A/N: The follow drabble is part of a drabble challenge over at RM. I've never written a drabble before and I hope you enjoy it. I named this one, "A Princely Crown." Disclaimer: Everything belongs to Prof. Tolkien, I just drabbled it a bit.
Thranduil gently removed the contents of the velvet bag. How light the silver metal felt, almost too delicate to hold. Memories of a morning long ago flushed his cheeks with pride. Rock steady he tried to be as he knelt before his father. He could still feel that first touch of the small circlet on his head. However, he remembered also the gentleness of his father's fingers as they slyly tickled his ear making the elfling finally smile. Today, Thranduil would proudly place this princely crown on his own son's head remembering to distract another nervous prince. Oropher would approve.