What Happens Now?

Eleniel: 2

Daeron: 6

Glorfindel smiled as he leant back in his seat, a glass of wine in his hand which he occasionally sipped as he stroked the raven hair of the elfling curled up beside him.

Feredir was on the opposite couch, making noises that shouldn't be heard from a warrior as he threw Eleniel into the air and caught her again, the baby squealing and giggling.

The balrog-slayer and his second-in-command had been asked to look after Eleniel while Elrond tended to his ill son. Estel had come down with something and had been sick in bed for a week now. He was slowly getting better, but Elladan and Elrohir were away visiting their grandparents and sister in Lothlorien and the elf lord had nobody to mind his daughter while he was with Estel.

This painfully reminded the golden warrior of Celebrian, who would be in Feredir's place playing with her elfling had she not sailed, and his smile faltered, head bowing slightly as memories flooded back into his mind.

Another high-pitched squeal from Eleniel roused him however, and the smile quickly returned. "You will be the one putting her to bed if you are going to make her hyper," he told his best friend.

Feredir smiled, bringing the baby close to him and kissing her forehead as she gurgled happily, calming down. "Suits me," he said, "for then you are at a loss, as I know how much you love putting her to bed."

Glorfindel smiled in defeat, before looking down at the elfling still curled up at his side. "Would you like to see Eleniel, Daeron?" he asked.

Daeron shook his head.

"Why not?"

The boy shrugged half-heartedly as he looked at Eleniel's tiny form in the strong arms of the warrior.

Feredir shifted Eleniel so that she was on one knee, and motioned for Daeron to sit on the other. "Come here ion."

Daeron seemed hesitant about leaving his beloved 'uncle Glorfy', but nevertheless shuffled forward and slid off the couch, making his way over to his father, who reached down and picked him up when he was near enough, sitting him on his other knee.

"You do not get to see Eleniel often. Say hello," the warrior told him.

"Hello," Daeron said quietly, leaning against his father.

Eleniel giggled and grabbed the boy's hand, wrapping her tiny fingers around his bigger – but still small – ones.

"That means she likes you," Feredir said.

Daeron giggled. "She is strong Ada!" he said.

Glorfindel laughed from his seat on the couch. "She is, isn't she? I think she will be a warrior when she is older, like her brothers."

"And me," Daeron said.

"And you," Feredir agreed, kissing his son's raven head before noticing how his eyes drooped and he was relying mostly on his father's strong chest to keep him in a more or less upright position.

"Right," he said, "I think I will take you home and to bed now if your Uncle Glorfy is capable of looking after Eleniel here by himself without dropping her."

Glorfindel rolled his eyes and stood up, cuffing his friend on the back of his head. "I think I will take her to bed with me. Elrond will most likely stay with Estel tonight," he said before reaching down to pick Eleniel up. However, he found that he couldn't. She seemed to be… attached to something.

"What on-"

The two friends looked down to see what the problem was, and found that both elflings had fallen fast asleep, holding each other's hands tightly.

Glorfindel and Feredir stared at each other for a moment, not quite sure what to do. They didn't want to wake them up, as Daeron would be grumpy if he was woken and Eleniel would probably scream…

"Well," the balrog-slayer said, "what happens now?"

Elvish used:

Ion - Son

Ada - Daddy

I've seriously given up trying to find a way to make my story fit into Tolkien's timeline XD It's definitely AU I can tell you that..! Estel, I think, comes to Rivendell later than he does in the books, and Celebrian sails later than she does in the books... its the only way to be honest! But, my stories aren't really focused on the timeline so make up what you want! XD

Feredir's story/background will be explained in a story I have planned (still nameless!) and honestly he has had a hard life so :( poor Feredir! (And little Daeron). I'll probably write out the whole thing before posting it as I want it to be updated weekly, so expect it in the next coming years... joking! XD (But its probably going to be true with the rate I'm updating my fics at lol).

Anyway, that's all for now! Hope you're enjoying these! ~ Gre3nleaf