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Little Feet With Miles Ahead by Isilme_among_the_stars

In the wide, water-bound delta lands of the Sirion grow reeds taller than any man. Following the estuary to its end one finds the waterways open onto great white-sanded beaches, stretching as far South as half-elven eyes can behold. Elwing takes Elrond and Elros downriver to the beach for the day and together they discover small everyday wonders.

Written for Scribbles and Drabbles 2025 Prompt #115: A Beach Day by Myrtaceaae. Their sweet artwork can be found here. Seriously, go check it out, Myrtaceaae makes such gorgeous pieces.

Major Characters: Elwing, Elrond, Elros
Major Relationships: Elrond & Elros & Elwing
Genres: Family, Fluff Challenges: No challenge listed
Rating: General Warnings: No warnings apply
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1, 545
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Scorched Earth by Isilme_among_the_stars

When Maedhros returns from Mandos, re-connecting does not prove easy. Nerdanel is determined to care for her son and finds that she must confront grief along the way.

In my dreams my sons wander at length, lost in pathless woods, ancient, sunless and foreboding. In the waking world, Maedhros breathes and moves before me, but is rarely truly there. I see the dream-wraith Maedhros superimposed over my living son, and am sure he never found a path out of that desolate place. The whispers in my dreams insist he never will.

Written for Scribbles and Drabbles 2025 Prompt #53: Night Watch by Zhie, to whom credit belongs for the artwork below (which can also found here).

Many thanks to Elronds_Library and timelessutterances for beta reading, and Double_Sharp for the conversations on equatorial climate.

Major Characters: Nerdanel, Maedhros
Major Relationships: Maedhros & Nerdanel
Genres: General Challenges: No challenge listed
Rating: Teens Warnings: Mature Themes
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 9, 232
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Vátyë Hilya Nin (You Must Not Follow Me) by Isilme_among_the_stars

Amid the devastation of Nírnaeth Arnoediad Fingon reaches out to Maedhros with one last command: 'you must not follow me', and Maedhros remembers the last sweet hours they spent together before the battle.

"Promise me something, beloved.”
This, the only time he allows fear to break through before the battle, catches my attention. I extend my neck to see creases of care in the corners of his mouth. “Mm? What is it?”
“Promise me you will find your place in the world to come, beyond tomorrow,” he lowers his voice to a whisper, “whether I am by your side or not.”

Written for Scribbles & Drabbles 2025 Art Prompt #51: And his banners they trod into the mire of his blood by Fiamma Galathon. You can find the artwork here.

Major Characters: Maedhros, Fingon
Major Relationships: Fingon/Maedhros
Genres: Hurt/Comfort, Romance Challenges: No challenge listed
Rating: Teens Warnings: Violence (Moderate)
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 3, 583
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Golden Blessing by glorfindelcorner

Before the destruction of Gondolin, Glorfindel was forced to keep many parts of his life a secret. Much of this changed after his second coming to Middle Earth.

Featuring: Glorthelion, intersex!Glorfindel, mpreg, and queerplatonic Glorestor. 

Major Characters: Glorfindel, Ecthelion of the Fountain, Erestor
Major Relationships: Ecthelion/Glorfindel, Erestor & Glorfindel
Genres: Romance, Slash Challenges: But I Won't Do That, Jumble Sale, Laws and Customs
Rating: Adult Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings, In-Universe Intolerance, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Moderate), Violence (Mild)
Chapters: 2 Word Count: 5, 038
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Skill Issue by Babblecat

Melkor and Ungoliant take a ship to Middle Earth after their latest IRL trolling succeeds.

Major Characters: Ungoliant, Melkor
Major Relationships: Melkor & Ungoliant
Genres: Humor Challenges: Great Beleriand Bake-Off
Rating: General Warnings: No warnings apply
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 458
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Dark Chocolate by Babblecat

Feanor develops something even better than the Silmarils. 

Major Characters: Ungoliant, Fëanor
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: Humor Challenges: Great Beleriand Bake-Off
Rating: General Warnings: No warnings apply
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 584
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Reverie for a Silver Tree by Isilme_among_the_stars

Tilion has always been a dreamer. After a long night wandering star-strewn paths Tilion dreams himself back to Irmo's domain and rests in the gardens.

Written for Scribbles and Drabbles 2025 Prompt #197: Tilion Dreams by Lingwiloke.

Many thanks to Double_sharp for the stimulating conversations and beta reading this one for me!

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Major Characters: Tilion, Lórien
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: Experimental, General, Poetry Challenges: No challenge listed
Rating: General Warnings: No warnings apply
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1, 280
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Peace, Vast and Unknowable by Isilme_among_the_stars

War is never quiet. Not like this. Tonight, there is a hush in which the grass whispers, birds sing undisturbed and brooks murmur gaily, wending their way between the trees, heeding no danger, anticipating no pain. This apparently, is peace. I find it unsettling.

Elrond has never known anything but conflict. As peace settles over the land he must reckon with the unknowns it brings and his place within the future, all while facing the biggest decision of his life.

Written for Scribbles and Drabbles 2025 Prompt #170: Small Birds, Dry Grass by Vinyatar. Their beautiful artwork can be found here.

Major Characters: Elrond, Elros
Major Relationships: Elrond & Elros
Genres: General Challenges: No challenge listed
Rating: General Warnings: No warnings apply
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1, 369
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Bound to These Shores by Isilme_among_the_stars

A death and a rebirth. Proud Nōwē sunk to the depths as the Shipwright rose, foresighted and wise beyond all else on these shores. And his name was refuge, steadfast friendship and succour in time of need. A cry died unvoiced in his throat, the death knell of the brave and daring young Nōwē. Círdan would have to be so much more.

Written for Scribbles & Drabbles 2025 Art Prompt #85: There is No Ship by Shadow, which can be found here.

The title is taken from lyrics of There Is No Ship by Rose Betts.

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Major Characters: Círdan
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: Folktales/Myths/Legends, General Challenges: No challenge listed
Rating: General Warnings: No warnings apply
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 675
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Hastaina by Serinquanion

Hastaina-marred, she was, they both were but with passage of time the pain should subside, shouldn't it?

In an AU where Huan fought Carcharoth much earlier and wasn't there to protect Beren and Luthien from Celegorm. It was the aftermath of it.

Major Characters: Maedhros, Lúthien Tinúviel
Major Relationships: Lúthien/Maedhros
Genres: Challenges: No challenge listed
Rating: Adult Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1, 989
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Ithīriniðil by Serinquanion

After Maedhros and Maglor stole the two silmarils and escaped Ëonwë's camp, Elrond and Elros had followed the two in secret. And when the two casted the gems in their respective resting places, the four of them woke up to a dark Arda, along with the cursed beloved gems.

Nothing was right in this Arda.

Major Characters: Maedhros, Maglor, Elrond, Elros
Major Relationships: Elrond & Elros & Maedhros & Maglor, Maglor/Oromë
Genres: Alternate Universe Challenges: No challenge listed
Rating: Adult Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 2, 593
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Baked Goods by Himring

Two brief scenes featuring Galadriel, one in Valinor in the time of the Trees, one early in the Second Age.

Major Characters: Galadriel
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Genres: Family Challenges: Great Beleriand Bake-Off
Rating: Teens Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 297
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One In the Fires of the Heart of the World by Isilme_among_the_stars

Maedhros finds that regret and pain do not end with death. But it does at last bring release from the oath and he can at last embark upon the long, hard road toward redemption. 

Major Characters: Finwë, Maedhros
Major Relationships: Maedhros & Maglor, Finwë & Maedhros
Genres: General, Hurt/Comfort Challenges: No challenge listed
Rating: Adult Warnings: Mature Themes, Suicide, Violence (Moderate)
Chapters: 7 Word Count: 16, 983
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Earendil in Valinor by sailing24

His life in Valinor.

Major Characters: Eärendil, Maglor
Major Relationships: Eärendil/Elwing, Elrond/Gil-galad, Glorfindel/Maglor
Genres: Experimental, Family, General, Hurt/Comfort Challenges: No challenge listed
Rating: General Warnings: No warnings apply
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 11, 242
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Conversations with a Stone by Elrond's Library

Idril was trying

Major Characters: Idril, Maeglin
Major Relationships: Idril & Maeglin
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, Hurt/Comfort Challenges: No challenge listed
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: No challenge listed
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: No challenge listed
Rating: Teens Warnings: Expletive Language
Chapters: 7 Word Count: 1, 156
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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 | crossed with Father Christmas Letters 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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