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  1. Public Bookmark 10

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    “Oh, no.” The look on his face would be comical, if she wasn’t so sure that she looked the exact same way.

    She moves reflexively to shut the door in his face, but his stupidly large hand grabs at the frame before she does, so she would have to mash the door into his fingers.

    The lowest stakes enemies-to-lovers fic imaginable. Mostly fluff and silliness.

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    12 May 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 41

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    “You said you’ve been what you needed to be. To have any chance of avoiding the fate you fear, you must learn to become something truly different.” Even with it quiet upon her finger, Galadriel sank into the familiar flow of calm Nenya had helped her find within herself. “I came because I did not know if that's something you are capable of. I still don’t.”

    “And which outcome drove you to check?” he asked, his words tugging at the connection between them as though it were a net he could use to draw her to him. “My failure, or my success?”

    She turned back to the stars overhead, blinking away both the illusion and the tears that tried to dampen her lashes, and could not allow herself to reply.

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    04 May 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 67

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    Should they fail, she was to take shelter with the Sindar tribes to the east.  Finrod had sought their aid against their shared enemy, but in return they’d demanded a price that he refused to pay.

    “It won’t come to that.”

    Just then, the horns sounded from the lookout on the cliff above.  The legions of Emperor Morgoth, under the command of his general Sauronius, had arrived.

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    02 May 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 19

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    Halbrand is weeks away from his extradition to Númenor being finalized, his fresh start just within reach, when a hot, smart-mouthed blonde shows up on his doorstep demanding his help - and threatening to ruin his future if he doesn't give it.

    He should turn her in to her superiors and go back to keeping his head down.

    But he's just so damn bored.

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    21 Apr 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 29

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    “If I’m to spend the rest of my life with you, then I should know something,” she said, looking at him expectantly. “How old are you?”

    “Too young for you, I’d suspect,” he answered, watching her mouth open furiously.

    “You…insolent…rude,” she spluttered, “horrible man.”

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    Halbrand searches for a way to save his people by treating with the elves in the Misty Mountains. He ends up finding everything he’d never wanted for himself there instead.

    Haladriel Valentine’s Week Day 2: Soulmates

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    20 Apr 2025