Chapter Three: Maglor: Adult
A/N: Due to how the prompt was written I wrote two chapters for this one. The first is with elfling!Maglor. The second will be with adult!Maglor.
Prompt: As a musician I can see him sitting and noticing a sound that is slightly off and moving to where it sounds right and as he is listening he either falls asleep writing it down or just goes to sleep because of how relaxing it sounds. I think this habit is something that caused Maitimo/Maedhros no end of trouble. Little Makalaure falling asleep in Feanor's forge and Maitimo notices just before breakfast and panicking because 'where is Makalaure?' and looking everywhere for his brother finding him and getting him out of the forge just before Feanor goes in to work. As they get older Makalaure learns to only do that when they are safe and if possible home. Unfortunately his habit has him sleeping nearly everywhere, in trees, in the rafters, in a fireplace, under his desk, etc. Maedhros once found him sleeping on the edge of the roof of a tower at his fortress.
Maedhros got the message around mid-day that his brothers were safe. He immediately got up, and started looking for Maglor. He checked the younger elf's office, formerly an empty room that had been repurposed from storage to an office when his younger brother had fled from his lands, hoping he wasn't there. He relaxed slightly not seeing him there; the musician hadn't been sleeping much lately. He claimed that it was because he kept hearing the screams of his people as they were killed, and for what it was worth Maedhros believed him. Maedhros wouldn't be able to sleep peacefully for a long while after something like that if it happened to him.
The next room he checked was his own rooms. Sometimes his little brother slept there when he couldn't find anywhere else that he felt safe enough to sleep, usually in the rafters in the corner of the room. He sometimes did that to all of his brothers, so they were used to his presence, and had strung some nets up it those corners that he favored so that he had somewhere more comfortable to sleep and the wouldn't have to worry about him falling from there. After a thorough check of his rooms he went to check Maglor's own rooms.
He checked there last since he had the rooms at the top of a tower. It seemed to help Maglor sleep better, so Maedhros let him stay there. He guessed it was because it was far enough from all the noise, but it could easily be that he was able to remind himself of why he had to keep going each day since the balcony that was part of the rooms looked out over what had been his lands. Maedhros didn't see him anywhere inside the rooms, but the balcony door was open. He stepped out onto the balcony, feeling sickened at the sight of what was lush, green lands now charred, and blackened. He looked around frowning when he didn't see his brother. He was about to go back inside when the sound of wind catching fabric caught his attention. Maedhros looked around confused, the wind was strong enough that he'd instructed that the banners, and other such flags stay down. He looked up, and felt his heart freeze in his chest. Maglor was curled up on the edge of the tower roof.
Trying to calm himself Maedhros took a deep breath and carefully climbed up onto the balcony railing. From there he could reach the edge of the roof. He used the tower wall to boost himself up onto the roof. Slowly, and carefully he edged towards Maglor trying not to startle him awake. He wrapped his arm around the younger elf's waist, and pulled him back against his chest. Maglor automatically reacted to his brother's presence, and curled against him, wrapping his arms around Maedhros' neck. Maedhros slid his arm, the one without a hand, down from Maglor's waist to behind his knees, and picked him up. He carefully hopped down to the balcony feeling his heart racing. He walked back inside firmly closing the doors behind him, and set his little brother on the bed. Maglor refused to let him go, so Maedhros sat on the bed leaning against the headboard. He buried his face in the others dark hair and murmured softly. "Please Cana, don't ever do that to me again."
He would have a long talk with his brother later, but for now he was just relieved that all of his little brothers were safe, and well.