There was a knock at the door, Thranduil did not need the wooden doors to tell him that it was Legoals because he was possibly the only one left in Arda that would knock on his door in such a manner. "Yes?"

The door thrust itself open with the same force the knock had come from, and as expected Legolas came in. "Are you busy?" His voice sounded like the knock, abrupt but retrained.

Thranduil folded his hands on top of the paper he had been writing, "Not currently, no."

Legolas did not sit, he had too much energy in him to sit, and so he stood where he had room to gesture wildly, as he was known to do. "I just need to say six things."

"That's very exact."

"Yes."

"Go ahead."

Legolas crossed his arms, for lack of a better activity, "One, Ava is being completely ridiculous and she still won't talk to me even though I have apologized no less than eleven times. I know she's stubborn but this is absurd! What else am I supposed to do?"

Without taking a breath Legolas unfolded his arms and continued, "Two, Ferdan put me and Marlern on the same patrol, so I have that too look forward to! One of use isn't going to make it back Ada, and it's going to be him. And I don't even feel bad!"

His arms flung outwards in exasperation, "Three, Elladan and Elrohir have decided to go to Lorien this summer instead of visiting us and I know it's their family, and family is important but I was really looking forward to seeing them! And I don't even think they care!"

Sometimes Thranduil wondered at his sons lung capacity.

His arms continued to flail around, "Four, Caramis keeps asking for my opinion on things and then ignoring literally every single part of it! What's the point in asking then! Just do what you want go do and let me leave then! I don't want to be here! Leave me alone!"

He crossed his arms again, "Five, It's been raining for eleven days straight and I want to go outside I miss the sun and the birds. Don't get me wrong, I love making friends with salamanders as much as the next elf but I want my sunshine back!"

Finally he took a breath.

"Six, sometimes I really, really hate being a Prince because now I have to go back to a truly excruciatingly long meeting with Caramis and everyone else I don't like pretend like I don't want to strangle them all with their own circular arguments!"

He threw his arms out again, "And do you want to move the worse part?"

"I thought you only had six things to say?" Seeing that his joke was clearly not getting the recognition it deserved Thranduil cleared his throat slightly, "What is the worst part, my Greenleaf?"

"I spent two minutes of our ten minute break running here so I could scream to you about my problems, and I don't even feel any better!'

Not waiting for a response, Legolas made for the door, presumably to sprint back at high velocities to a meeting.

"Good luck!" Thranduil called a second before the door slammed closed again.

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