Connecting the Dots
"Maglor, Maglor, look!" the twins giggled, rushing up to the Noldo and nearly bowling each other over in the process, barely able to contain themselves.
"What have you done to yourselves..." Maglor murmured in horror, eyes widening as he wondered what to make of the two faces, scribbled over with dark crisscrossing lines.
"We connected the dots!" Elrond cried excitedly, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, pulling up his pant leg and raising his bare calf, also covered in lines, up to Maglor for his perusal.
Maedhros laughed good-naturedly, sauntering over and putting an arm around Maglor as he beheld the enthusiastic twins.
"Do you not remember, Kano? The Ambarussa used to do this, connecting their freckles with a quill pen dipped in ink. But I suppose you wouldn't remember, you always were so caught up in your music those days, lost in your own little world all the time." Maedhros smiled fondly, squeezing his little brother lovingly against him, making the twins giggle.
"Ugh, Maedhros, save that for Finde." Maglor protested out of habit before remembering that Fingon was dead, pulling away half-heartedly and turning to the twins, raising a threatening eyebrow although he couldn't help smiling at their ridiculousness. "I suppose I get to scrub you both clean, now don't I?" they nodded, their giggling rising in intensity as Maedhros stage-whispered,
"This is why I never became a father." in Maglor's ear, causing the minstrel to frown slightly.
"I wish I had. I wonder how old he is now." he muttered regretfully to nobody in particular once the twins had made their hasty escape, causing Maedhros' mischievous smile to turn grim.
"You never told me-"
"Right before the darkening. The bump was just starting to show. We had decided to tell everyone soon, maybe within the week. And then everything happened, and I didn't want to add another weight to everyone's hasty hearts. She knew it was going to be a boy, you know how ellyth can sometimes feel things like that? And she had a simple pendant hastily engraved with the fathername we had decided on for him, her brother was a jewelry craftsman, remember?" he explained, slowly drawing the pendant out from underneath his tunic.
"Oh, Kano, I'm so sorry."
Maglor smiled the funny, sheepish little lopsided smile he had inherited from his mother, remarking,
"At least I have them. Sometimes I pretend they're mine." before turning on his heel, tucking the pendant back into his tunic as he went off in search of the boys, to finally give them the scrubbing they deserved.
Finde-Fingon
Kano-Maglor
They're still using the old Quenya nicknames a little out of habit, although they(mostly Maglor)are trying to use Sindarin as much as possible for the twins.
Yup, cuteness and angst, all in one package(you're welcome)
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