From: thewise	Date: 03/06/2007 07:27:02

*feels you starting to move around and reluctantly wakes up*

*grumbles*

No panic before breakfast. House rules.

*buries his face in his pillow*

	From: artafinde	Date: 03/06/2007 07:29:16

*smiles just a little and turns on her side to look at you*

How do you know I'm panicking, hmm?

*flicks your ear experimentally*

	From: thewise	Date: 03/06/2007 07:35:24

*cracks one eye open to look at you*

Because I've known you for pretty much ever. You've gone all 'maybe I've done something wrong' tense.

*rolls over onto his back* Now don't make me kick your ass, you girl.

	From: artafinde	Date: 03/06/2007 07:37:34

*curls around you and puts her head on your chest without even realizing it*

*pouts* You wouldn't dare. I'm utterly defenseless.

	From: thewise	Date: 03/06/2007 07:40:34

Nah. I wouldn't really. I don't pick on the weak.

*trails a finger up and down your arm*

*quietly* I'm glad you came.

	From: artafinde	Date: 03/06/2007 07:42:03

*finds herself about to say 'me too'*

*pauses* *chews on her lip* I don't know if it was the right thing.

	From: thewise	Date: 03/06/2007 07:43:18

*lightly* Of course it was. You get to experience bone-chilling cold and sun at the same time. Who wouldn't love that?

	From: artafinde	Date: 03/06/2007 07:45:45

*chuckles* A sane person?

*goes silent for a moment* That's not what I mean, Turgon. You know what I mean.

	From: thewise	Date: 03/06/2007 07:48:27

*sighs* *goes silent himself*

I know. I still think it was a good idea. It was my idea, after all. *looks over at you* How is there anywhere else that you could possibly fit better?

	From: artafinde	Date: 03/06/2007 07:49:43

*sits up in bed and looks down at you*

I don't think I belong here. Whether I want to or not. *puts her chin on her knee and stares off into space*

	From: thewise	Date: 03/06/2007 07:51:36

*feels his stomach drop*

*puts his arms around your waist so you can't go anywhere*

Hey, look at me. Look at me.

	From: artafinde	Date: 03/06/2007 07:52:50

*reluctantly shifts around a bit so she's looking at you*

*opens her mouth to say something but she doesn't know what*

	From: thewise	Date: 03/06/2007 07:55:37

*reaches a hand up to cup your chin*

You belong with me. Here, Delving, Gondolin, Ossiriant, Balar, Sirion. Anywhere. You're supposed to be there with me. There's nothing I know better than that. You can't have been through everything we've been through and not know that. You know that.

	From: artafinde	Date: 03/06/2007 07:58:14

*feels herself weakening already*

*presses her face against your hand*

I do know that. That's not the issue, Turgon. *doesn't even know how to say what the real issue is*

	From: thewise	Date: 03/06/2007 08:00:53

Ah. *moves his hands away from you and clasps them against his chest*

*thoughtfully* You're my best friend. You always were. That doesn't have to change. *looks over at you* Even if that's all there is.

	From: artafinde	Date: 03/06/2007 08:03:58

*laughs softly* The problem is that that's not all there is.

*clears her throat and looks off into middle distance, trying to vocalize it* *slowly* I can't look at you without thinking about... well... things I shouldn't be thinking about. *shakes her head* Being this close to you is killing me. I love you, you know, and not in a best-friend sort of way.

	From: thewise	Date: 03/06/2007 08:05:32

*stares at you quietly for a few moments*

*sits up and puts an arm behind you, drawing you in for a gentle kiss*

	From: artafinde	Date: 03/06/2007 08:07:50

*gasps and kisses back*

*feels her cheeks starting to get wet*

*eventually pulls back*

*desperately* See. It's not right.

	From: thewise	Date: 03/06/2007 08:09:20

*gasps for breath*

There was nothing about that that wasn't right.

*frowns and reaches over to brush the tears off your cheeks* Finrod.

	From: artafinde	Date: 03/06/2007 08:12:17

*turns her face away from you*

You are my cousin. How is this even a little right? It's an abomination in the eyes of Eru! It's...

	From: thewise	Date: 03/06/2007 08:16:20

*laughs, actually shocked by your words*

Seriously? That's it? You're upset because we're cousins? We've always been cousins!! It didn't bother you before.

	From: artafinde	Date: 03/06/2007 08:18:30

*winces at your laughter*

*quietly* It was different before. We were alone in the wilderness, not in the middle of a vast and highly nosy civilization. There was no one to know or care what we did. *looks at you briefly* Not that we did anything. But now there are.

	From: thewise	Date: 03/06/2007 08:20:10

*shakes his head* It doesn't matter what people think. I don't care. If I cared I wouldn't invite you to the house where my sister is living.

	From: artafinde	Date: 03/06/2007 08:21:39

I do!! I mean, what would my father say if I introduced him to my-boyfriend-his-nephew? My mother I doubt would care so much.

*shakes her head* Besides, I'm a girl now.

	From: thewise	Date: 03/06/2007 08:24:24

*reaches out and runs his thumb over your cheek* I think he would say that if you were happy than he would be happy for you.

I'm a girl now

*laughs a little* That was sort of the whole point. Right? How is that a bad thing?

	From: artafinde	Date: 03/06/2007 08:25:59

*melts a little*

How is that a bad thing

*frowns* Girls can get pregnant, Turgon. Girls can have babies. Girls want to have babies. That can't ever happen with us.

	From: thewise	Date: 03/06/2007 08:31:22

*drops his hand*

I don't know what to tell you to make this better. I could tell you that we could be careful. I could tell you that even if there were a baby, there wouldn't be anything wrong with it. Our line doesn't go back far enough to have accumulated genetic mutations! It would be perfect, just like you're perfect. I could promise to always take care of you and be there for you and never ever abandon you in the woods again. But what it comes down to is you not being willing to take a chance. That's not the Finrod I know.

	From: artafinde	Date: 03/06/2007 08:35:03

*smiles a little*

Why don't we take it one step at a time?

	From: thewise	Date: 03/06/2007 08:38:29

*breaks into a big smile*

I can handle that.

*wraps his arms around your waist and pulls you towards him for a tight hug*

	From: artafinde	Date: 03/06/2007 08:41:15

*hugs tight!*

*just rests against you, feeling truly relaxed*

...

If we go downstairs will your sister make all sorts of lewd and inappropriate comments.

	From: thewise	Date: 03/06/2007 08:43:12

*buries his face in your hair*

That's pretty much a guarantee.

*pulls back and grins at you* Let's not go downstairs. We can stay in here all day. Hithlum's not that nice anyway.

	From: artafinde	Date: 03/06/2007 08:44:06

*laughs* All day? That'll really give them something to talk about.

*pauses* *nods* As long as there's food in this deal.

	From: thewise	Date: 03/06/2007 08:47:24

Food I can do! *picks up the phone next to the bed and sends out an order for breakfast*

	From: artafinde	Date: 03/06/2007 08:49:06

*laughs and lays back against her pillow*

I have to go back to Delving later today. I only took one day off work. Plus I want to be there in case my mother wants to see me.

	From: thewise	Date: 03/06/2007 08:50:00

*lays back against his own pillow and glances at you*

*hopefully* I could come with you?

	From: artafinde	Date: 03/06/2007 08:51:21

*looks at you* We'll see, we'll see. Don't push your luck.

*pauses* Actually, I did tell my father you'd be willing to take us to see Gondolin sometime. If you came with me we could go see him.

	From: thewise	Date: 03/06/2007 08:52:30

*chuckles* Look at her. Five minutes into the relationship and she already wants me to meet her father! Take it slow, she says. Hmph.

*smiles* I'd love to take you... and your father... to see Gondolin.

	From: artafinde	Date: 03/06/2007 08:54:37

Look at how sweet you are. *rests a hand on your chest and kisses your cheek* Thank you.

	From: thewise	Date: 03/06/2007 08:57:31

I knew it, you really are a girl. Evil. *turns his head and kisses your lips* *pulls back and looks at you* Evil. *kisses you again*

	From: artafinde	Date: 03/06/2007 08:59:20

*smiles shyly and wraps her arms around your chest*

Evil needs her beauty sleep. *kisses you softly once* Wake me up when we have food.

	From: thewise	Date: 03/06/2007 09:00:48

*shakes his head and chuckles* How quickly they lose interest. Evil.

*smoothes your hair and rubs his hand up and down your back*

*sighs happily and watches you sleep*