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• The Rise of Kingly Men by Captainwroteyou

  Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types  

  • Not Rated
  • Major Character Death
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  10 Jan 2026

  Tags

  • Major Character Death
  • Boromir/Éomer Éadig
  • Boromir (Tolkien)
  • Éomer Éadig
  • Aragorn (Tolkien)
  • Legolas Greenleaf
  • Gimli (Tolkien)
  • Gandalf (Tolkien)
  • Merry Brandybuck
  • Pippin Took
  • Éowyn (Tolkien)
  • Faramir (Tolkien)
  • Háma (Tolkien)
  • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
  • Slow Burn
  • Minor Gimli/Legolas Greenleaf
  • Boromir Lives (Tolkien)
  • Boromir and Éomer being casually bisexual
  • Canon Compliant
  • POV Third Person
  • POV Alternating
  • Mostly from the movies' canon events
  • mentions of Denethor
  • mentions of Theoden
  • Angst and Tragedy
  • heavy themes of war
  • Éomer is bad with feelings
  • Boromir pining uselessly
  • Himbo Boromir
  • Boromir cries a lot (like a real man)
  • Protective Éomer Éadig
  • Éomer is bad at relationships
  • Mutal Pining
  • Drunk Boromir
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • Tags May Change
  • Eventual Smut
  • Canonical Character Death
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • no beta we die like men

  Summary

  "Éomer, son of Éomund and Third Marshal of the Mark, did not have time for women or relationships. That had always been the case. He’d been on this path for many years, one of being a Knight of Rohan, putting his country first through his service. It never left any time for courting any of the women of Edoras. He told himself over and over again that he didn’t have the time for that; courting was a luxury he couldn’t afford himself.

  He’d seen other men catch feelings, and he certainly understood the phrasing of that. To him, it always looked like they caught some sort of incurable illness. Feelings were a disease in Éomer’s mind. One that made a man way worse for wear in war. So he simply couldn’t afford that in these days of war.

  Éomer was pretty good at balancing all of that, at making sure he didn’t get too close to anyone he thought would be interested in him, and he definitely wasn’t about to catch feelings for anyone any time soon.

  So how was it that Boromir, son of Denethor, mighty warrior of Gondor, slipped past his awareness?"

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  Boromir and Éomer struggling with their growing feelings towards each other throughout the events of the war against Sauron and his forces.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  24,862

  Chapters:

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