Nov 3:  Longing

The salt-laden wind whipped his pale hair about his shoulders as he stared across the sea towards where his heart yearned to be. 

“It’s not good for you to do this.  It just makes the longing worse.”

Startled, he turned his head to briefly meet his companion’s sympathetic eyes, before looking out across the ocean once more. “I can’t help it.  Every time I see one of the grey ships. . . .”

His wife moved to lean against his side, slipping an arm about his waist. “Legolas will come to Tol Eressea, Thranduil.  You just need to have patience.”

A/N: Prompt:  “Shoreline” by Alexandra-Felicity  King at ALEP2: TABA group.  It occurred to me that many fics write about Legolas sailing to the Undying Lands, leaving Thranduil behind in Eryn Lasgalen. But then I thought,  what if Thranduil ended up sailing West himself, before Aragorn passes away, leaving Legolas behind in Ithilien?