'Elvish'
"Speaking" (Common/English)
thoughts/memories
song
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A/N: This is a songfic on a beautiful song my choir is singing called "Maybe Someday"...I hope you like it! Hugs and bunnies!
I'm so afraid to cry
Tears falling from my eyes
You know I love you
Maybe someday
Maybe someway
Aragorn Elessar clung to his adopted father, refusing, at the moment, to let go. Lord Elrond Peredhil was just as reluctant to release the man, the King of Gondor, his son, Estel. Arwen and her brothers, Elladan and Elrohir stood off to the side with their grandmother, Galadriel, watching. They had always known this would happen, they had accepted it. Aragorn, however, had never truly thought about it. Never really grasped it.
In some part of his mind and heart, the man always believed he would have departed to the Halls of Mandos before Elrond made the journey to the Grey Havens and Valinor. Now, tears spilled freely down the strong, grown man's cheeks. Aragorn held tight to his adopted father, wanting to prevent the Elf's departure. Yes, the twins were staying. Yes, Celeborn and Glorfindel and Erestor were all staying, but none of them were Elrond. None were his Ada.
Elrond held his foster-son close. The man was trying so hard not to weep, he trembled with the effort. Holding back tears of his own, the Elf-lord comforted the man, for the last time. Softly, Elrond spoke, using Elvish and Aragorn's childhood name, 'Estel…I am very proud of you my son. Remember that. And remember I will always love you.'
'I-I love yo-you too, Ad-Ada,' came the choked, muffled reply.
Just as they are today
Love will not fade away
Please won't you tell me
Maybe someday
Maybe someway
We'll meet again
Elrond tucked little Estel in. The boy was almost asleep, holding tight to his stuffed rabbit. 'Ada…love you…f'rever…' the boy murmured sleepily, then yawned. Elrond smiled, 'I love you too, my little Estel. Always, my son.'
Elrond smiled at the memory before another slipped into his mind.
Estel was sitting with his adopted family in the Hall of Fire in Imladris. The teen sighed contentedly. Elrond looked at him and raised an eyebrow in question. "I wish I could stay in this moment forever, Ada. It's perfect. I never want to leave you or Imladris…" the young man answered. Elrond nodded, "If only…" he said, almost wistfully.
For you
You're a part of me
With you I can be strong
And you
You believe in me
With you
I'll carry on
Maybe someday
Maybe someway
"I-I don't know how I'll do this without you, Ada…How can I be strong enough?" Aragorn whispered. Elrond brushed a stray lock of hair out of his son's eyes.
"I will be here. Here, in your heart, in your memory…You will be fine, Estel. You have grown up to be strong…And, I will never truly leave you," Elrond whispered back, "Our hearts are one. You are my son; we can never be completely separated. Not distance, nor death, or anything else can separate us…"
Aragorn smiled through his tears, "You always did believe in me…Always told me I could achieve anything…" He hugged Elrond again, "Thank you…"
To make this last one more day
There's so much left to say
I'll always love you
Maybe someday
Maybe someway
We'll meet again
Elrond let the man go and wiped tears from his cheeks, studying him, trying to memorize every detail, to hold in his memory. Aragorn did the same, locking eyes with Elrond, their gazes saying so much, telling so much of what they'd not said. Finally Aragorn whispered, almost desperately, "I don't want you to go, Ada…" Tears began to tumble rapidly down his cheeks again and Elrond could almost see the little boy Aragorn had once been. "I-I feel as if, as if my heart is shattering…As if a piece of me is gone…" Aragorn wept almost inaudibly to the Elf, forgetting all semblance of dignity, feeling like a lost little child. No one, however, looked down on the man for this. Indeed, they were all near tears themselves, if they were not already shedding them.
You're a part of me
With you I can be strong
And you
You believe in me
With you
I'll carry on
Maybe someday
Maybe someway
Elrond gently comforted the man, "Hush…Hush, Estel…I must go…But, it is not forever…" Estel shook his head, denying it.
"I-I will never see you again, Ada…" the man choked out.
Elrond shook his head, "I do not believe that…We will see each other again…Someday, somehow, we will…I love you, Estel…" The Elf embraced the man one last time and slowly boarded the ship.
Maybe someway
As the ship sailed out into the horizon, Elrond watched the shoreline fade as Estel and those left behind watched him. Estel felt his heart would burst, but held to what Elrond had said…Someday… the man thought, Just maybe…
"We'll meet again, Estel…" murmured Elrond, We'll all meet again…
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