Childhood Dreams

Sometimes they had times like this; seated together in a quiet tavern, watching the sun dip behind the mountains across the river.

Boromir’s voice is wistful, slowed by  sweet wines from far-off vales, "When you were young you wanted to be a river... I was surprised..."

Faramir’s smile is as wistful, "That I wanted to be a river? Strong, tireless, full of life, unstopping till the sea? You wanted to be a horse..."

"A noble beast... I was surprised...,"  he pauses, "... I thought you’d want to be..."

"I wanted to be you," Faramir replies, "... strong,  tireless, full of life, unstopping..."

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For "the Life Aquatic" challenge on Tolkien_Weekly

The brothers wanting to be rivers and horses is from a scene from an old fic, "Strength of a River"