New and Updated Writing

Scenes that didn't make it into "The Kids Are All Right", whether because I couldn't make them fit or because they were from the wrong POV.

It wasn't supposed to end like this.

A short scene in Doriath.

Elrond has an uncomfortable conversation with one of Maedhros' followers.

Uinen moves, fluid as water, sinuous as a snake, her limbs – green-webbed fingers longer than fingers ought to be, skin decorated with the lumps of pale barnacles clinging to her, a body that is thick and feels strangely nurturing in a sense he does not quite understand, ending in a mass of squid-like tentacles each thicker than his legs – flowing like she is following her own current.

Ossë laughs, high and bright, and an elf-shaped hand darts into view, gripping his shoulder. The bruise beneath flares to life, hot and painful, and the best reminder than this is no drowning-dream.

He is fathoms below, dropped into the depths of the sea.

Elrond, newly arrived to Balar, has a brief conversation with Gil-galad that makes him reassess his situation.

A voluble dwarf delights the inn with a legend adulterated by his drunken elucubrations. It's up to you to disentangle the true from the false...

Three bredlik poems featuring an unnamed orc, Melian and Tilion.

Three of Nerdanel's sons come home: a trio of double-drabbles.

Short scenes that didn't make it into Loyalty.

“Too late the ships of Círdan and Gil-galad the High King came hasting to the aid of the Elves of Sirion; and Elwing was gone, and her sons.” - The Silmarillion

Fingon's wife and daughter face their grief in the aftermath of the Nírnaeth Arnoediad.

Caranthir discovers that this romance thing is a lot harder than it looks.

Short scenes in the life of Fingon and Ianneth, his wife.

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.