To Renew a Love
"Curoneth," said Laiqualasse as he walked towards where Curoneth and her daughter who sat by a sparkling fountain. The two elleth looked up. Laiqualasse could not remember seeing Curoneth so happy. "Where is Eruanna? I must find her," he said in a voice strained with pint up longing for the woman he had wed so long before.
Curoneth smile and looked past him. Laiqualasse turned slowly and his breath caught in his throat. Never had there been any being born or made in Ea more beautiful in his eyes then she was. Many times she had said that she did not possess the beauty of the Eldar, but he never said she did. She would never have the tall lean physique of his people however she seemed ever to glow with an inner fire and this created a beauty of its own.
She had changed so little in the past three millennia. She looked for the most part much as she did the first time he had laid eyes on her after the escape from Gondolin. Her hair was much longer then it had been then. Dark waves brushed her mid- thigh starkly contrasting with the beautiful white and gold gown she wore.
Neither could really remember how long they had stood nor who moved first. One moment they had been staring at each other across the court yard and the next they had been in each other's arms, drinking in the euphoric happiness they both felt.
After watching their friends and foster parents' heart touching reunion Curoneth and Lailitha took their leave. They knew that the couple had much to discuss and neither felt that it was their place to interfere. Lailitha was glad to see her mother again and she learnt that her father was in Tirion for a time with his own family. Lailitha knew that Eruanna would soon be going to Tirion herself to deliver Galadriel's message to her father.
Lailitha decided to convince her mother that they too should make the trip. Lailitha having lived much of her existence among the Noldor she had many friends who had sailed.
"Eruanna," Laiqualasse whispered as he held her. His heart stopped aching the moment he looked into her eyes and saw all the love he felt for her reflected there. Her eyes held a tiredness that had not been there when he had last seen her. He knew that her many years of existence were wearing her mortal spirit. He hoped that here in the blessed realm her weariness might fall away to leave the vibrant woman she had been in her earlier years.
Eruanna did not have words for the moment. She felt that any words would have been shallow. Looking into Laiqualasse's grey eyes she knew no words were needed at all. He knew exactly what she felt. Standing on her tip toes she threw her arms around his neck and buried her face in his tunic laying her cheek against is chest. Laiqualasse wrapped his arms about her. She was his precious jewel. His alone and she was with him again.
It was a long time that they stood there together neither moving nor speaking. They simply affirmed to themselves that the other was alive and present.