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I like this premise of Fingon needing to win Maedhros back by courting him so much that I’ve made notes for several follow-up stories in this same AU (which is why I am planning to create a new series for it). I am not sure if I will ever end up writing any of those stories, but I will be much more likely to do so if readers let me know that they would be interested in reading sequels to this story. I have jotted down notes for: 1) the “Fingon bringing Maedhros lunch on First Day” story; 2) a Fingon taking Maedhros to his mountain lodge story; and 3) a story wherein Fingon encounters a new nemesis in the form of Maedhros’ protective pet snake, Lucky (which is short for ‘isn’t it lucky he’s not venomous anymore’).

I have also written down notes for several different ways that Fingon might finally convince Maedhros to accept his proposal of marriage. In addition, I have notes for a number of other conversations that might take place on Vingilot the same night as “Marry Me,” after Maedhros goes belowdecks with Elrond.

I am interested in any ideas that readers might want to share for what they’d like to see happen in any sequel(s) to this story.

If you liked my Fingon and Maedhros here, you might like them in my other stories featuring them, which so far include “Auld Acquaintance” and “Sensible Staffing,” although I have plans for others. “Auld Acquaintance” is my take on a reunion story. It is available here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/76499686/chapters/200200491

While “Marry Me” doesn’t take place in the same continuity as my other Maedhros and Fingon stories, most of what I imagine as having happened while Maedhros was dead (and since he was Reborn) is the same, outside of Fingon avoiding him for a decade. Therefore, you may read chapters 2-5 of “Simply a Matter of Making Sensible Staffing Arrangements” if you are curious about how Earendil and Elwing came to consider Maedhros a friend and even a brother. That story is available here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/75305676/chapters/196841921

Also, you may check out my “Fanon Background for Desperate Hours AU” story if you are interested in learning more about any of 1) what Earendil means when he calls Maedhros his Tree-Brother (chapter 22); 2) the time Maedhros spent going back and forth in between the Void and the Halls of Mandos (and why he dragged his feet on accepting Namo’s offer to re-embody him) (chapter 14); 3) Maedhros’ additional reasons for the later Kinslayings (chapter 13); 4) Maedhros’ sentences of community service from the Repentant Kinslayer Commission of Tol Eressea (chapter 18); 5) why Maedhros is considered to be only 3,000 years old (chapter 24); 6) Maglor’s family (and his history during the Second Age, including as it relates to the survival of Elured and Elurin in my AU) (chapter 15); and/or 7) Maedhros and Fingon's Mind-Healers after Maedhros is Reborn in the Fourth Age (Chapter 21). Chapter 1 of my Fanon Background story is the Index, it is available here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47725663/chapters/198385881