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Favourite Addiction by Erfan Starled [Restricted to Adults]
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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, Tena
Challenge: Written For...: Erestor Lovers Challenge, Little Balrog Challenge
Genre: Action/Adventure, Alternate Universe, Angst, Drama
Pairing: Erestor/Glorfindel
Posted at...: Erestor Lovers, Little Balrog
Timeline: 2 - First Age, 3 - Second Age, 4 - Third Age
Warnings: 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] starstarstarstarstar (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.