The Tree and the Dwarf: Chapter 1
Treebeard was in a hurry. He couldn't remember how urgency had felt, not since the very first centuries of his youth had he felt any reason why one would want to rush. It was just so unnatural, and as he always says to the younger Entlings, "Don't be hasty, for nothing is worth doing, unless it takes a long time to do it." And this little piece of wisdom would take at least a week just to utter! But now, time was pressing. For the first time in a long time he did not have forever. In fact, he had mere seconds. Just a moment sooner he had been cradling his love in his arms as he was tottering off to sleep. Once the final breaths of day had left and dreams had began to escort his love to another world Treebeard looked up at the starry sky through the tree tops, to ponder how such sweetness could possibly have come to his fortune. Neck craned upwards, Treebeard suddenly felt a slip. His heart stopped. Faster than an Ent had ever moved his head snapped down to see his precious tumbling down to Earth fast as an arrow! He bowed down, reached out and caught the tiny dwarf just in time. He held him up to his long wooden face for inspection of injury but before he could utter an apology the dwarf yelled, "You clumsy fool! I could have been killed! That's the last time I trust you taking me up here! In fact, why am I still!? Put me down where my mind can be at ease!"
"But Master Dwarf," Treebeard said, a smile playing at his lips, "How shall I kiss you goodnight when you're all the way down there?" He leaned in towards his object of affection, instead of bringing him closer. Brushing his rough bark lips gently across the dwarf's cheek he knew he wouldn't be able to stay angry with him.
"Stoop," said Gimli softly, before he was lost in a sea of passion.