~LONG~ POST
this has been so long coming
but here is my aralas fic recs masterlist bc i love them so much and there’s too little good aralas fanfiction on ao3
hawthorn
by aeolianharps
https://archiveofourown.org/works/39137910/chapters/97913703
my favourite fic of all time. 50K, from pre-fellowship first-meeting in mirkwood to post-rotk angst. the most heart-curdlingly beautiful thing i have ever read. will make you sob but also be so glad to be alive
of men
by aeolianharps
https://archiveofourown.org/works/21775381/chapters/51957199
can you tell i love aeolianharps?? i do. 25K, from fellowship to post-rotk angst but with a happy ending. so hauntingly beautiful oh god.
a ghost story
by samarqand
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24366931
almost 10K oneshot that goes from pre-fellowship to post-rotk. the most harrowingly forestial sort of love story god i love it so much
the language of the birds
by samarqand
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25388575/chapters/61564924
exactly 20K from pre-fellowship mirkwood to mid-rotk one of my fav fics of all time, just the most gorgeous portrayal of love and longing and yes.
how the heart approaches what it yearns (series)
by sakurashakedown
https://archiveofourown.org/series/2827483
38K overall and ongoing, the first fic is 7K, the second 3K and the third 27K, the most wonderful pre-fellowship questing with aragorn portrayal of neurodivergent legolas and just fluff fluff to heal your soul
Now to rapid fire from one of my fav fic writers ever, Nanethoiithil:
Rivers of Starlight
https://archiveofourown.org/works/41660493
More Lovely and More Temperate
https://archiveofourown.org/works/39477444
Whispers in the Dark
https://archiveofourown.org/works/39273417/chapters/98273073
A Brief Respite
https://archiveofourown.org/works/38184877
Beware of the Sea
https://archiveofourown.org/works/37798204/chapters/94374856
Earth
https://archiveofourown.org/works/37143091
All by Nanethoiithil, all <15K wonderful established relationship aralas, mid-fellowship questing with the most wonderful fluff and fellowship dynamics and hurt/comfort, except for Beware of the Sea which is post-rotk wrong person wrong time. all so lovely it takes my breath away
In Fading Light
by milgarion
https://archiveofourown.org/works/822388/chapters/1558852
been a hot second since i’ve read but a full-on 63K developing relationship aralas, great if you’re in the mood for something more ~classic~ with more traditional angst. absolutely fell in love with this and it’ll always have a place in my heart
those are the fics that left a wordless void in my soul once i finished them, that have had such an impact on my life it feels as though they never leave my mind, now here are a few that are less so, definitely i don’t think about them every waking hour of every day, but are still really really good:
elf ears are just ears
by yerimheart
https://archiveofourown.org/works/43091700
(1500 words first kiss adorableness)
the moon will sing a song for me (i loved you like the sun)
by eirvosol
https://archiveofourown.org/works/42569739
(1300 words declarations of love, established-relationship, a lil cliché but it’s ok)
Dead on Your Feet
by LuvAtFirstRead
https://archiveofourown.org/works/42147552
(6K injury/recovery trope, established relationship, also lil cliché but it’s good)
This Realm of Ours
by Living_City
https://archiveofourown.org/works/41136546
(1700 word established relationship injury/recovery fluff so well written agh)
in dreams i can hear your name
by osamugiris
https://archiveofourown.org/works/40875900
(4K classic immortal dying bc mortal doesn’t love him back fluff, SO well done)
aaaaaaand of course everything by one of my favs again: himboredfield
burdens of war and love’s embrace
https://archiveofourown.org/works/31518371
i had been lost to you, sunlight
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25743196
give me how it was, our place under the sun
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24639829/chapters/59532244
all by himboredfield, (1400 words, 4K and 20K respectively) all are pre or mid-fellowship super fluffy aralas love confessions, with an AMAZING grasp on archaic language, so tolkien-esque and lovely.
aaaaaand to finish off with some shameless self advo, here’s my fic:
at the impasse of the age, we lie in oblivion
by u_wear_fine_things_well (me :D)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/42924453/chapters/107839779
my 75K word magnum opus, angsty yet bantery lotr rewrite except gayer and sadder and, yk, aralas-er with a bittersweet ending
this post is for everyone who had to wade thru hundreds of not super well written fics just to find some good gd fluffshots of our fav twink archer and his punk, perpetually tired bf!! there are good ones out there (and ones that will rip your whole entire heart out of your chest like the first 4) i promise
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