TOLKIEN; imagines

43: A Fonder Heart - Elrond

Part 2 of "A Fading Heart"

Based on: Imagine being reunited with Elrond in the Undying Lands.

A/N: ATTENTION! This is the second part of "A Fading Heart." If you have not read it than please go to the link I have provided above, otherwise this will make no sense. Thanks! PS. I didn't edit this so...um might not be that great.

Translations: Naneth: Mother, Miluis: lovely one, Meleth e-quilen: Love of my life, Gornon nin: My valiant one, Gerog i chun nin mi i chaim: You hold my heart in your hands, Gi melethon an-uir: I will love you for eternity, Gi melethig: You are my love, Sevog i veleth nin: You have my love.

Abbreviations: H/C: Hair Color, E/C: Eye Color.

Word count: 2100 (sorry about that)

Warnings: None

A gust of wind tugged at my silken robes and H/C tendrils of hair. However, it could never disrupt the fervorous yearning that had tugged on my heart since my departure from Lindon and left my beloved Elrond and weeping children behind. I had hoped that I would soon be reunited with those whom I loved in the Undying Lands. And as I gazed at the last ship that sailed with steadfast efficiency towards the shores, my mind drifted back to such memories.

My body, frail and torn by injury, leaned heavily against the rather strong melancholic one of my husband as I held myself to his torso in what was supposed to be an embrace. Tears flooded my eyes and staining Elrond's sterling kaftan.

"Elrond," I sobbed, "Whatever shall I do without our children? Without your comforting words or warmth? Whatever shall I do when I wake in the night, longing for you? Whatever shall I do without your love?"

That was when I felt the first tears falling into my hair and felt the shuddering of heart and the failure of breath beneath my fingertips, in the cage that was my husband's being.

"How shall I manage without your sweet smile, your honey filled voice? How shall I raise our children, how shall I manage all of Rivendell and the responsibilities it possesses... without you by my side?"

"Oh, Elrond," I gasped, reaching up to cradle the softness of Elrond's features in my grasp one last time. "I never meant to make you cry, my beloved."

"Y/N," Elrond whispered, his words soft as his thin lips brushed against my ear. Tears continued to fall relentlessly down his graceful features and as he held me close, a gentle hand pressed my tear stained face into his shoulder, "I will see you again, my beloved heart, my dearest of loves. I will live with you in tranquil bliss and I will love you like I have never before. I swear it to you, Y/N, I will hold you in my arms once again, without the dreaded fog of death looming above our heads. You just have to wait, as will I, until our lonely souls can be graced by our undying love once again. Just... promise me, you will wait for me, my darling. Please?"

"Elrond," I began, taking his hands into my cold ones, my grip never faltering as I pledged to him as he had me, "my love for you has and always will be undeniably everlasting. I pledge to you my heart, my imperishable love and I will wait for you upon the shores of Aman, my heart growing ever fonder with our distance. And in my mind, I will know unwaveringly, that you will return to me."

With a pleasant sniffle and caressing of my cheek, Elrond smiled, pressing his nose against my own, nuzzling the feature lovingly, eyelashes fluttering against my cheeks.

"It eases me that you have and will love me as dearly as I do you. I will never abandon you, my darling," Elrond said, in between pressing loving, fleeting kisses to any accessible point on my face. "Now... be strong, for our children. They will need it."