The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings Imagines

Step -Elrond

(This is from the post I made on Tumblr about asking you guys to give me a character and a word for me to make a story out of. I made you, the reader, a sibling of Lady Celebrian here soooooo yepI hope you like it and I hope you enjoy! 💕)

Distant—he had always tried to keep it that way. There was no need to be close nor stay for too long in the same room as you. Maintain a good distance between you when speaking to you and respect your personal space to avoid making you uncomfortable.

Distant—he had always tried to keep it that way. He was fine with being friends with you but there was no need to know everything about him. His smiles were always polite and his conversations were mostly about topics pertaining to the happenings in Middle Earth.

Distant—he had always tried to keep it that way.

But something was drawing him closer to you.

He tried to fix himself a few feet away from you, but somehow his feet move on their own accord. Without thinking, he had already found his way to stand beside you. He was also quite aware that your parents, Lady Galadriel and Lord Celeborn, and your sister, Lady Celebrian, were trying to be subtle about letting him have time with you. He had tried to see you as a friend, but he kept on noticing the little things about you.

Even though he talked mostly about plans to build Rivendell or plans on moving against the enemy, he knew what the little gestures you did meant. He noticed how your eyes would light up when someone mentioned things that you love or how your nose scrunches up when you laugh. He knew your favorite color because it was mostly what your clothes were dyed in and he knew your favorite flower because you always looked at them with a smile.

Distant—he had always tried to keep it that way.

But something was drawing him closer to you.

And it was pulling him with such intensity that he could no longer stop himself from moving.

So when the both of you were admiring the golden glow of the setting sun that painted Rivendell, with him a few feet away from you, he turned to look at you with his hands intertwined behind him. He looked at you with a soft smile on his lips.

When you closed your eyes, he decided to take a step forward.

Another step.

And another.

All of these steps leading him closer to you.

When you opened your eyes, you smiled knowingly and met his gaze. You held out your hand, waiting for him to come nearer for him to take it.

There was no hesitation in his actions. Quickly he closed the distance between you and took your hand in his.

"One step closer, Elrond," you whispered with a smile.

"Like this?" he whispered back, taking another step towards you.

"Closer," you answered.

He took another. "One more?"

You nodded. "Closer."

Another step.

"Is this close enough?"

"Yes."

And you leaned in to give him a kiss.