Lost & Found, by StarSpray

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B2MeM Prompt & Path: Green Path - Lost & Found
Format: Double Drabble
Genre: Gapfiller
Rating: General
Warnings: none
Characters: Thingol, Elmo, Olwë
Pairings: background Thingol/Melian
Summary: Thingol's disappearance, and return



“Olwë.” Elmo nudged his brother with his foot. Olwë rolled over with a sleepy grunt. “Have you seen Elwë? He should be back by now.”

Olwë yawned, and sat up, jostling his wife, who kicked him before rolling over. “I haven’t,” he said, rubbing his leg. “Send a runner to Finwë.”

Elmo did. His daughter returned two days later with word that Elwë had never made it to Finwë’s camp. A hush fell over their entire encampment. An awful, familiar, sick feeling of dread settled in Elmo’s gut. They all knew what it meant when someone disappeared without a trace.

-

It was years after Olwë led most of their people on the final leg of the Great Journey that Elwë returned to them beyond all hope—and not alone, but with a maiden fair as the stars, with light in her face and shadows in her long hair. Elmo pushed his way through the crowd, hardly daring to believe his eyes. Elwë’s smile faded a little as Elmo charged forward, and he opened his mouth, perhaps to apologize, but did not get the chance before Elmo embraced him. “We thought you were dead! Never leave us like that again, Elwë!”

Comments

[zdenka]

I like this! It's a touching moment of reunion.

[shirebound]

Nicely done. How frightening it must have been when Elwë disappeared.

[kayleelupin.livejournal.com]

*shivers* And then, of course, Olwe never does see his brother again, until and unless Elu was released from Mandos...Poor all of them. :( Well done!

[fernstrike]

"They all knew what it meant when someone disappeared without a trace." That line made me shudder!
The reunion was lovely. Very nicely written!

[starbrow.livejournal.com]

Very poignant, both of these, for different reasons! I love these little bits that flesh out canon events, it's great to see the perspectives of those affected by things that were happening.

[alasse-mirimiel.livejournal.com]

Hi, I hope you don't mind that I used this story as inspiration for my act of kindness step (blue path)

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

I loved your vision of Elwe's return.

[independence1776]

Aww, I love how this goes from fear to joy.

[ysilme]

This was lovely!