Maglor was laying there gently touching the bandages that lay on his neck. He swallowed a bit as he lay there. The healers gave him something to help with the pain but he still hurt everything. He still prayed this was not some dream caste by Melkor or Mairon. He prayed that this was real and he won't wake up. The last couple of years were a mess he had been taken to Angband and tortured. Yet, Maedhros and Fingon rescued him. Yet his resume was a blur, he remembered the darkness of Angband then being carried put by Maedhos. Now, he was laying here with healers patching up his wounds.
He looked around and saw one of the healers leave the room and speak to someone outside. He listened to a bit but their voices where to hushed for him to make anything out. Yet, after a few moments, he heard someone enter and he looked up and saw Maedhros. He sat up slowly as the other healers left.
"Kano?" Maedhros asked gently.
He looked at his brother walked over and sat down beside him. "Kano. The healers said that you'll be alright," Maedhros said. He gave a look at Maglor but he just sat there looking down a bit. "You'll need to do some more healing and I assume they'll want to keep their eyes on you. But-" Yet Maedhros stopped speaking as Maglor grabbed onto his arm. Meadhros looked at him and met Maglor's detrimental expression.
Tell me what happened. What did they say? Maglor thought and hopped that his expression conveyed when he thought. Thankfully Maedhos seemed to understand and said, "Kano...they said you won't be able to talk. They do not think it will return. You may be able to make some sounds at some point but...your voice won't come back."
Maglor stopped though he felt the grip he had on his brother's arm weaken. He swallowed and opened his mouth and desperately tried to say something. Anything. No words or sounds came. He just was met with silence and Maedhos sad expression. He hung his head and could not hold back the tears that now streamed down his face. He felt Maedhros shift his arm away but he was then pulled into a firm hug. Maglor clung to his brother and let himself cry.
Maglor was petty sure his other brothers came in since Maedhos said, "Kano. Let go just for a few moments?"
Maglor shook his head though. He did not want to be left alone. He did not care if he was being childish. He heard Maedhros give a sigh and then retreating footsteps.
"I'm just going to get you water...can you let go just for a few moments?" Maedhros asked he heard him ask. Maglor let go slightly enough for Maedhros to stand up and grab him some water.
Maglor just hung his head his hair hanging over his face as he sat there. He looked back up when Maedhos sat back over and handed him the cup of water. Maglor took it and slowly drank it. He handed the now empty cup to his brother who just moved it to the side.
"Hey, why don't you try to get some sleep? It will do you some good." Maedhros said.
Maglor shook his head and opened his mouth and tried to talk but no words came. Tears came to his eyes as he shook his head. I don't want to be alone Neylo! I don't want to find this is a dream...I don't want to return to those nightmares. Maglor thought as he reached over and gripped Maedhro's sleeve again.
He looked up a bit as he felt a firm hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry. I'll stay right here, I'm not leaving." Maedhros promised.
Maglor gave a small little nod and laid down Maedhros pulled the blanket up over him like as if he were an elfing. He closed his eyes and fell asleep quickly.
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When Maglor opened his eyes he found Maedhros snoring next to him softly. He slowly sat up and rubbed his face, he was thankful that no nightmares plagued his mind. He felt his stomach grumble and he reached out and gently shook his brother awake.
Maedhros blinked and shook himself. "Kano? What's wrong?" He asked.
Thankfully Maglor did not have to move for anything at all. His stomach growled causing Maedhros to chuckle and said, "Alright. I'll get you some food,"
Maglor glared at him slightly when he laughed but settled back. He looked down and sighed deeply. He waited a few minutes before Maedhros came back with a healer who held a tray. Maglor looked up and spoke more silent words. He frowned and shook his head.
"Easy there, Kano. She just wants to change your bandages and she said that if you eat anything it should be very light. Mostly liquids but if you do want anything solid it should be some bread." Maedhros said.
Maglor gave a small nod and stayed still as the healer undid the bandages gently and started to clean the wounds again. Maglor let out a sharp breath of pain.
"Sorry. It will sting a bit," she said as she cleaned the wounds. He nodded a bit and shut his eyes tightly as she cleaned the wounds again and changed his bandages.
"There. Done," She said. Maglor opened his eyes and looked down.
Maedhros sat down beside him and said, "Someone will be in here with fresh soup for you. In the meantime, I do have this for you."
Maglor looked and saw him holding a bit of bread. Maglor took it and nibbled at it. The two sat in silence and Maglor hated it. He wanted to hear something. Anything.
He tapped Maedhros on the shoulder and looked at him. "Yeah?" He asked.
Maglor opened his mouth but closed it. He sighed and just shook his head. I want to talk. He thought. I want to be able to say something...I don't want to just sit here alone and listen to the silence.
"I'm sor-" began Maedhros but the door flew open and in came Amras, Amrod, Celegorm, Caranthir, and Curufin.
"Enwina Háno!" Shouted Amrod and Amras which meant old brother which is what they called any of their older brothers when they were worried about them.
"Easy. All of you," Maedhros said standing up. "He needs his rest and the healers said that he should not a have so many things piled on him."
Maglor shook his head and tried to get their attention. Yet, without being able to speak he could not do much. Yet, what he did do was he hurled his half-eaten bit of bread at the back of Maedhros's head. Which did cause him to stop and slowly turned around and he stared at him and blinked slowly.
The twins and Celegorm burst out laughing seeing Maedhros's face. However, the oldest son of Feanor just took a breath and asked, "Yes?"
Maglor shook his head and pointed to them.
"You want us to leave?" Asked Amrod.
"Or more food to throw at Maedhros?" Said Celegorm in between fits of giggles.
Maglor just shook his head very firmly. Caranthir sighed and walked over and pulled out a notebook that had a quill and small jar of ink attached to the cover. Maglor looked down at it and back up at him. "Can't talk but you can write down what you want to say." He said simply.
Maglor gave a nod of thanks to him and quickly wrote down on than paper, 'No. I want them to stay here.'
Maedhos looked at it and gave a small nod, "Alright."
"That was a clever idea," Curufin stated simply.
"He made it himself," Amrod said.
He was up all night working on it," Amras added. Caranthir's face went a little red from embressment. "Shut up!" He snapped at the twins.
Maglor just smiled and wipped away his tears and wrote down something special for just Caranthir. He showed it to his brother and Caranthir looked at it and back at him. He just gave a little nod and shoved his hands into his pockets. Maglor went to the next page settled back.
Maedhros looked at all his brothers and said, "Okay. If all of you are going to be in here I have to talk with our uncle."
His brothers just nodded and they found spots for themselves around Maglor as he left. His remaining brother watched as Maglor wrote down, 'I do not care if you do not talk to me. I just can't bare listening to the silence.'
His brothers all shared a quick look before Curufin started off telling Maglor all about what he was working on. Maglor just settled back and listened to him. The twins eventually interrupted him and started telling Maglor about a waterfall they found. It was then a back and forth between Curufin and the twins that soon became an argument.
"Want me to kick them out?" Celegorm asked looking at Maglor who just gave a small shake of his head. As the three argued Maglor wrote down 'what about you two? I want to hear what you two have been doing.'
"You're...you're not mad at us?" Celegorm asked. "After all we didn't-" Yet he stopped short as Maglor held up his hand and shook his head. He then just pointed to what he wrote before.
Celegorm gave a small nod and started to tell him about his hunting missions and such. Maglor just smiled as he listened to his brothers. When the elf came with food Curufin was able to finally continues about what he was working on. Maglor just smiled as he ate and listened to his brothers.
Maglor blinked a little and slowly closed his eyes as his brothers voice just became a gentle white noise then everything faded into a light sleep.