Breaking The Barriers 24

Breaking The Barriers

Part 24

Posted: March 14, 2008
Title: Breaking the Barriers
Author: Balrog

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When he arrived, his love was standing on the blanket. Estel ran up to him and gathered him in his arms. He started to cry because of what he had done. He was placing small kisses on the elf he had in his arms.

"I love you. I did not mean to hurt you.” He was crying so hard that the sobs overtook his body.

"Meleth nín, it was not your fault.” The elf was trying to set his mind at rest but was not succeeding. “Here I am without pain. At least we are together.” He looked at his lover and kissed him deeply. “I know that you would never hurt me. You love me as I love you. You will always be in my heart. We have this place to ourselves. Peace and quite where no one can bother us. We’ll find a way of forgiving here. But I would never have to forgive you for what you have done. It was a misjudgment on my part. . I’m suppose to be quicker with my reflexes but somehow I forgot what I was doing. At some point in time, I seen something cloud your judgment. That was what brought me off guard. So it was not entirely your fault.” He cringed again trying not to remember what he seen. (My love)

"I do love you,” Estel said. Then he seen the cringe. “Lie back against me, my love. I will hold you and comfort you.” With that he moved to the tree and half leaned against it using the roots at the base like a pillow. Legolas crawled up to his love and laid his head on the man’s chest. He found this painful so he laid on his back and put his head in the crook of his love’s arm. Estel brought up his arm and placed it around the top part of Legolas’ chest. Just the smell of his love’s body made Estel know that everything was ok. He played with Legolas’ hair, running it through his fingers and smelling it.

"My love? Why is it that I can feel my pain here? It hurts where I got hurt. Did you not tell me at one time that we can come here and escape the hurts of Middle Earth. Then why do I feel pain?”

"You feel pain because I feel it at the same time. What you feel, sense, love, I also have those same things. Like the jealousy you have for Arwen. I know you can feel it because you told me so. Therefore I feel your pain. Let us lay in each other's arms. Let our love heal you and then we can go with Halbarad and his men on that trip.” With that said he place a kiss on the crown of his love's head.

Legolas was placing small kisses on the arm that was draped around him. He had forgiven Estel when he seen him first crying on the practice field. He just wasn’t paying attention to what he was doing. His skills were better than this but with him fighting his love, it caused him not to concentrate. The look in his love’s eyes for that instant were not his but something else’s.

"Estel, I need to tell you something.” He got up carefully into a sitting position and looked into the eyes of his love. “For an instant, before I was... you know, I seen in your eyes something that I did not recognize.” He was having a hard time trying to keep his eyes on Estel. After speaking, Legolas bowed his head not wanting to see that look again.

"What are you talking about, meleth?” Estel asked, placing his hand below his love's chin and drawing it up.

"Just before you, you know, I looked at you and for an split second I seen something that I can't quite understand. It looked like the ugliest beast I have ever seen. Have you seen him before? He was, believe it or not, running in the light of day. He looked more like an orc but wasn't. Orcs move at night or are hidden from the trees. Does this mean anything to you?”

Estel was not believing anything Legolas said. He thought the wound and the herbs that were place there were blinding his way of thinking.

"Are you sure you seen an orc? I have never seen this beast before because I have never been outside Rivendell before especially not an orc that lives under the sun. We somehow need to talk to father about this. He is the one with foresight. Maybe he can inform us if this thing that you seen in my eyes does exist. Right now, I want you to lie back and rest. We have a long way before either one of us are healed again.” Estel opened his arms and let the elf find his way into them again. He placed a light kiss on the forehead and they found peace once more.

This was one place that they would always find peace. The land around them went on forever. There were birds chirping in the trees, animals came out to see who was in their garden and the sound of a waterfall could be heard everywhere. It had everything that was made of tranquility and calm. They had no cares from the real world when they were here, just the two of them.

Just then, Estel felt a hand shake him a bit. He woke up in the field where him and Legolas were sleeping. He noticed that his love was still asleep.

"Meleth, I think someone wants me to wake up.” He looked down at the face in his arms. The look that came up to his eyes was of love. “I need to go. I will return.” He kissed the lips that were there, softly. Estel got up from the blanket. Just then he disappeared.

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