Middle Earth Fic Recs
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❖ The Road Delivered Us Home - Thorin/Bilbo - Movie - FF Canon Divergence
In the years since Bilbo left Erebor, he has lost his respectability, gained a nephew, and gotten on with life at Bag End.
He'd left aside adventure for the comforts and peace of his little Hobbit hole, and for the love of a child who needed him. Though perhaps, adventures can yet find him.
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❖ Three Words on the Tip of My Tongue - Thorin/Bilbo
Somewhere between all the bickering there is cuddling and fluff and perhaps a small degree of smut.
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❖ A Shot in the Dark - Thorin/Bilbo, Do-Over, Time Travel,
When he opens his eyes again, he finds himself in his old bed in his old home in his old body. Is this death? Or a trick of magic? Either way, Bilbo recognizes a second chance when he sees one, and this time his adventure with Thorin is going to go a bit differently.
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❖ Discovering Mr. Baggins - Bilbo / Thorin
The story of a Hobbit, told through the eyes of the dwarves.
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❖ Safe and Distant - Thorin/Bilbo, AU - No One Dies, Misunderstanding, Pining
"Bilbo never bothers denying that he is a slight, little bit, probably infatuated with Thorin. It’s not something that bothers him. Really. He’s pretty sure that everyone very likely has a little flutter in their chest for the dwarf. He’s something grand and unattainable. And it’s really much safer if it stays that way."
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❖ On the Cold Hill Side - Legolas/Gimli, LotR CC
In the end, Gimli thinks, Legolas will steal his heart and sail away with it, and even the wonders of the Glittering Caves are not enough consolation for that loss. But when Aragorn calls for Gimli’s help in dismantling the hidden traps of Orthanc, everything changes.
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❖ The Secrets of the Lonely Mountain - Legolas/Gimli, LotR CC
Legolas is sent to Erebor after the War of the Ring, where he's given the chance to meet up with Gimli again. (Predominantly book-verse)
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❖ Some Other Beginning's End - Legolas/Gimli, LotR CD
There are first times that matter. And then there are those that never end. (usually, I keep my recs over 5k, but this one snuck in at just 45 words less)
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❖ So Cloaked and So Crowned - Legolas/Gimli, LotR FF, H/C
Legolas might not know what a Dwarf's beard and braids mean, but he does know Gimli. Gimli must trust in that when the rest is taken from him.
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❖ Lords of Misrule - Legolas/Gimli, smutty
After all battles are over and all victories declared, Gimli and Legolas take a journey to Fangorn together.
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❖ in contrast with the love - Legolas/Gimli, fluff and angst
Legolas blinks up into the sunlight. "It has been some time since we were strangers," he says, as thought he is only just realizing this. "Just this morning you called me your friend."
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❖ The Days Were Made For Running (And The Nights Were Made For Love) - Legolas/Gimli, accidental marriage, smut
The night before the Battle of the Black Gate, and several days after.
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❖ In More Ways Than One - Thranduil/Bard
Bard and Thranduil meet up in the tent after the battle for a long overdue discussion. Unfortunately, Bard cannot help but be distracted. Their relationship only gets more complicated as time goes on.
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❖ Really, Men and Elves Aren’t that Different, Are They? - Thranduil/Bard
In which Bard is (relatively) certain he's being bullied, and Thranduil would very much like a courting manual for Men.
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❖ Somewhere Only We Know - Thranduil / Bard
When the eighteenth month since Bard's death comes, Thranduil wakes on a strange feeling. He follows a mysterious blue orb through the ill trees of his forest, where he is shown precious memories of his ephemeral time with Bard. But is it a trick of his mind, a dream, or reality?
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