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In pre-Darkening Tirion, a bookish young girl receives a significant gift.

The quilt stayed with him — first on Balar, then in Lindon, then in Rivendell. It kept his children warm at night and, later, covered the bed of a small boy named Estel. And when Sauron was finally defeated — the One Ring destroyed at the tiny hands of two brave Hobbits — and it was time for the Ringbearers to depart Middle-earth forever, Elrond took the quilt, worn and threadbare though it was, with him.

Parmë's voice was calm, but when she turned, Canyanis saw that her face was ashen and her hands were trembling.

"Parmë?" Something clenched in her chest, and she walked over and took hold of Parmë's shaking hands. Something was horribly, horribly wrong.

Elenwë is stressed. Luckily, Aredhel knows exactly how to help.

Written for Rhapsody the Bard for the 2013 My Slashy Valentine exchange.

When Fëanor is exiled to Formenos, his seven sons accompany him, but Caranthir's wife stays behind in Tirion. A selection of their correspondence.

Written for the Vintage challenge prompts "epistolary" and "five things".

A brief moment between Maedhros and ten-year-old Elrond.

A brief moment in Eglarest between Fingon and his wife.

With his first child on the way, Fingon struggles to reconcile his divided heart.

On a mission to the Valley of Dreadful Death, two giant spiders encounter adventure, tackle moral issues and find love. Inspired by Tehta's "Flawed and Fair." AU, humour, giant spider slash.

Fingon tries to keep a promise made long ago.

During the siege of the Barad-dûr, Gil-galad struggles with the burden of leadership and the grim reality of war.  Elrond helps.

On a cold winter night in Lindon, things heat up between the High King and his herald for the very first time.  PWP.

A brief moment between a young Curufin and his future wife.

Started for a B2MeM prompt from a few years ago, "meeting your future spouse".

Elwing watched for the return of Earendil's ship.

They meet again by accident and that could have been all that was, if Glorfindel's never-voiced feelings for Rog hadn't come alive again.

Rog does not want to get tangled up in the affairs of the Noldor again, but how could he decline when Glorfindel asks him to come back with him to Middle-earth? That's what he has wanted since he was reborn, after all.

Two great bards meet during the Sack of Sirion. Written for the SWG Challenge "On a Different Page." 

Prompt from Mythopoeia:

“Such isles they saw afar, and ones more fair, 

and those that hear them yet may yet beware. 

They have seen Death and ultimate defeat, 

and yet they would not in despair retreat, 

but oft to victory have turned the lyre 

and kindled hearts with legendary fire, 

illuminating Now and dark Hath-been 

with light of suns as yet by no man seen.”

The body wanted to look forward, however accustomed the spirit was to looking back.

Anaire and Earwen discuss the upcoming births of their children on a mild summer afternoon.

Nerdanel and Earwen disagree about free-roaming pets.

Annael tells his fosterling Tuor about the rides of Orome in Beleriand, before the Darkening of Valinor.

Elwë is one of the three Elven ambassadors in Valinor. Melyanna is a Maia, and their guardian. Their story did not begin in Nan Elmoth. It first began here, in the gardens of Lórien, when Elwë could not sleep.

Gwindor has returned after years of imprisonment and thralldom in Angband, but true homecoming continues to be difficult, a year on.

Finduilas, his betrothed, has tried to support him. Gwindor foresees that the strain will have an impact on their relationship.

Gandalf may have known a fair bit about the origins of hobbits, but he didn't know it all.

Fingon witnesses Maedhros giving the High Kingship to Fingolfin.

Durin, after the discovery of Mithril in Moria. Elvish names used.