It was late summer evening in the Ered Luin Tavern, the roar of laughter and music could be heard spilling out onto the streets...enticing pedestrians that wandered past its open doors on their to different locations. Inside the sounds of Irish melodies wrapped around the patrons as they sang, laughed and danced to the reels played by a local band called Scala Fuiseog. Sitting at a table was a large group of men who raised their glasses of ale and a shout at the band in appreciation as the rolling tunes of The Drowsie Maggie winded down. Laughing with cheer they began to talk among themselves once more about people they knew from their pasts...all a tiny bit tipsy as they sat there.

"So Fili...what ever happened to that beautiful bloke ...uhhmm...what was his name again? " the enormous man was snapping his fingers as he tried to recall Fili Durinsons ex- boyfriend from a few years ago "Sean? Cord? Boromir! That's his name! What ever happened to that stunning man?" before Fili could answer the tall man leaned over to Fili's new boyfriend, Kili, and began to talk all about Fili's previous lover. "You should have seen this man..he was tall, golden red hair...and the muscles on this man...Oye. I swear he could crack walnuts on those abs of his. True military captain of the elite  Riders of Gondor...he looked like a fantasy come to life." Fili began to look very embarrassed as his old high school buddy Beorn kept talking..his eyes noticing Kilis face losing its joyful twinkle he had earlier.

"Beorn. Lets not talk about him. Hes gone..its over now." he tried to get Beorn to stop talking about Boromir, but it seemed his friend was to drunk already to notice how uncomfortable he was making the two men as he continued to wax elegant about this paragon of Fili's life. 

"Ohhh...Willie.." saying Kilis name all wrong as he spoke. " ..he had perfect washboard abs you could bounce a quarter off of..." kili looked down at his own stomach that was harboring a little bit of softness upon it." when he spoke you wanted to do whatever he said just to hear him talk... he would swim, run, whatever he was that athletic...loved sports. He was the whole package..brains and looks." he suddenly turned to Fili who looked a bit upset..he didnt know why. "Whatever happened to ..." not really seeing the hurt on Kilis face, but Fili did as he watched his love get up from the table and head outside where a small private garden was at...Fili excused himself to follow quickly. He pushed open the side door to the small little private garden that was normally reserved for those needed a smoke since the tavern was a smoke free zone..seeing his boyfriend leaning against a lamp post looking despondant there. 

"Kili?" he softly called his name...worry in his tone as he approached the dark haired man... drawing closer he heard a sniff and his concern deepened. "Kili ...whats wrong love?" he placed his hand onto Kili's shoulder and was surprised when Kili brushed him off abruptly...pacing away a few feet. "Kili?"

"Fili...I..I think ...its best if I go." Kili could hear Fili gasp behind him but he could not look at his face for if he did then what he had to do would be impossible for him. "We both know I'm only in the way of you and him. If I wasn't here then you both could be together once again." There was a buzzing in his ears so he could not hear Fili walking closer to him...sorrow in his eyes as Fili.

"Kili..no. Your not in the way at all. Why would you think that? Why would you think I want to be with anyone else?" Fili was right behind Kili...afraid to touch him again for he was afraid his boyfriend would bolt but yearning to feel him in his arms.

"Because...I'm not good enough for you. I'll never be perfect  like...like Boromir is. He's everything that you deserve. Strong..smart..athletic...." suddenly Kili felt hands on his shoulders , spinning him around to face those blue eyes that he loved so much..those beautiful lips that he loved to kiss was set in a compressed line..all directed at him as he stared in startlement.

"Kili..look into my eyes and see the truth of my words...He's my past...Your My Future. Not him..You." Filis blue eyes blazed with sincerity as he gazed into Kilis warm chocolate eyes that had a tear sliding from the corner. "You are everything I want and need in my life. Not him." Fili could see there was a question still in Kilis eyes and he began to sing a song ,that had been growing in his heart since the day he met this sweet and incredible man many months ago, as one hand came up to cup the back of Kilis neck to pull him close.

* Something in your eyes makes me wanna lose myself

Makes me wanna lose myself in your arms

Something in your voice, makes my heart beat fast
Hope this feeling lasts the rest of my life

If you knew how lonely my life has been
And how low I've felt for so long
And if you knew how I wanted someone to come along
And change my world the way you've done

It feels like home to me
It feels like home to me
It feels like I'm all the way back where I've come from
It feels like home to me
It feels like home to me
It feels like I'm all the way back where I belong

Ever so slowly Fili wrapped an arm around Kilis waist as he pulled him close as they swayed to the song Fili sang...his hand that had been on Kilis neck , reached up to wipe a tear that had fallen down his cheek, then cupping the softness there, feeling the scruff of his beard tickling his palm.

Another window breaks down a long, dark street
And a siren wails in the night
But that's alright, 'cause I have you here with me
And I can almost see, through the dark there is light

Well, if you knew how much this moment means to me
And how long I've waited for your touch
And if you knew how happy you are making me
I never thought that I'd love anyone so much

It feels like home to me
It feels like home to me
It feels like I'm all the way back where I've come from
It feels like home to me
It feels like home to me
It feels like I'm all the way back where I belong  

"Ke...I love you and only you. Your my everything...you've erased the past and replaced all the pain that was there. Your my present, the here and now of my life..and your my future. The promise of the joy that only you bring with your laughter, your love and your very beauty of the heart. You are the reason I want to get up every morning and the reason I want to go to bed at night with feel of you wrapped in my arms each time." Fili leaned in at that moment and laid a gentle kiss upon the dark haired mans lips..softly whispering his love for him...feeling the smile finally coming to his beloved.