Life After by Keiliss

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Summary:

Life after rebirth: Once around the sun, Glorfindel's first year in Imladris.

MEFA 2011: First Place: Character study, General

my thanks to Elfscribe

Major Characters: Elrond, Erestor, Gildor, Glorfindel

Major Relationships:

Artwork Type: No artwork type listed

Genre: Drama

Challenges:

Rating: Adult

Warnings: Sexual Content (Moderate)
Chapters: 2 Word Count: 11, 601
Posted on 29 May 2011 Updated on 29 May 2011

This fanwork is complete.

Table of Contents

Life After: Part One

 

Written for Zhie for the My Slashy Valentine 2011 swap. She requested Erestor, Glorfindel and possibly Gildor, with E and G filling roles not usually associated with them, for example, non-librarian-Erestor or non-warrior-Glorfindel.  

 

Life After: Part Two

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Long overdue, my MEFA review...

This is a story to read slowly, to savour watching the relationship from the first look between Erestor and Glorfindel to its blossoming. The pace of the tale helped to give me the impression of having all the time in the world, like the elves within it. Things happen when they are right and not before, and in the meantime I witness in wonderful detail the passing of the seasons in an Imladris that is conjured before my eyes. Maybe because Glorfindel has chosen to be a painter, the story seems shaped out of precise brush strokes, adding a bit here and a bit there until Glorfindel can see the whole picture, as I have done while reading.

There is far more to the tale than the romance. As much as I've enjoyed the moments between Glorfindel and Erestor (and I am not sure which one is my favourite, because they all are the right mixture of tenderness and growing sensuality), it is Gildor who becomes the unsung hero in the story. For Glorfindel, the settling into the "life after" and the acceptance of how things have changed are achieved through the discreet support from Gildor until he knows it is no longer needed. No love triangles, no drama, just friendship that made me feel good.

I shouldn't finish without a mention of how much I liked Erestor's silky black hair, so real in the descriptions that I could almost touch it. So, so close...

 

I would never have written this without the SV prompt forcing me to it, and I'm still a little in awe of how it turned out (specially as my main memories from writing it are frustration and blind terror, lol) This review is as wonderful  the second time around as the first. Thank you so much for posting it here as well.