FIC: Drabble: Let Sleeping Elves Lie (LOTR)

[alexcat]

Title: Let Sleeping Elves Lie
Fandom: LOTR
Author: Alex (alex_cat_45@yahoo.com)
Type: 200 word Double Drabble
Note: For ennorwen, who wanted Galadriel and Celeborn.
Summary: Galadriel watches her husband sleep.

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LET SLEEPING ELVES LIE

Galadriel watched Celeborn. He was sleeping. Sometimes she wondered why she married him. He was not a Noldor; he was not even a king. He was simply a kinsman of Thingol. As she watched him sleep, she pondered this.

He lay on his side. He slept with his mouth open and every now and again, he snored rather loudly and moved in his sleep. What could she have been thinking?

She lay back and closed her eyes. He had held her when she found out the fate of Finrod, when they told her Doriath was destroyed. He danced with joy at Celebrían's birth and silently held Galadriel’s hand when her only child sailed into the West; her wounds being too deep to be healed on this side of the veil.

The Ring bothered him. She knew it did but he never let it show. He was steadfast in his devotion and love. He would follow her into Mordor itself, if she asked.

She opened her eyes and looked at him again. His brow was smooth and there was a slight smile on his mouth. She leaned close, kissing his cheek gently.

She remembered why she married him. She loved him.

~end~