Visions in Starlight

"I only... I want you so much. I want to be allowed to love you." Tauriel made no response to this, but instead stood, saying, "I need time to think." Kili's eyes were smiling. "At least it's not a no." "This is forbidden." "So are a lot of things..." It has been attempted before, with dreadful results. Can love thrive between an elf and a dwarf? And what of the consequences?