Fic Rec Fridays 2021 - part 15

afterglow (1650 words)

by DeHeerKonijn

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Category: M/M
Fandom: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
Relationship: Gimli (Son of Glóin)/Legolas Greenleaf
Characters: Legolas Greenleaf, Gimli (Son of Glóin), Aragorn | Estel
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Fluff, Romance, Elf Culture & Customs, Elf magic, POV Gimli

Summary:

A constellation of little white blooms dot the hillside around them. Gimli hadn’t noticed them when they first tumbled onto the grass, but now something about their dainty faces makes him huff an incredulous chuckle.

A son of Durin, made husband on a bed of moonflowers!

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A piece of sweet, warm and loving wartime fluff for a day of grey cloud, wind-chill and sleet -- or: a tale of how one elf’s radiant happiness manifests in spontaneous out-of-season blossoming, all the way to the gates of Mordor itself.

Not going to lie: this is one of my go-to stories for happy brain chemicals; a simple handful of golden comfort with abundant flowers and sap. (Also feat. Aragorn being Too Smug, but he’s allowed.)

Treat yourself and enjoy!