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Elladan & Ellrohir - Ornaments

Elladan stared some more – it looked like You was nearly finished and was putting on the last few finishing touches.

A shock of pain through his ankle broke Elladan out of his reverie. His foot hurt really quite badly; he needed to get on with his plans and get himself back to bed to put his feet up. Besides if he didn't get a move on Elrohir would awaken to no breakfast. Steeling himself Elladan continued forward – he would politely greet You and then just keep going about his way.

Elladan limped round the corner and gave a small nod to You as the older ellon looked down at him.

"Mae govannen Hir Y/n." Elladan cringed a little internally at the formality of his words but could not take them back.

Truth was he just didn't know how to act with Y/n these days. True enough he and Elrohir were trying slowly but surely to mend the many bridges they had burnt in the past but Elladan really, really had no idea how to approach You. It was a real shame as before his Naneth's ordeal he and you had been very close and got on like a house on fire. Now all there was between them was a stiff, formal and somewhat awkward respect and Elladan knew that it was his fault. He had pushed you away.

"Mae govannen Hir-nin Elladan. I was not aware yourself and Hir Elrohir were back." You gave a cautious smile as he swivelled on his step ladder to face Elladan.

Elladan's heart sunk a little at the equally formal greeting but then what could he really expect?

"Ah…yes…I have been injured," Elladan awkwardly pointed at his foot that pounded with pain.

You knit his brows in mild concern, "Tis nothing too serious I hope?"

"No, nothing too bad – Elrohir saw to that - tis the reason we have arrived so suddenly."

Once more as soon as the words left his mouth Elladan wished he could take them back. He could have phrased that answer more tactfully. Now you would think only injury had forced them home. Technically it was true but he did not need to be so blunt about it. You now seemed stuck for words and Elladan could not blame him. The ebony haired twin decided to take that as his cue to leave.

With another quick nod to his Adar's advisor Elladan took a step forward to continue his quest for Elrohir's breakfast.

"I will see you over the holidays I suppose Hir Y/n – argh!"

Elladan's ankle had tired of his abuse and decided that now was the moment to give out. It did so with a sharp pain that stabbed all through Elladan's foot and the twin lurched forward and fell onto something soft to the sound of shattered glass. Elladan quickly looked to see what he had landed on and saw that Y/n had leapt down from his perch and caught him. But what was that noise? It had sounded like broken glass.

Elladan pulled away from you, "Hannon-le, my leg is perhaps more injured than I thought. What was it that broke – I hope it wasn't anything too…" The words faded on Elladan's lips as he stared down at the shattered pieces of bauble around him. He recognised the pieces with a sense of horror and lifted a hand to cover the perfect 'O' his mouth made. Elladan was mortified.

On the floor in tiny, smashed pieces were the pair of baubles that he remembered you hung up every year as the centerpiece of all the decoration above his door. They were no ordinary baubles – they were large and made of a rather spectacular looking pale pink glass studded with small mithril beads. Most incredible of all were the small mithril figures each one housed – tiny likenesses of the advisor's long dead parents.

That was what made the baubles so special; they had been a gift Y/n had received from his parents millennia ago, and were now of the few things you had by way of mementos of them after the sacking of Gondolin. Elladan knew they were precious to you for the older ellon had always taken such good care of them – he had refused to let the twins near them when they were elflings and he always made them his centerpiece. And now here they lay smashed to bits all because you had selflessly caught Elladan to soften his fall and prevent him from hurting himself further.