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Msg# 4681
Genres: Romance, Check Ballot #3 Posted by Ainaechoiriel June 09, 2005 - 1:53:49 Topic ID# 4681Check Ballots for Main Category Genres: Romance
Walls and Gates (1041): Adina ATL
PG, Reason for Rating: adult themes
Romance Partners: Galadriel/Narvi
After completing the Doors of Durin, Narvi travels to Ost-in-Edhil at
Galadriel's "request" to help with the building of that city's defenses.
This is a sequel.
Lantern Gift (1241): Claudia
R, Reason for Rating: Interspecies slash. Violence.
Romance Partners: Frodo/Faramir
AU. Pre-LOTR. Bilbo has sold Bag End and taken young Frodo with him to
settle in Bree. Faramir has been banished by Denethor and sent to keep the
peace in Bree, which has become overrun by ruffians. Faramir and Frodo meet.
Love Sweet As Poison (694): Dwimordene
R, Reason for Rating: adult themes, erotic content
Romance Partners: Denethor/Finduilas
The tale of Denethor and Finduilas. A perverse romance; be amazed that
Boromir and Faramir turned out as well as they did!
Discovery (740): Isabeau of Greenlea
R, Reason for Rating: erotic content, adult themes
Romance Partners: Andrahar (OMC)/Boromir
The sequel to Discretion. The end of the relationship. Or, what politics do
to strange bedfellows.
Spontaneity (1122): just_sphinx
PG-13, Reason for Rating: adult themes, implied erotic content
Romance Partners: Finrod/Turgon
Turgon and Finrod in Nargothrond.
Beginnings that feel like endings, And the other way 'round (781): Mariposa
PG, Reason for Rating: author's own rating choice.
Romance Partners: Pippin/Diamond
Lovely romance between Pippin and Diamond. A different sort of Diamond who
is independant and a widdow living on her own. Takes place after the quest.
Trust to Hope (1294): Novedhelion
PG-13, Reason for Rating: Sexual Tension
Romance Partners: Éomer/Lothíriel
“One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.” French
Proverb Éomer and Lothíriel, my spin.
A Diamond In The Storm (780): SilverMoonLady
R, Reason for Rating: Sex
Romance Partners: Pippin/Diamond
A Diamond and Pippin romance filled with adventure.
Homecoming (541): Tanaqui
R, Reason for Rating: erotic content
Romance Partners: Faramir/Éowyn
A sequel to "The Influence of Kindred Desires". On their return to Minas
Tirith after their wedding, Faramir and Éowyn must begin to learn what it
takes to be married once the honeymoon is over.
SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Drabble
Light and Leaf and Color (110): annmarwalk
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Denethor/Finduilas
Priior to their marriage, Denethor thinks about how much he misses Finduilas
when they are apart.
Silver and Gold (196): Elena Tiriel
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Celeborn / Galadriel
"... there is no record of the day when at last [Celeborn] sought the Grey
Havens, and with him went the last living memory of the Elder Days in
Middle-earth." (The Fellowship of the Ring, "Note on the Shire Records")
In Hope's Fire (471): Lyllyn
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Aragorn/Arwen
Arwen decides to cleave to Aragorn.
Raven and Gold (954): Marta
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Aragorn/Arwen, Faramir/Éowyn
The first meeting of Éowyn Wraithbane and Arwen Evenstar.
A Gift of Friendship, and A Gift of Love (484): Meril
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Aldarion/Erendis
Two drabbles about the courtship of Aldarion and Erendis.
Sin (652): Oakenshield
PG, Reason for Rating: Mild romantic content
Romance Partners: Erestor/Glorfindel
Erestor hungers for something
Fire and Ice (1132): Ruby Nye
PG-13, Reason for Rating: PG 13 for implied slash
Romance Partners: Merry and Pippin
Fire melts ice, and water quenches flame…
A Good Match (1358): Tanaqui
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: n/a
Éomer discusses romance with his sister...
First Anniversary (538): Tanaqui
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Faramir/Éowyn
Faramir and Éowyn exchange gifts on their first anniversary.
Nothing to fear but fear itself (1350): Tanaqui
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Faramir/Éowyn
Faramir thinks of someone special in the Houses of Healing...
Now in silence, now in speech (1389): Tanaqui
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: n/a
Faramir beguiles Éowyn...
Risk and Reward (1364): Tanaqui
PG-13, Reason for Rating: sex
Romance Partners: Faramir/Éowyn
Faramir and Éowyn, the first time...
Wandering in the Wild (1391): Tanaqui
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Aragorn/Arwen
Aragorn reflects under the stars...
SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Elves
Under the Curse (1019): Finch
R, Reason for Rating: erotic content, violence, adult themes
Romance Partners: Fingon/Maedhros, Turgon/f
Silmarillion-based. The love of two fallen Elves: Maedhros and Fingon.
A Betrothal and Wedding (1198): Isil Elensar
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Finarfin/f
Earwen of Alqualonde tells the story of her betrothal and wedding to
Finarfin of Tirion
Light Extinguished (619): Larian Elensar
PG-13, Reason for Rating: Mild romance
Romance Partners: Elrond/Gil-galad
Gil-galad wants to protect Elrond, but has to hurt him to do it.
Alliance (162): Space Weavil
R, Reason for Rating: Battle violence
Romance Partners: Elrond/Celebrian
During the Second Age, Elrond served as a commander of Gil-Galad’s army in
both the War of the Elves and Sauron and in the Last Alliance. This story is
set during the latter, as Elrond feels the pressure upon him as both a
healer and warrior and attempts to balance the two. At the same time his
thoughts are with Celebrian, whom he secretly loves, and who may be the
steadying influence he needs once the conflict is over.
Sand and Flame (1130): Tehta
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Fëanor/Nerdanel
A retelling of a very well-known story. Features Feanor and Nerdanel as
young geeks in love, a rather unsympathetic look at Indis, and a lot of very
simple sentences.
SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Incomplete
The Wings of the Shadow (1244): Aprilkat
R, Reason for Rating: slash content, some emotional anguish.
Romance Partners: Frodo/Faramir
Frodo and Faramir help one another heal.
Equals (1110): Beethoven's 7th
PG, Reason for Rating: Romantic scenes
Romance Partners: Merry/Estella
Did Merry and Estella have an agreement before he left on the Quest?
Before I Go To Sleep (869): Cuthalion
R, Reason for Rating: This story is listed as NC-17 on the Open Scrolls site
because Open Scrolls requires any story with a sex act described and
occuring in the story to be listed as NC-17. However, it is, IMHO, R at
best, and would be listed as such if judging just by the ratings as put
forth by the Motion Picture Association's ratings (which I assume you folks
follow).
Romance Partners: Frodo/OFC
A lovestory between the Ringbearer and a girl from Hobbiton. It's obviously
AU and a tale about what might have been if Frodo had ever found a love of
his own. What would happen when the danger of the ring is revealed and Frodo
has to leave? Would she wait for his return? And how would she handle the
fact to be left behind again - and this time forever?
Circle of Hands (165): Ghettoelleth
R, Reason for Rating: Sexual situations
Romance Partners: Glorfindel/OFC
Glorfindel must come to terms with his past as he moves toward the future,
the reluctant leader of a group of unlikely young elves whose every choice
in life could alter the future of Arda. As all of ME begins to focus on the
growing threat of Sauron, a darker evil begins to stir. An a/u story in
three parts.
All's Fair (1113): Inkling
PG-13, Reason for Rating: adult themes
Romance Partners: Frodo/f
Young Frodo Baggins is in love, but too shy to do anything about it until a
“friend” offers to help. A touching tale of love and betrayal, overwrought
poetry, and pipeweed cultivation.
Life in the Angle (181): Leaward
R, Reason for Rating: marital situations
Romance Partners: OMC/OFC
A romance with mystery.' Since it takes place just after the War of the
Ring, I've had to use mainly Original Characters. A Dunedain Ranger brings
home his new Bree bride to live amongst his people and they must struggle
with the cultural differences between them as he finds some of his people
are not as accepting of 'lesser folk thinning the blood of the Dunedain.'
Sugar and Spice (960): Marta
R, Reason for Rating: erotic content
Romance Partners: Sancho Proudfoot/OFC
An attempt at distinctively hobbity erotica. And just to make it even more
interesting, no major characters: years after the Scouring, Sancho Proudfoot
and his wife share an evening together.
Reason in Madness (950): Niennanir
R, Reason for Rating: Dark humour, Sexual Situations
Romance Partners: Arwen/Aragorn, multiple other romances
Haldir struggles to heal Arwen's breaking heart by helping Aragorn romance
her in true elvish fashion. Things would be going so well if only Haldir's
brothers weren't secretly trying to make Arwen fall in love with him.
Artist's Appreciation (146): sulriel
PG, Reason for Rating: romantic suggestion
Romance Partners: Celeborn / OFC
She's in the wrong place at the wrong time... fortunately.
Healing the Long Cleeve (916): TopazTook
R, Reason for Rating: Sexual content in the context of marriage, memories of
(Ring-War) violence
Romance Partners: Pippin/Diamond
Peregrin and Diamond Took learn to make a marriage and to lead a people.
SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Poetry
A Light Beyond the Darkness (10): Alawa
G, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: Arathorn, Gilraen
Gilraen and Arathorn respond to the 'How do I love thee?' Challenge.
Watching Thoughts (11): Alawa
G, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: Aragorn, Arwen
While Aragorn went forth again to danger and toil, Arwen remained in
Rivendell and from afar watched over him in thought
Sitting by the Seashore (1260): Carolina
PG, Reason for Rating: some romance and angst
Romance Partners: Frodo/Sam
Sam misses Frodo.
Fire and Water (266): Ellisande
PG-13, Reason for Rating: adult themes
Romance Partners: Denethor/Finduilas
"Denethor loved her, in his fashion, more dearly than any other..." -- After
years of emptiness, a man betrayed finds he wants to forget and believe but
-- frightened by his own emotions -- dares not trust happiness. A
bittersweet love poem
Anglachel (339): Fileg
PG, Reason for Rating: adult themes
Romance Partners: Turin/Anglachel
A terzanelle from Turin to Anglachel. For those who like their love poems
like their coffee -- black, bitter, and with sediment at the bottom.
Elanor (340): Fileg
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Fastred/Elanor
A kyrielle from Fastred to Elanor.
Strength of Love (342): Fileg
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Denethor/Finduilas
This rondeau is a love poem from Finduilas to Denethor.
Steel and Flame (736): Flick
PG, Reason for Rating: nonexplicit slash
Romance Partners: Aragorn/Boromir
A villanelle on love and loss, Aragorn and Boromir. Non-explicit slash.
A Sonnet to the White Lady (414): Ijemanja
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Faramir/Éowyn
A poem of love from Faramir to Éowyn.
Colour of Ice (475): Marnie
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Celeborn/Galadriel
An entry for the "How do I love thee?" challenge at HASA -- a poem by
Galadriel.
Unafraid (650): Naresha
PG-13, Reason for Rating: Mild romantic content
Romance Partners: Arwen/Éowyn
Éowyn lies dying, but is determined to ease Arwen’s emotional pain.
Fëanor Challenged (45): stultiloquentia
G, Reason for Rating: none
Romance Partners: Fëanor, Galadriel
Fëanor attempts to court Galadriel.
Three Strands of Golden Hair (270): Werecat
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: n/a
Gimli reflects upon Galadriel's gift. A set of four haiku.
SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Rivendell
It Happens (615): Ezra's Persian Kitty
PG-13, Reason for Rating: nudity, mild sexual situations
Romance Partners: Elrond/Erestor, Glorfindel/Lindir
Elrond with a side of Glorfindel, heavy on the angst. And could I get a
Haldir with that?
The Lover's Melancholy (616): Ezra's Persian Kitty
R, Reason for Rating: Mild Sexual Encounter
Romance Partners: Erestor/Haldir
Two lonely souls seek comfort.
Thread of Fate (15): Forodwaith
G, Reason for Rating: none
Romance Partners: NA
"No cord nor cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do
with a twined thread." As Arwen weaves a banner for Aragorn, the ties
binding her to her people begin to weaken.
A Tangled Web (947): Niennanir
R, Reason for Rating: sexual situations
Romance Partners: Arwen/Aragorn, multiple other romances
The twins catch their sister flirting with Estel in the garden and decide to
break them up for their own good. Their plans backfire and the whole of
Imladris becomes embroiled in romantic chaos.
The Last Good Day of the Year (618): Talullah
PG-13, Reason for Rating: Mild sexual situations
Romance Partners: Lindir/Rumil
Lindir misses his lover and learns a few things.
SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Rohan
Campdóm and Lufian (1039): Drake/Eokat CoAuthors
R, Reason for Rating: Marital situations
Romance Partners: OMF/OFC
When a rider returns to his home....what is awaiting him there? How does the
ordinary Eorlinga live when such evil is about to destroy everything he
cares about? This is a story of such a rider, a warrior of Rohan.
Confessions in the Dark (1047): Eokat
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Eomer/Lothiriel
Eomer and Lothiriel reluctently agree to marriage negotiations, Eowyn and
Faramir agree to help them to realise their true feeling for one another.
Courage (1049): Eokat
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Eomer/Lothiriel, Leofwen/OMC
How hard can seeking a proposal be? Eomer, although mighty King and warrior
he may be, struggles with his feelings and emotions over this issue.
Home Indeed (1045): Eokat
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Eomer/Lothiriel
After a hard patrol Eomer enjoys his homecoming..... and being reunited with
his family.
Novice Rider (1048): Eokat
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Eomer/Lothiriel
Eomer teaches Lothiriel to ride, much to his dismay. What does Firefoot
think of this?
Knight's Service (582): Marta
PG, Reason for Rating: Implied het sexuality
Romance Partners: Faramir/Éowyn
Merry and Pippin are hunting for a late-night snack one night in Edoras --
and see a kiss that Faramir and Eowyn would rather keep secret. Based on a
scene in Tanaqui's story "Later"
Fear and Desire (408): Mimine
R, Reason for Rating: eroticism
Romance Partners: Grima/Eomer and some Grima/Theoden
Grima Wormtongue realises some things about himself. Slash
SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Vignette
Warmth for the White Lady (995): Anoriath
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Faramir/Éowyn
Short gap-filler in the Faramir and Eowyn romance.
The Terror Of Buckland (698): Aratlithiel
R, Reason for Rating: Sexual situations
Romance Partners: Frodo/Original Female Character
Frodo has been helping himself to more than just Farmer Maggot's mushrooms
Letters (1245): Breon Briarwood
G, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: mystery
Response to a Shirebound challenge about writing letters
On Cerin Amroth (246): Dwimordene
PG, Reason for Rating: romantic content
Romance Partners: Aragorn/Arwen
The journey of Aragorn and Arwen towards Cerin Amroth, the heart of Lórien.
Eclipsed by the Moon (989): EdorasLass
PG-13, Reason for Rating: erotic content, adult themes
Romance Partners: Grima/OFC
A kitchen maid in the Meduseld watches the object of her affections. It is
not who you might think it is.
Arwen, My Love (716): Elvenesse
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Aragorn/Arwen
A young Aragorn must have tried to put his feelings for Arwen into writing
after first meeting her -- or even worse, poetry.
Selfless Love (1342): FrodoBaggins_88
G, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: Frodo/Rosie and Sam/Rosie - undeclared love
Frodo ponders upon his feelings for Rosie Cotton.
Love Lies Sleeping (1199): Isil Elensar
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Orophin/f
A troubled Orophin keeps silent vigil over Rian during her last night in
Lorien.
Mantle of Stars (987): marastar
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Faramir/Éowyn
In the Houses of Healing, Faramir thinks of that which conceals.
Welcoming the Lady (967): Marta
PG, Reason for Rating: erotic content
Romance Partners: Faramir/Éowyn
Shortly after their wedding, Faramir and Éowyn to Henneth Annûn, and the two
share a private moment.
The Swan Feather (50): Starlight
PG, Reason for Rating: Eroticism
Romance Partners: Finduilas, Denethor
After the wedding night, revelations continue.
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Walls and Gates (1041): Adina ATL
PG, Reason for Rating: adult themes
Romance Partners: Galadriel/Narvi
After completing the Doors of Durin, Narvi travels to Ost-in-Edhil at
Galadriel's "request" to help with the building of that city's defenses.
This is a sequel.
Lantern Gift (1241): Claudia
R, Reason for Rating: Interspecies slash. Violence.
Romance Partners: Frodo/Faramir
AU. Pre-LOTR. Bilbo has sold Bag End and taken young Frodo with him to
settle in Bree. Faramir has been banished by Denethor and sent to keep the
peace in Bree, which has become overrun by ruffians. Faramir and Frodo meet.
Love Sweet As Poison (694): Dwimordene
R, Reason for Rating: adult themes, erotic content
Romance Partners: Denethor/Finduilas
The tale of Denethor and Finduilas. A perverse romance; be amazed that
Boromir and Faramir turned out as well as they did!
Discovery (740): Isabeau of Greenlea
R, Reason for Rating: erotic content, adult themes
Romance Partners: Andrahar (OMC)/Boromir
The sequel to Discretion. The end of the relationship. Or, what politics do
to strange bedfellows.
Spontaneity (1122): just_sphinx
PG-13, Reason for Rating: adult themes, implied erotic content
Romance Partners: Finrod/Turgon
Turgon and Finrod in Nargothrond.
Beginnings that feel like endings, And the other way 'round (781): Mariposa
PG, Reason for Rating: author's own rating choice.
Romance Partners: Pippin/Diamond
Lovely romance between Pippin and Diamond. A different sort of Diamond who
is independant and a widdow living on her own. Takes place after the quest.
Trust to Hope (1294): Novedhelion
PG-13, Reason for Rating: Sexual Tension
Romance Partners: Éomer/Lothíriel
“One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.” French
Proverb Éomer and Lothíriel, my spin.
A Diamond In The Storm (780): SilverMoonLady
R, Reason for Rating: Sex
Romance Partners: Pippin/Diamond
A Diamond and Pippin romance filled with adventure.
Homecoming (541): Tanaqui
R, Reason for Rating: erotic content
Romance Partners: Faramir/Éowyn
A sequel to "The Influence of Kindred Desires". On their return to Minas
Tirith after their wedding, Faramir and Éowyn must begin to learn what it
takes to be married once the honeymoon is over.
SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Drabble
Light and Leaf and Color (110): annmarwalk
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Denethor/Finduilas
Priior to their marriage, Denethor thinks about how much he misses Finduilas
when they are apart.
Silver and Gold (196): Elena Tiriel
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Celeborn / Galadriel
"... there is no record of the day when at last [Celeborn] sought the Grey
Havens, and with him went the last living memory of the Elder Days in
Middle-earth." (The Fellowship of the Ring, "Note on the Shire Records")
In Hope's Fire (471): Lyllyn
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Aragorn/Arwen
Arwen decides to cleave to Aragorn.
Raven and Gold (954): Marta
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Aragorn/Arwen, Faramir/Éowyn
The first meeting of Éowyn Wraithbane and Arwen Evenstar.
A Gift of Friendship, and A Gift of Love (484): Meril
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Aldarion/Erendis
Two drabbles about the courtship of Aldarion and Erendis.
Sin (652): Oakenshield
PG, Reason for Rating: Mild romantic content
Romance Partners: Erestor/Glorfindel
Erestor hungers for something
Fire and Ice (1132): Ruby Nye
PG-13, Reason for Rating: PG 13 for implied slash
Romance Partners: Merry and Pippin
Fire melts ice, and water quenches flame…
A Good Match (1358): Tanaqui
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: n/a
Éomer discusses romance with his sister...
First Anniversary (538): Tanaqui
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Faramir/Éowyn
Faramir and Éowyn exchange gifts on their first anniversary.
Nothing to fear but fear itself (1350): Tanaqui
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Faramir/Éowyn
Faramir thinks of someone special in the Houses of Healing...
Now in silence, now in speech (1389): Tanaqui
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: n/a
Faramir beguiles Éowyn...
Risk and Reward (1364): Tanaqui
PG-13, Reason for Rating: sex
Romance Partners: Faramir/Éowyn
Faramir and Éowyn, the first time...
Wandering in the Wild (1391): Tanaqui
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Aragorn/Arwen
Aragorn reflects under the stars...
SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Elves
Under the Curse (1019): Finch
R, Reason for Rating: erotic content, violence, adult themes
Romance Partners: Fingon/Maedhros, Turgon/f
Silmarillion-based. The love of two fallen Elves: Maedhros and Fingon.
A Betrothal and Wedding (1198): Isil Elensar
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Finarfin/f
Earwen of Alqualonde tells the story of her betrothal and wedding to
Finarfin of Tirion
Light Extinguished (619): Larian Elensar
PG-13, Reason for Rating: Mild romance
Romance Partners: Elrond/Gil-galad
Gil-galad wants to protect Elrond, but has to hurt him to do it.
Alliance (162): Space Weavil
R, Reason for Rating: Battle violence
Romance Partners: Elrond/Celebrian
During the Second Age, Elrond served as a commander of Gil-Galad’s army in
both the War of the Elves and Sauron and in the Last Alliance. This story is
set during the latter, as Elrond feels the pressure upon him as both a
healer and warrior and attempts to balance the two. At the same time his
thoughts are with Celebrian, whom he secretly loves, and who may be the
steadying influence he needs once the conflict is over.
Sand and Flame (1130): Tehta
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Fëanor/Nerdanel
A retelling of a very well-known story. Features Feanor and Nerdanel as
young geeks in love, a rather unsympathetic look at Indis, and a lot of very
simple sentences.
SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Incomplete
The Wings of the Shadow (1244): Aprilkat
R, Reason for Rating: slash content, some emotional anguish.
Romance Partners: Frodo/Faramir
Frodo and Faramir help one another heal.
Equals (1110): Beethoven's 7th
PG, Reason for Rating: Romantic scenes
Romance Partners: Merry/Estella
Did Merry and Estella have an agreement before he left on the Quest?
Before I Go To Sleep (869): Cuthalion
R, Reason for Rating: This story is listed as NC-17 on the Open Scrolls site
because Open Scrolls requires any story with a sex act described and
occuring in the story to be listed as NC-17. However, it is, IMHO, R at
best, and would be listed as such if judging just by the ratings as put
forth by the Motion Picture Association's ratings (which I assume you folks
follow).
Romance Partners: Frodo/OFC
A lovestory between the Ringbearer and a girl from Hobbiton. It's obviously
AU and a tale about what might have been if Frodo had ever found a love of
his own. What would happen when the danger of the ring is revealed and Frodo
has to leave? Would she wait for his return? And how would she handle the
fact to be left behind again - and this time forever?
Circle of Hands (165): Ghettoelleth
R, Reason for Rating: Sexual situations
Romance Partners: Glorfindel/OFC
Glorfindel must come to terms with his past as he moves toward the future,
the reluctant leader of a group of unlikely young elves whose every choice
in life could alter the future of Arda. As all of ME begins to focus on the
growing threat of Sauron, a darker evil begins to stir. An a/u story in
three parts.
All's Fair (1113): Inkling
PG-13, Reason for Rating: adult themes
Romance Partners: Frodo/f
Young Frodo Baggins is in love, but too shy to do anything about it until a
“friend” offers to help. A touching tale of love and betrayal, overwrought
poetry, and pipeweed cultivation.
Life in the Angle (181): Leaward
R, Reason for Rating: marital situations
Romance Partners: OMC/OFC
A romance with mystery.' Since it takes place just after the War of the
Ring, I've had to use mainly Original Characters. A Dunedain Ranger brings
home his new Bree bride to live amongst his people and they must struggle
with the cultural differences between them as he finds some of his people
are not as accepting of 'lesser folk thinning the blood of the Dunedain.'
Sugar and Spice (960): Marta
R, Reason for Rating: erotic content
Romance Partners: Sancho Proudfoot/OFC
An attempt at distinctively hobbity erotica. And just to make it even more
interesting, no major characters: years after the Scouring, Sancho Proudfoot
and his wife share an evening together.
Reason in Madness (950): Niennanir
R, Reason for Rating: Dark humour, Sexual Situations
Romance Partners: Arwen/Aragorn, multiple other romances
Haldir struggles to heal Arwen's breaking heart by helping Aragorn romance
her in true elvish fashion. Things would be going so well if only Haldir's
brothers weren't secretly trying to make Arwen fall in love with him.
Artist's Appreciation (146): sulriel
PG, Reason for Rating: romantic suggestion
Romance Partners: Celeborn / OFC
She's in the wrong place at the wrong time... fortunately.
Healing the Long Cleeve (916): TopazTook
R, Reason for Rating: Sexual content in the context of marriage, memories of
(Ring-War) violence
Romance Partners: Pippin/Diamond
Peregrin and Diamond Took learn to make a marriage and to lead a people.
SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Poetry
A Light Beyond the Darkness (10): Alawa
G, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: Arathorn, Gilraen
Gilraen and Arathorn respond to the 'How do I love thee?' Challenge.
Watching Thoughts (11): Alawa
G, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: Aragorn, Arwen
While Aragorn went forth again to danger and toil, Arwen remained in
Rivendell and from afar watched over him in thought
Sitting by the Seashore (1260): Carolina
PG, Reason for Rating: some romance and angst
Romance Partners: Frodo/Sam
Sam misses Frodo.
Fire and Water (266): Ellisande
PG-13, Reason for Rating: adult themes
Romance Partners: Denethor/Finduilas
"Denethor loved her, in his fashion, more dearly than any other..." -- After
years of emptiness, a man betrayed finds he wants to forget and believe but
-- frightened by his own emotions -- dares not trust happiness. A
bittersweet love poem
Anglachel (339): Fileg
PG, Reason for Rating: adult themes
Romance Partners: Turin/Anglachel
A terzanelle from Turin to Anglachel. For those who like their love poems
like their coffee -- black, bitter, and with sediment at the bottom.
Elanor (340): Fileg
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Fastred/Elanor
A kyrielle from Fastred to Elanor.
Strength of Love (342): Fileg
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Denethor/Finduilas
This rondeau is a love poem from Finduilas to Denethor.
Steel and Flame (736): Flick
PG, Reason for Rating: nonexplicit slash
Romance Partners: Aragorn/Boromir
A villanelle on love and loss, Aragorn and Boromir. Non-explicit slash.
A Sonnet to the White Lady (414): Ijemanja
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Faramir/Éowyn
A poem of love from Faramir to Éowyn.
Colour of Ice (475): Marnie
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Celeborn/Galadriel
An entry for the "How do I love thee?" challenge at HASA -- a poem by
Galadriel.
Unafraid (650): Naresha
PG-13, Reason for Rating: Mild romantic content
Romance Partners: Arwen/Éowyn
Éowyn lies dying, but is determined to ease Arwen’s emotional pain.
Fëanor Challenged (45): stultiloquentia
G, Reason for Rating: none
Romance Partners: Fëanor, Galadriel
Fëanor attempts to court Galadriel.
Three Strands of Golden Hair (270): Werecat
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: n/a
Gimli reflects upon Galadriel's gift. A set of four haiku.
SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Rivendell
It Happens (615): Ezra's Persian Kitty
PG-13, Reason for Rating: nudity, mild sexual situations
Romance Partners: Elrond/Erestor, Glorfindel/Lindir
Elrond with a side of Glorfindel, heavy on the angst. And could I get a
Haldir with that?
The Lover's Melancholy (616): Ezra's Persian Kitty
R, Reason for Rating: Mild Sexual Encounter
Romance Partners: Erestor/Haldir
Two lonely souls seek comfort.
Thread of Fate (15): Forodwaith
G, Reason for Rating: none
Romance Partners: NA
"No cord nor cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do
with a twined thread." As Arwen weaves a banner for Aragorn, the ties
binding her to her people begin to weaken.
A Tangled Web (947): Niennanir
R, Reason for Rating: sexual situations
Romance Partners: Arwen/Aragorn, multiple other romances
The twins catch their sister flirting with Estel in the garden and decide to
break them up for their own good. Their plans backfire and the whole of
Imladris becomes embroiled in romantic chaos.
The Last Good Day of the Year (618): Talullah
PG-13, Reason for Rating: Mild sexual situations
Romance Partners: Lindir/Rumil
Lindir misses his lover and learns a few things.
SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Rohan
Campdóm and Lufian (1039): Drake/Eokat CoAuthors
R, Reason for Rating: Marital situations
Romance Partners: OMF/OFC
When a rider returns to his home....what is awaiting him there? How does the
ordinary Eorlinga live when such evil is about to destroy everything he
cares about? This is a story of such a rider, a warrior of Rohan.
Confessions in the Dark (1047): Eokat
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Eomer/Lothiriel
Eomer and Lothiriel reluctently agree to marriage negotiations, Eowyn and
Faramir agree to help them to realise their true feeling for one another.
Courage (1049): Eokat
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Eomer/Lothiriel, Leofwen/OMC
How hard can seeking a proposal be? Eomer, although mighty King and warrior
he may be, struggles with his feelings and emotions over this issue.
Home Indeed (1045): Eokat
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Eomer/Lothiriel
After a hard patrol Eomer enjoys his homecoming..... and being reunited with
his family.
Novice Rider (1048): Eokat
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Eomer/Lothiriel
Eomer teaches Lothiriel to ride, much to his dismay. What does Firefoot
think of this?
Knight's Service (582): Marta
PG, Reason for Rating: Implied het sexuality
Romance Partners: Faramir/Éowyn
Merry and Pippin are hunting for a late-night snack one night in Edoras --
and see a kiss that Faramir and Eowyn would rather keep secret. Based on a
scene in Tanaqui's story "Later"
Fear and Desire (408): Mimine
R, Reason for Rating: eroticism
Romance Partners: Grima/Eomer and some Grima/Theoden
Grima Wormtongue realises some things about himself. Slash
SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Vignette
Warmth for the White Lady (995): Anoriath
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Faramir/Éowyn
Short gap-filler in the Faramir and Eowyn romance.
The Terror Of Buckland (698): Aratlithiel
R, Reason for Rating: Sexual situations
Romance Partners: Frodo/Original Female Character
Frodo has been helping himself to more than just Farmer Maggot's mushrooms
Letters (1245): Breon Briarwood
G, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: mystery
Response to a Shirebound challenge about writing letters
On Cerin Amroth (246): Dwimordene
PG, Reason for Rating: romantic content
Romance Partners: Aragorn/Arwen
The journey of Aragorn and Arwen towards Cerin Amroth, the heart of Lórien.
Eclipsed by the Moon (989): EdorasLass
PG-13, Reason for Rating: erotic content, adult themes
Romance Partners: Grima/OFC
A kitchen maid in the Meduseld watches the object of her affections. It is
not who you might think it is.
Arwen, My Love (716): Elvenesse
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Aragorn/Arwen
A young Aragorn must have tried to put his feelings for Arwen into writing
after first meeting her -- or even worse, poetry.
Selfless Love (1342): FrodoBaggins_88
G, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: Frodo/Rosie and Sam/Rosie - undeclared love
Frodo ponders upon his feelings for Rosie Cotton.
Love Lies Sleeping (1199): Isil Elensar
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Orophin/f
A troubled Orophin keeps silent vigil over Rian during her last night in
Lorien.
Mantle of Stars (987): marastar
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Faramir/Éowyn
In the Houses of Healing, Faramir thinks of that which conceals.
Welcoming the Lady (967): Marta
PG, Reason for Rating: erotic content
Romance Partners: Faramir/Éowyn
Shortly after their wedding, Faramir and Éowyn to Henneth Annûn, and the two
share a private moment.
The Swan Feather (50): Starlight
PG, Reason for Rating: Eroticism
Romance Partners: Finduilas, Denethor
After the wedding night, revelations continue.
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