katajainen:

Me: starts reading chapter 47 of Sansûkh.
Me, first three lines in: has to put the tablet down and remember to breathe.

I’m now done reading it and it was even better than I anticipated. @determamfidd you make words do magical things. Thank you!

l,JAHSgdjkhasashgdfak KATA, SHUCKS ❤ ❤ ❤

katajainen:

katajainen:

This Breath We Share (7705 words) by katajainen
Chapters: 6/6
Fandom: The Lord of the Rings – J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings – All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Gimli (Son of Glóin)/Legolas Greenleaf
Characters: Gimli (Son of Glóin), Legolas Greenleaf, Aragorn | Estel, Gandalf | Mithrandir
Additional Tags: Kissing, 5+1 Things, Awkward Flirting, Cultural Differences, Cultural Misunderstandings, Hair Braiding, Tastefully suggestive bits
Summary:

Five times Legolas kissed Gimli – and the one time Gimli kissed him back.

But is any kiss ever ‘just a kiss’?

Does that chapter count say 6/6? YES it does. Does it mean this is the FINAL chapter? It BLOODY WELL does.

And I’m so GODSDAMNED grateful it should be so. (Read: have re-written and edited until my eyes bleed and I can’t see the story from the words anymore and I my most fervent wish is to have nothing to do with it like EVER.)

But here it is. Read. Please.

(It’s 2.40 in the morning. I am not sorry.)

12 hours later, and I’m even happier I got the thing finished. (And the original prompter liked it!)

This Breath We Share – Chapter 1 – katajainen – The Lord of the Rings – J. R. R. Tolkien [Archive of Our Own]

katajainen:

For the following anonymous prompt in gigolas 1000 fics (now 2000 fics) challenge:

Five times Legolas kissed Gimli and one time Gimli kissed him back.

I
envision this as the elf aggravating the dwarf at first– then Gimli
starts feeling the love as both the kisses and the annoyance grow into
something sweeter. Bonus points for loud, peevish dwarven fuming, and as
his emotions grow warmer, the fuming gets louder. But you can adapt it
as much as you want.

Chapter 3 now here.

Another quicklet (no. 4)

katajainen:

Another random quick-ish short-ish Tolkien-verse ficlet. (The rest can be found here, but beware: one is sad, one is cute and one just plain weird.)

But this is Minas Tirith after the battle. Dark dreams, H/C, and not-quite-there-yet gigolas.

Gimli was on his feet with steel in his hand before he was fully awake. He blinked croggily in the heavy darkness as he considered his surroundings. Surely no sign of impending danger had roused him here, in this good house of solid stone high in the seventh circle of the White City.

There was a dim sliver of light between the closed shutters, but that hardly spoke in favour of either an early hour or late, these being the days under the Shadow. A twilight could easily be full daybreak.

But from the dull aching weariness of his limbs Gimli knew it could not be more than scarce hours since he had at last found his rest the night after the battle.

In the next room, someone cried out.

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OH THIS IS LOVELY

SO EVOCATIVE, FULL OF THAT CLOSE, HUSHED ATMOSPHERE OF VERY LATE EVENING, SOFT AND SORROWFUL AND HOPEFUL AND BEAUTIFUL ALL AT ONCE

AND THE DIALOGUE IS BLOODY BRILLIANT

katajainen:

determamfidd:

katajainen:

I just opened my email to this.

HOW, how in the name of all that’s good and holy (and deliciously wicked) am I going to get any work done today? When I know I could be reading this?!

Self-discipline, I know you not.

AUGH sorry – aaaand my timing sucks once again! I hope you like it when you get around to reading it, and I REALLY hope that it doesn’t drive you bonkers all day at work!

Hey, it’s not your fault that my timezone is GMT+3… And luckily I was too busy to get distracted. Much. Almost not at all. Oh dear.

But. There’s an improperly proper and ridiculously over-length commentary at AO3, so I’ll just leave this one quote here:

“I will eat him alive, the earth itself be my witness,” Legolas grated beneath his breath. “I will endure no more of this!”

By his side, Thranduil choked on a sip of wine.

This fic is MAGNIFICENT beoyond all belief. More than the sum of its parts. RIDICULOUSLY hot. And OUTRAGEOUSLY fun. And exactly the RIGHT amount of sweet.

And everyone who ever shipped gigolas should read it.

*screams* KATAJAINEN OH MY GOD THE GORGEOUS REVIEW ALONE WAS ENOUGH TO PUT ME IN ORBIT

AND THEN

I SAW

YOUR TAGS…!!!

HOLY HANNAH I AM HOWLING

YOU BEAUTIFUL SOUL THANK YOU SO MUCH *hugs and hugs and hUGS*

katajainen:

I just opened my email to this.

HOW, how in the name of all that’s good and holy (and deliciously wicked) am I going to get any work done today? When I know I could be reading this?!

Self-discipline, I know you not.

AUGH sorry – aaaand my timing sucks once again! I hope you like it when you get around to reading it, and I REALLY hope that it doesn’t drive you bonkers all day at work!