The Jewel of Mirkwood

Chapter 113

“Check and checkmate. I win again!” Elladan groaned as he threw the coloured pebbles down onto the grass playing board as Elrohir squealed in delight. The pair of them had snuck out of their rooms earlier in the evening to escape to their secret spot in the gardens. Since Legolas’ arrival in Imladris the twins had hardly had time to themselves and so in the quiet of the house Elrohir had awoken his brother and demanded that they spend some time together outside. As if they were mere elflings again the pair of them had taken a naked moonlight swim in their fathers springs before chasing each other through the paths of the gardens they knew and loved so well. Finally having worn themselves completely out they had settled under a willow tree to play checkers as they had done when they were little.

“It is not fair you were always better at this game than I, Erestor should have taught me how to play.” Elladan pouted dramatically as Elrohir controlled his laughter and lay back down beside his brother to stare wistfully up at the stars just visible between the branches of the old willow.

“Maybe if you’d spent more time studying with Erestor rather than outside hunting with Glorfindel you may have learnt how to play.” Elrohir smiled smugly at his brother before poking Elladan in the side playfully. Elladan however didn’t find Elrohir’s comment amusing and merely sighed deeply. “What is wrong Elladan? You cannot be sore that I beat you twice. Tell me what has your heart so heavy?” As twins they had always felt each other’s pains and worries just as acutely as their own and having seen Elladan sigh Elrohir knew instantly that something was not right with his brother. They had not had chance to talk of late with so much activity in the house but now they were alone Elrohir was desperate to find out what ailed his brother.

“I do not want to marry her Elrohir.” Elladan closed his eyes as he spoke unable to face his brother who he knew was looking at him in confusion.

“Have you told Ada yet?” Elrohir had known from the beginning of Elladan’s courtship of the young maiden from Lorien that his brother had not been in love. Their father had pressured the union intent on seeing his eldest son produce an heir to Imladris. Elladan had always been the first to want to please their father and thus Elladan had reluctantly gone along with Elrond’s arrangements. Again Elladan sighed and slowly opened his eyes to look sadly up at his brother.

“Nay I do not know how to tell him. I stopped seeing her months ago, she bores me. I have been hiding at the borders with the patrol trying to think of a way of telling Ada what I have done.” Elladan looked away from his brother suddenly ashamed of his weakness. As the eldest twin Elladan had always looked after his younger sibling, taking it upon himself to protect and look out forohirohir and not show his weakness. Now they were older though the roles had seemed to be reversed a little Elrohir becoming the level headed thinker that managed to keep Elladan out of trouble.

“Perhaps it is best to tell him the truth and brave his displeasure. I am sure he would not condemn you when he knows how unhappy you are.” Elrohir rested his chin on his brother’s waist idly twisting the ties of Elladan’s tunic between his fingers as he waited for Elladan to reply.

“Nay the truth is far worse than the situation I am in at the moment.” Confused agairohirohir sat up from his brother and crossed his legs in front of him as he neatly folded his hands in his lap. There was obviously something that Elladan was not telling him and silently he knew that it was to do with the only secret Elladan had ever kept from his twin.

“Tell me the truth Elladan we are grown now and I will not judge you. Please I hate to see you like this.” Elrohir looked determinedly at his brother watching as Elladan fiddled nervously with the ties Elrohir had only moments ago relinquished on his brothers tunic. For a moment Elrohir thought that perhaps Elladan was not going to tell him and it hurt that his brother not not trust him but no sooner as he thought all was lost Elladan looked up at him with tears in his eyes.

“I am in love with Glorfindel, I have been since we were elflings in his care.” Elrohir gasped loudly in shock but quickly realized his mistake as tears began flowing down Elladan’s cheeks. Instantly Elrohir took his brother in his arms and rocked him tightly against his body, in an attempt at comforting his twin. For a long time Elrohir could not find the right words to say to his brothed sod so merely held him close humming a tune that their mother used to sing to them as babes. After a long time Elladan’s tears finally began to slow and only the upset shudder was any indication that the older twin was not well.

“I do not know what to say to make you feel better Elladan, for surely you must see there is not easy solution to your problem.” Elrohir paused as Elladan sat up from him crudely wiping away his tears with the sleave of his robe. “Glorfindel is Legolas’ husband. They are destined to be together and you can not interfere with their love.” Elrohir felt every bit of the pain that washed across his brother’s face and it momentarily robbed him of his breath as he felt the tightness in his chest.

“Legolas knows of my feelings for Glorfindel. I told him when he first joined the patrol. I lost my temper with him and shouted a lot of unkind things to him because of my jealousy.” Elladan sniffled a little as he leaned into Elrohir’s shoulder, taking strength from the soothing warmth of his brother’s body against his own.

“That is why you two do not get on very well.” Everything that had happened in their lives of late was slowly beginning to make sense now to Elrohir, as he began to put together the pieces of Elladan’s sometimes-odd behaviour around Glorfindel and Elladan’s instant dislike to Legolas.

“Aye I admit I was too jealous to see how in love they were when Legolas first arrived but when I saw Legolas’ swollen stomach for the first time I knew the selfishness of what I was doing. We have become friends now and although I am happy for them I can not stop the feelings I have for Glorfindel.” Elladan looked sheepishly away from Elrohir and tugged at a thin blade of grass beside him. “I feel as if my heart breaks every time I see them smile at one another. And then I see Ada and Erestor so happy and I hate them for it, knowing I can not ever be happy.” Elrohir shook his head sadly having finally realised the reason behind Elladan’s defensive attack on their father when he asked for their permission to become Erestor’s lpartpartner.

“You cannot take your anger out on Ada, Elladan. He and Erestor are in love and it has been such a long time since mother left that Ada deserves to be loved again. There is little you can do about your feelings for Glorfindel and in time they will fade, if not completely, maybe just enough for you to find love elsewhere.” Elrohir brushed a stray lock of hair from his brother’s face before pressing his nose comfortingly against Elladan’s cheek as they often did when they were little. “I will help you through the worst of times and I am now sure that if you explain to Ada what you have just done to me he will forgive you for wanting to marry, he may even have some wise words to help you.” For a moment Elladan merely stared at his brother his arm wrapped calmly around Elrohir’s waist in silence. Then the reality of Elrohir’s wisdom set in and Elladan sighed in reluctant acceptance.

“You are right brother as always. Things will be better now you know and I will tell Ada after Gwendolyn’s passing ceremony tomorrow.” Elrohir smiled in success and hugged his brother deeply before both of them lay back down on the soft grass side by side their hands entwined between them. For a long time there merely lay in silence watching the stars glistening above them and listening to the night noises that echoed around the peaceful valley. Finally it was Elrohir who broke the silence a niggling question tapping at his mind.

“Elladan?” Elrohir’s voice was quiet a sure sign to his brother that his twin was going to ask something personal. Muttering his affirmative reply Elladan listened as Elrohir sighed heavily before continuing. “That night we slept in Ada’s bed during the storm and Glorfindel came and checked on us in the night. You didn’t have a stomachache did you?” Elrohir glanced sideways at his brother watching in curiosity as Elladan flushed a deep shade of pink, his untold reply clearly displayed. “Do you still have those types of dreams about him?” Elrohir continued his gaze still firmly on Elladan’s face. Elladan had never been good at hiding things that embarrassed him and so Elrohir could clearly see every answer to his question written in Elladan’s expression.

“Sometimes.” Elladan was embarrassed about admitting to that question but knew that hiding anything for Elrohir would only make his younger twin more determined to get an answer. “I watched him and Legolas make love in the gardens outside their room once. It was amazing to see Glorfindel naked. That image has haunted my dreams since then and there is not a week that goes by that I have not taken pleasure at night to the memories of his cries of passion.” Elladan bit his lip and closed his eyes the image of Glorfindel burned into his mind. Uncomfortably Elladan felt the heat pooling in his groin at merely talking about what he’d seen and he shifted slightly to avoid his brother seeing the rising bulge beneath his robes.

“I have dreams too.” Elladan was stunned to hear Elrohir’s confession and hastily opened his eyes to glance questioningly down at his younger twin. Elladan was shocked however to find Elrohir with his eyes closed also a damp patch forming above the tented robe on his brother’s groin. “I dream of Celeborn…” Elladan was completely caught of guard by his brother’s next sentence and it took a whole few minutes for him to really comprehend what Elrohir had said.

“You are fantasising about our grandsire!” Elladan could not keep the horrified tone from his voice as he sat up abruptly from the grass to stare down questioningly at his twin. Elrohir however didn’t move and simply opened his eyes to stare up pointedly at his brothers accusing glare.

“Do you think you are the only one with an unattainable love Elladan? Not only is my love unattainable but also forbidden by the valar, there is not even a glimmer of hope for what I have wished all my life.” Elladan swallowed hard as he stared down silently into his brothers eyes, seeing in them the despair and sadness that his own eyes surely reflected also. There was no possible way that Elladan could judge his brother not after Elrohir had not done so with him.

“Have you seen Celeborn……?” Elladan gestured to his own body knowing that he could not say what he was going to say about his grandsire, let alone think it. Elrohir smiled and nodded his eyes closing again as he lay back into the grass.

“Aye these last few nights I have sat on his balcony and watched him sleep. Last night he took himself in hand and brought himself to the peak of his pleasure…” Elladan wrinkled his nose up a little at the image Elrohir painted but the image of his brother lying on the grass with his hand beneath his robe drove away all nasty thoughts of his grandsire’s nightly activities. Elladan licked his suddenly dry lips as he watched Elrohir ache up from the grass as he began rubbing himself beneath his robe, the damp patch slowly growing. Never in their lives had they shared something so intimate and although they’d talked about it and seen each other in various states of arousal neither of them had watched oth other take pleasure from himself. Elrohir’s groans of delight were enough to undo Elladan who quickly lay down beside his brother and pulled his robe up to expose his own considerable hard on. Closing his eyes Elladan imagined Glorfindel taking him instead of Legolas in the gardens as he spat in his hand and reached down to take a firm hold of himself. Together they lost themselves in their fantasies their twin groans of lust piercing the peaceful quiet of the darkened glad they lay in. Elladan could still hear Elrohir’s desperate pants at his side and could feel his brother’s frantic movements as he brought himself to climax. As if in instinct Elladan caught hold of Elrohir’s hand laying tense at his side, entwining their fingers together as they both reached their peak together the names of their lovers silently leaving their lips as they shot their seed into their own hands.

For a long time after their release both of them lay silently catching their breath their hands still entwined between them while their other was coated in their thick sticky essence. Eventually it was Elrohir who spoke as he rolled bonelessly over to stare at his brother evenly.

“This is our secret Elladan, no one must ever know.” Elladan nodded silently at his brother before watching as Elrohir leant across to him and kissed him soundly on the lips. “We can do this again if you want.” Again Elladan nodded before smiling warmly at his brr. r.

“We better get back to our rooms before someone realises we are gone.” Elladan self-consciously pulled his robe back down over his lower half before he wiped his hand crudely on the dewy grass beside him.

“Elladan we have been sneaking out for nearly 200 years and no one has ever caught us, what makes you think they will do so now?” Elrohir chuckled light heartedly as Elladan rolled his eyes dramatically.

“There is always a first time Elrohir and Erestor has been close a few times, I am sure he knows wha goi going on.” Elladan rose from the grass and offered a hand down to help his brother up. Thankfully Elrohir took his brothers hand and rose to his feet also both of them helping one another to brush of the leaves and twigs. With a final cheeky giggle Elrohir wrapped his arm around Elladan’s waist before both of them began back to the houselittlittle wiser and lot more relaxed….

TBC>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


(A/N) OH MY GOD did you see that baby coming????? I didn't even think of it until it wrote itself onto my computer but damn it makes for a good cliff hanger and just another twist in this story of many angles. Well I hope that feeds your lustful minds full of nasty evil elvish smut for the time being. When I return it's Gwendolyn's last rights, Elladan tells daddy his dirty secret and Legolas asks for something from his beloved...........ooooh and I might just see what Celeborn and Elrohir are up to??? Apart from that enjoy the updates and remember your reviews are what keep me going. Again feel free to email me with any concerns, confusions or for a general chat about the story and I'll be happy to reply. Thanks for reading...and look out for updates towards the end of this coming week..........

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