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Title: Pause (Drabble) (#2182)
Author: Rous
Chapters: 1

Archive: Tolkien
Category: Lord of the Rings
Description: Everyone knows something comes.  Can they cope?
Published: 23 Aug 2005
Updated: 23 Aug 2005
Warnings: Nothing to mention
Type: Angst
Characters: Haldir is mentioned


Chapter 1 - Pause

Life held its breath.  The trees leaved, the flowers bloomed and the young came anyway.  But, sentient life?  It knew.  It had happened once before: the waiting.  

Wardens watched the borders.  Nothing had changed in that for almost three millennia.  Yet, it was different.  A subtle scent on the air, like a thought, that brushed the hairs on the back of the neck.  

Haldir felt it.  It was stronger to the east.  It threatened everything he had gained: family, peace, happiness.  His awareness was mirrored in those around him.  

Peace continued, but for how much longer?  And, what of after?
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