Another A/N: Well, the formatting finally got fixed. And it got beta'd. Guess who's writing this?! *G* (Incidentally, Elen, you should really change your bio - everyone has realised by now that you're not dead, so there's no point in pretending that you are!)
Well! It's a chapter! Shocked? So am I. It's pretty short and crappy, actually, so don't get too exited. But first I must apologise for not updating for ages. I'd like to blame someone but I cant - its my own fault. I should have got my arse in gear, instead I didn't and if I don't get any reviews it's my own fault.
Mawgy said something very interesting in her review; she said that it was slightly corny. I'm glad you picked up on that. The deal with that is that Haldir says he's not a kid but really he is and he thinks love is a pure good thing. How to explain this? Well, in Disney films, the characters are very good; they don't flirt, they're innocent really - that's how Haldir is, and all through this fic he's slowly getting corrupted by the situations around him. It's started already, he teases and flirts because that's what he sees happening around him. In other words, my baby's growing up *sniff*.
You Are Beautiful, Little Star
Many Meetings
"Sorry, my love, Curonlas can be quite the pain in the backside", Legolas whispered to his lover, trying to make Haldir come out from the crook of his neck where he had hidden himself from the shame of it all. "Oh please come out, my darling, he's gone now, hmmm?"
"I wish that that hadn't happened," he heard Haldir mutter against his chest.
"I know I know, how can I make this up to you?"
"That might well have been the most embarrassing moment in my life," Haldir continued.
"I'm really..."
"Of course there was that time I fell on my arse in front of almost all of Lorien...no, no, I think that this was worse."
"Haldir a thousand apologies, my angel, my star. I will kill him for you."
Haldir laughed a little, then sat up. "No, never kill your own kin. Hire someone else to do it." Legolas smiled; Haldir was so cute...even when talking about killing people. "I want you to go to your bathroom and start to run the water for a bath...with bubbles."
Legolas raised his eyebrows. "Well, well, well, I shall go then. Lucky that my bath fits four people, isn't it?"
Haldir looked puzzled. "Four people? Why would you need to fit four people?" His eyes suddenly widened. "Oh." Legolas grinned a little; he'd always thought Lorien elves didn't know much about the ways of the world.
"Haldir I don't think you could be sweeter if you tried."
"I'm not sweet! I happen to be an elf from Lorien, and no self-respecting elf from my home would ever dream of the things you naughty, naughty Mirkwood elves do!" Haldir said with a twinkle in his eye.
"Oh, come now, surely your dreams aren't as boring as your sex lives" Legolas laughed as Haldir jumped on him. They rolled off the bed and landed on the floor with a soft bump. Haldir looked into Legolas' eyes and brought up his hand to stroke his lover's face. Legolas was so beautiful...
Haldir snapped out of his little trance. "Go!"
Legolas kissed Haldir's nose before getting off the floor and wandering off to the bathroom, and Haldir lay back down on the bed. It was cold outside the comforting walls of the blankets and sheets. He smiled; Legolas' pillow smelled of Legolas, and Legolas always smelled fabulous. He smiled as he had an idea about bottled Legolas in a perfume (would sell for millions) before he turned around and buried his face into his love's pillow.
He heard the taps turn on and start filling up the bath. Legolas was whistling something as well; Haldir wasn't quite sure what it was, but it was very relaxing.
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Legolas opened his bathroom window, letting the light come streaming in; he then went to his bath and poured the bubble bath underneath the running water. He jumped down into it and smiled.
He liked his bath - it was set deep down into the ground, and you could stand up in it with the water still easily coming up to your chest. When he'd been smaller he used to swim around in it, but he was too big for that now...maybe.
It had steps down to it, four, but he never used them. Usually he just filled it up and jumped right in, creating a tidal wave that soaked everything in the bathroom. Haldir came shuffling through with the sheets wrapped around his waist. He put his head to one side and smiled shyly. Legolas was taken aback, once again, that Haldir could make shyness so damned attractive. "Is the bath ready?" Haldir asked him.
"Yes, you coming in?" Haldir nodded and dropped his towel. He walked down the steps and entered the water.
"You have shampoo?" Haldir asked, cupping some water in his hand and pouring it down his chest. Legolas grabbed the bar of shampoo and threw it over to Haldir, who caught it and began rubbing it between his hands to get lather up. He began rubbing it through his hair, and slowly became aware that Legolas was watching him.
"What? Never seen anyone wash their hair before?"
"Not like that!"
Haldir stopped. "Like what?"
"Like you're in love with it," Legolas grinned.
"So? I like my hair," Haldir sniffed.
"Yeah...more than me by the look of it!" Legolas said, splashing him with water and laughing. Haldir frowned before ducking his hair into the water to wash the soapy bubbles, before he heard Legolas give a disgruntled snort. He looked up to see his lover was holding his eye closed.
"What are you doing?" he asked, smiling a little. Legolas only frowned more.
"I have soap in my eye. I hate having soap in my eyes" he muttered, before rubbing his eye a little.
"Aww, poor baby - look, don't do that, you'll only make it worse. Let me see.." Haldir swam over till he was by Legolas and prised the elf's fingers from his face. "Open your eyes for me, love," he cooed softly, still holding Legolas' hand.
"I can't, it stings," Legolas said, with a tone that could have possibly held a note of whining.
"Trust me Legolas, I have two little brothers and two little sisters. It will only hurt for a moment."
Legolas opened his eyes gingerly; Haldir saw that one was really quite red. "Oh, Legolas, what did you do? Cram the soap bar into your eye?"
"No!" Legolas said indignantly.
"You shouldn't have rubbed your eye! Hold still" Haldir ran the cold tap; it was lucky that Legolas had decided to sit beside them. He rinsed his hands under it, then cupped his hand and collected some of the water. "Try to keep your eye open, it's not so bad." He poured it slowly over Legolas' eye, who blinked and hissed a little (well, it was cold).
"Shhh, my beloved," Haldir whispered whilst he rinsed the wincing elf's eye again. "There you go, is that better?"
Legolas blinked a couple of times before smiling. "Yes, thank you little one. I can see again!" Haldir smiled down at Legolas before it suddenly dawned on him how they were sitting. Legolas was sitting on one of the steps that was now under the water, and Haldir was sitting on his lap with his legs almost around Legolas' waist to balance himself. He grinned, and Legolas put his hands around Haldir's waist.
"Well, this is nice" Legolas murmured, kissing Haldir's chest, "I can think of three different things to do to you right now, and it all ends up at mad passionate sex."
"Really?" Haldir said bringing up his hand to Legolas' soaking hair. "I can think of a few things, too, but you should get the soap out of your hair." He slipped off of Legolas' waist and walked up the steps to grab a towel.
"Oh, that's not fair, you tease!" Legolas called from behind him, Haldir just laughed. Now, where were his clothes?
To be continued
A/n he he, told you, short. Ps HOW CRAP WAS IT THAT THEY KILLED HALDIR! GRAB YOUR TORCH AND PICHFORK! AAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!
