You guys were wondering when he'd show up and here he is!!!
2 Weeks Later
Aragorn
"Where is he?" I heard a gruff voice demand before a familiar Dwarf rounded the corner, gripping the stone wall for support and puffing slightly from the fatigue caused by the escalation to the Houses of Healing. "Where's the pointy-eared princeling?"
This comment actually brought a smile to my face-the first in a long while. Then again, cheering me up had always been one of Gimli's talents. I rose from the bench I had been seated on and met my old friend half-way, pulling him into an embrace before he could protest. Not that he probably would have.
He lifted his graying head to look me in the eye, peering at me through squinted eyelids. "How is she?"
My smile faded and I patted his back. "Not well."
He nodded as though he had been expecting a response along those lines. "And the Elf?" he prompted.
I sighed. "He has yet to leave her side."
"Has he slept?" he asked, his expression immediately turning concerned.
"Hardly," I slowly lowered myself back into my seat, dropping my head into my hands tiredly. "He seems so…"
"Helpless?" Gimli finished knowingly. I nodded my affirmation. He sighed as well and sat down beside me with a huff. "Legolas needs…and is accustomed to…things he can fight." He paused and lifted his eyes to the closed doors of Elwyn's chambers. "He cannot fight this."
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The next one's even shorter.