Disclaimer: TOL-KI-EN's.

WARNING: SLASH. Er…sexual content.

A/N: Ehehehehehehehehe…………………….

"NO! No! Glorfindel don't!" Haldir begged and pleaded, shaking the limp elf in his arms. "You cannot die. You are not supposed to die! Stop!" But Glorfindel remained unmoving.

"No! I'll come back. I promise. Just don't die! Please! Don't die! I'll come back. I won't die, too! I promise. Please!"

Haldir could not bear to think of Glorfindel dying. Especially not because of him.

"Wake up! Glorfindel! Please! I won't die! I won't! Just come back!"

Haldir, frantic, reluctantly released the eldar, and climbed onto the bed…to his body. He was not sure he could go back. He was not sure how to. But he had to.

"Please. Please." He continued to speak as he tried to find a way to live again.

"I won't die. I promise. Just please…"

"Haldir." Glorfindel's voice was faint, as if from far away. Haldir looked up, but Glorfindel was not there.

"Please!" Haldir screamed.

"Haldir!" The voice was louder now.

"I am coming back! See? Like you asked! Glorfindel, please! Come back, too. Please!"

"Haldir! Haldir!" The voice was loud and clear now. And Haldir was shaking.

No. He was being shaken.

Haldir opened his eyes.

"Haldir! Come on, love. Come back to me." Glorfindel was holding him, looking worried, fear in his eyes…but very much alive.

"Glorfindel!" Haldir's arms wrapped tightly around the eldar's form, holding on for dear life.

"You came back. You came back. I am sorry. So sorry… Please…don't die. Please. So sorry. So sorry." Haldir said over and over as he clutched the eldar to him, unwilling to let go.

Glorfindel soothed the agitated elf, knowing that Haldir just had a nightmare. He had heard the younger elf screaming while he was finishing up his bath. He had rushed over, not bothering to put on clothes, nor wiping himself dry. So there he was, Haldir's arms around him like steel traps, and he was naked and dripping wet. But he paid not heed.

" It's alright, Haldir. It's all right. It was just a dream. Just a dream. " Glorfindel said, trying to comfort the other elf who still clung to him.

"so sorry. So sorry." Haldir kept saying, and the tears fell and he could not stop them.

"Haldir, everything is alright. It was just a bad dream." Glorfindel continued to soothe Haldir, rubbing the younger elf's back, bestowing light kisses on top of Haldir's head.

It was awhile before he was able to calm Haldir down. But Haldir did not release him. When he tried to move, Haldir's grip tightened painfully and fear appeared in the younger elf's eyes.

"No! Please don't leave! Please!" Haldir begged, still not fully aware that it had all been a dream.

"Haldir, I am only going to get some clothes." Glorfindel tried to assure his lover, but Haldir shook his head.

"No! No, please. Please…"

Glorfindel sighed. "It's alright, Haldir. I am not going anywhere then. Okay?"

Haldir's response was to slightly, very slightly slacken his hold, yet it was still firm enough that Glorfindel could not move away.

"Why don't we lie back on the bed?" Glorfindel suggested.

Haldir moved back, pulling the eldar with him. Glorfindel, outbalanced, fell sprawled on top of Haldir. The March Warden rolled and trapped the eldar beneath him. He then buried his face on Glorfindel's neck, keeping his arms around the eldar tight.

"Haldir, I am not going anywhere. I promise."

Haldir did not reply. He continued to hold the eldar, and the silent tears still fell.

Glorfindel knew that Haldir would not talk to him just yet. So he let it pass for now. Later. They would talk later.

"Haldir? Why don't you lie beside me? It would be more comfortable." Glorfindel was worried. His position was just fine with him, but Haldir may not be.

"Am I heavy?" Haldir asked in a whisper.

"No." Glorfindel replied.

Haldir remained where he was.

They were quiet. No words were said. The eldar let Haldir calm down first, recover from whatever nightmare had plagued him. Glorfindel knew that Haldir had not fallen asleep. He began to worry when Haldir continued to cry. He wanted to say something, maybe ask. But he was not sure Haldir was up to talking at the moment.

"You died."

The voice rough, trembling with pain, the tears clogging Haldir's throat making it difficult to speak. But Glorfindel heard it.

" I am here. It was just a dream. I am here, Haldir."

Haldir buried his face on Glorfindel's neck and his sobs increased, his entire length shaking with emotion.

"I killed you!" He cried out.

"No, you didn't. I am here and alive, Haldir. It was just a bad dream."

Haldir looked at the eldar with tearful eyes.

"You don't understand. I killed you. I left you and you came with me and I killed you."

Glorfindel still could not make sense of what Haldir had dreamed about.

"Haldir, you did not. I am here. See?" He said, moving his hands to hold the younger elf's face.

"I'm so sorry." Haldir insisted.

"There is nothing to be sorry about."

Haldir once again placed his head against the crook of Glorfindel's neck. Glorfindel sighed and continued to soothe Haldir.

"It is alright, Haldir. Everything is alright." He whispered.

When Haldir did not reply, Glorfindel kept quiet as well. Once again, Haldir broke the silence.

"I died."

Glorfindel stiffened at Haldir's words, but refrained from reacting.

Haldir continued.

"I…I wanted to die, and I did. You begged me not to, but I didn't listen. Then you…you followed me." Haldir's voice broke and he inhaled deeply. He had deliberately left out Rhyden's presence in his dream. It was not…important.

"oh, Haldir."

"I killed you." Haldir remembered Glorfindel telling him he would follow. He never thought the eldar would. It had been a dream, but to Haldir, all events had been too real.

Glorfindel did not know what to say. He knew that if Haldir did fade away, he would follow. But he had never really thought about how it would affect the younger elf. He had not realized how Haldir would be affected with the knowledge that Glorfindel would die if the March Warden did. Haldir had obviously been deeply troubled with the idea since he was having nightmares about it.

"Haldir, I…"

Haldir reached out silenced Glorfindel with a kiss. In fact, he barely heard the eldar.

Glorfindel was surprised, but he did not pull away.

Haldir desperately needed to feel Glorfindel. He had to be sure that this was not a dream. That Glorfindel was really here.

/I killed him!/ Maybe he shouldn't be kissing the eldar. He had no right to. He had…hurt the eldar. It had been a dream. But it felt so real.

//Then it is right that you are kissing him, my child. After all, he died so he could be with you. Be with him.//

Haldir barely registered in his mind Vairye's advice, too intent on his lover.

The kiss was fierce, at first. But desperation turned to passion, and Haldir gentled the kiss. His embrace loosened and he moved his body so it now lay on top of the eldar, fully, and they were at similar heights. His hands moved to explore the body beneath him. Glorfindel moaned.

After the emotional roller coaster, Haldir was left with the need to make love to Glorfindel. To…love him, with no words.

Haldir explored Glorfindel's mouth. He used his tongue to trace the eldar's lips, then dove into the moist cavern of his lover's mouth. He teased Glorfindel's tongue, softly gliding over it with his own. His fingers skimmed over the eldar's skin, lightly touching caressing.

Glorfindel moaned louder and arched his back, trying to get closer.

The eldar wanted to touch Haldir as well. But the March Warden's robes hindered him. His hands went to the laces of the robe and began to remove them.

When Haldir felt what the eldar was doing, he helped, shrugging off his clothes.

Soon, they were touching skin to skin.

"I love you." Haldir whispered against Glorfindel's ear. He felt the eldar smile.

"love you, too."

Somehow, the words sounded different to Haldir. Glorfindel meant them. And Haldir believed, fully believed.

Tears pricked behind his eyes.

"I know." He whispered, then took the eldar's mouth in another breathtaking kiss.

Desire took over and the two elves allowed themselves to lose control. Moans and incoherent words filled the talan as the lovers were one again together.

They reacquainted themselves with each other's bodies. Once again, they explored territory that had been theirs, yet for a while lost.

As they explored, they climbed towards oblivion, moaned as pleasure filled them. Gasped as it became almost painful, yet…not. Then finally, screamed as they came, Haldir filling the eldar with his release, whilst Glorfindel came between their bodies.

Afterwards, they lay tangled on the bed, arms around each other, and unwilling to let go.

"I love you." Haldir whispered once more, before he let himself be lulled once again into sleep as the herbal medicine reclaimed him. Glorfindel kissed Haldir on the forehead, smiling as he watched his lover drift back to sleep. He knew that the drugs were still in Haldir's system.

"I love you, too, Haldir. Im mela lle."

Glorfindel remained awake, holding the March Warden, guarding him from any more nightmares.

As he felt the younger elf snuggling against him, he felt tears in his eyes. But this time, it was of happiness. He looked out the window, at the trees and the sky, and he smiled.

"Thank you." He whispered.

And the Valar gods smiled.

//You are welcome. Don't let him get away again, Glorfindel.//

"I won't."

And he knew that not even death would separate him from Haldir.

Still TBC

And the end is near, yet still so far.

A/N: I was planning to leave the previous chap a cliffie and not post this, for, like, a week or something. But I kinda had a semi-guilt trip where I had the I-realize-I-am-not-that-cruel  kind of epiphany. So I posted this as soon as I received the first review of chap 26. PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hmmmm…wonder how many readers I lost with that little number? Bwahahahahah!!!!

THANKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!