#runawaymun

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runawaymun:

i just am DYING for some platonic co-parenting with Elrond & Gilraen raising Estel like— why do people constantly leave Gilraen out of Estel fics when you have a perfectly good opportunity for some platonic coparenting content! 

• soft smiles exchanged whenever tiny toddler Estel says something endearingly stupid
• Elrond entertaining Estel so Gilraen can take a goddamn nap 
• Estel behaves better for Elrond when it comes to bathtime but in general is just allergic to getting clean but in GENERAL this is Elrond’s department because there’s minimal small feral child wrassling
• Gilraen falling asleep with Estel on a couch somewhere and Elrond tucking them in fondly
• ‘hey can i do the thing’ ‘what did your mom say’    *mumbling* –she said no–  ‘yeah your mom is absolutely correct’
• Estel getting a cold or something and new single mom Gilraen freaking out and getting nervous but Elrond, who has raised countless little Edain children going ‘he’ll be fine don’t worry’ and helping them through it
• JUST
• Elrond filling that father-shaped hole in Estel’s life without erasing Arathorn
• Always making sure that Estel knows who his dad is (without directly telling him, you know, the important part about him being the heir to Gondor– he knows who his dad is on a personal level, not a political one), Elrond being able to tell both Estel and Gilraen stupid stories about what Arathorn was like when he was small!! 
• Lots of reassurances to Gilraen that she’s doing a great job
• Emotionally supporting each other
• Mutually supporting each other’s rules and boundaries when it comes to both how they raise Estel together, and also about (healthy!) discipline– healthy discussions around how to keep rules consistent
• Elrond constantly being so careful not to overstep. Gilraen constantly affirming that he’s allowed to Dad
• Best friends Gilraen and Elrond <3 
• just !! platonic coparenting

i want tiny!estel & healthy coparents!elrond&gilraen stories so. much. there are some but NOT ENOUGH JUST NOT ENOUGH NEVER ENOUGH

runawaymun:

Work today was hard & I needed some serotonin so… Elrond with one of his cats, messy doodle on scrap paper at work~

Cats don’t care if you’re a 6000 year old immortal elf lord with a ring of power and a world to save. Gotta be held right now or they’ll pack their little rucksack and run away.