Erestor wants to investigate politics in Harad; Elrond has doubts. Glorfindel gets involved.
Categories:
Erestor's Library; Characters:
Caranthir,
Celeborn,
Curufin,
Elrond,
Erestor,
Galadriel,
Glorfindel,
Maedhros,
Maglor;
Beta Reader: Keiliss,
TenaChallenge: Written For...: Erestor Lovers Challenge,
Little Balrog ChallengeGenre: Action/Adventure,
Alternate Universe,
Angst,
DramaPairing: Erestor/GlorfindelPosted at...: Erestor Lovers,
Little BalrogTimeline: 2 - First Age,
3 - Second Age,
4 - Third AgeWarnings: Slash
Challenges: ; Series: None
Chapters: 12; Completed: Yes
Word count: 42587 Read: 175085
Published: January 11, 2008 Updated: January 13, 2008
Story Notes:Story summary: Erestor wants to investigate politics in Harad; Elrond has doubts. Glorfindel gets involved.
Disclaimer: These elves are JRR Tolkien’s; the story is solely to entertain. No profit is being made.
Warnings: AU, angst, politics, perhaps not the romance expected, slow story development. References to the past include mention of relationship under pressure, (deadly) violence, painful (non-explicit) sexual acts.
Beta: Tena chapters one to ten, Keiliss chapters ten to twelve.
Second Age plot collaboration, outline and research: Keiliss
Language help: Mallinornë. Warmest thanks, Mal, not only for the finished product but the pleasure of the journey. (Ref also to DragonFlame/Hisweloke; Fallen/Orchyd Constyne; www.realelvish.net)
Author’s notes: Written for Writing Challenge! at Little Balrog, Erestor Lovers, and LOTR AllSlash.
Favourite Addiction will be continued in a second story Southern Ventures and completed in a third.
I thank Tena for warm encouragement, research and practical information, and Keiliss for research, exhaustive plot and character debates, and feedback. And Enide, for cheering me on so uniquely.
1. Chapter 1: A Plan is Born Imladris 1498 T.A. by Erfan Starled [Reviews - 1] (1899 words)
Erestor is keen to correct supply shortages in time for Elrond’s birthday celebrations, and kill some other birds with the same stone.
2. Chapter 2 : Dining on Memories Imladris 1498 T.A. by Erfan Starled [Reviews - 0] (2832 words)
Summary: Erestor is not sure how Elrond will receive his suggestions; uncomfortably he remembers how he came to Imladris.
3. Chapter 3: On Sufferance by Erfan Starled [Reviews - 0] (2125 words)
Summary: Erestor’s inauspicious arrival in Imladris; the present seems no easier for Erestor or Elrond.
4. Chapter 4: A Plan is Broached Imladris 1498 T.A. by Erfan Starled [Reviews - 0] (1527 words)
Summary: Erestor proposes a foray in the South. Elrond gives his decision.
5. Chapter 5: Invitation Imladris 1498 T.A. by Erfan Starled [Reviews - 0] (2924 words)
Summary: Glorfindel somewhat overwhelms Erestor at close quarters.
6. Chapter 6: Night Ride Imladris 1498 T.A. by Erfan Starled [Reviews - 0] (2131 words)
Summary: Glorfindel invites Erestor out for the evening and proposes he stays elsewhere for the night.
7. Chapter 7: A Past Touched On Imladris 1498 T.A. by Erfan Starled [Reviews - 0] (2431 words)
Summary: A fire-side story of times past.
8. Chapter 8: Confrontations and Challenges by Erfan Starled [Reviews - 0] (5977 words)
Summary: Glorfindel asks Elrond’s attention over domestic matters. Elrond remembers events earlier in his life.
9. Chapter 9: New Considerations by Erfan Starled [Reviews - 0] (5024 words)
Summary: Elrond remembers his own feelings and Erestor’s past. He makes a few decisions. Erestor has reservations about Glorfindel’s attempts at friendship, but a sunny afternoon proves tempting.
Vocab. (Quenya and Sindarin):
Hröa (Q) – body
Fëa (Q) – element of elven life made of spirit
Melmendur (Q) – catamite (lit. love servant)
Glorfindel (S) – (>golden light from the golden tree Laurelin
10. Chapter 10: Hopes and Plans Imladris 1498 T.A. by Erfan Starled [Reviews - 0] (7407 words)
Summary: Elrond summons Erestor to a meeting of plans and policy, in the course of which he puts questions political and highly personal, which involve not only the past but the future, too.
11. Chapter 11: Breach in the Dam Imladris 1498 T.A. by Erfan Starled [Reviews - 0] (2709 words)
Summary: Erestor walks out and seeks an outlet for his feelings.
12. Chapter 12: End of a Long Day Imladris 1498 T.A. by Erfan Starled [Reviews - 0] (5601 words)
Summary: Assorted elves talk; one walks off, goes missing, is sought.