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Young and Beautiful - Glorfindel x Reader

This is kinda based on Lana Del Ray's song "Young and Beautiful" but then I also caught a hint of "Mr. Brightside" because I guess I'm basing off most of my oneshots on songs now.

[Top art by aamuusva on Tumblr]

Word count: 1,526 words

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Ever since that fateful day, you have questioned it all. Ever since that fateful day, you were scared. Scared that it would all end. Just because of one thing that you cannot control. Ageing. Getting older. You weren't one of the elves, so you grew older, and your face would not stay young forever.

The thing that you were scared to happen was that your husband, Glorfindel, would stop loving you because you would grow old. No longer will you be young and beautiful. You will get an older face, while your husband will look young forevermore. And then he will leave you and find another elf. One that will look young for as long as he will.

That was your worst nightmare. Occasionally, you would go to bed with Glorfindel and have a nightmare about seeing him with another, more prettier elf. They were alone together, and you saw the elf put her hand on his chest and then he removed her dress and kissed her. At that point was when you woke up in a cold sweat. You always had tears in your eyes, crying to yourself to a bit.

Your reccuring nightmare was one of the main sources of your fear. The fear that he would leave you for a more beautiful person. Goodness, it kept you awake at night sometimes. When you believed that your husband was not listening, you would silently cry and think about him leaving you because you looked very old. If you would ever pick a silver hair out of your head, you would freak out.

Tonight, you had your nightmare, and you woke up in tears. And then you felt Glorfindel sit up in bed. He noticed you sobbing and felt a pain in his heart. Seeing you hurt really hurt him. Why were you crying? Did he do anything? The elf tried to comfort you, as he was concerned that there was something that you were going through.

"What's going on?" he asked. "Do you mind telling me why you are crying?" You shook your head, leaning on Glorfindel's arm.

"I had a nightmare." you answered. Should you share the details of your nightmare with him? Maybe it will be a lot better if you let all of the details out of your chest. It would let a lot of weight off of you. "In it, I saw you with somebody else. Somebody more beautiful than I am. And now I'm horrified."

"Even if I could fall in love with somebody else after falling for you, which I can't, I would never leave you for another person." Glorfindel assured you. "And to me, there is no person more beautiful in these lands than you are. No elf could match your beauty." His compliments made you flush a light pink. Though you began to feel happy thanks to your husband's compliments, you still had some doubt in yourself.

There had to be somebody that had more beauty than you did in Glorfindel's eyes. He was an elf with gorgeous golden hair, piercing blue eyes, and a muscular body. You knew that he deserved somebody better than you. Somebody who wouldn't age as the years go by. An elf, who would stay young and beautiful for centuries.

After that, you still had the nightmares about Glorfindel and the elf. The more times that you had it, the more you worried about it. Currently, you were getting older. And as you got older, you will get less beautiful. Then, Glorfindel would find you so hideous that he would not be able to stand seeing you. He'd leave and find someone else, not caring that you were so incredibly hurt.

You remembered that one fateful day. The day where Glorfindel confessed his love for you. It was a wonderful day, as the sun was shining down upon his perfect golden hair. The elf had brought you to a fountain in the elven city Rivendell, which you called home. Water that was so clear flowed from the fountain. That day, he grabbed your hands, and looked at you straight in your eyes.

He whispered your name. "I love you. The fact that you are not an elf like me does not affect my feelings towards you at all." he told you. Your eyes were widened, as you were absolutely taken by surprise. An elf like him was in love with a human like you? It could not possibly be true. A feeling inside you told you that you didn't deserve him. But then you loved him, and if he said he loved you, so he probably meant it. "So please, I beg you, take me to be your lover. Take me to love and cherish forever."

"I..." you said, taking a lot of deep breaths. "I will. Because I love you as well. For a long time, I doubted myself. By believing that you couldn't possibly love me back. Right now, I still think that you don't deserve me." Glorfindel took your hands and leaned in closer to you, so that his face was merely inches from yours.

"You do deserve me, though." Glorfindel assured you. "Look at you. You're lovely, and a beauty. I would face anything if it meant that I got to be with you." He then pressed his lips against yours. The kiss was long, a little messy, and you felt that you were in a dream. Sure, the kiss wasn't too good, but you were locking lips with the elf of your dreams. As soon as you separated, you were panting.

Right now, you wished that times were as dreamy as they used to be back then. Now, all you could be was scared. Scared that your face will become hideous. Then something hit you. What if this was unreasonable? What if you shouldn't be worrying so much about this? After all, the elves only loved once. You trusted Glorfindel with your life, so he would never leave you. Maybe the best way to handle this was by talking to your husband about all of your problems. This could possibly make you feel a lot better.

Later, you reluctantly walked into your home and found Glorfindel, sitting on a chair, glad to see you. Then, he noticed the fact that you were sad. As someone who was married to you for over a year, of course he could read you like a book. As mentioned before, he hated to see you upset. So he wanted to know what was going on. He wanted to help you become happier. The elf wanted to be a ray of sunshine to your stormy days.

"Would you like to tell me what is bothering you?" asked Glorfindel. "You do know that I'm here to help you."

"Yes, actually, I would." you admitted. After sighing a long sigh, you continued to speak. "My nightmares always come back. They're always the same. You are with another elf, as you believed that I am old and ugly. I hate them, and they're having a horrible effect on me."

"I'm really sorry." Glorfindel told you, with a hand on your shoulder. "Now, you can tell me anything. So is there anything else that you have to say?" You gulped, preparing to say more.

Telling him how you feel would help you feel loved. Maybe you will stop having these nightmares if you let all of your feelings out. You sigh. Here it goes. "I have one question for you. It involves the fact that I am a mortal and I will grow old and look old, while you grow old and still look young." you began. The elf with golden hair nodded. "Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?"

Glorfindel opened his mouth, in total shock at the fact that you were thinking these things. It did make sense that you were having that on your mind, seeing that you keep having these nightmares. But he was shocked that you believed that you thought that he would hate you for doing something natural. He had to say something. "No matter what, I will still love you. And even if you get an older face once you become old, my eyes would forevermore see you as the prettiest person I've ever seen. Even if you somehow manage to become ugly to me, I will still be in love with your personality. You will always be the love of my life."

"What did I do to deserve a kind, handsome, funny, and strong elf like you?"

"Be the smart, gorgeous, funny, and sweet person that you are. You deserve me and I deserve you. We deserve each other."

Then, right after he said that, he slowly inched towards you until his lips were on yours. You melted into the kiss, so happy to have a husband like him. Loads of butterflies floated in your stomach, despite the fact that this was not the first time that you have kissed him. It was probably because this kiss felt different. It felt special.

"You will always be beautiful." Glorfindel whispered into your lips.

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I really hope you enjoyed this oneshot because I thought this was kinda cute.

Novaer, mellyn nin!