Seasons of the Elves 4

Summary: How these two elves saw each other in each season. Glorfindel and Erestor Established Relationship. Slash. Not explicit.

Rated: PG-13

Disclaimer: Standard disclaimer applied.

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WINTER

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Erestor hated winter.

The cold weather did not bother the elf, but the uncomfortable feeling when his cloths were damp was. Besides, it was hard to use carts to deliver goods from one place to another when roads were covered with ice and snow.

Aye, he had reasons to hate winter.

Furthermore, winter was full of planks. Elflings were enjoying throwing snowballs and sometimes even bringing snow inside the house. The big elfling, named Glorfindel, was the worst of all.

Erestor had a peaceful life for a few days past, but today, Glorfindel would come back from his scouting, and the first thing he always did when he got back home was seeing Erestor, and playing plank on him. Today, he'd be extra careful.

It didn't work.

SPLASH!

A bunch of snow was dumped over his head.

Glorfindel's laugher was heard and disappeared along with his footsteps.

Erestor wanted to scream, but being the respectful lord counselor, screaming was not an option. He looked around and saw the twins under a tree nearby, trying to suppress their giggles. He nodded his head to summon the twins who promptly ran to their favorite tutor.

"I have an assignment for you." Erestor said calmly. The dripping of snow from his hair didn't help him to look regal as always.

"Aye, my lord!" The twins promptly replied. They had an idea what their assignment was, and they intended to accomplish it, for Erestor, of course.

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That night, Glorfindel found that his chambers were hit by a snow storm. There was snow everywhere. His fireplace and logs were soaking wet, and there was even a snow-elf in his chambers!

Glorfindel laughed after recovering from the initial shock.

"That elf and the twins!" He knew instantly of who did all of this. "Very impressive indeed."

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"That was impressive."

Glorfindel was sitting on a chair opposite Erestor in the counselor's office.

"I don't know what you are talking about." Erestor raised his eyebrow.

"Oh, you sure know." The captain huffed.

"Do I?"

"Now I just want to drag you outside and have a snowball fight, but..."

That called for Erestor's attention.

"I have to go to the border for a couple days."

"You just came back yesterday."

"There was a sighting of wolves around the border. I'll go take a look."

"It's almost mid-winter."

"I'll come back a couple days before the mid-winter dinner. Don't worry. I won't miss a chance to have dinner with you." Glorfindel smiled.

"Have a safe trip then." Erestor sighed.

"Thanks."

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It's mid-winter day, but Glorfindel was not back home yet. Erestor did not want to admit it but he was worried about Glorfindel and his soldiers.

This year mid-winter, Elrond decided to have no feast in the hall. No one had to work on this day. Everyone would spend their time with family and friends. Erestor and Glorfindel always joined Elrond's family for the dinner. Mildreth had prepared foods for the lord's family and been home with her family. Celebrian took over the setting of the dinner table with the twins' help.

"He'll come back safely." Elrond said when he saw Erestor looking out of the window for the tenth time.

"I just think if he cannot come for dinner, how can we finish all these foods." Erestor shrugged.

"Right." Elrond smirked.

Elrond's family and Erestor were starting their prayer when Glorfindel barged in.

"Good evening! Are you going to start the dinner without me?"

"Fin!"

The twins screamed and ran to give the golden lord a hug.

"You're late!" Elladan chirped.

"No, I'm on time to give you monkeys these presents." The captain pulled two boxes from his pack and gave them to the twins who screamed in delight.

"Sons,open your presents later. Come sit at your seats." Elrond warned his twins. "Welcome home Glorfindel. We're worried about you. Come sit here."

"Thank you, Elrond."

"Where have you been? You're supposed to come back home a couple days ago?" Elrond asked.

"We found a pack of wolves near the high pass, but we lost them. We tried to search for their trait, but it was a snowstorm while we were searching and covered all track. We had to take a shelter for a day before we could come back home."

"Wow! How were the wolves like?" Elrohir asked excitingly.

"I want to see them with my own eyes." Elladan announced.

"Me too!"

"Wait till you're grown up, alright?" Glorfindel laughed. "If you saw them right now, you would be their mid-winter meal."

"Glorfindel!" Celebrian glared at the captain.

"Sorry my lady." Glorfindel bowed his head to the lady apologetically.

"Let's eat." Elrond announced.

After dinner, they moved to the living room and started unwrap their presents. The twins squealed delightedly when they saw what they got from the adults. Celebrian kissed Elrond affectionately for her new necklace from Elrond.

"Here you are." Glorfindel gave a package to Erestor.

"What?"

"Happy mid-winter, Erestor." Glorfindel smiled. "I hope you like my gift."

"Thank you, Glorfindel." Erestor's eyes shone with delight when he unwrapped the present and found a book with beautifully crafted wooden cover.

"I brought it from Dale. It's about the human's folklore and tradition. Do you like it?"

"I love it! Thank you, Fin." Erestor's smile made Glorfindel's heart beat so fast.

The family and friends were enjoying their time together on the mid-winter until the twins dozed off on their parents' laps.

"Time for bed then." Glorfindel chuckled when he saw the state of the twins. "I'll help you carry them to bed." He offered.

"Thank you, Fin, but you should take a rest yourself. You just got back home. Celebrian and I will put these two to bed." Elrond carried Elladan in his arms while Celebrian took care of Elrohir. "Goodnight and happy mid-winter my friends."

"Goodnight and happy mid-winter." Erestor and Glorfindel replied and watched Elrond and his family leaving the room.

"It's time for us to go to bed too."

Erestor gathered his presents into his arms and stood up from his seat. Glorfindel also had his presents in one hand. They both were walking pass the arc of the door when Glorfindel stopped and turned to look at Erestor who also stopped and looked at his friend questioningly.

"You forget something?" Erestor asked, and knitted his eyebrows alarmingly when he noticed Glorfindel's smirk. "What are you up to?"

"Nay." Glorfindel smiled widely. "Oh, look!" He pointed to something above their head and Erestor saw a twig of green hanging from the arc above them.

"What?"

"It's mistletoe." Glorfindel smiled even wider.

"I know it's a twig of mistletoe. What's the problem with it?" Erestor was getting annoyed.

"You see, it's a human's tradition, you can see in the book." Glorfindel pointed to the book in the counselor's arms. "When two people stand under mistletoe, they must kiss."

"That's a human's tradition, not elf's." Erestor narrowed his eyes.

"They must have a good reason to have the tradition like this. We'd better complied. Besides, they said we'd have had a bad luck if we were against them. Come on, Erestor! What's to lose?"

Erestor glared at the captain annoyingly.

"Please. Just one kiss, Erestor, please." Glorfindel looked at the dark-haired elf with his best puppy eyes.

"Alright." Erestor sighed.

"Really?"

"Are you going to kiss me now or let me go back to my chambers?"

"If you insist." Glorfindel shrugged.

Erestor expected the kiss to be just a touch of their lips, but Glorfindel had a different idea. Glorfindel caressed the counselor's cheek with his thumb and tilted his head up a little before capturing Erestor's lips with his own. Erestor felt a spark shot through his veins. Glorfindel's kiss was demanding. His lips, his tongue and his touch were oh so delicious. Glorfindel nipped and sucked at the counselor's lower lip gently. Erestor opened his mouth to allow the access of the captain's tongue, and Glorfindel used that opportunity to explore Erestor's mouth gleefully. They broke the kiss reluctantly, their breath mingled, and their eyes closed. Erestor opened his eyes when he felt a light touch of Glorfindel' lips on his again.

"You said just one kiss." Erestor stepped away from the golden-haired elf who was still smiling.

"Good night, Glorfindel." With that, Erestor left Glorfindel, still grinning from ear to ear, at the entrance of the family hall.

"Good night, my sweet Erestor."

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Erestor remembered that this morning there was still some firewood in his chambers. Then where were they right now? Somebody might play the plank on him or he was just too old to remember that he was out of firewood for tonight.

The cold did not bother elves, but they still loved the comfort of their soft beds and warm rooms. Erestor sighed dejectedly. He would not have an answer tonight. He'd better go out to get some log and firewood from the kitchen.

"Erestor?"

He found Glorfindel in front of his chambers which were opposite his own.

"Where are you going?" The captain asked.

"I'm going to get some firewood from the kitchen." The counselor replied.

"You can take mine." Glorfindel offered.

"Nay.." Erestor had no chance to decline because Glorfindel just disappeared into his chambers and came back with a bunch of logs and firewood in his arms.

"Hope this is enough."

"Uhm, thank you." Erestor opened the door to let Glorfindel in. The golden lord placed the firewood in Erestor's fireplace and kindled the fire.

"Thank you, Fin." Erestor walked up to his friend who was still standing in front of the fireplace.

"Uhm.. Can I sleep here tonight? I can sleep on the rug here." Glorfindel scratched his head in embarrassment. "I give you all I have; I meant all firewood I had in my room." He explained further when he saw Erestor's dead glare. "If you allow me to stay here, I will tend to your heart, I meant the fireplace, that is. I don't want you to feel cold in the morning, uhm, I meant.."

"Fine, you can stay here." Erestor sighed, and went to retrieve a pillow and a blanket for the captain.

"Thank you, Erestor!" Glorfindel smiled widely. "I'll keep you warm all night!"

"Just sleep. You need a rest." Erestor said and walked to the bathroom to change into sleeping gown. When he came back to the bedroom, he found Glorfindel already undressed and laying on the rug with the blanket covering him from chest to toes.

"I thought you sleep naked." Glorfindel chuckled.

"It's cold." Erestor laid down on his bed, his fluffy blanket covering him.

"Goodnight, Glorfindel."

"Goodnight, Erestor."

Erestor woke up in the middle of the night feeling warm and heavy at his feet. He sat up and found a mound of blanket at the foot of his bed. He did not need time to think what it was. The counselor sighed in despair. He pulled the blanket down a little to see the golden head of the captain, who was snoring happily.

"Glorfindel." He pulled Glorfindel's hair lightly trying to wake him up. "Hey! I know you are awake. Get up!"

"Erestor? What?" Glorfindel looked up to see Erestor's face above him.

"Get out of my bed." Erestor gritted his teeth.

"Why? It's comfortable in here." Glorfindel whined.

"You said you'd sleep in front of the fireplace, not in my bed. Go! Shoo!"

"I'm not a puppy!" The captain pouted.

"You act like a giant puppy now."

"Erestorrr.."

Erestor literally kicked the captain out of his bed.

"You are so mean!" Glorfindel whined and patted his side where he was kicked sourly.

"You sleep on the rug or I'll kick you out of my room, your choice." Erestor crossed his arms.

"Alright!" Glorfindel glared at the counselor and laid down on the rug with the pillow and the blanket Erestor throwing at him. "I'll sleep on your bed next time." He muttered.

"Dream on!" Erestor replied from his bed.

"That's the best I can do, for now." Glorfindel whispered to himself. He laid down under the fluffy blanket.

"Sweet dream, Erestor." He said. "I'll see you in my sweet dream."

On the bed, Erestor was already sleeping and snoring softly.

His dream was really sweet that night.

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Fin

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A/N: That's all my sweet readers. I hope you enjoy the story. I apologize for any mistake. Please feel free to point out any grammar and spelling mistake in the story. Thank you in advance. And review please. :)

Luthorin