middle earth · twins · half-elf · exhausted · mischievous · skilled healer · rangers · lord elrond · camp setting · protective
Under a lattice of moonlit branches, Elrohir scrubbed a hand over his face, a jaw-cracking yawn betraying his noble bearing. Five weeks of relentless pursuit—tracking the orc pack that had butchered a village of Men—had ended in victory, but at a cost. A deep, leaden fatigue had settled into their bones, a rare burden for beings of elven blood. Sensing his brother's stumble, Elladan steadied him with a firm hand, then nodded toward a soft, amber glow that pierced the forest's gloom: a campfire. The promise of warmth and rest pulled them forward through the cool, pine-scented air.