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Idril was trying

Major Characters: Idril, Maeglin
Major Relationships: Idril & Maeglin
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, Hurt/Comfort Challenges:
Rating: General Warnings: No warnings apply
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 101
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Keep You Like an Oath by StarSpray

"Gather your strength, Daeron. I will get you to the Ford of Bruinen.”
“Will you swear it, kinslayer?” Daeron asked, voice heavy with irony and with something else Maglor couldn’t quite identify. 
He paused for a moment. Then he said, “Yes.” 

Major Characters: Daeron, Maglor, Elrond, Celebrían
Major Relationships: Daeron/Maglor, Daeron & Elrond, Celebrían & Daeron
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Slash Challenges: The Only Thing To Fear
Rating: Adult Warnings: Mature Themes, Torture, Violence (Moderate)
Chapters: 4 Word Count: 36, 873
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For The World’s More Full Of Weeping Than You Can Understand by LadySternchen

Taking my boys out of Doriath and into a modern AU, so they can be sweethearts without me tearing the relationship between Elu and Melian apart.
On their last day of term, Elu comes home from uni sick. Mablung knows how to make him better.


 

Major Characters: Mablung, Elu Thingol, Beleg
Major Relationships: Mablung/Thingol
Genres: Alternate Universe, Drama, Erotica, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Slash Challenges:
Rating: Adult Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Moderate), Suicide
Chapters: 3 Word Count: 13, 211
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All That Was Not Lost to the Fire by Isilme_among_the_stars

Little moments of connection with Maedhros. A collection of drabbles and other short writings to accompany One in the Fires of the Heart of the World.

Major Characters: Maedhros
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: Ficlet Challenges:
Rating: Teens Warnings: Expletive Language
Chapters: 7 Word Count: 1, 156
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The Seven Gates by Laerthel

The impossible happened: a Silmaril has been stolen from Morgoth’s crown. Maedhros decides to reunite the People of Beleriand against the Enemy and attack him while he is still unprepared, which is by no means less impossible. Meanwhile, in the hidden city of Gondolin, Lord Glorfindel of the Golden Flower pursues the meaning of his recurring dreams – only to realize that he is not the only one to see them...

|| A novel-length canon gapfiller on the Union of Maedhros, the Nirnaeth Arnoediad and the downfall of the Sons of Feanor; plus my take on what could have been going on in Gondolin between the Bragollach and the Nirnaeth. ||

Major Characters: Original Character(s), Curufin, Erestor, Glorfindel, Maedhros, Sons of Fëanor
Major Relationships: Fingon & Maedhros, Ecthelion & Glorfindel, Maedhros & Maglor
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Family, General Challenges:
Rating: Teens Warnings: Animal Abuse, Character Death, Mature Themes, Torture, Violence (Graphic)
Chapters: 43 Word Count: 226, 083
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An Elf at the North Pole by elennalore

Re-embodied Celebrimbor can’t find peace in Aman, so he takes the icy road Helcaraxë back to Middle-earth. The world is changed, however, and he finds himself in a very different place. But what if his past comes back to haunt him even there?

Major Characters: Celebrimbor
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: Crossover, Hurt/Comfort Challenges: Crossroads of the Fallen King
Rating: Teens Warnings: Mature Themes
Chapters: 3 Word Count: 3, 370
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Boredom and biscuits by Aprilertuile

The twins were bored. That, in Tyelkormo's experience, was a very, very bad thing, more so when Maitimo wasn’t actually home to deal with the terror and he was himself supposed to be the Responsible Adult. 

Major Characters: Celegorm, Amras, Amrod
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: Family Challenges: Great Beleriand Bake-Off
Rating: General Warnings: No warnings apply
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 412
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Love me and leave me to die by Flora-lass

Fëanor dreams of darkness, and there is only so much Finwë can do to help. Written for the 'The Only Thing to Fear' challenge.

Major Characters: Fëanor, Finwë
Major Relationships: Fëanor & Finwë
Genres: Family, Ficlet Challenges: The Only Thing To Fear
Rating: Teens Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 823
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Dream of the Black Sword by Flora-lass

Beleg comforts Gwindor in Taur-nu-Fuin, and is rewarded. 

Major Characters: Beleg, Gwindor, Túrin
Major Relationships: Beleg/Túrin, Beleg & Gwindor
Genres: Alternate Universe, Drama, Hurt/Comfort Challenges: Birthday Bash, Bollywood
Rating: Teens Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 5 Word Count: 5, 168
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Of Stars and Solitude Unbearable by Isilme_among_the_stars

Bad dreams?” I ask, and Elrond nods. When I brush against his mind it laps like the tide against some desolate shore, and he stands alone in the washed out landscape. Young eyes rove over a heartless sea where the horizon is empty of all but tossing waves. White cliffs are at his back, reeds peek over sandy dunes southward along the shore, and Elrond’s heart fills with the hollow echo: no longer my home, no longer my home.

There is a new star in the sky and and old fears surface. Maedhros supports through Elrond and Elros through their ensuing emotional turmoil as he battles his own.

Written for the SWG October Challenge 2025: The Only Thing to Fear using the prompt: fear of being alone.

Major Characters: Maedhros, Elros, Elrond, Maglor
Major Relationships: Elrond & Elros & Maedhros & Maglor
Genres: Family, General Challenges: The Only Thing To Fear
Rating: General Warnings: No warnings apply
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 6, 238
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A Man Who Flies From His Fear May Find He Has Only Taken A Shortcut To Meet It by LadySternchen

For this month’s ‘The Only Thing To Fear’-challenge, I tried something a little different- which was to write short ficlets for as many prompts as possible. (Admittedly, I wanted them to be drabbles at first, but I just couldn’t manage).

Some of these turned more into PTSD-stories than phobias, but I think it still fits the challenge.

Major Characters: Eärendil, Olwë, Celeborn, Celebrían, Rochallor, Caranthir, Maglor, Maeglin, Huor, Morwen, Daeron, Lúthien Tinúviel, Eluréd, Ingwion, Sauron, Elu Thingol, Galathil, Nimloth, Thranduil, Dior, Mablung, Elwing, Angrod, Turgon, Finarfin, Hiril, Elurín, Beleg, Aegnor, Melian, Elrond, Idril, Elmo
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: Ficlet Challenges: The Only Thing To Fear
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
Chapters: 35 Word Count: 9, 357
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Triskaidekawhat? by Grundy

Galadriel is curious about one facet of Mithrandir's plan for dealing with the dragon.

Major Characters: Galadriel, Gandalf
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet Challenges: The Only Thing To Fear
Rating: General Warnings: No warnings apply
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 102
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What if the Sleeper in the Tower of Pearl were an Orc by Himring

Sheer terror helps an orc escape Morgoth, but their troubles are not over. AU.

Major Characters: Orcs, Original Nonbinary Character(s), Nienna, Maiar
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: Alternate Universe, Experimental Challenges: The Only Thing To Fear
Rating: Teens Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 793
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A Candle To This Everlasting Night by plutoniumsx

Maedhros has been captured by Morgoth's forces after the Dagor-nuin-Giliath. Left to rot on his own in a dark cell who knows where, he almost starts believing this will be the end to his story. He was wrong. They were coming for him, as well.

Major Characters: Maedhros, Sauron
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: Horror Challenges: The Only Thing To Fear
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes, Torture, Violence (Moderate)
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1, 266
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Bitter As by Babblecat

The day Melkor was almost overcome by the only creature more vile than himself.

Major Characters: Melkor, Ungoliant
Major Relationships: Melkor & Ungoliant
Genres: Drama, Horror Challenges: The Only Thing To Fear
Rating: General Warnings: Violence (Mild)
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 300
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to stand amid the roar by Elrond's Library

Cirdan has never felt so old.

Major Characters: Círdan, Gil-galad
Major Relationships: Círdan & Gil-galad
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, General Challenges:
Rating: Teens Warnings: Character Death
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 105
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the ice in the paragon by queerofthedagger

Those who survive do so by cutting parts of themselves off; their innocence, sacrificed to the altar of devouring hunger. Their faith, drowned alongside their children. Their fingers, toes, limbs, coin the Ice demands in exchange for passage.

Those who survive do so in despite; they do not know yet that this will be true for centuries to come.


The House of Nolofinwë, and their time on the Ice. A deed of great renown and endurance, told in an assortment of loosely connected drabbles.

Major Characters: Fingon, Fingolfin, Aredhel, Turgon, Idril, Argon
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: General Challenges:
Rating: Adult Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
Chapters: 7 Word Count: 2, 170
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August, Honey by Perching

After a breakup, Maglor pays a visit to Himring. It would be more relaxing if his brother's boyfriend wasn't visiting too.

A Fingon/Maglor romcom.

Major Characters: Maglor, Fingon
Major Relationships: Fingon/Maglor
Genres: Humor, Romance Challenges:
Rating: Teens Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
Chapters: 2 Word Count: 9, 644
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An Island in the Currents of Time by Himring

A glimpse of Luthien and Beren in Tol Galen. (Luthien's POV)

Major Characters: Lúthien Tinúviel, Beren
Major Relationships: Beren/Luthien
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet Challenges:
Rating: Teens Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 100
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Fragments discarded by Pengolodh by AdmirableMonster

Pengolodh tries to write about the kinslaying at Sirion. He fails.

Major Characters: Pengolodh, Elwing
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: Experimental, In-Universe Artifact Challenges:
Rating: Teens Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 276
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Hopeless Flight by ethanray

Elwing flies across the ocean but she is tired and doesn't know how much farther she can go

For November 2025 instadrabbling

Major Characters: Elwing
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet Challenges:
Rating: General Warnings: No warnings apply
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 100
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The Last Desperate Seed by Dawn Felagund

Terentaulë, the wife of Curufin, follows her husband and his family into banishment to Formenos. She leaves everything she loves behind to endure a cold and ever-maddening life making a political point she isn't sure she fully believes in. A Gothic story for Samhain, told in four triple drabbles.

Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Curufin
Major Relationships: Curufin/Unnamed Canon Character
Genres: Horror Challenges: The Only Thing To Fear
Rating: Teens Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Mild)
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1, 228
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at the end of all things by Elrond's Library

Finarfin wishes for a simple end

Major Characters: Finarfin
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, General Challenges:
Rating: General Warnings: No warnings apply
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 152
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Soul made of sky by AdmirableMonster

A stranger and a stranger stranger talk and dream about their fears.

Major Characters: Sauron, Original Nonbinary Character(s)
Major Relationships: Sauron/Original Character
Genres: Alternate Universe, Hurt/Comfort Challenges: The Only Thing To Fear
Rating: General Warnings: No warnings apply
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 734
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A small but insistent ache by Quente

Arwen's stomach hurts and she ponders mortality; Éowyn provides medicine and a sympathetic ear.

Major Characters: Arwen, Éowyn
Major Relationships: Arwen & Éowyn
Genres: No genre listed Challenges: The Only Thing To Fear
Rating: Teens Warnings: No warnings apply
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1, 895
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