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[bythewaves]

[ He's drawn to water, he always has been, and it's no different here. This world is strange, and although it is joyful to see again the dead, it is very strange, too, and he retreats, away from the bustle of his family, down to the water's edge with his harp, to try and get his balance back.

(He has to be well. Maedhros and Curufin will worry, if he's not. Elrond too. He can't let them see)

Anyone who walks past will hear it, although they might not realise that it is a harp, at first, but the song ripples, moonlight on the water, the stars clear above, the emotion carried through on clear notes that seem to blend into the sounds of the world around them despite there being no stars or moon, here. And then the voice, deep as the rolling sea, full of heartrending sorrow, but climbing to defiant hope.

Sometime during the performance the phone flips on, bumped, maybe, to reveal Maglor crouched over his harp, singing.

Pay attention, and the song will tell you a story, even if you don't know the language he sings in - war and blood and tears and light-against-the-dark. ]

Comments

[bythewaves]

[ He flushes, ducking shyly ]

Ever the healer. I... do not want to worry people.

[loveathousandyearsgone]

[He leans in to press a fond kiss to Maglor's cheek.]

Let me worry about you? It would make me feel better.

[bythewaves]

[ Maglor opens and closes his mouth a few times, blinking at him and then laughs shakily ]

How am I supposed to argue with that?

[ shyly, he reaches over to touch Elrond's cheek fondly ]

If that is what you want, Elrond, alright.

[loveathousandyearsgone]

[He doesn't even try not to smirk and reaches out to wrap an arm around his foster father.]

Well, the idea was you cannot, and so should not.

[Elrond's smirk softens to a warm smile and he leans into the fond touch.]

It is.

[bythewaves]

[ Maglor shakes his head fondly ]

And to think that we used to consider your brother to be the troublemaker! How little we knew about you, my wise one.

[loveathousandyearsgone]

Always watch the quiet ones. I had thought you would have figured that out long before you met Elros and I.

[bythewaves]

[ That makes him laugh ]

Elrond, no one in my family could ever have been called quiet!

[loveathousandyearsgone]

[He smirks smugly at Maglor. Success~]

Then raising twins should have given you an idea, considering who was always getting us in trouble.

[And then back out of them.]

[bythewaves]

[ C H E A T ]

You certainly taught us better. [ He agrees wryly ]

Such things you came up with!

[loveathousandyearsgone]

[He chuckles softly, fondly.]

I assure you, my own boys were just as much a handful as we were.

[bythewaves]

I am glad you got to experience the same? [ DRYLY ]

[loveathousandyearsgone]

I am sure you are. [Straight face is straight face ignore that twinkle in his eye you see NOTHING]

[bythewaves]

[ He can tottally see that gleam ]

And your daughter? Was she equally as much trouble?

[loveathousandyearsgone]

[His face softens and he leans against Maglor.]

Worse. She would challenge them, and they would answer.

[bythewaves]

[ Shyly a hand comes up to card through Elrond's hair ]

She sounds like trouble. She must have got that from your side of the family.

[loveathousandyearsgone]

[There's a suspicious twinkle in his eye] My side? You do recall my beloved is the daughter of the lady Galadriel, correct?

[bythewaves]

[ Maglor sniffs at him in mock superiority ]

Artanis was not as bad as you and Elros. After all... there were two of you!