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The King's Courtesan - Prologue
Apr. 12th, 2004 02:36 pmTitle: The King's Courtesan
Author: KatLeaf
Rating: PG for this piece
Status: WIP
Warning: None yet
Pairing: Legolas/Elrohir, others later
Disclaimer: The characters you recognize aren't mine. The ones you don't are. Tolkien owns the sandbox, I just play in it. Words and plot are mine, stealing's not nice!
“I came sickened to your shore. You showed me what this life is for.”
~ Live, Dance with You
Prologue
Lying here beside you through the night is a new experience for me – despite the many times I have lain thus, both with you and with others. I do not know what has changed; but something has shifted. I do not have the words to express what is in my heart. And yet this does not satisfy you; you ask me to speak, to tell you my story. Describe where I have come from, and why, and how… You tell me this is how a relationship begins, how love grows. And I am shamed. Even here in your arms, even with your heart pounding against my back, words of care lingering in my ears. I do not want to taint what we have found with what I have been. With what I am. Though you know. You understand already, better than anyone else.
I have nothing else to give you, Elrohir Peredhil… nothing worth what you have given me. For you have given me acceptance… given me myself, in a way no one ever has. And so I give you this. My story, for the little it is worth. And I can only hope that it is enough. It is all I have.
Author: KatLeaf
Rating: PG for this piece
Status: WIP
Warning: None yet
Pairing: Legolas/Elrohir, others later
Disclaimer: The characters you recognize aren't mine. The ones you don't are. Tolkien owns the sandbox, I just play in it. Words and plot are mine, stealing's not nice!
“I came sickened to your shore. You showed me what this life is for.”
~ Live, Dance with You
Prologue
Lying here beside you through the night is a new experience for me – despite the many times I have lain thus, both with you and with others. I do not know what has changed; but something has shifted. I do not have the words to express what is in my heart. And yet this does not satisfy you; you ask me to speak, to tell you my story. Describe where I have come from, and why, and how… You tell me this is how a relationship begins, how love grows. And I am shamed. Even here in your arms, even with your heart pounding against my back, words of care lingering in my ears. I do not want to taint what we have found with what I have been. With what I am. Though you know. You understand already, better than anyone else.
I have nothing else to give you, Elrohir Peredhil… nothing worth what you have given me. For you have given me acceptance… given me myself, in a way no one ever has. And so I give you this. My story, for the little it is worth. And I can only hope that it is enough. It is all I have.
