LOTR HS AU (1)

"You just . . . left him there?" It's 4 miles away, and after a game . . .  His father gives him one look, and Boromir can't say anything else. Instead, he grabs his keys and heads for the door.

Boromir isn't surprised, either. Nothing their father does surprises him anymore, but he can't help wishing things were different. He does what he can, but it never seems like enough. How could it ever possibly be enough?

It's raining now. Of course it is. As he opens the garage, he sees a sodden figure jogging slowly up the driveway. 

Faramir's chest is heaving; his eyes are red, and his shoulders sag heavily. Their eyes meet for a long moment. 

Nothing I do will ever be enough to make up for this. Boromir knows that, but he's still going to do whatever he can to make this right. He slings one arm around his brother's drooping shoulders and walks him inside. He's enough taller that Faramir doesn't see his reddening, burning eyes.