Let us taunt old care with a merry air / And sing in the face of ill

[rocky41_7]

Fandom: Tolkien

Pairing: Earendil/Elwing

Summary: When Elwing lands in the Havens, she befriends a young princeling from Gondolin

AN: De-anon from the kink meme for Earendil and Elwing’s developing relationship. Title is from the poem “In Summer" by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

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Excerpt:

In the fall, Elwing is five, and she builds sandcastles in front of a strange ocean with a boy from a city she never saw, that doesn’t exist any longer, which makes them two of a kind.