Friends of birds by ethanray  

A safe place to land

Eärendil wants to help the bird that fell on his ship

Prompt words: heal, dawn, still, second

Eärendil examined the bird that had fallen to the deck of his ship. It didn't appear to be badly injured, just exhausted, and he figured he would let it rest and heal as long as it needed. The bird looked at him, and he didn’t see the fear he would expect. In fact, it seemed to relax and go still at the sight of him. It closed its eyes again and Eärendil took it below deck.

At dawn the next day when Eärendil woke, he stared in shock for several seconds when he found his wife laying beside him.