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The Assignment

By: sivan325
folder -Multi-Age › Slash - Male/Male
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<b>Part 1</b>

Title: The Assignment 1/?
Type: FPS
Author: Sivan Shemesh sivan325@walla.co.il
Beta: Manon
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Aragorn/Legolas
Warning: Angst, guilt, and heroic stuff, and not the usual… character death?
Disclaimer: The usual cast, they did not belong to me. Only the OC.
Timeline: AU. Mirkwood 3017.
Summary: Aragorn takes on an assignment from King Thranduil to prove to the king how much he loves Legolas…

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Part 1

"No!" Legolas yelled.

He saw what his father did and became furious. He did not want to see the one he loved taken away from him, as he knew it would break his heart.

"Adar, please… I love him…" Legolas begged his father.

"But ionen, he will only bring you heartbreak. You will be left with nothing more than regret and loss, and I do not want to see you burdened like that," Thranduil tried to explain to his son.

Legolas saw his lover being dragged to the dungeons and tried to follow him, but Thranduil held on to him tightly.

"But ada, I love him…" Legolas begged.

"I said no, Legolas, and I meant it!" Thranduil ordered.

Legolas watched as his lover disappeared from his sight. He could hear his lover's voice calling to him: "Do not lose hope; I will do anything to be with you…"

'I know…' Legolas thought sadly. 'But I do not want to lose you because of my father…'

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The next day Thranduil ordered the guards to bring the man to him so that he could stand trial.

"For years our people suffered because they fell in love with a mortal, only to be left with pain in their heart," Thranduil stated.

Aragorn only tried to look at Legolas, and swallowed. He did not know what exactly would happen, but he felt that it could only be something bad.

"… And what will be the punishment for this mortal, you ask?" Thranduil said.

Legolas heard his father’s words and he feared for his lover… he was afraid of what his father would do.

He had the right to fear. He knew how much his father disliked mortals; he knew and yet he fell in love with one, despite what his father felt.

"He will die in the dungeons alone, without love," Thranduil said coldly.

Legolas started to cry and he begged his father, "But father, I love him… please do not do this father, I love him…"

"And how much does this mortal love you?" Thranduil asked, a sneer on his face as he pointed his finger at Aragorn.

"I will do anything to be with him, anything!" Aragorn said and swallowed hard. He knew that he was not the one that was being asked the question, but he was determined to have his say. Aragorn could not bear to see his lover's face in pain, trying to stand up against his father; he felt that he needed to do something.

"I did not ask you…" Thranduil said. He looked at his son and then at the man.

"You would do anything?" he asked of Aragorn.

"I will do whatever you will say, my lord," Aragorn said.

Legolas looked at his lover as sorrow filled his heart, thinking, 'Do not do this my love, please…'

"Well, if this is what the mortal says, then what more should I say…?" Thranduil said and laughed aloud.

"Please father, no… can you not leave us alone?" Legolas asked. Tears filled his eyes.

Thranduil ignored his son's words and glared at the man. "So be it!" he said.

"Please father… no!" Legolas shouted.

"Your assignment, if you *do* love him as you say you do…" Thranduil began, but was cut by Aragorn.

"I do love him!"

"Then you should get me…" Thranduil began again, only to be cut off by his son.

"No father… please do not ask him to do that…" Legolas said.

"No… my son, you have no choice… now I will decide who it is you will love… especially when the mortal is only going to die…" Thranduil said.

"No… adar… please… I love him," Legolas pleaded, kneeling next to his father and gripping his father’s hand.

"Guards!" Thranduil called.

The guards came to the king. "Yes, my lord?"

"Take the man to the dark road… give him only a dagger, nothing else. If he survives and brings me back the head, then he will gain my respect and win my son's love. But only if he survives, only if he comes back here alive…" Thranduil said.

"No… father… please… do not send him there. No elf has ever come back alive… please…" Legolas begged.

"Exactly!" Thranduil said and added, "If he does come back alive, then it is meant for you and he to be together, that the love that you share is strong."

"I will do it!" Aragorn said, and noticed the hard look his lover gave him. He did not wish to lose his lover, and he knew that Legolas did not wish to lose his love as well.

Aragorn gave one last, loving look at his lover before the guards took him outside the castle. They led him into the forest and to the dark road. One of them tossed a small dagger to him before they turned around and left him alone…

End of Part 1.

R/R
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