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collision theory by heartsleeves for antematter
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
05 Jul 2025
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Was this what he was reduced to now, so starved for her presence that he would invent any excuse to delay her departure, even if for merely seconds? He had asked for this, had wished for this - a courteous marriage, after all, was a safe marriage. And yet here he was, nothing but a lonely fool; Midas, weeping in a room of gold, beautiful, still, untouchable.
or: Kate and Anthony get married for what they tell themselves is duty’s sake. They still manage to break their own hearts.
(a marriage of convenience AU)
Bookmarked by yarnieyarnyarn (ilovesubtext)
26 Nov 2025
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this writer's voice and style is literally my favorite!
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i don't want to fall in love with you (if i'm gonna fall apart with you) by tosca1390 for empressearwig, magisterequitum
Fandoms: Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
07 Feb 2022
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Kate opens her eyes, observing the change of light and shadow in the bedchamber. The air is cool against her bare skin. She is married, and her husband sleeps beside her, and she isn’t quite sure how to start the day.
The honeymoon.
Bookmarked by yarnieyarnyarn (ilovesubtext)
27 Feb 2025
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A man is a god in ruins by eye_of_a_cat
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022)
30 Nov 2022
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"You would bribe me.”
“I wouldn’t dream of it.” Her hair curls in golden spirals around his fingers. “I like to give you things.”
“You deceived me.”
He considers this as if the very idea is new to him.
Halbrand leaves Eregion before Galadriel becomes suspicious, and goes back to be King of the Southlands.Series
- Part 2 of Five things plus one
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A Portion of Thyself by Frotu
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022)
27 May 2023
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“I will be queen,” she had eventually agreed, regardless of her wrath. Her eyes, so violently blue against the gray backdrop of the unsettled sea, had been as cutting as her tone. “But that's the only title I'll take. I shall not be your wife.”
The distinction had caught him off guard; in the heady rush of her acceptance, he had nearly laughed at the absurdity of it. What need did he have for a wife?
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Blood Sugar by eye_of_a_cat
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022)
13 May 2023
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A modern AU(ish) set in Glasgow, about the inescapable history of empire and how to deal with a world that Morgoth has already corrupted. Also: bad flat repairs, good mulled wine, and a Halbrand who still might be Sauron but is at least a very good cook.
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Bookmarked by yarnieyarnyarn (ilovesubtext)
13 Oct 2023
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the writing in this fic and the atmosphere!!!
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Stay by Scriberated for Thrill_of_hope
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022)
14 Feb 2023
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Haladriel Modern AU.
Celeborn ditches a sick Gal on Valentine's Day weekend. Lucky for her, her grumpy pediatrician roommate Halbrand is around to take care of her.
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- Part 1 of And They Were Roommates
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This is hell, and he is the devil by lisenberry
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022), The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
20 Sep 2023
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A modern restaurant AU.
The nightly escapades of the staff at Shenanigans, with Galadriel as the new waitress, Celeborn as her boyfriend/boss, and Halbrand as the ex-con line cook.
No plot, just vibes.
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- Part 1 of Chef Halbrand
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Her new roommate likes to cuddle. Galadriel isn't sure if it's normal for roommates to be this close, but she's been thinking about having a baby anyway and splitting the bills with someone makes it easier.
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lend me some sugar (I am your neighbor) by Wyrd_Syster
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022)
12 Mar 2023
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“I don’t know who you think you’re performing for, but I can assure you no one on this floor is interested in hearing you get laid.”
“Performing,” Halbrand repeats, trying to contain a laugh, “is that what you think is happening?”
“Why else make all those noises?” Galadriel scowls. “This isn’t porn, this is real life; you don’t need to be that…that vocal about it.”
“You do if it’s good.”
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There are only two things Galadriel hates about her apartment — the thin walls, and her new neighbor: Halbrand Maia, and his endless parade of late-night hookups.Series
- Part 1 of Sugarverse
Bookmarked by yarnieyarnyarn (ilovesubtext)
13 Oct 2023
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this was the first haladriel fic I read, and it triggered the brainrot that was on the cusp of developing after months of trop gifsets on the timeline...a perfect fic capturing their dynamic!
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"Halbrand and I are just sleeping together. Plenty of people do that with their exes."
Elrond looks as though he is staving off a migraine. "Yes, I agree, loads of people have bad ideas. Is there some sort of competition you're seeking to win? A medal for 'most likely to detonate a ticking time bomb', perhaps?"
She scoffs. "You're missing the point; it doesn't mean anything. I hardly even see him any more than I used to since we started splitting custody of Celebrian—don’t give me that look, it makes me feel like you don't believe me—"
"Well, for one, you are FaceTiming me from his bed."
Or: Modern AU. Galadriel is having no-strings-attached sex with her ex-husband, Halbrand. Strings so unattached you wouldn't believe. (Seriously.)
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Bookmarked by yarnieyarnyarn (ilovesubtext)
13 Oct 2023
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haladriel gateway drug (!) - the writing, the angst 🤌🏽
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Symbiosis by Helholden for Scriberated, Thrill_of_hope, RebelRebel
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022), The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
06 Nov 2023
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“Well, I can’t have that,” Halbrand tells her, and he downs the rest of his draft before placing the empty glass back down onto the bar with a thud. He pulls out his wallet and pays for it. “I’d feel really bad if I left you stranded out here,” he starts to say, tucking his wallet back into his pocket, “so what’s our heading, princess?”
Galadriel’s eyes grow wider, and she finally looks at him. “Our heading?” she asks, like she doesn’t know what he means when she does.
Halbrand nods his head. “Yes, our heading. Where are we going next?”
“We?”
Halbrand meets her eyes, seeing the slight flush deepening the apples of her cheeks. Some of it’s alcohol. Some of it’s embarrassment. Some of it might just be because she finds him attractive if her little lip biting is anything to go by. “Yes,” he agrees firmly, “we. We’re out here together right now, aren’t we? Why not make the most of it?”
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Galadriel goes out drinking after a bad breakup, and Halbrand shows up to put all the pieces back together.
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There was a time when, with his speech, he could do and undo things as he pleased. He could cast his eyes onto whatever he liked—always the beholder, never held. He could fashion anything with only his mind and make it true, and terrible.
Or: Galadriel and Halbrand in Eregion.
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Bookmarked by yarnieyarnyarn (ilovesubtext)
26 Jul 2023
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gorgeous writing 😍 and angsty 😩
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damn the weather by properhaunt
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022)
21 Dec 2022
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"You're beautiful," he says, but Galadriel thinks immediately of how some things are hunted to extinction for their beauty.
Or: Galadriel and Halbrand attend a holiday party and get snowed in.
Bookmarked by yarnieyarnyarn (ilovesubtext)
23 Jul 2023
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baby's first haladriel bookmark 🥹
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late nights in the middle of june by ohmyohpioneer
Fandoms: Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Bridgerton (TV)
15 Apr 2021
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Fire Escape Neighbors AU
“You’re not Colin.”
“I’m not,” Anthony agrees, hardly sparing her a glance. “Indeed, many find that to be my most appealing attribute.”
The fact that he has many obviously appealing attributes has never been lost on Kate
Bookmarked by yarnieyarnyarn (ilovesubtext)
26 Jun 2023
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A Big, Beautiful Life by caciopepebowl
Fandom: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
25 Aug 2023
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Bookmarked by yarnieyarnyarn (ilovesubtext)
20 Jun 2023
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the unbearable *rightness* of being known (part 1) followed by fluff, what more could you ask for??
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soprano by Anonymous for amalin
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
07 Jun 2023
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Her first glimpse of the woman — was it an accident or sheer providence? Edwina cannot be sure.
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Bookmarked by yarnieyarnyarn (ilovesubtext)
07 Jun 2023
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show!Edwina is a bluestocking lesbian and I love that for her.
as a philosophy illiterate, this fic writes Edwina such that I can finally understand her actions in the show (her world crashing down, because of her two platonic ideals). I need to reread it but I also get the sense that Edwina is *this close* to figuring out Kate and Anthony also had their two ideals and went thru their own metamorphosis. but she's 17(?) so maybe in another couple years she'll get that lol
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“Why am I here, Lord Bridgerton?”
“Because a few hours ago, you heard my deepest, darkest thoughts. Thoughts not intended for your ears. Thoughts I have needed a decade to be able to speak out loud to my own mother. And upon hearing those thoughts, the only thing you had to say was that I was selfish. Call me weak—call me vain—but I need to know why, Miss Sharma. Tell me why, and you are free to leave.”
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After Kate accidentally overhears Anthony speaking to Violet at Edmund’s grave, he confronts her, leading to a fiery, passionate exchange in his study.
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- Part 1 of A Big, Beautiful Life
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The first time he meets Kate Sharma he is fucking Siena against a tree.
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The Sharmas arrive in London one year earlier. Kate and Anthony suffer through a trio of meet-uglies.
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plan bee by starkswinterfelling
Fandom: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
19 Sep 2025
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An arranged marriage AU
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Kate and Anthony meet by chance in a park at dawn and wake up married with no memory of how they got there. As they try to determine how to wake up from the strange shared dream, time continues to get away from them and they cannot escape the draw between each other.
AU of the Turkish romcom Rüyanda Görürsün.
Updated: 10/23
Bookmarked by yarnieyarnyarn (ilovesubtext)
28 May 2023
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time loop with the simpiest Anthony 🥹