Title: Night
Author: Dreamiflame
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Note: Written after seeing the Two Towers the first time, but also sort of based on what I remember of the book.

In the dark, they huddle close for warmth, Dwarf in the middle, Man and Elf at the sides. Gimli faces Legolas' long back and feels Aragorn's against his own. The ground is hard and cold beneath him, the stars shining like diamond overhead.

He never thought to like an Elf, to wander far from the mountains of his people with strangers, nor to lose his heart in a far-away land to one not of his race, but more precious now than jewels or gold. He reaches, touches a golden braid, and closes his eyes, letting sleep claim him.