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Title: The Sea Could Wait (#3455)
Author: larie
Chapters: 1

Archive: Tolkien
Category: Lord of the Rings
Description: Post LotR: When Legolas considers sailing west, something causes his patience to resurface ;]. Word hell included. Does that make this a PG? =P
Published: 27 May 2007
Updated: 27 May 2007
Warnings:
Type: General
Characters: Legolas/OC


Chapter 1 - The Sea Could Wait

FIRST DRABBLE! Ish... Thing...199 words is close enough for me!

I would like to have a future content beta. *Bats eyes* pretty please?
-Larie


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The wreckage was nearly cleared- the manifested city under noisy human construction. A handful of dedicated elves weeded and transplanted busily, fields of decadence transforming to lush gardens.

Ithilien would be itself again soon; grander at that.

Legolas overlooked his kinsmen in a state of cogitative silence, leaning his back against a stone pillar- cool in tree shade. His father had been concerned fruitlessly: the elves and men coexisted peacefully.

The shadow had lifted; the days of placidity had finally come. So why did Legolas' mind so often wander to the sea?

He had asked of his father permission to inhibit this man's city, but the cry of the gull only seemed to ring louder in his ears each day; and it was almost a physical pain to remain on land. He wondered how much longer he could resist his bidding.

A slender figure passing nearby caught Legolas' eye.

The lovely girl smiled politely, waving her hand at him. Her blue eyes twinkled brightly in the sun.

Legolas smiled, returning the wave, and watched her walk away.

Pushing away from the column, he slowly followed- smiling inwardly.

The mental seabird choked, the girl giggled.

Hell, the sea could wait.

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