Legolas short story x reader 'Symphony' *finished*

Chapter thirteen - don't ruin it now

Legolas and I both sat against a thick tree in the Mirkwood forest. We hadn't been present at dinner today but Thranduil totally understood that. Legolas's hand disappeared into a bag and it came out with some food wrapped in leaves for protection. He spread the food over the little picnic carpet I had sneaked out. All kinds of delicious pastries lay spread for us to take whatever we wanted. We ate while we reminisced on our quest and after that we stared at the night sky, how beautifully and bright all the many stars shone and how wonderfully the light glowed on everything in the forest. I sometimes allowed my eyes to turn away from the sky and looked at the person next to me. His hair received an enchanting gleam from the moonlight and his pale skin seemed to shine along with the many stars above. I doubted if there was one star in the sky as beautiful as the Elf who watched them. And all those stars weren't as brave, trustworthy or loyal as this particular creature.

We sat close to each other and I enjoyed the Mirkwood scent that always hung around him, wherever he was. I felt as if I finally had returned home and allowed that sweet and pleasing feeling of returning to where you belong to sink in. I felt his fingers moving for a while. He was holding my hand in his and now gently stroke over my cold skin to warm it with his heat. It felt so right, so soothing and sweet.

He looked so happy. The way his lips were curled up into a small smile and how he captured the stars' light in his eyes. But then he turned his head to me and our eyes met. Before our quest, I would have instantly looked down, but now I gazed back and met the most loving look I had ever seen.

I placed my hand on his chest and softly pushed him down to the picnic carpet. He let me do it. I lay down next to him and placed my head on his chest. I sighed in satisfaction and listened to the calming sound of his heartbeat as his chest rose and fell. He placed one of his hands on me and kept on tenderly stroking my skin. Filled with happiness that this person existed and now finally was mine, I closed my eyes and heard a soft voice sing. It was Legolas's voice. He sung a beautiful song about the Mirkwood forest and two lovers that met there at night. I allowed his voice to fill me up and hoped that this enchanting moment would never stop. It must go on for ever. This was too perfect to give up on.

But also this moment ended. Though I knew it would be replaced by an even more beautiful one.

'There is still something I want to do.' Legolas said after his song. He too had his eyes closed and savoured the moment. 'Not now.' I said and moved my head into a more comfortable position on his chest. 'Don't ruin it now.' I added. I heard him chuckle. 'That is not my intention, not at all. Please, dear, allow me.' He said and rose. I reluctantly rose too. 'What is it?' I acted as if I had no idea what he was about to do.

'I remember you on a celebration when we celebrated the stars and the moon that beautifully shine upon our home every night, you were dressed in this beautiful white gown made of silk that shined just as beautifully as the stars above. You turned and looked at me, I was speechless and did not know what to do, and then you smiled at me. That smile has been haunting me since that very day. I was left without words after you smiled and then looked to the ground. I wanted to know you. After that day, I searched through Mirkwood every day to find you. And after some time, I succeeded. I did not go to you immediately, not only afraid that you would not like me, but also afraid that you would only be beautiful. Thank all the stars that shine now I tell this that I dared to go to you because I discovered a kind, caring, brave and funny person who actually understands me. Someone sweet who listens and knows what is right and what is wrong. Someone, who has stolen my heart.' He gazed at me, his eyes searching for mine and holding them when they found them. He smiled at me and continued.

'And I fell in love. All the time I only had eye for you. When you suddenly kissed me I was surprised but immensely happy. But you turned out to be an imposter and my disappointment grew. And then,' he smile brightened genuinely, 'you kissed me anyway!' He kept quiet after a while and I saw his eyes glistening with the memory of that moment. He placed his fingers at his lips and I found that adorable. I leant in and kissed him again. After that a silence was born and Legolas's smile disappeared.

'And then I saw you on the battlefield, when that Orc came too close with the intention to hurt you, I felt so... so angry. I felt so worthless since I could not do anything to save you. And I wanted to save you so badly. The pain I had when you screamed was indescribable and I for a moment I wished that I had died before you screamed, so I could not have heard your pain. It was horrible.' He looked away from me. I knew he didn't want me to see his face when there was so much agony written on it, he knew how much it had hurt me to see him in despair during the battle with the Orcs. He took a break and faced me when the pain in his eyes had gone. 'But now I think of that smile again, the one you were kind enough to leave me with on that celebration.' He said and placed his hand on his heart. I saw his hand shaking a little when it rested on his chest. I searched for more signs and found his right ear moving a bit. I knew what that sign meant: he was nervous! Then he took my hand and I smiled at him, granting him the same sight as all those days ago.

'And now I see that smile on your face again, I know that there is only one thing I truly desire. My father was right. Though I was incredibly relieved that your response to my question was so quick and happy, it wasn't the right way. So now I am doing it the right way. My dear, will you please grant me my one wish by marring me?'

On one knee with a beautiful ring in one hand and mine in the other, he looked at me, his eyes shining with utter and genuine love. I stared back at him, smirked at him and then nodded. 'Yes, yes of course!' A huge smile decorated his face as I hugged him tightly. 'Wait, wait, first the ring!' He laughed loudly but allowed me to hug him. Afterwards, he tenderly shove the ring on my finger and I stared mesmerised at it. The most beautiful glow came from the ring and when I looked up to the one who had given me the piece of jewelry, I saw the same glow in his eyes. And every time I looked at the ring, I saw his eyes looking back at me. This glow was brighter than all the pure starlight together, even the eye of the sky during a summer's day would not top the brightness of this glow. It was warm like a campfire in a cold winter's night when you had given up all hope of regaining the warmth in your frozen limbs, with the clarity and beauty of a strong but gentle river floating through the dales of the high mountains. It was not just beautiful. It was perfect.

And there we were, two minds, two bodies, yet connected to each other with a feeling that could only be described as the purest form of love. With happiness in our hearts and love in our eyes, we listened to the symphony that once again sounded through the Mirkwood forest. I was captured in his embrace and felt his strong arms wrapped around me with the softness I adored so much. There I once again tasted the sweetness of his lips, witnessed by only the stars in the sky and a joyous smiling Elven king who looked with utter pride upon his son.

A/N

Hey there!

That was chapter thirteen! It was the last chapter, but there's going to be an epilogue too! I really hope you liked this one and please vote and comment! Thank you so much and request if you want to!

Galu!

-MS