Well, you asked for it so I delivered. Back by popular demand: The Joys of
the Modern World. I haven't come up with a real plot line yet, so this
chapter is going to be funny too. Yaay! It stars Legolas and Glorfindel
again, as well as Haldir and the twins.
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Haldir, Elladan and Elrohir were locking up the offices on the top floors of the skyscraper. The building was owned by the elves, along with the company operated in it. The mortals, of course, had no idea that elves even existed. The offices were all locked and they were heading for the elevator when Elladan stopped suddenly.
"Do you hear that?" he asked. Haldir and Elrohir both stopped and looked at him.
"What is it?" Elrohir asked.
"It sounds almost like laughing," Elladan answered.
"Who would be laughing?" Haldir asked. "There's nobody left on this floor. We checked before we locked the offices." Elladan looked away. "Didn't we Elladan?"
"Well, you know, I might have skipped a couple and just locked them... you know, to get the job done quicker..."
Haldir rolled his eyes. "Lovely. Well, we should find them I suppose. Such a shame it would be if they were locked in all night."
*
When the three walked in five minutes later, Legolas was curled into a ball on the floor, laughing hysterically, and Glorfindel was still staring straight ahead with a blank expression of horror on his face.
"Dare I even ask?" Haldir questioned.
"He, he, he," Legolas managed to gasp out before convulsing into giggles again.
"What in the name of the Valar..?" Elrohir leaned over and read over Glorfindel's shoulder. He laughed. "I think I know what's happened. 'Glorfindel and Elrond are in the throes of a passionate love affair'. He's been reading fanfictions. And apparently, not some of the better ones."
Glorfindel chose that moment to speak again. "So, so wrong. So very wrong." Suddenly he looked at Elrohir. "Wait, you read these?"
"Um, well..."
"Yeah," Elladan said. "What? They're funny," he added.
"But, but, it's me. And Elrond. And... ewww."
This set Legolas (who had just started to calm down) off again. Elladan and Elrohir laughed too, and even Haldir started sniggering.
"Don't feel too bad," Elladan reassured him.
"Yeah, you should read the Legolas/Aragorn ones," Elrohir added. Legolas abruptly stopped laughing.
"What?"
It was Glorfindel's turn to start sniggering. "Where are they?" he demanded.
"No, no, no. Not true," Legolas insisted.
"What's the matter little princeling?" Glorfindel asked snottily. "Not so funny when it happens to you?"
"Uh, pretty much, yeah," Legolas answered. The twins were standing between them, looking back and forth with amusement written across their faces. They were currently waiting for Glorfindel to reply to Legolas, but instead he looked at them.
"I suppose you think this is terribly amusing."
"Yeah," Elrohir answered nonchalantly.
"It's not like we have to worry about anything," Elladan answered, finishing off his twin's thoughts as they so often did.
"Are you so sure of that?" Haldir asked. All eyes turned to him.
"YOU read fanfiction?" Legolas asked in surprise.
"Well, you know... I may have, on occasion..." Elladan and Elrohir snorted with laughter. "I wouldn't find it so amusing if I were you. They have a word for you two together." They stopped laughing immediately; eyes opened wide, and subconsciously took a step back from each other.
"You're kidding," Elladan decided.
"Right?" Elrohir added hopefully.
"What? You've never heard of twincest?" Both twins stopped breathing for an instant.
"Twincest?" they repeated in unison. Glorfindel and Legolas both forgot about their problems and burst out laughing. The twins were convulsing too, but for slightly different reasons.
"As absolutely sickening as... that would be with Aragorn, at the very least he isn't my twin brother," Legolas giggled.
"Imagine what their babies would look like," Glorfindel gasped. Everyone stared at him.
"You are aware that two males are not capable of reproducing children?" Haldir reminded him.
"Despite some of the stories I've read..." Legolas couldn't resist adding.
"Mostly about you and Aragorn," Elladan muttered.
"I know that," Glorfindel answered. "But just imagine."
"Well, children tend to be a blend of their parents. And seeing as how, being twins, they're completely identical..."
"Shut up," Glorfindel ordered.
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*
Haldir, Elladan and Elrohir were locking up the offices on the top floors of the skyscraper. The building was owned by the elves, along with the company operated in it. The mortals, of course, had no idea that elves even existed. The offices were all locked and they were heading for the elevator when Elladan stopped suddenly.
"Do you hear that?" he asked. Haldir and Elrohir both stopped and looked at him.
"What is it?" Elrohir asked.
"It sounds almost like laughing," Elladan answered.
"Who would be laughing?" Haldir asked. "There's nobody left on this floor. We checked before we locked the offices." Elladan looked away. "Didn't we Elladan?"
"Well, you know, I might have skipped a couple and just locked them... you know, to get the job done quicker..."
Haldir rolled his eyes. "Lovely. Well, we should find them I suppose. Such a shame it would be if they were locked in all night."
*
When the three walked in five minutes later, Legolas was curled into a ball on the floor, laughing hysterically, and Glorfindel was still staring straight ahead with a blank expression of horror on his face.
"Dare I even ask?" Haldir questioned.
"He, he, he," Legolas managed to gasp out before convulsing into giggles again.
"What in the name of the Valar..?" Elrohir leaned over and read over Glorfindel's shoulder. He laughed. "I think I know what's happened. 'Glorfindel and Elrond are in the throes of a passionate love affair'. He's been reading fanfictions. And apparently, not some of the better ones."
Glorfindel chose that moment to speak again. "So, so wrong. So very wrong." Suddenly he looked at Elrohir. "Wait, you read these?"
"Um, well..."
"Yeah," Elladan said. "What? They're funny," he added.
"But, but, it's me. And Elrond. And... ewww."
This set Legolas (who had just started to calm down) off again. Elladan and Elrohir laughed too, and even Haldir started sniggering.
"Don't feel too bad," Elladan reassured him.
"Yeah, you should read the Legolas/Aragorn ones," Elrohir added. Legolas abruptly stopped laughing.
"What?"
It was Glorfindel's turn to start sniggering. "Where are they?" he demanded.
"No, no, no. Not true," Legolas insisted.
"What's the matter little princeling?" Glorfindel asked snottily. "Not so funny when it happens to you?"
"Uh, pretty much, yeah," Legolas answered. The twins were standing between them, looking back and forth with amusement written across their faces. They were currently waiting for Glorfindel to reply to Legolas, but instead he looked at them.
"I suppose you think this is terribly amusing."
"Yeah," Elrohir answered nonchalantly.
"It's not like we have to worry about anything," Elladan answered, finishing off his twin's thoughts as they so often did.
"Are you so sure of that?" Haldir asked. All eyes turned to him.
"YOU read fanfiction?" Legolas asked in surprise.
"Well, you know... I may have, on occasion..." Elladan and Elrohir snorted with laughter. "I wouldn't find it so amusing if I were you. They have a word for you two together." They stopped laughing immediately; eyes opened wide, and subconsciously took a step back from each other.
"You're kidding," Elladan decided.
"Right?" Elrohir added hopefully.
"What? You've never heard of twincest?" Both twins stopped breathing for an instant.
"Twincest?" they repeated in unison. Glorfindel and Legolas both forgot about their problems and burst out laughing. The twins were convulsing too, but for slightly different reasons.
"As absolutely sickening as... that would be with Aragorn, at the very least he isn't my twin brother," Legolas giggled.
"Imagine what their babies would look like," Glorfindel gasped. Everyone stared at him.
"You are aware that two males are not capable of reproducing children?" Haldir reminded him.
"Despite some of the stories I've read..." Legolas couldn't resist adding.
"Mostly about you and Aragorn," Elladan muttered.
"I know that," Glorfindel answered. "But just imagine."
"Well, children tend to be a blend of their parents. And seeing as how, being twins, they're completely identical..."
"Shut up," Glorfindel ordered.