had gone out, and had helped as she could at saving and using what food and perishables could be saved or used. But after that, it had simply been dark, and muggy, and hot, and she found herself wandering as she could through the streets of the town, or most usually to the park, where she could find shade and lay down on the cool grass to enjoy the breeze.
That was where today found her, dressed in one of her new outfits with shorts and a sleeveless top. She was glad that she had decided to abandon the long dresses she'd grown up with; they would have been stifling in this weather. Laying on her back under a tree, she was reading a book she'd found at the bookstore. Reading had become one of her favorite hobbies lately; there was so much to learn in books, so much knowledge that she didn't have. She'd found she had a voracity for reading pretty much anything that she could find, especially if it was about women, or written by women.
And the more she read, the more she regretted her youth, and resented her father for the things he'd done to her, and the things he'd made her believe. In some ways, she regretted marrying so young, before she'd had the chance to discover herself, and the things she truly enjoyed to do. It was not that she didn't love Éomer! Certainly she did, and his gentle affections and support were helping her to discover herself in ways that she couldn't without him. The sex, for instance, was incredible, and slowly but surely she was coming to the point where she could tell him what he liked in bed, and even ask for certain things. It still made her blush terribly to do so, but she was trying, and little by little she was making progress. She was coming to realize, slowly but surely, that she owned her body, and that there was no shame in wanting or in finding pleasure in it.
Laying the book on her chest, she smiled a little and closed her eyes, enjoying the sea breeze on the large amount of bare skin her outfit revealed.