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The Care & Feeding of Hobbits by Baylor
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings (Movies), The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
16 Aug 2013
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Ruminations on the Little People, by Boromir, Man of Gondor.
Boromir learns about the hobbits as he develops friendships with them.
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12 Feb 2026
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The Days Were Made For Running (And The Nights Were Made For Love) by Eastmava
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings (Movies)
11 May 2019
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'Surely if ever there was a time to tell Gimli it was then, flush with an impossible victory.
Except he had said nothing, for there was ever more to do and never time, never time to pull Gimli aside and taste the mouth hidden beneath the fall of his moustache, to fit his slim, Eleven hands into ones coarse with callouses from the handle of an axe, to tell Gimli that every song Legolas sang, every smile and laugh and every step forward he had taken since their path darkened was bolstered only by Gimli at his side, to speak to him of Elvish courting rituals and run his fingers through Gimli’s russet hair and ask if he would allow Legolas to twist an Elvish braid in it, something to mark to all the world, even if only his Elven eyes would understand, that Gimli was tied to him.
To ask Gimli to teach him all the impossible ways their bodies might fit together.'
The night before the Battle of the Black Gate, and several days after.
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05 Feb 2026
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On the Cold Hill Side by marycrawford
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (Movies)
08 Jul 2014
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In the end, Gimli thinks, Legolas will steal his heart and sail away with it, and even the wonders of the Glittering Caves are not enough consolation for that loss. But when Aragorn calls for Gimli’s help in dismantling the hidden traps of Orthanc, everything changes.
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04 Feb 2026
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“You naturalists are all the same,” Victor said. “You want to line up twenty specimens in a row and take a pair of calipers to their eyes and noses and abdomens and then scribble down all that you observe and use it to make reductionist predictions about the laws of nature–as if nature were such a thing that might be constrained by laws! I have never known a more criminal, twisted mind than that of nature.”
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18 Dec 2025
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“The utility bill comes right out of your pockets, just so you know,” Lamb says. “What? Thirty years of life and you still haven't figured out how to wash yourself?”
“Ever hear the one about pots and kettles?” River bites out through chattering teeth. He's hot-and-cold all over. “I don’t think I can stand.”
Lamb starts unbuttoning his shirt. River watches him, a little dumbfounded, and he snorts.
“You might like playing mermaid, but I’d rather not take a swim with all my clothes on.”
“It’s not like they couldn’t use a rinse.”
“Oh, but I've already washed them this month, I’m not due ‘till next Christmas.”
He’s wearing a stained white vest underneath. River averts his eyes; it feels almost voyeuristic to see him without all the layers. Lamb reaches for the showerhead.
“Are you trying to become an icicle? Jesus, it’s colder than a witch’s tit.”
“It felt good,” River mumbles, drowsy. “You’re getting water all over the floor.”
Lamb scoffs. “Hopefully I'll slip on it and save myself this whole trouble. Now stop squirming unless you want to give yourself more brain damage.”
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07 Dec 2025