AUTHOR'S NOTE So…no one's reviewing. Does that mean no one's reading? *sniff* Fine. Well then Caudex, only you get the sex chapter! Yes, warning, this is a sex chapter. It includes much sexual content. I don't think it's too graphic, but still.

DISCLAIMER Oh how I wish I owned Legolas or Orlando…but I don't. *pout*

We walked together in the moonlight beside the river – the same path we'd walked on another night just days before. We stayed close to each other, my fingers laced with his, each of us feeling that we couldn't let the other go.

For a long time, we didn't speak. Moonlight rippled across the river and the stars shone freely in the clear sky. Peaceful silence fell around us, the only sound being the soft lapping of the river and the feeling of our softly beating hearts.

A large tree we stood under. Its long branches reached far across the river, trailing vines and moss in a greenish curtain. Legolas took me in his arms, as if he did not believe I was really there.

"It is a miracle," he murmured softly against my dark hair.

"No," I said, looking into his deep blue eyes. "It was you."

He brought his mouth to mine with searing passion. The kiss reached down to every part of my body, as it was the kiss of refound love and rekindled lust. With our bodies pressed together under the shelter of the tree, his simple clothes did little to cover his obvious "excitement."

I broke away from him, breathing heavily. With a smirk and a little laugh, I broke out of his embrace and ran to the opposite side of the tree. Nimbly, I climbed up into the leafy branches.

The boughs barely bent under my weight. I peered down through the leaves and saw Legolas looking around, confused. Quietly, I climbed out on a branch over the water, untying the ties of my dress.

Legolas turned at the sound of my laughter just in time for my dress to catch him full in the face. He held the silver fabric in his hands, a smirk playing on his lips. "I know you're up there, finier," he called in a singsong voice.

I remained crouched naked in my leafy hideaway for only a moment before diving into the cool water. Surfacing, I pushed my hair from my eyes and beckoned for Legolas to join me.

Only my head and shoulders about the surface, I watched coyly from the water as Legolas undressed, marveling at how perfect my Elf really was. As he waded into the river, I slipped back below the surface of the water.

I heard him calling, above the water, "Where did you go, finier?" His sight and hearing were even better than mine and I knew he knew where I was. That just made the game more fun.

Swimming swiftly, I came up directly behind him. Slipping my hands around below his waist, I whispered seductively in his ear, "Karani waara."

Before he could turn around, I had slipped below the water's surface again. I swam around him underwater, gently brushed past where I knew it would tease him the most. As I swam around, teasing him mercilessly, he suddenly caught my wrist and pulled me up.

"I have caught you, finier," he murmured. "Whatever shall I do with you?"

I slid my free hand underwater, grasping and rubbing him as he moaned with pleasure. "Anything you want," I breathed in his ear.

Cupping his hands around my breasts, he kissed me harder and more passionately than ever before. I wrapped my arms around his neck and my legs around his waist.

The water of the river mixed with the natural oils of our skin, creating a natural lubricant. That combined with the fact that I had been with Legolas before made things even more pleasurable than the first time. He thrust into me over and over again, our bodies rocking to our own internal rhythm.

Fire raged under my skin. We brought each other to higher and higher passion, while maddeningly trying to keep quiet. Half out of playfulness and half out of desperation to keep quiet, I gently bit his shoulder and ran my mouth up his neck. Finally I nibbled on his pointed ear, drawing gasps from deep within his throat.

It was over then almost as quickly as it began, both of us climaxing with burning power. Exhausted, we climbed out of the water and dressed again.

The river was once again still in the moonlight. We giggled as we ran quietly back to my home. Most of the Elves ignored us as we passed. I blushed when I suddenly realized that they were not the only Elves out at night.

Guards were assigned to watch the city's borders at all times. All night. That included the river. Good job, Rae.

But I just giggled. I hope the guards enjoyed our show. Legolas looked at me funny, but I only waved him off. He just grinned, grabbed my hand, and we scampered up the stairs to my house like children.

We were back in my bedroom for less than five minutes before falling onto my bed. Clothes stood no chance against our fervor.

But unlike the river, we had no lust pent up from separation. Once the clothes were off, there was nothing to rush us.

His touch was gentle as his lips trailed down my neck, chest, and stomach and finally settled far lower than that. Oh, he was good…

A small moan escaped my lips. Legolas climbed up to lie next to me and grinned. "I love you, Raélowen."

"I love you too, Legolas."

His kiss was tender as we, for the first time, made love. It was very gentle and loving and completely different from every other time. I could feel his love for me in his touch, his movement, his breath on my skin. The way his fingers brushed my skin, the way he moved inside me, the way he whispered my name.

Without the desperate lust driving us, it became slow and sensual. Even as we both reached the peaks of pleasure, it was a whole new experience.

It was a long time before we moved out of each other's tight embrace.

* Finier = cunning one (Quenya)

* Karani waara = Make me dirty (Quenya)