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Legolas was away much with the Galadhrim, and after the first night he did not sleep with the other companions, though he returned to eat and talk with them. Often he took Gimli with him when he went abroad, and the others wondered at this change.

-The Mirror of Galadriel, pages 349-350

I really love these moments between Legolas and Gimli. Lothlorien is a place of rest and healing for the fellowship, and a lot of healing happens in Legolas and Gimli’s relationship. Additionally, while everybody in the fellowship has lost a beloved friend and mentor, Gimli has lost a family member as well as his ancestral homeland. The loss he suffers is overwhelming. Legolas could be spending his time with his own people, which would certainly be easy and comfortable, but he chooses, of everybody in the fellowship, to seek Gimli out. He supports Gimli throughout the grieving process by showing him some beauty.

Also, I’m really into the idea that at some point Aragorn asks him what he was doing all those nights in Lothlorien, and it turns out he was having a lot of sex.