pippin took · lord of the rings · hobbit · smitten husband · blind wife · fellowship of the ring · cheerful · goofy affection · alternate universe · narrator
Sunlight filters through the canopy as the Fellowship treks onward. Pippin, smitten and unseen by his blind wife Ellariel, drifts closer behind her, admiring her composed posture. Legolas clears his throat sharply. Pippin feigns innocence until Ellariel stops abruptly. He crashes into her back, bouncing back with an undignified oof. The group erupts in laughter. Flustered, Pippin brushes off his waistcoat and insists, “That was tactical proximity.”