Pairing: Glorfindel/Elrond
Theme at 30kisses livejournal community: #28: Wada Calcium 3DC
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The Calcium War

The kitchen was always busy first thing in the morning. The great hall was filled to bursting with guests, visiting diplomats and the many members of the household. On reflection, Elrond felt that the kitchen was the quieter of the two, and was least likely to suffer major disruption in the course of two-year-old Aragorn's morning tantrum.

"Come on, Estel," Elrond pleaded. "Drink your milk and then you can go play with Elladan and Elrohir."

"Don't want to," Aragorn sulked. "Yuck."

Elrond tried the stern approach. "If you don't drink your milk, you'll never grow up strong like Lord Glorfindel." Aragorn continued to stubbornly refuse. Elrond sighed and put down the glass.

"Good morning," Glorfindel said cheerfully as he entered the kitchen in search of sustenance. He accepted the plate of dry cereals from the cook with a smile of thanks.

"So how goes the calcium war?" he asked, sitting down beside Elrond.

"Badly," sighed the elf lord. "I don't know why he has such an aversion to milk."

"Well, I don't know why he likes vegetables at his age," countered Glorfindel. "You're going back to the Wada Calcium 3DC then?"

"Looks like it." The calcium supplements were the only way to get the much-needed mineral into Aragorn's body.

"Have you tried this?" Glorfindel scooped a plate of strawberrrys from a passing cook's tray and squashed them with a spoon before mixing them into the milk.

"That looks disgusting," Elrond told him.

"Squishy!" Aragorn giggled.

"Here," Glorfindel said, giving him the now pink liquid. Aragorn took a tentative sip.

"Yummy!" he declared, before drinking the milk down enthusiastically.

"I don't know how you do it," Elrond murmered, causght between exasperation and happiness.

"I call it the milk-shake," Glorfindel replied solemly before scooping Aragorn up from his chair. "Lets go find your brothers, shall we, Estel?" Aragorn giggled happily while Glofindel leaned down to kiss Elrond on the nose.

"We'll be back before lunch," he told Elrond, watching his lover's nose scrunch up slightly.

"I'll see you then. If you need me i'll be in the study."

"Okay," Glorfindel turned, Aragorn in his arms, to go outside. Elrond began clearing up the mess left from Aragorn's breakfast, smiling as he heard Glorfindel's voice drifting back towards him;

"Don't forget to drink your milk!"

End