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[kinghalbrand]

𝐘𝐎𝐔'𝐃 𝐃𝐎 𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐎 𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐘 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒.

KINGHALBRAND. a private & highly selective roleplay blog for the lord of the rings' SAURON/HALBRAND. primarily amazon's ring's of power & headcanon based with influences from the books and peter jackson movies. sideblog to @thclighthousc established september 29th, 2022.  written & loved by ce, she/her, gmt +2, low activity

𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐀 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐓 - 𝐒𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌.

[oliviadumhan]

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER 1.06 🗡️ Udûn

[localwebslingers]

No answer was coming quickly and Peter was readying to apologize again, to hide his face in his drink and assure Halbrand it didn't have to be anything but a kiss. Just like falling into bed together didn't have to be anything but just sex. It was a simple boundary and Peter was more than happy to stay on the side that they needed to, even on days that it felt like there could be options on the other side of it. Kept thinking there had been lttle glimpses, like when the water was clear and still enough to see past the surface. A clear barrier was still there though, a distance had still been there. Halbrand had distance there, in his eyes and in his words, in the way sometimes he seemed to drift elsewhere in his thoughts and Peter tried to either steer the conversation down a different path or let it go all together.

There was a line, and something had put it there, and Peter wasn't going to jump over it but he did want to brush against it now and then. Test to be sure where it was and where it wasn't. It was casual sex and kisses were in between but could they talk outside of the bedroom? What about in it? Were they allowed to mingle and be social together without it suddenly bringing an unwanted weight to things, and could Peter still show care and worry even if everything was supposed to just be for the sake of the fun of it? Did he leave or could he linger after? Did Halbrand want to leave or linger after?

Could Peter kiss him in public and assure him it didn't have to be anything more than friendly sharing of traditions, or did he do more than brush that line? Too much more?

The apology was ready at his lips and Halbrand found them before Peter could get another word out, silenced by a kiss that didn't taste at all like just a tradition. Like it was just for the fun of it. There was more behind it, warmth that he hadn't noticed before and he was quick to start returning it. Eyes closing, hand reaching up to grab a fistful of the shirt in front of him as the sound of the celebrations along the street dulled compared to the kiss. The warmth in it and the way it curled in his chest and into the pit of his stomach and wanted to slumber there. Felt like that line had suddenly moved and Peter wasn't sure where it was now. If it even was at all. He wanted to ask, he nearly dropped the mug and a sudden roar of fire and excited gasps and cheers from the still distant crowd slowly pulled him back to Numenor. Slowly pulled a smile to his lips, "I guess you like the tradition, then?" a tease, a joke, a chance. To back out of that line just was buried for a moment but still very much where it had always been.

|| @kinghalbrand ||

[kinghalbrand]

There was a worry in his mind. A voice that said that maybe he has been misreading things. Maybe Peter didn't like him in the same way. And even though the kiss got returned in much the same manner as it had been given, maybe he was imagining the depth to it - the emotion behind it.

And then, when it breaks, Peter offers him a way out. For a moment, the fight or flight kicks in. This is the perfect opportunity to back out of what he just did. To go back to the safety of being alone. But... hadn't he already made his choice? He'd kissed Peter that way because he had been absolutely certain that it had been what he wanted. How much longer could he let fear have a hold on his life? On the one life that he had?

Halbrand shakes his head, one hand moving to tuck some of his hair behind his ear as the other stays on his cheek. "I have been depriving us of this for far too long already to back out now; but I appreciate the offer.. You're always mindful of my feelings, but my actions are my own. Peter.. I.." He swallows around the lump that's been gathering in his throat. "You have been so incredibly patient and kind to me.. and while I haven't always been able to return that, and I do want to apologize for it, there are so many things about me that you don't know.. so many things I've done and experienced that ache too much for me to speak them aloud. I want to have this. All of this. I do. And yet I feel like wanting it is such a selfish thing to do that I have been afraid of permitting it." His voice is soft as he speaks, eyes locked onto the other's warm brown ones. "You mean so much to me that I have been afraid to ruin this. To lose you. And I still fear that I might when you find out who I am and what I have done.. So forgive me for being tardy.. I am still not certain that this is the right path for me to take, and especially not for considering a companion to walk it with me, but if you are certain of it, then I suppose I cannot stop either of us."

[elena-gilbert]

GALADRIEL and ANNATAR THE RINGS OF POWER | SEASON 2

[kinghalbrand]

𝐘𝐎𝐔'𝐃 𝐃𝐎 𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐎 𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐘 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒.

KINGHALBRAND. a private & highly selective roleplay blog for the lord of the rings' SAURON/HALBRAND. primarily amazon's ring's of power & headcanon based with influences from the books and peter jackson movies. sideblog to @thclighthousc established september 29th, 2022.  written & loved by ce, she/her, gmt +2, low activity

𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐀 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐓 - 𝐒𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌.

[elena-gilbert]

Let him eat 🦪🍲

[kinghalbrand]

@localwebslingers continued from here

Because I wanted to.

The words echo in his mind for a moment, and then another, and another. It tightens his chest and makes his breath catch in his throat. It wasn't even that Peter overstepped. Not as much as the fact that Halbrand wanted to, too. He'd been wanting to more often lately and it's a problem. Peter's becoming important to him in a way that is more than just friendship. More than casual. In a way he told himself he couldn't allow him to be. After Maerwynn.. he didn't think he could love anyone else in that same way. Not after it got her and his children so brutally murdered.

Deep down, Halbrand knows that they would have gotten killed either way. King or carpenter. But anxiety didn't often work like that.

However.. he's been staying on this island for a bit now and... dare he say he's starting to feel secure? The Sundering Seas were big and vast - Middle Earth is so far away. The enemy is so far away. And that is exactly why he doesn't want to go back. Because it's not safe there - but it is safe here. At least for now.

So when Peter kisses him.. well he freezes initially, the scar the loss of his family left across his heart, his soul, his entire being still aching like it had only just been carved, but there was a warmth to it too. One that he hadn't felt in a long time. One that warmed his heart from deep within, every single beat spreading the warmth further along his body. From his toes to the very tips of his fingers. It warmed him more than the fires in the shop had and it cleared some of the fog in his mind away. What even was he doing, keeping something as good as this from himself? And from Peter, too, who had been nothing other than patient and kind.

Halbrand had always thought that Peter wanted the same thing. Casual. No strings attached. One could hardly fall for someone like him. Someone who had done such horrible things. Someone who was so emotionally unavailable due to trauma...

But then he'd kissed him. And he can say that it's just tradition, and that he kissed his aunt that morning, but it's toeing that metaphorical line in the sand. It might not be stepping over it or even on it, but it's absolutely nudging it... and why would anyone dip in a toe if not to test the waters? The waters very clearly being something other than 'casual'.

It made him question everything in mere seconds - and provided the answers just as quickly. Because let's be real - if he didn't want it, he wouldn't even question it.. and therefor..

Instead of replying, Halbrand steps closer, hands cupping Peter's warm cheeks as his eyes fall shut and he presses his lips to the other's in a deep, passionate kiss and it felt so right. His heart began beating faster, spreading the heat even faster and melting away all of the ice he'd sculpted around his heart to try and keep it safe from rotting any further..

[loo-nuh-tik]

The Rings of Power | 1.02