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   The Games We Play by you_wear_fine_things_well

   Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   17 Jan 2023

   Tags

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   • Galadriel | Artanis/Halbrand (The Rings of Power)
   • Galadriel | Artanis/Sauron | Mairon
   • Galadriel | Artanis
   • Halbrand (The Rings of Power)
   • Elrond Peredhel
   • Celebrimbor | Telperinquar
   • Arondir (The Rings of Power)
   • Adar (The Rings of Power)
   • Bronwyn (The Rings of Power)
   • Fluff and Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • Slow Burn
   • POV Multiple
   • Sexual Tension
   • AU where Celeborn doesn't exist
   • Touch-Starved
   • they keep saying each other's names
   • they argue but they're actually just flirting
   • Betrayal
   • Dubious Intentions
   • Galadriel keep accidentally calling Sauron Halbrand
   • Self-Denial
   • Is Sauron talking or Halbrand? Who knows.
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Teasing
   • they keep staring at each other
   • Dom/sub Undertones
   • Fantasizing
   • Nothing too explicit
   • Forced Proximity
   • Fainting
   • Mutual Pining
   • actual pinning
   • if you take my meaning
   • jealous!Galadriel
   • eye fucking
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • (not)drunk!Halbrand
   • Kissing
   • Cuddling & Snuggling
   • Flirting
   • Sharing a Bed
   • Overstimulation
   • magical orgasm
   • yes you read that right hehe
   • Hand Job
   • non-graphic
   • Plot What Plot
   • cause they keep kissing while they're on their mission
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Non-Explicit Sex

   Summary

   Saying no to Sauron was not an option. Not while he had the upper hand.

   After all, how could Galadriel seek justice if, faced with her refusal, he killed her now?

   No. Galadriel had to survive. And if that meant playing his little games, so be it.

   She would make him believe she loved him, she would pretend to be his Queen. She would go with him to the Southlands. She would use him to find and hunt down Adar. Then, she would betray him as he did her, reveal her true hatred for him, and kill him in cold blood.

   How hard could it be?

   Series

   • Part 1 of The Games We Play Series

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

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   19 Dec 2025