bjtp has a good idea... I'll see if fluff can distract me today in a happy way.
This is the sixteenth in a series of posts highlighting HOBBITY FLUFF-FIC FROM THE PAST. For now, I'm trying to find the earliest fics, from 2002-2004.
"One of the Lads" from 2004, by
dreamflower02Aragorn observes Merry and Pippin.
http://dreamflower02.livejournal.com/12269.html "Juggling" from 2004, by
tialysIn which Pippin is sick, Frodo is captured, and juggling can always entertain.
http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=1954&cid=8166(OR)
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1895478/1/Juggling "Quackers" from 2002, by
febobeFrodo suffers embarrassment at his aging aunt's hands as she recounts an old family story from his early years.
http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1070379(OR)
http://febobefics.livejournal.com/1052.html#cutid1