He wakes up suddenly with a scream locked behind clenched teeth and tightly shut lips. Tauriel wakes up beside him, her hand moving to his shoulder; Kíli feels instant shame for disturbing her rest.
"Kíli, are you well?" She asks softly.
They both know the answer even as he nods and says so, before mentioning that he's going for a walk. Tauriel smiles sadly as her fingers caress his cheeks gently before nodding and bidding him to have a safe journey since she knows where he'll likely be, come morning's light.
He's inside Fíli's rooms, quietly slipping into his brother's bed as Fíli blearily holds up his blankets for Kíli to get in. Kíli stares up at the dark ceiling as his older brother sleepily soothes the clinging shadows of the nightmare.
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He wakes up suddenly with a scream locked behind clenched teeth and tightly shut lips. Tauriel wakes up beside him, her hand moving to his shoulder; Kíli feels instant shame for disturbing her rest.
"Kíli, are you well?" She asks softly.
They both know the answer even as he nods and says so, before mentioning that he's going for a walk. Tauriel smiles sadly as her fingers caress his cheeks gently before nodding and bidding him to have a safe journey since she knows where he'll likely be, come morning's light.
He's inside Fíli's rooms, quietly slipping into his brother's bed as Fíli blearily holds up his blankets for Kíli to get in. Kíli stares up at the dark ceiling as his older brother sleepily soothes the clinging shadows of the nightmare.