Author's Note
**grin** I love this. It is the single fluffiest chapter of this story. And I own none of the characters!!!!!!! None!!!! Zip! And I don't own the song lyrics either. Those are by Switchfoot. Again.
Lady S., glad that orc plushie is behaving. Nikki, I'll check out the pic lol.
And I think GoGoTorturegirlYeah fell off the end of the earth or something. **sobs**
The next chapter will be the last. Eighteen chapters is all the further it is going. I'm sorry! **holds up shield**
I can say no more. Except that this chapter is for all my lovely reviewers! It's for you!!!!!
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"You are the hope I have for change, you are the only chance I'll take When I'm on fire when you're near me I'm on fire when you speak I'm on fire burning at these mysteries."
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Pippin didn't remember Gandalf taking them back into the city to the Houses of Healing.
He didn't remember Aragorn being there, healing Merry. Or falling asleep beside Merry long after everyone else had left.
All he knew was that Merry was here with him again.
And that he was lying there now, content, with Merry still asleep next to him and smelling not at all like the ground, like Pippin had once told him, but of the Shire and clean linen.
Pippin lay on his back, smiling, feeling the breeze sweep softly through the wide room. Merry was stirring beside him. Pippin rolled over on his side and looked at him.
"Merry..."
"Mmmph." Came the reply.
Merry slowly opened his eyes and looked at him sleepily.
"Pippin, you're here."
"Yes Merry, and I'm never leaving."
Merry smiled, and Pippin could see every little line that formed around the corners of his mouth when he did. Every curl of his hair that fell over his forehead Every little perfect curve of his lips and the way that his eyes seemed to be laughing as he looked at him.
And all he wanted to do was kiss him. But Merry beat him to it.
And it seemed that every moment before that, every feeling of despair and loneliness, was banished. And it was one of those incredibly breathless moments that seems both draining and filling at the same time.
And all he wanted to know for the rest of his life was the feeling of Merry's warm arms wrapped around him. The feeling of Merry's lips pressed to his own.
Merry pulled away and kissed Pippin's forehead, his lips lingering there before Pippin caught his chin in his hand and kissed him to submission.
And, oh, it felt so perfect. So finally right. There was not enough time to commit to memory every beautiful detail.
And before he knew it, he could feel Merry's warm breath against his cheek.
And his voice sounded wonderfully thick, and low, and soft when he said that he should have told him every day how much he loved him.
Pippin smiled into Merry's shoulder, unable to disguise this bliss any longer, he could feel Merry's lingering kisses on his cheek.
"I missed you. I love you." His own voice sounded rich and sleepy when he managed to get the words out.
He pressed his forehead to Merry's and stared into his eyes as if his life depended on it. The feeling of Merry's breath against his lips was much to real to be a dream.
He kissed Merry softly and curled up against his chest. Knowing that for everything that had gone wrong in the course of time, this was right.
This was as it should be.
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"And you're on fire when he's near you, you're on fire when he speaks..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please review! For the sake of my sanity!
**grin** I love this. It is the single fluffiest chapter of this story. And I own none of the characters!!!!!!! None!!!! Zip! And I don't own the song lyrics either. Those are by Switchfoot. Again.
Lady S., glad that orc plushie is behaving. Nikki, I'll check out the pic lol.
And I think GoGoTorturegirlYeah fell off the end of the earth or something. **sobs**
The next chapter will be the last. Eighteen chapters is all the further it is going. I'm sorry! **holds up shield**
I can say no more. Except that this chapter is for all my lovely reviewers! It's for you!!!!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"You are the hope I have for change, you are the only chance I'll take When I'm on fire when you're near me I'm on fire when you speak I'm on fire burning at these mysteries."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Pippin didn't remember Gandalf taking them back into the city to the Houses of Healing.
He didn't remember Aragorn being there, healing Merry. Or falling asleep beside Merry long after everyone else had left.
All he knew was that Merry was here with him again.
And that he was lying there now, content, with Merry still asleep next to him and smelling not at all like the ground, like Pippin had once told him, but of the Shire and clean linen.
Pippin lay on his back, smiling, feeling the breeze sweep softly through the wide room. Merry was stirring beside him. Pippin rolled over on his side and looked at him.
"Merry..."
"Mmmph." Came the reply.
Merry slowly opened his eyes and looked at him sleepily.
"Pippin, you're here."
"Yes Merry, and I'm never leaving."
Merry smiled, and Pippin could see every little line that formed around the corners of his mouth when he did. Every curl of his hair that fell over his forehead Every little perfect curve of his lips and the way that his eyes seemed to be laughing as he looked at him.
And all he wanted to do was kiss him. But Merry beat him to it.
And it seemed that every moment before that, every feeling of despair and loneliness, was banished. And it was one of those incredibly breathless moments that seems both draining and filling at the same time.
And all he wanted to know for the rest of his life was the feeling of Merry's warm arms wrapped around him. The feeling of Merry's lips pressed to his own.
Merry pulled away and kissed Pippin's forehead, his lips lingering there before Pippin caught his chin in his hand and kissed him to submission.
And, oh, it felt so perfect. So finally right. There was not enough time to commit to memory every beautiful detail.
And before he knew it, he could feel Merry's warm breath against his cheek.
And his voice sounded wonderfully thick, and low, and soft when he said that he should have told him every day how much he loved him.
Pippin smiled into Merry's shoulder, unable to disguise this bliss any longer, he could feel Merry's lingering kisses on his cheek.
"I missed you. I love you." His own voice sounded rich and sleepy when he managed to get the words out.
He pressed his forehead to Merry's and stared into his eyes as if his life depended on it. The feeling of Merry's breath against his lips was much to real to be a dream.
He kissed Merry softly and curled up against his chest. Knowing that for everything that had gone wrong in the course of time, this was right.
This was as it should be.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"And you're on fire when he's near you, you're on fire when he speaks..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please review! For the sake of my sanity!