Oh, oh, oh. **sigh of delight** This is a perfectly lovely tale, from the first glimpse of little Elrohir to the wonderfully sensual ending, and I enjoyed every word immensely. This, for some reason, brought tears to my eyes:
“Erestor,” he delicately elocuted, as if the name itself were a fragile treasure. “Will you dance with me on Lhûnasadh night?”
After a long, stagnant pause, during which the elf-knight barely contained the impulse to evaporate into thin air, the Loremaster politely cleared his throat, then glanced down at the hauntingly pretty violets in his pot, product of months of Elrohir’s nurture and care, the most exquisite blossoms, he proudly believed, ever to have been grown under the shade of the Homely House conservatory. Erestor grazed a lissome finger along a petal’s round ridge, then unleashed the most blazing smile the darkling elf had ever seen on him.
“I would be most honored to be your companion on that sacred night,” the scholar blushingly assented. “But must we verily dance?”
I could absolutely feel Elrohir's anxiety and dawning horror, followed by his almost unbearable joy. Beautiful!
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“Erestor,” he delicately elocuted, as if the name itself were a fragile treasure. “Will you dance with me on Lhûnasadh night?”
After a long, stagnant pause, during which the elf-knight barely contained the impulse to evaporate into thin air, the Loremaster politely cleared his throat, then glanced down at the hauntingly pretty violets in his pot, product of months of Elrohir’s nurture and care, the most exquisite blossoms, he proudly believed, ever to have been grown under the shade of the Homely House conservatory. Erestor grazed a lissome finger along a petal’s round ridge, then unleashed the most blazing smile the darkling elf had ever seen on him.
“I would be most honored to be your companion on that sacred night,” the scholar blushingly assented. “But must we verily dance?”
I could absolutely feel Elrohir's anxiety and dawning horror, followed by his almost unbearable joy. Beautiful!
**hugs**