A Love Story
Disclaimer: Believe me, I own absolutely nothing.
Author's Note: Like I said before, it is a Slash. Aragorn/Legolas. Obviously don't read if you don't like slashes. And please review!! Need to know there is SOMEBODY reading this! =) Cheers! Pretty much has nothing to do with the storyline of the book BTW. In this story I have no idea how fast elves age compared to men but it's really, really fast lol. And Aragorn has a much longer life expectancy then any other normal man because ... his special!
Summary: Before Shakespeare fell in love; before Romeo found his Juliet there was a man and his elf. The greatest love story never told.
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Elrond smiled as he saw his youngest son's reaction to the Golden Prince, it was what he himself and Tharanduil had hoped for. The future king of Gondor, despite what his personal beliefs told him was infatuated by the beautiful archer
"My lord." The now bowed prince before him distracted Elrond's gaze. "I thank you for your invitation for this visit."
"It is my pleasure" the older elf replied. "Perhaps you would like the tour? It has been sometime since your last visit, Estel shall be your guide. Elrohir, Elladan let us go and plan for tonight's feast!"
Before Legolas could tell Elrond that he didn't need a guide the Elf Lord and his reluctant twin sons were out the door. He was left alone in the room with- with- with a human. For the first time since entering the room Legolas noticed the presence of this man.
"You are Estel?" he asked.
Estel nodded dumbfounded, one moment he was surrounded by his family and in the next he was alone with a male elf that strangely enough took his breath away.
"Tis a strange name." The elf prince continued eyeing the man carefully, while slowly circling him. Still not knowing what to say but wanting to know what the beautiful elf was talking about Estel raised a dark eyebrow. "It means hope, no?" Estel nodded. "Can you not speak?" the elf questioned again slightly amused this time. He seemed to have this effect on many people both males and females, though he was not entirely sure why.
Estel flushed red with embarrassment. "N-n-nay," he stuttered. "I can speak."
"Good." Legolas smiled seemingly oblivious to the effect it was having on the man, taking more interest Legolas closed the short distance between him and Estel until he was mere inches away, getting a closer look of his futures. "You seem familiar." He said softly while running a flawless, pale hand across the stubble on Estel's cheek, intrigued. "Humans are such strange creatures."
Estel swallowed hard as he felt the breath of Legolas on his face and neck, he felt an involuntary shudder as Legolas continued to move a slender finger across his jaw.
"Have we met before?" Legoals looked into the eyes of Estel's who gingerly shook his head in reply but remembering what Legolas had stated earlier managed to blurt out a 'no.' he was to a certain extent sure he hadn't if he had seen Legolas before he was quite certain his mind would not let him forget a vision such as this too quickly. Legolas did not break his gaze into Estel's eyes even though Estel could feel Legolas's slender hands running down his sides and finally coming in contact with his hands. 'Does he now know he is tormenting me?' he asked himself before Legolas finally looked down at the hands he now held in his own.
"You are wounded?"
Confused Estel also looked down at his own hands which, contrasted Legolas's in such a way it seemed right to have them together like that.
"No."
"Then what are these?" The prince inquired, stroking a small scar on the palm of one of Estel's hands. The stroke was so gentle, so caring that Estel had to use much of his will power to focus on answering the question.
"Tis a scar." He managed to say, almost a full sentence this time.
"Scar." Legolas pronounced the word in such a way that it seemed like he had never heard the word before. "But they do not hurt?"
"They do not."
"Strange." Legolas said again, still staring at the tanned, scarred hands.
'No,' Estel thought 'what is strange is how you make me feel.' The man watched with interest at the elf who continued to study his own hands as if they were some precious treasure. "Is this how you always treat people you have just met?" Estel asked and smiled when he saw the elf fluster and look up to meet his gaze.
"No." he replied, also smiling. "Just you, I've never met a fully grown human before."
"You speak as if we are rare."
"In a way, you are."
Puzzled Estel looked into the eyes of the slightly shorter elf, the sapphire colored eyes returned the look, and their gaze enveloped each other. Time appeared to have stopped as man looked at elf and elf looked at man, Estel was the first to look away, an uneasy feeling overcame him, how could he be so captivated by another male? Estel felt himself pull away from the golden-haired beauty.
"Perhaps I should start showing you around."
Legolas hadn't the heart to tell him he already knew this place as well as his own home for he wished to spend more time with this man who so effortlessly intrigued him. The prince just nodded elegantly as he followed a perplexed Estel out of the room.
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Patiently Legolas followed and watched as Estel showed him all the rooms and corridors he already knew. Meanwhile Estel's heart was beating at 1000 miles per hour he was almost afraid that it was so loud that the beautiful elf would be able to hear it. Every now and then the young man would cast sideward glances at the royalty that stood beside him, suddenly catching onto one of Estel's looks Legolas turned to smile at him startled at beging caught off guard Estel quickly turned away not seeing the confusion take over the smile on the prince's beautiful face. So they continued on their little journey, unknowingly they walked simultaneously almost as one, elf servants nearby paused to watch them pass smiling to themselves at how complete the two looked, how they complimented one another. Estel was unaware of such looks as he was too caught up in his own inward battle but Legolas noticed the stares and suddenly felt very self-conscious.
"Is there somewhere else we could go?" He suddenly asked Estel, who paused to look down at the elf doubtfully. "Where there are not as many people around." Legolas added.
Confused Estel looked up and for the first time noticed the other elves smiling secretly and staring at them, getting the point Estel nodded and instinctively grabbed Legolas's hands and steered him away from the gawking crowd much to the pleasure of the viewers. Estel didn't even seem to notice but Legolas could not help but have a funny sensation erupt from his body at the mere touch of this man. At last, Estel stopped at a small opening in- between a mass of rocks just outside of Rivendell it looked like a mini- cave.
"I found this." Estel declared proudly. "During a hunting trip with the twins." Noticing the prince was unusually silent Estel turned to see what was wrong and noticed that he was still holding hands, panicking Estel quickly let go, maybe a little too quickly as a result Legolas looked at Estel strangely asking questions that could not be heard. "As I was saying- " Estel looked back towards the cave, feeling very uncomfortable maybe it wasn't such a good idea to be alone with the attractive prince. "I found this..."
"What is it?"
"It's a tunnel, it leads to a clearing with a small waterfall and a natural bridge over a small pond."
"Sounds wonderful."
"It is."
"Shall we?"
Estel nodded, leading the way to the other side of the tunnel and unknowingly to the other side of his heart.
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Review! Review! =) Hope you enjoyed it! + Wow! I didn't really expect so much reviews for this one ^-^ But I guess there is a strong alliance of A/L fans out there! Lol ANYWAY hope ya'll stick around to read more and review more!!
Disclaimer: Believe me, I own absolutely nothing.
Author's Note: Like I said before, it is a Slash. Aragorn/Legolas. Obviously don't read if you don't like slashes. And please review!! Need to know there is SOMEBODY reading this! =) Cheers! Pretty much has nothing to do with the storyline of the book BTW. In this story I have no idea how fast elves age compared to men but it's really, really fast lol. And Aragorn has a much longer life expectancy then any other normal man because ... his special!
Summary: Before Shakespeare fell in love; before Romeo found his Juliet there was a man and his elf. The greatest love story never told.
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Elrond smiled as he saw his youngest son's reaction to the Golden Prince, it was what he himself and Tharanduil had hoped for. The future king of Gondor, despite what his personal beliefs told him was infatuated by the beautiful archer
"My lord." The now bowed prince before him distracted Elrond's gaze. "I thank you for your invitation for this visit."
"It is my pleasure" the older elf replied. "Perhaps you would like the tour? It has been sometime since your last visit, Estel shall be your guide. Elrohir, Elladan let us go and plan for tonight's feast!"
Before Legolas could tell Elrond that he didn't need a guide the Elf Lord and his reluctant twin sons were out the door. He was left alone in the room with- with- with a human. For the first time since entering the room Legolas noticed the presence of this man.
"You are Estel?" he asked.
Estel nodded dumbfounded, one moment he was surrounded by his family and in the next he was alone with a male elf that strangely enough took his breath away.
"Tis a strange name." The elf prince continued eyeing the man carefully, while slowly circling him. Still not knowing what to say but wanting to know what the beautiful elf was talking about Estel raised a dark eyebrow. "It means hope, no?" Estel nodded. "Can you not speak?" the elf questioned again slightly amused this time. He seemed to have this effect on many people both males and females, though he was not entirely sure why.
Estel flushed red with embarrassment. "N-n-nay," he stuttered. "I can speak."
"Good." Legolas smiled seemingly oblivious to the effect it was having on the man, taking more interest Legolas closed the short distance between him and Estel until he was mere inches away, getting a closer look of his futures. "You seem familiar." He said softly while running a flawless, pale hand across the stubble on Estel's cheek, intrigued. "Humans are such strange creatures."
Estel swallowed hard as he felt the breath of Legolas on his face and neck, he felt an involuntary shudder as Legolas continued to move a slender finger across his jaw.
"Have we met before?" Legoals looked into the eyes of Estel's who gingerly shook his head in reply but remembering what Legolas had stated earlier managed to blurt out a 'no.' he was to a certain extent sure he hadn't if he had seen Legolas before he was quite certain his mind would not let him forget a vision such as this too quickly. Legolas did not break his gaze into Estel's eyes even though Estel could feel Legolas's slender hands running down his sides and finally coming in contact with his hands. 'Does he now know he is tormenting me?' he asked himself before Legolas finally looked down at the hands he now held in his own.
"You are wounded?"
Confused Estel also looked down at his own hands which, contrasted Legolas's in such a way it seemed right to have them together like that.
"No."
"Then what are these?" The prince inquired, stroking a small scar on the palm of one of Estel's hands. The stroke was so gentle, so caring that Estel had to use much of his will power to focus on answering the question.
"Tis a scar." He managed to say, almost a full sentence this time.
"Scar." Legolas pronounced the word in such a way that it seemed like he had never heard the word before. "But they do not hurt?"
"They do not."
"Strange." Legolas said again, still staring at the tanned, scarred hands.
'No,' Estel thought 'what is strange is how you make me feel.' The man watched with interest at the elf who continued to study his own hands as if they were some precious treasure. "Is this how you always treat people you have just met?" Estel asked and smiled when he saw the elf fluster and look up to meet his gaze.
"No." he replied, also smiling. "Just you, I've never met a fully grown human before."
"You speak as if we are rare."
"In a way, you are."
Puzzled Estel looked into the eyes of the slightly shorter elf, the sapphire colored eyes returned the look, and their gaze enveloped each other. Time appeared to have stopped as man looked at elf and elf looked at man, Estel was the first to look away, an uneasy feeling overcame him, how could he be so captivated by another male? Estel felt himself pull away from the golden-haired beauty.
"Perhaps I should start showing you around."
Legolas hadn't the heart to tell him he already knew this place as well as his own home for he wished to spend more time with this man who so effortlessly intrigued him. The prince just nodded elegantly as he followed a perplexed Estel out of the room.
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Patiently Legolas followed and watched as Estel showed him all the rooms and corridors he already knew. Meanwhile Estel's heart was beating at 1000 miles per hour he was almost afraid that it was so loud that the beautiful elf would be able to hear it. Every now and then the young man would cast sideward glances at the royalty that stood beside him, suddenly catching onto one of Estel's looks Legolas turned to smile at him startled at beging caught off guard Estel quickly turned away not seeing the confusion take over the smile on the prince's beautiful face. So they continued on their little journey, unknowingly they walked simultaneously almost as one, elf servants nearby paused to watch them pass smiling to themselves at how complete the two looked, how they complimented one another. Estel was unaware of such looks as he was too caught up in his own inward battle but Legolas noticed the stares and suddenly felt very self-conscious.
"Is there somewhere else we could go?" He suddenly asked Estel, who paused to look down at the elf doubtfully. "Where there are not as many people around." Legolas added.
Confused Estel looked up and for the first time noticed the other elves smiling secretly and staring at them, getting the point Estel nodded and instinctively grabbed Legolas's hands and steered him away from the gawking crowd much to the pleasure of the viewers. Estel didn't even seem to notice but Legolas could not help but have a funny sensation erupt from his body at the mere touch of this man. At last, Estel stopped at a small opening in- between a mass of rocks just outside of Rivendell it looked like a mini- cave.
"I found this." Estel declared proudly. "During a hunting trip with the twins." Noticing the prince was unusually silent Estel turned to see what was wrong and noticed that he was still holding hands, panicking Estel quickly let go, maybe a little too quickly as a result Legolas looked at Estel strangely asking questions that could not be heard. "As I was saying- " Estel looked back towards the cave, feeling very uncomfortable maybe it wasn't such a good idea to be alone with the attractive prince. "I found this..."
"What is it?"
"It's a tunnel, it leads to a clearing with a small waterfall and a natural bridge over a small pond."
"Sounds wonderful."
"It is."
"Shall we?"
Estel nodded, leading the way to the other side of the tunnel and unknowingly to the other side of his heart.
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Review! Review! =) Hope you enjoyed it! + Wow! I didn't really expect so much reviews for this one ^-^ But I guess there is a strong alliance of A/L fans out there! Lol ANYWAY hope ya'll stick around to read more and review more!!