A/n: Lindir and the reader are children. I pulled an all nighter and I have a charity dinner tonight 😬

Lindir huffs as his mother pulls his hair back into a braid. "Ow nana!" His mother, Tolleniel, chuckles and kisses his little head. "I'm sorry ion nin, but your hair doesn't want to cooperate today."

Lindir squirms in her lap. "Nana, I want to go play with Y/n." Tolleniel laughs. "You will get the chance to play with her, but I need to finish your hair first." Lindir sighs and sits still for his mother.

A few minutes later, she kisses his cheek and scoots him off her lap. "Off you go."

Lindir kisses her cheek before running off. "Be careful!" He hears from his mother. The elfling runs as fast as his little legs could carry him to your quarters.

He pounds on the door with his little fist. "Y/n! Let's go play!"

A few minutes go by before the heavy doors are opened. Lord Elrond looks down to the Ellon. "She's in with her nana Lindir." Lindir gives a small bow to the lord before following him inside.

Lindir sat in the chair, his legs barely touching the floor. You come out of your parent's bedroom, playing with your braid. Your e/c colored eyes light up when you see your best friend. Lindir jumps off the chair, grabs your hand and runs to the door.

You wave goodbye to Lord Elrond and Lady Celebrian as you're pulled out of the room. Elrond laughs and shakes his head. "Those two will never be separated." Celebrian shakes her head, "I fear you are right."

Once you reach the courtyard, Lindir stops and looks around.

"Okay it's all clear."

You giggle and pull him into the bushes. A few months ago, you overheard your older brothers, Elladan and Elrohir, talking about a cave behind the waterfall big enough for hiding things. The twins never used the space, so you and Lindir used it as your special hiding spot.

Lindir crawls into the space, with you on his tail. Over the time you spent in the new hiding spot, you both brought little trinkets, books, games, and other things to entertain yourselves.

You lay down on your stomach and prop yourself up on your elbows. The hidden valley was in sight, and this was your favorite place to watch it come to life.

Lindir lays down next to you, watching the city. Your eyesight wasn't as strong as a fully grown elf, but it was better than a normal man's vision. You sigh.

"What's wrong Y/n?" Lindir asks tilting his head.

"My nana told me that when I'm a bigger Elleth, I'm going to marry the prince of Mirkwood, Legolas."

"Oh..." Lindir grew quiet. He didn't know what to say. "Will you go to live with him once you're married?"

You nod your head. "That's what you do when you're married."

Lindir nods and sits up. "Will you come back and visit me once you do?"

You sit up and sit across from your best friend. "Yeah."

"I don't know what I'll do without you." Lindir admits quietly.

You think for a moment. "Let's make a promise to always be best friends no matter what." Lindir grins. "Okay I like that idea."

You both raise your right hands in the air, making the same promise to always be friends no matter what, to visit each other if one of you moved away, and to remember the good times you had together.

Lindir lowers his hand. "Now we seal it with a kiss." You scrunch your nose. "Why?"

He shrugs. "I've seen older Ellons and Elleths do it."

You think for a moment before nodding your head. "Okay."

You both lean forward like you saw adults do, and peck each other on the lips. Lindir scrunches his nose. "Ew why do adults do that?"

"I don't know. Nana says one day we'll enjoy it."

Lindir shakes his head. "I hope I never enjoy it." You giggle. "Me neither."

Little did you know, that you both would be so very wrong within the next few centuries.