rhivendell:

middle-earth meme: two couples [2/2] ->melian and thingol

But he came at last to a glade open to the stars, and there Melian stood; and out of the darkness he looked at her, and the light of Aman wa in her face. She spoke no word; but being filled with love Elwe came to her and took her hand, and straightway a spell was laid on him, so that they stood thus while long years were measured by the wheeling stars above them; and the trees of Nan Elmoth grew tall and dark before they spoke any word.  (The Silmarillion: Of Thingol and Melian)