A Deed Unforgiven by LadySternchen  

Flashback- Melian

His lips cool against hers, and so painfully familiar. With his mind open to her as always, she sensed his despair as if it were her own, and it was her own. Everything around them, the voices of the others saying their own heartbreaking farewells, the horses neighing and pawing the ground restlessly, the sounds of their men in armour mounting their mail-clad steeds, all became but a distant rustle, insignificant against the tragedy of their parting. Melian was loathe to release Elu from her arms and knew that he, too, could have spent forever in their embrace, in their kiss. But he needed to break it, needed to be gone.

“If I do not let go of you quickly, I shall never have the strength to.” he thought to her, and they broke apart just enough to look into each other’s eyes.

“Please come back!” Melian whispered, her hands still on his cheeks, tears choking her voice.

For all their shared power, at the end of the day they were just lovers, a couple like any other, and their parting hurt her as it hurt him, far more than any orc-blade ever could.

Chapter End Notes

Yes, this flashback goes back a looong time :)