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On the Margins, We Meet by orphan_account
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
28 May 2026
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In the silver light of Telperion, a brittle silence hung between two half-brothers in a private study, until the carefully maintained distance between them, the distance of propriety, of a lifetime of estrangement, collapsed.
The words tore out of Ñolofinwë before he could stop them. “I have watched you because it was the only way I was permitted to know you. You were a comet with a tail of fire and grief, and I was the child left standing on the observatory hill, told only to be grateful for the glimpse. You were my brother, and you were a stranger. The only thing you ever offered was your contempt.”
“Contempt,” Fëanáro whispered, his gaze tracing the lines of Ñolofinwë’s face with an unnerving, almost tactile focus. “Is that what you thought it was?” He lifted a hand, hesitated, and then touched his fingertips to Ñolofinwë’s cheek. “Oh, no, half-brother. It was never contempt. I built around myself, a fire so high and so hot that no one could come near, and you, fool that you are, kept walking towards it. Year after year, with your calm, steady eyes. I wanted to hate you. Eru help me, I tried. But the fire… the fire only ever wanted to draw you in.”
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04 Jun 2026
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Their Oath shall drive them by Haldalinde
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
31 May 2026
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Fingolfin should be ashamed of himself, at how little it matters, how and why he won this bout – but shame is nothing compared to this: holding, finally, the Fire he spent his life pursuing.
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In which the Noldor are still cursed, someone will walk the Ice and someone will lose a hand in Angband, except the brothers are romancing each other in all the wrong ways. Will their end be fair, at the end of the long, hard road?
(More relationships and tags may be added as I go, I am still considering Aredhel/Celegorm. Russingon is more of an intense ace bromance.
For Fëanor/Fingolfin, they have a huge age gap, never lived in the same house, and barely recognize each other as brothers.)Bookmarked by Bayla89
03 Jun 2026
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kings and things to take by storm by starlightwalking
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
01 Jun 2026
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Fëanáro and Ñolofinwë, and the secret Oaths they swore.
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- Part 1 of as we go along our way
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22 May 2026
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Benítez tilts his head a fraction closer, conspiratorial. “It’s a pity our devices have been confiscated for the time that we’re sequestered here. I would’ve suggested sneaking off to exchange more music recommendations since you’ve demonstrated taste.”
“Dally any longer, and I fear that neither of us will be in anyone’s good graces,” Thomas replies as Ray sweeps past them. “But I would’ve…” He glances furtively at Benítez; for an instant, it’s the thrill of misbehaving at seminary again. “I would’ve liked that.”
“There’s a computer in the office.”
“We’d have to cross Sister Agnes.”
“Ah. Never mind that idea, then.”
Oh, the things I would’ve liked had we been young men together, Thomas thinks wistfully as they approach the dining room. I would’ve liked you.
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05 May 2026
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“You are not well,” Salvador returns. “You are overflowing with…” he pauses to search for the word and he finds it, “grief. You’re grieving. It has hollowed you out.”
“I have nothing to grieve for.”
“You’re lying, Thomas.”
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Vincent Benítez becomes Pope Innocent XIV. Thomas Lawrence stays behind.
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04 May 2026