Title: Playing Cat and Mouse
Author: Sivan Shemesh
Beta: Aranel
Rate: G/K
Disclaimer: Not mine, but the plots.
Warning: Angst/humor, friendship, pranks, AU. Might OOC.
Summary: Gimli and Legolas friendship. Drabbles, ficlets inspired by bunnies or prompts.
A/N: Written for 'The Tolkien Tango'.
Prompt #15: Wounds
Later in the day, Legolas opened his eyes to find himself surrounded by his family and friends, who were staring at him intently. He felt like a bound prisoner, watched by his father like a hawk, watched by his friend and a healer, and of course, the presence of the dwarf did not help.
Legolas wanted to leave the bed, but he was quickly settled back down by his father.
"Where do you think you are going, ion-nin?" Thranduil asked his son with concern, and then he added, "You need to heal, Legolas. The wounds would not disappear just like that."
Legolas stared hard at his adar, not knowing why this seemed different from the other injuries he had sustained before.
"Adar," Legolas called in a raspy voice. His father quickly helped him to drink some water, and then looked at him, waiting for what he had to say.
"What is going on in here?" Legolas asked.
"What do you mean, my son?" Thranduil asked, looking innocently at his son.
"It is only a minor wound, adar, why must I still stay in bed?" Legolas replied.
"First off, my son, it is not a minor wound. Second, I will not let you move out of this bed until I will see the wounds disappear and I get a promise from you." Thranduil replied as gently as he could, hoping his son would not catch that mischief he was sure his lying eyes betrayed.
"What kind of promise?" Legolas asked, his gaze never leaving his father's eyes.
"I want to promise that every time that you find yourself in no-win situation, you must ask for help, because I am tired of seeing you soaked with blood and fearing to see you die before my eyes." Thranduil answered.
"Have you forgotten already that our race is immortal, adar?" Legolas asked innocently.
Thranduil sighed heavily, knowing that it would be a long and tiring day. Now, he was only glad that Aragorn told him most of what happened in the Quest of the Ring, as he thought to use it to make his son promise.
The king let the smile show upon his face, which seemed to concern his son, but he paid no attention to him as he replied, "As Haldir died at Helm's Deep? Immortal or not, I will not let you get yourself hurt. So? I am waiting."
His father words caught Legolas by surprise as he did not remember telling him what exactly happened there. It must have been Aragorn, he thought and found himself cursing that human.
"I will think about it." Legolas said simply as he turned his eyes away from his father and stared at the ceiling.
"You do that while I go off," Thranduil patted his son's leg as he stood, and then he told him, "Eldarion should be here soon."
Legolas felt haunted at the thought of being bed-bound. Then, a thought crept up in his mind: Would Eldarion come alone?
He certainly hoped so.
TBC...