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tell me something true (or tell me nothing at all)

The Rings of Power Fanfiction Pairing: Galadriel | Sauron Rating: E Word Count: 9,403

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They write each other hundreds of letters, delivered in hundreds of different ways. Letters that taunt, letters that curse, letters that mourn, that plead, that beg. A lifetime of love and hate and sorrow captured in words.

And the Ranger finds each and every one. . . OR . . Not even war can keep them apart. Galadriel, Sauron, and their letters to one another throughout the age — and the daughter who eventually fits the pieces together.

Inspired by This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone.

Posted as part of Haladriel Week 2023 Day 4: First, Third and/or Fourth Age

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HALADRIEL WEEK ∞ ENEMIES TO LOVERS (and back to enemies)

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The Chain | M | WIP | 58K | Canon Divergence AU

Chapter 11 - Doors

Yell at some orcs, look for a palantir, build magical walls and do some introspection with Hal, Gal, and pals in this update for Haladriel Week Day 6: Enemies to Lovers!

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all your pain will end here

chapter 1: i’m down to just one thing, and i’m starting to scare myself

haladriel x the patient | E | 3.3k | 1/?

“What made you decide to reach out to me?”

Halbrand pauses with one hand on the doorknob. “You dedicated your book to Finrod's killer.”

“Yes,” Galadriel breathes. “I did.”

“I couldn’t stop thinking about that,” he admits, running a hand through his hair. “You said that if someone had been willing to treat them earlier, then maybe your brother would still be alive. You made it seem like there’s a chance things might get better. Like violence isn’t just an unfortunate inevitability encoded into someone's being.”

“In a sense,” she laughs softly, “I’ve devoted my entire life to my brother’s murderer— at least, professionally speaking.”

“It’s just too bad they were never caught,” he muses. “Who knows what else they might’ve gotten up to?”

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“We’ve discussed this, Dr. Noldor.” The patient crouches before her. “I’m being very reasonable, but I need you to work with me.”

or: Galadriel must help her newest patient resist his homicidal urges before she becomes his next victim.

Inspired by the tv miniseries The Patient (2022)

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Here is my piece for day six of Haladriel Week 2023! The theme is enemies to lovers. I really love this piece and I hope you guys do too! Think of it as one of the possibilities for their reunion in season two... 😈

Summary: The Lady of Light and the Dark Lord reunite for the first time since the reveal of Sauron's deception in Eregion. For Galadriel, things do not go as expected...

Word Count: 2k

Tagging: @denzit @pursuitseternal @gil-galadhwen @heronamedhawks @vellichormybeloved @somebirdortheother @coraleethroughthelookingglass @hazelmaines @myrsinemezzo @hikarielizabethbloom @restless-tides @lady-of-imladris @eowyn7023 @jhalya @iamstartraveller776 @helenvader @ichabodjane @nenyabusiness @rebelrebelwrites @youwearfinethingswellwriter @princessfantaghiro @honeyfarts666 @klynnvakarian

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The first time Galadriel met Sauron in her dream, he appeared to her as Halbrand, breaking her heart. 

Galadriel last saw Sauron in her dreams after his defeat. She had just returned to Valinor. He appeared to her as nothing more than a shadow. However, on a closer look, she could see a small light shining through. It was small and dim, but it was there nevertheless. 

At that moment, she knew in her heart that there was still hope for redemption and love if he was ever to return (to her). 

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The Lord and Lady of the Rings. AU

9 consecutive hours for this one. I will definitely colour it one day but right now my hand needs a well deserved break x)

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Haladriel week day 4: 1st, 2nd, 4th age.

This counts as in theme because it ties together past and present. 🙃

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HALADRIEL WEEK: 1st, 3rd, AND/OR 4th AGE

NO PEACE (ao3)

She meanders among the woods of her childhood, fingers brushing against rough trunks. There are memories woven in the underbrush, wound through the branches she once sat upon, legs dangling as she waited to catch her brothers unawares. But these half-recalled images no longer feel like hers. Nothing does.

Months ago—or is it years now?—she stood on the docks at the Grey Havens, pressing Nenya into the hands of one of the East-Elves, the few who have chosen to remain in Middle Earth. She would go west and perhaps her restless spirit would finally settle.

It hasn’t. The tempest within is never quite tamed.

Her next step lands wrong, and she throws out a hand to steady herself—only to be met with air. The forest is gone, replaced by a rolling sea, cold water lapping at her bare feet as she stands on unsteady, creaking boards. No. She squeezes her eyes shut, willing this unwelcome vision away.

“Galadriel.”

Her stomach twists at the voice she hasn’t heard for millennia. “You are not here,” she says. This is only another memory, brought to life by her ennui and the residue of magic in her veins.

“I am.” Her breath catches when his hand lands on her shoulder. “Look at me.”

She turns, gaze falling on the features which have been branded into her mind. “You were banished to the void.” It is where he belongs. They stood as enemies for so long, and yet—

The affection he once inspired in her refuses to die.

“You call to me,” he says. “How can I not answer?”

“I haven’t—”

“You have.” Red-gold flickers in his eyes, but as quickly they turn olive again. “Just as I cannot help but reach for you.” The words are serrated at the edges, as if it torments him.

She would be glad for it if she were not caught in the same tide.

“You promised peace,” he begins with a hint of accusation, but she will not hear it.

“I promised Halbrand peace,” she counters. “Sauron deserves no such rest.”

“I am both and neither.” He draws nearer, knuckles brushing against her jaw. “’No lasting peace in any path,’ you said, ‘but that which lies across the sea.’ For either of us. Tell me, have you found it?”

She wants to say she has, that her seclusion in Valinor is enough. But the wetness in her gaze betrays the truth before she can give voice to the lie.

“There is none without me. Nor for me without you. There never has been.” He grasps her hand, presses it against his chest. “We are bound.”

“No.” She cannot—she will not give the dark lord this.

His expression falls flat. “You will see in time—for that is all we both have now.”

Before she can protest, he disappears along with the Sundering Sea. She sags against a tree, turmoil thick in her chest.

She shouldn’t want him to be right, but she does.

~FIN~

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“exit light, enter night”

haladriel || Outlast AU

dead dove || explicit || 15.4k

Haladriel Week, Day 5: Family

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Galadriel | Artanis/Halbrand (The Rings of Power) Characters: Galadriel | Artanis, Halbrand (The Rings of Power) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Real World, First Meetings, Rivals With Benefits, Rivals to Roommates, Unplanned Pregnancy, Idiots in Love, Implied/Referenced Sexual Content, Human Halbrand Defence Squad, Halbrand Takes Care Of His Girls, Developing Relationship, Family Fluff, Declarations Of Love, All The Back Story I Can Throw Into Four Thousand Words, Morning Sickness, Pregnancy Hormones Are A Rollercoaster Summary:

Galadriel wasn’t the type to sleep with the enemy. Even if that enemy did things with his tongue that her ex-boyfriend had turned his nose up at.

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Haladrielweek - Day 2 What if ...

Artanis and Mairon were both apprentices in Aulë’s forge?

Part 2 of my First Age RomCom

Fuel to the Fire:

Ignite • 4,5k words • Chapter 1/3 • Rated M

Coverart for the series by the wonderful @marimosalad

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One Last Dance, chapter 33

Haladriel week, day 5: Family and Fluff

What better way to celebrate family and fluff than by having Galadriel finally tell Halbrand she wants to have children with him?

Celebrian, here we come!

Can't believe I managed to get the chapter done in time! Didn't think it possible but here we are!!!! 🥳🥳🥳

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My piece for Haladriel Week Day Five! The theme is Family and Fluff, but I’ve gone solely down the fluff route on this one! Enjoy!

Featuring the return of Human!Halbrand! 😜

Summary: Halbrand and Galadriel have decided to capture Adar and reclaim the lands that are rightfully theirs. And even with their love to strengthen them, the task will not be easy...

Word Count: 1.8k

Warnings: Violence.

Tagging: @denzit @pursuitseternal @gil-galadhwen @somebirdortheother @coraleethroughthelookingglass @heronamedhawks @vellichormybeloved @hazelmaines @hikarielizabethbloom @restless-tides @lady-of-imladris @myrsinemezzo @eowyn7023 @jhalya @ichabodjane @helenvader @youwearfinethingswellwriter @nenyabusiness @rebelrebelwrites @princessfantaghiro @honeyfarts666 @iamstartraveller776 @klynnvakarian

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What If - A Dark Queen Galadriel Playlist

I don’t have a fic for today so I hope it’s okay to share a playlist from my Dom!Dark Queen Galadriel fic (Queen Takes King) as I never did when I originally posted it

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Fandom: The Rings of Power Fanfiction Pairing: Galadriel / Halbrand | Sauron Rating: M Chapter: 2 of 2 Word Count: 10,210

read 'halcyon' on ao3

It's diagnosed as sea longing. Galadriel of the Noldor had conveniently dodged the condition for much of her long existence. Her husband tries to not think of the coincidence of timing. Only now, when the evil was truly gone from Middle Earth, did the feeling suddenly consume his wife.

From a distance, Celebrían watches her mother turn to stone on the shore. Sea longing was not sufficient to describe the begged benediction of magic her mother was weaving in her mourning.

Yet, her father remained an incorporeal spirit—singing variations on the same refrain, yet unable to heed her mother's pleas.

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Middle Earth's Great Tragedy, from the Second Age to the Fourth.

(barely canon divergent.)

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Here is my second piece for Haladriel Week 2023! What if the mountain never erupted, and Halbrand wasn’t Sauron!

Inspired by and dedicated to @somebirdortheother @myrsinemezzo and @violetaeons ❤️❤️❤️

Summary: During celebrations following their victory over Adar and his orcs, Halbrand cannot help but be struck by the way Galadriel moves...

Word Count: 3.9k

Warnings: SMUTTTTTTTT NSFW 18+ 😈

Tagging: @denzit @pursuitseternal @gil-galadhwen @somebirdortheother @coraleethroughthelookingglass @heronamedhawks @hikarielizabethbloom @restless-tides @lady-of-imladris @honeyfarts666 @myrsinemezzo @hazelmaines @iamstartraveller776 @eowyn7023 @jhalya @princessfantaghiro @starlady66 @vellichormybeloved @klynnvakarian @youwearfinethingswellwriter @ichabodjane @helenvader