A new fic (Gimli/Legolas)

Roadways of Searching (6185 words) by katajainen
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Gimli (Son of Glóin)/Legolas Greenleaf
Characters: Gimli (Son of Glóin), Legolas Greenleaf, Minimal mentions of the rest of the LOTR cast
Additional Tags: Falling In Love, Paths of the Dead, Sea-longing, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, UST, all the sap, Strangers to Friends to Lovers, Oblivious Pining, Angst, all the drama, Helm's Deep, Mentions of canon-appropriate violence, Hand Kink, (a very cute and flustered hand kink), Tastefully naughty bits, (barely deserves the M)

Summary:

To notice a well-made pair of hands is appreciating.
To keep noticing them is distracting.
To befriend the person they're attached to... is complicated.

Or: where Gimli has very nice hands and Legolas is increasingly flustered and confused because of them. (It all works out in the end.)

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In which there's much ado about hands, among other things. Includes angst, but also all the sappy bits. And a tiny emotional lewdness.

Written for the Body Fetish (Hand Kink) square of my Season of Kink card.