One Who Sticks Closer than a Brother
by Lindelea
Follow-on from A Matter of Appearances. A story exploring friendship, as lived by one of Pippin's cousins in Pippin's early years as Thain. Final chapter added.
PG
· Complete
· Updated 6 March 2025
Characters: Aragorn, Diamond of Long Cleeve, Faramir Took, Ferdibrand Took, Merry, Original Character(s), Pippin, Samwise Gamgee
Chapters
- 0. Introductory Note (3,572 words)
- 1. For All the Wrong Reasons (1,491 words)
- 2. Better Late Than Never (2,111 words)
- 3. Look Before You Leap (1,315 words)
- 4. Once Bitten, Twice Shy (1,738 words)
- 5. Every Dog Has His Day (1,835 words)
- 6. Misery Loves Company (1,754 words)
- 7. Two's Company (1,439 words)
- 8. So Close, and Yet So Far Away (1,091 words)
- 9. Babe in the Woods (2,001 words)
- 10. If You Can't Stand the Heat... (1,692 words)
- 11. Don’t Put All Your Herbs in One Basket (2,271 words)
- 12. From Bad to Worse (2,217 words)
- 13. An Ounce of Prevention (1,988 words)
- 14. Better Safe than Sorry (2,481 words)
- 15. Out of the Frying Pan (1,339 words)
- 16. Sick as a Dog (1,899 words)
- 17. Measure Twice, Cut Once (1,732 words)
- 18. Digging Himself into a Hole (2,133 words)
- 19. Stuff and Rubbish (1,673 words)
- 20. Food for Thought (2,372 words)
- 21. Well Begun is Half Done (1,446 words)
- 22. A Word to the Wise (1,384 words)
- 23. Whistling in the Dark (1,460 words)
- 24. A Stitch in Time (2,112 words)
- 25. Too Little, Too Late (1,903 words)
- 26. We'll Cross that Bridge When We Come to It (1,744 words)
- 27. A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed (2,253 words)
- 28. Will Wonders Never Cease? (1,764 words)
- 29. While There’s Breath, There’s Life (1,870 words)
- 30. A Sight for Sore Eyes (2,475 words)
- 31. Paved with Good Intentions (1,909 words)
- 32. Shoot First, Ask Questions Later (1,587 words)
- 33. Like Lambs to the Slaughter (1,428 words)
- 34. All Trussed Up and Nowhere to Go (2,185 words)
- 35. For Old Times' Sake (1,263 words)
- 36. A Tale Oft Told (2,270 words)
- 37. To Sing a Song of Joy (1,522 words)
- 38. If a Thing is Worth Doing (2,048 words)
- 39. Still Waters Run Deep (2,435 words)
- 40. And Wake Me with the Morning Light (1,335 words)
- 41. The Next Best Thing (1,873 words)
- 42. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (2,571 words)
- 43. Of Travellers and Trouble (1,644 words)
- 44. Healing Hands (1,330 words)
- 45. Sweet Dreams, Good News, and Hope to Come (2,169 words)
- 46. Six of One (1,282 words)
- 47. Half a Dozen of Another (1,912 words)
- 48. Caught between a Rock and a Hard Place (1,149 words)
- 49. Between You, Me, and the Bedpost (1,809 words)
- 50. (Almost) As Fit as a Butcher's Dog (2,004 words)
- 51. A Tale that Grows in the Telling (1,873 words)
- 52. East, West, Home's Best (1,744 words)
- 53. No Time Like the Present (3,332 words)
- 54. The Truth Will Out (4,125 words)
- 55. As Keen as Mustard (3,442 words)
- 56. A Pound of Cure (2,212 words)
- 57. Bolt from the Blue (1,511 words)
- 58. Starting Off on the Right Foot (2,662 words)
- 59. Time Flies... (1,819 words)
- 60. Worth Doing Thoroughly (1,521 words)
- 61. Best of Both Worlds (1,872 words)
- 62. Worth a Thousand Words (2,340 words)
- 99999. Notes (207 words)