Title: Feline Delights
Author: Aglarien
Type: FPS
Pairing: Erestor/Glorfindel
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Not mine, except for the cat. The great Master Tolkien's estate owns everything else. I promise to return his elves when I'm done playing with them.
Warning: AU. Fluff.
Beta: Having fired Nikki as a beta, we're back to Max. *grin*
Summary: Glorfindel leaves work early.
A/N: Written for the Lotrallslash Daily Drabble. 4-1-06, "Feline".
Part of the "Enough for Tonight" universe.

//In here be mindspeak//

http://aglarien1.livejournal.com/95704.html#cutid1

Feline Delights

Elladan glanced over at Caladir as he sighed once again, then looked at his brother and smirked. It was Glorfindel and Caladir's day to help the twins in keeping up with reviewing reports from their borders, preparing new guard schedules, and all the myriad of other duties once performed by Glorfindel and Caladir alone. Since the arrival of the elflings, however, the head of Imladris' security and his second-in-command and turned much of their work over to the twins, and spent more than half of their time with their new families. Elladan and Elrohir frequently wondered how the other two had managed to keep up with the demands of the work for so many centuries.

"I wonder what Gurvelon is doing with the girls today," Caladir mused. "Maybe they will be going for a picnic. The weather is perfect."

"I will bet that Erestor is outside in the garden with the elflings. Probably rolling around on the ground with Faelion," Glorfindel said. "The little one keeps trying to walk, and then falls on his bottom. He gets the funniest look of surprise on his face. So adorable. Tinnu keeps trying to break his fall and the poor cat gets crushed under a little elfling bum." Glorfindel sighed.

Elrohir stifled a snicker, and then said, "Oh, go on, you two. You have helped us catch up a lot today. The rest can wait."

Glorfindel and Caladir grinned, hastily tidied up their work, and were gone in a flash.

The golden lord crept through their rooms, knowing just where he would find his family - not that the laughter from the garden wouldn't have told him anyway. Peeking around the heavy curtains at the window, he watched the elves he loved, his heart filling with contentment and warmth. Erestor was trying to get Faelion to walk as Gailion and Amdiriel played with Tinnu and Glirien's kittens.

Erestor knelt on the ground, holding onto Faelion's little hands as their elfling bounced in place. Letting go of the little hands, he crept back and said softly, "Come to Ada, sweetheart. You can do it," and held his arms open. Tinnu hovered nervously.

Faelion squealed and waved his arms as he took a step towards Erestor. He teetered as he lost his balance, and began to fall.

Erestor gasped and reached for the elfling as he landed on top of the sleek black cat, quickly pulling him off of Tinnu and onto his lap. "Thank you, Tinnu," he whispered. The cat shook himself, then moved off and began to put his fur in order again. Silly elfling. What was a cat to do?

Faelion crawled off of his Ada's lap after the black cat. Erestor crawled behind him, looking for all the world like a giant Tinnu in his tight black leggings and tunic, the muscles in his pert behind and thighs rippling .Glorfindel stopped that line of thought, as it wouldn't do at all in front of their elflings and might lead to questions he really didn't think he was ready to answer. He grinned at the sight. Only his Erestor could move with such feline grace. Moving from behind the heavy curtains, he entered the garden and laughed as his two oldest children tackled him to the ground.

"We missed you, Ada Glor," Amdiriel said, holding on to Glorfindel's arm with both hands.

Gailion nodded, holding onto his Ada's other arm. "Ada Restor has been trying to get Faelion to walk, but Tinnu keeps getting landed on. Are you back for good, Ada? Can you stay?"

"I am back for all day, my son," Glorfindel said, finally freeing his arms and ruffling Gailion's golden hair, so much like his own. "I missed you all so much this morning." He pulled Amdiriel onto his lap and nuzzled her sweet-smelling auburn curls with his cheek. Looking over Amdiriel's head, his eyes locked with Erestor's. //Missed you too, Ada Restor. I love you.//

//I love you, Ada Glor.//

"What shall we all do for the rest of the day, my sweets?" Glorfindel asked. //Do you know how perfectly seductive you looked, crawling after Faelion? My big, black panther.//

Erestor purred in Glorfindel's mind. "How about a picnic? I can bring our meal out here, and then after we eat maybe a game of tag?" //Which ought to wear our little darlings out and have them all ready for their afternoon nap. And then you can show me what a big golden lion you are, my love.//

Glorfindel growled seductively in Erestor's mind. "What a wonderful idea! Would you like that, little ones?" When the elflings in his lap nodded, he placed a kiss on each little head and said, "Watch your little brother, sweethearts, and I will help Ada Restor, all right?"

"All right, Ada," Gailion said, getting up and taking Faelion from Erestor. After their adas left, he smiled at Amdiriel. "Our Adas need some alone time."

"Did you see the way Ada was looking at Ada Glor?" Amdiriel asked.*

"Or the way Ada was looking at Ada Restor?" Gailion countered.*

Amdiriel nodded. "We need to get tired really fast today."

In the kitchen, a purring black panther kicked the door shut with his foot and pressed a willing and growling lion up against the wall, giving him just a taste of what feline delights awaited the elfling's nap time.

~the end.


*No, there's not a 3rd Ada. Amdiriel calls Erestor "Ada", and Glorfindel "Ada Glor". Gailion calls Glorfindel "Ada", and Erestor "Ada Restor."