Tolkien Elven Imagines and Headcanons Volume 1

53. Being Pregnant with Caranthir's Child Headcanons

- When you tell Caranthir that you're pregnant, he is honestly shocked that Eru would even bless him with not one gift but two! (the first gift being you)

- He doesn't know how to react and he grows very quiet, but very flustered with his face turning redder than it already is with the news.

- He assures you that he is happy with the news he has received and that he loves you and will of course love and support you through this!

- He does worry he will have a bad relationship with the baby as his Atar wasn't always supportive.

I've always pictured Caranthir having a rocky relationship with his Atar

- So he most certainly makes it a point to not be anything like him when the baby is born.

- Caranthir is a big teddy bear for you even though he isn't that way with anyone else, so he takes your care extremely serious.

- If your feet hurt he will rub them, along with your shoulders and back.

- If you're craving something, Caranthir will go fetch it for you himself. Even if it's something that sounds to him like a horrible combination, he'll only make a face and get it anyways.

- If you're hot even in the dead of winter and ask for the windows open, he will do it. Caranthir wants this process to be as comfortable as he can make it for you.

- Caranthir grows increasingly protective of you as your belly grows bigger

- Bless anyone who has the audacity to accidentally run into you, he is very quick to snap at them!

- He doesn't understand how someone could possibly miss your cute but sizable baby bump, so he accepts no excuses and reprimands them anyways.

- This also means where you're allowed to go becomes even more limited than it was already, if it is not where Cara can keep his eyes on you, then don't even think about asking.

- He loves you and the growing elfling in your tummy and he'd be beside himself if something happened to you both.

- When the baby gets here, he is terrified of holding them. He was terrified back then of holding Curufin and the twins and that has not changed now with his own baby.

- Once you can get him to hold the baby he softens dramatically just with you two and no one else.

- Even his voice is softer than what it would usually be with you when he speaks to your elfling.

- He hold them close in his arms while laying next to you so he can have you both close with him, quietly admiring you both.

- He will make sure their clothes are always warm and comfortable, making sure they are always swaddled, and go out of his way to make sure their needs are taken care of outside of feeding.

- At first he is still afraid of doing any for them at all, as he is so big and they are so small and fragile! But he adjusts realizing he has to be as gentle as possible with them, and he becomes a better baby swaddler than even the healers are.

- Caranthir takes their comfort and care extremely seriously and will perfect everything the healers tell him or show him.

- He will go out of his way further to take care of you. Caranthir doesn't care how many things you need from him, or what you ask of him you just did the hardest job by bringing your baby into this world it is the least he could possibly do.

- Caranthir's favorite thing to do is to lay in bed with them, watching them sleep and gently caressing their little face or slipping a finger into their tiny hand for them to hold while whispering softly to them.

- He loves them as much as he loves you and can scarcely believe he made something so sweet and pure with you.

- Caranthir is incredibly grateful for you, them and every moment in between that you three share.