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Dedication: To all my lovely readers, especially Maia and Jadey… and to myself for making it through 20 years of life exactly 5 days ago… I feel so old! ^_^
Snugly warm and utterly contented in the securely strong arms of his lover, Legolas was startled to hear the words emerging from Aragorn.
"I believe Faramir is the one responsible for what happened to you," Aragorn said grimly, his arms encircling the elf even more tightly, protectively.
A surprised Legolas twisted out of his lover's embrace with some difficulty and turned wondering, confused eyes onto Aragorn.
"I do not believe Faramir would ever harm me," Legolas objected softly, his gentle tone belying the steely conviction behind his words.
"He did and he will again!" Aragorn snapped, unable to reign in the red mist of rage that uncontrollably clouded his thoughts.
He regretted his rash, vehement tone immediately as his lover's eyes grew wide with bewildered hurt.
Reaching an arm towards Legolas, he attempted to soften his tone, "I will never give him that opportunity again."
Shying away from Aragorn, Legolas felt a twinge of guilt as his lover's arm dropped uselessly, limply to his side.
"Faramir has been nothing but a true friend to me," Legolas said guilelessly, calmly, trying to soothe his lover and his own growing irritation at Aragorn's unreasonableness.
"He has already poisoned your mind," Aragorn spat out, shaking his head slowly, his eyes simmering with shocked disbelief.
"You have blinded yours!" Legolas lashed back, unable to restrain his own vexation.
Reeling back as if the elf had dealt him a physical blow, Aragorn's eyes narrowed with barely disguised pain.
Without a word or a backward glance, he slipped off the bed and stalked out of the room, ignoring Legolas's exasperated cry of "Aragorn!"
Pursing up his lips in frustration, Legolas drew his knees towards his chest and leaned his head on them.
Aragorn will come back when he is ready. Legolas reassured himself. That has always been his way of dealing with his troubles.
Suddenly catching the unmistakable sound of footsteps, Legolas whirled around hopefully, his heart lightening at the thought of his lover returning, contrite and regretful.
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"Faramir."
"Were you expecting someone?" Faramir asked curiously, noticing the disappointed, unenthusiastic manner in which the elf had greeted him.
"No," Legolas said quickly, flashing a small grin at the human. "What happened to you?" He inquired as his eyes took in the sight of a disheveled Faramir.
Hesitating for a moment, Faramir ignored Legolas's question and smiled wanly. "Do you feel all right?" He asked, his sincere concern shining in his eyes.
A disconcerted feeling began to rise in Legolas as he stood up to survey Faramir more thoroughly.
"Did Aragorn do this to you?" Legolas asked in horror, gripping Faramir's arm urgently.
Wincing, Faramir contrived to look as tormented as possible.
Mistakenly thinking he was the cause of Faramir's sudden affliction, Legolas immediately relinquished his hold on Faramir.
"I am sorry. Did I hurt you?" Legolas asked anxiously, hovering nervously as Faramir simply shook his head sadly.
"I guess I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time." Faramir said in a tone that implied eons of selfless suffering.
"I do not understand why Aragorn would do such a thing!" Legolas exclaimed in a bewildered tone.
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"I understand why I did such a thing and I would gladly do it again!" Aragorn spat out, his ire clearly visible in his fuming eyes and the threatening footsteps he was taking towards Faramir.
"Aragorn!" Legolas gasped, instinctively stepping between the two humans in a vain attempt to prevent the brewing confrontation.
"Do you not remember what I told you the last time I saw you?" Aragorn asked mockingly, his eyes filled with wrath as he advanced towards Faramir. "Do you have such a short memory?"
"Aragorn, please," Legolas pleaded with his lover, putting a gentle hand on his chest to try and soothe him.
Smoothly stepping past Legolas, Aragorn vehemently shoved Faramir against the wall.
"I want you to admit to Legolas what you did!" Aragorn's eyes were ablaze with wild, turbulent emotions as he menacingly held a hand to Faramir's throat.
"I do not-"
Faramir's protests were interrupted by Aragorn who choked off his words by pressing his throat savagely. "Admit what you did!" He demanded once again, a dangerous determination gleaming in his eyes.
His eyes growing wide with self-righteous indignation, Faramir ferociously swung his arm against Aragorn's, breaking the pressure on his throat.
"You should admit what you did!" Faramir snapped back, his eyes glaring at Aragorn.
"What?" Aragorn uttered in incomprehension as Legolas's gaze swept between the two of them.
"Eowyn is with child, Aragorn," Faramir said mockingly, his eyes taunting and filled with the utmost satisfaction at his announcement.
Author's note: Heh. ^_^
Cheysuli- *grins* unfortunately, she is pregnant… but the good news is, Legolas won't die from heartbreak… I adore Legolas too much to kill him!
MoroTheWolfGod- hee! You really do dislike Eowyn huh?
Jadey- *beams* I hope you're better now… and I hope you received my e-mail!
Dragonmage- *hugs* awwwww, you're so sweet! And I like long reviews so nope, I wasn't bored by it… and hey, we have the same favourite pasttime! Heh.
= -hee! Thanks… the A-guy is gonna suffer… but our poor Legolas is gonna suffer too… being the total sadist I am, everybody in this fic is gonna suffer a lot before the ending! ^_^
bsxjtlg- *giggles* you like angst so much, here's tons for you! And there's gonna be much, much more… heh.
Mako- *sings* Happy belated Birthday to Mako! Happy belated birthday sweetie! It's so fun, to have your B-day the same as April Fool's! ^_^
Lomelinde- *beams* Thanks! Yep, Faramir did do something evil once again… and unfortunately, all the fluff's kinda over already… it's all angst now babe!
LadyIsabelle- *giggles* guilty secret: I baked cookies in the shapes of my favourite characters before… and I took photographs with them and refused to let anyone eat them… *blushes and runs away to bake Legolas-shaped cookies for LadyIsabelle*
Goddess of Death- hee! You are so right! If Eowyn did her Legolas impersonation again, Faramir would definitely sleep with her…heh.
MaluElvellon- Eep! Yep, afraid Eowyn is pregnant… makes for more angst! ^_^
Sapphire17- Thanks! Yep, that pregnancy definitely sucks… hope you like this chapter!
Lalavava- *giggles* actually I don't think it's really an amazing twist since almost every reviewer is going "Eowyn's pregnant?!" hee… thanks for liking the fic!
Ami Winner- hee! HEE! Hee! Yep, the mis-spelling of Faramir's name will be the ultimate bad thing that can happen to him! ^_^
Brown-coffee-eyes- *hugs* Thanks for being so sweet and kind… I'm so glad you liked it… I'm sorry there isn't going to be much cute bits now though!
Ryan- *giggles* I always over-focus on the Legolas bits when I read fics too… and kinda skim through the other bits… and hey, you should totally join fanfiction.net too… even if you don't write, I think it's more convenient to have an account… ^_^
Nibintaur Greenleaf- *giggles helplessly* I adore the wonderful sound effects! I hope your throat is better now… hee!
Slowbum360- Yay! I'm glad you like the cuteness… hope you like the angstyness now!
Krillball6- Thank you for reading! *hugs* I'm so sorry you're so swamped by work and stuff!