Thrihyrne

I have to say just a couple of things about this, because this gift exchange has been the most serendipitous, astounding series of events. I was picked to write for annmarwalk, someone I didn't recognize, but the parameters were fine (3rd age Rohan or Gondor), and I chose Rohan. Yes, big shock. But- I began writing, and Théodred was the main character. I think he showed up in one chapter in "Daughers of Orome," but otherwise, as a character, he was never on my radar. So I'm about halfway through this story and I go wandering over to annmarwalk's LJ and see that she's a huge Théodred fan. So I investigate a little more and discover that she lives in the same state. So I make aquaintances, add her to the flist, read some of her stuff (lovely, evocative vignettes), and we tentatively agree to meet up IRL since we live relatively close. Then she emailed me to say that she'd read my paper, "Under the Waterfall," back when she was first getting involved in Tolkien fandom, and it had made a big impact on how she chose to participate in the archive and fandom circles.

WOW. I was so excited, I printed out her email to show my parents over dinner. I jabbed at it, saying, "This is who I get to meet after Christmas! She read my paper! It meant something to her!!" and babbled other things.

So- I'm so glad that it's 12:02 a.m. on the 24th so I can post my story for her, which now carries much more "I really hope you like this" than when I started it, when it was much more "I'll try Ardaverse slash and maybe the recipient will like it, maybe not." Karma baby, karma. The icon is for you, too. I was making them for my other giftfics, so I made one for this story as well. Merry Christmas!!

Title- Kindly Winter's Gift
Fandom- Tolkien
Rating- R
Pairing- Théodred/OMC

~my gratitude to cim_halfing for her beta~

( Kindly Winter's Gift )