The Princess of Mirkwood (Legolas x Reader)

Chapter 10

You ducked deep into the forest to secure your location.  The forest around you was dense and many times you had to squeeze through small spaces between the branches.  "I don't think we need to worry about any sort of sneak attacks, it is too hard to get through this forest," you thought to yourself.  Of course you would have to watch out in the direction that you came to the clearing from, however only having to truly worry about one defensible position was a relief.  

These forests are not known to be kind to travelers.  Ancient Legend said that this location was the place of a known rendezvous between the dark lord Saron and his followers.  Many say an ancient curse lies over it, you don't often believe in this type of thing, but something about this place just did not feel right.  

After carefully assessing the location for about a half hour, you decided to head back to camp.  You moved in slowly and noticed that all of the tents had been set up and the fire was burning only low enough for the guards to see just outside the small circle of tents.  You could see one of the soldiers, Calel you thought, had drifted off to sleep clutching his sword.  

You stepped into the clearing gracefully, and stepped up behind the sleeping Calel.  You placed a hand over his mouth and pulled your dagger so it was inches from his throat.  He startled awake but could do nothing because of your blade.  Without moving you whispered, "maybe next time, it would not be someone as forgiving as I." 

He recognized your voice and you felt his body relax.  You removed your hand and dagger and stood in front of him waiting for his explanation.  "My apologies lady (Y/N), it won't happen again."  he stated looking thoroughly embarrassed.  

"See that it does not," you stated dismissively while sheathing your dagger away on your thigh.  "This place is dangerous, we have not yet made it into claimed lands, anything could be lurking  in these wild lands." you started walking over to what you knew to be Legolas' tent.  

Calel nodded in understanding and stood up to walk around the perimeter of tents.  Your hand was on the flap of your tent when you turned back to Calel who was taking his time looking in the dense forest.  "Calel," you called.  He looked back at you with fear in his eyes.  "I have already checked the forest, you should only need to worry about the direction that we came." 

"Yes my lady," he responded while moving towards the path.  He seemed young, this might be one of his first missions.  Part of you wanted to walk back up to him and reassure him of his duties, but you also did not want him thinking falling asleep while guarding the whole camp was ok.  You decided that you would talk to him tomorrow, for now you wanted to get back to Legolas.  

You slowly opened the tent flap and walked in.  There was just enough light from the fire for you to see Legolas casually relaxing on his makeshift bed of blankets.  

You began taking off your weapons and armor and placing them on the floor to the side of the bed while Legolas watched you.  "You certainly took your time my love," he said laughing.  

"Well someone has to make sure we stay safe," you joked back before climbing under the blankets that Legolas lifted for you.  

He kissed your forehead, "I heard what you said to Calel, you know this is his first mission?" he stated blankly.  

"I assumed it was, that does not mean falling asleep is ok, I believe I was rather easy on him actually,' you stated while tucking in next to Legolas.  

"I agree, I just thought I would share, maybe I can talk with him in the morning and reassure him."  Legolas stated brushing loose pieces of your hair out of the way.  

You smiled at him gratefully, "I would like to speak with him actually, I planned on it, I just wanted him to think on it for the night." 

Legolas nodded in agreement then leaned in to kiss you.  "now on to more important things," he whispered into your ear as he left a trail of kisses down your neck.  You inhaled sharply and for the first time realized that Legolas was not wearing a shirt.  You trailed your fingers down to his sculped abdomen, causing him to move his lips to yours.  

He kissed you passionately, moving his hands to grasp your hair.  Without breaking the kiss he helped you slide out of your clothes and discarded them on the ground.  Your kiss intensified as you moved to lean over him.  "God, I love you (Y/N)" he whispered between kisses.  You did not respond and instead decided to physically show him how much you loved him.