Among the Trees

Fandom: Tolkien
Rating: G
Characters: Elured, Elurin, Treebeard
Warnings: Second Kinslaying
Summary: The remnants of Melian’s power stirred also, gathering around her children in warmth and comfort, bringing sleep and pleasant dreams so they could forget, until spring, the horrors of that night.
Note: Written for ingenious_spark for the 2024 Innumerable Stars exchange.

AO3 / SWG

When I am among the trees,
especially the willows and the honey locust,
equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,
they give off such hints of gladness.
I would almost say that they save me, and daily.
- “When I am Among the trees,” by Mary Oliver

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