@ all: Thanks for reading our fic, thanks for the reviews *hugs*.... and we hope to see you again, soon. Because... this is the last chapter of "Fading". *sniff*
We hope you enjoyed our little story, and yes, there will be some kind of sequel to it. We're working on it *g*
But now...
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[Legolas]
Ai, I remember...
And because I remember, I cannot let you leave me without following you, my love. My beautiful Aragorn.
Eomer will understand. He is strong, almost as strong as you were. He will get over it, and he will find another love. Maybe even one as unique as ours.
I look at you. My Aragorn. Even in death, you are still beautiful and kingly. I place a kiss on your brow and sigh.
It is time, my love. I feel the cold hand again, and have no strength left to fight against it. And no reason to, any longer.
In fact, I am welcoming it this time, for it will bring me closer to you. Once, I asked you to save a seat for me, wherever you will go, a seat right by your side, and that is, what I will claim now.
Smiling, I push a strand of hair from your face and look at you for the last time. My Aragorn. The love of my life. I touch your cold lips, bend down and replace my finger with my lips. The last kiss. Until we meet again.
Then, I lie down next to you, my hand on your chest, moving closer to you, as close as I can. Feeling you, smelling you, simply being with you.
I can almost hear you breathe now... somewhere from deep within my mind. And the louder I hear your breath, the slower my own lungs work.
And then... they stop.
And the last thing on my mind before everything turns black, is you.
My love.
My Aragorn.
The END