Fic Rec Fridays 2019 - part 39

Elvish Kisses (644 words) by Evandar
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Gimli/Legolas
Characters: Gimli, Legolas
Additional Tags: Fluff, Don't copy to another site
Summary:

Dwarves do not kiss romantically. Legolas takes it upon himself to teach Gimli how it's done.

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First of all, cultural differences are my jam, and I love seeing all the different ways people make use of them in fic. And what could be better than focusing on something that's seen as a culturally essential component of romance - and then revealing that it's essential to only one half of the couple? Well, what's better, from my biased point of view, is exactly that story, but with lots of tender, lovingly-detailed kissing.

And that's it; that's the fic. I kid you not. But don't you dare go thinking it's "only", or "merely" kissing. It's art. Beautifully written, achingly romantic, and just the right length to devour whole (and then read all over again).