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A/N: These drabbles are all the result of putting my music playlist on shuffle and writing to whatever comes up for the length of the song. Not every lyric of each song applies to them, but each drabble was inspired by the song listed. These may include up to full game spoilers.

Song: Flight to the Ford, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Soundtrack
Focal Character(s): Luke

Luke fon Fabre hated running.

It wasn't the running itself - he hadn't minded that ever, really - but the fact that he was running away. Again. Running away while others sacrificed themselves behind him so that he could run. It used to be different. He wouldn't have cared before, but now... Luke's hands clutched the railing of the Tartarus as it plowed through the icy waters, leaving Sheridan behind. This was the finest project, the final project, of Classes M and I, and he'd decided not to waste it. The project or the sacrifice. He had to keep going for their sake. The fierce determination pounded at him as hard as the guilt of running.

He'd learned about a fight or flight reaction back when he'd first started traveling. And he had decided that he wasn't going to choose flight any longer. He had to fight. He had to.