I left myself in the lost and found box by atlantablack

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Fanwork Notes

Content Warnings: 

  • Celegorm is his own warning, canon events get brought up in passing, including his kidnapping & attempted assault on Lúthien 
  • aftermath/discussion of violence (ie: Celebrían's attack & subsequent torture)
  • a lot of mental health stuff & not in a very healthy way a lot of the time (ie: panic attacks, dissociation, grief)  
  • off-screen animal death during hunting

Originally posted in January 2025 to AO3  

Fanwork Information

Summary:

Celebrían sails.

The send her to Lórien first and she flees. She stays with her grandfather and Finarfin does not understand. Finrod tries to help and she doesn’t know how to let him. She smiles a lot. Nods. Grits her teeth and tries to find anything, anything, to spark a desire to live in her chest again.

And then three years later, wandering the streets of Tirion, she hears the whispers - the Fëanorians have begun returning - and for the first time since she arrived, a small spark of interest takes root in her chest.

Or: Celebrían makes some choices many would find questionable, Celegorm grapples with the difficulty of having genuine interactions with anyone, and Finrod was completely prepared to rip Celegorm's throat out too if he'd harmed Celebrían. Everything is going totally fine.

Major Characters: Celebrían, Celegorm, Finrod Felagund

Major Relationships: Celebrían & Celegorm & Finrod, Celebrían & Celegorm, Celebrían & Finrod, Celegorm & Finrod

Genre: General, Hurt/Comfort

Challenges:

Rating: Teens

Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings

This fanwork belongs to the series

there's a lake at the bottom of our river
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 11, 185
Posted on 30 January 2025 Updated on 6 April 2025

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....seem like they wouldn't be able to find any points of connection. But he knows how to ground someone who is panicking, and remembers how they had to work to help a traumatised Maedhros after Fingon's rescue. And Celebrían recognises an elf who has come back to life, and is still a bit feral, but who also is ready to push her into life. Small steps. Even Finrod can see it. 🌿