Love Is A Risky Business by just_jenni

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B2MeM Challenge: Day 1: Prompt: Friendship
Format: Short Story
Genre: Romance
Rating: R
Warnings: Fluff, Slash
Characters: Maedhros, Fingon, Feanor, Nerdanel
Pairings: Maedhros/Fingon
Summary: Maedhros and Fingon were close as youngsters, but will they remain close friends when they grow older and their lives change with the events to come as laid out in the Quenta Silmarillion?

Chapter One

Fingon’s pursuit of Maedhros began almost as soon as he first set eyes on his redheaded cousin. Even as a boy he sensed an unusual attraction to his cousin who was also his best friend. Unsure whether it was the flaming hair that once had caught his gaze attracted him ever after, or if it was Maedhros’ mercurial nature that kept him always off-balance, he questioned himself constantly whether he might be pursuing a lost cause. Maedhros was a known womanizer, changing one young lady for the next as often as he changed his clothes, only to discard all in the end. But for Fingon the pursuit itself was too tantalizing, the anticipated reward too sweet, to allow him to stop.

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Room at the Inn - Linda Hoyland

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B2MeM Challenge: Pride.
"They come from Mordor,' said Strider in a low voice. 'From Mordor, Barliman, if that means anything to you.”
Format: short story
Genre: angst
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Characters: Barliman Butterbur, Frodo, Aragorn
Pairings: none
Summary: Barliman Butterbur is a conscientious innkeeper.

Disclaimer: The characters are the property of the Tolkien Estate. No profit has been, nor will be made from this story.

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B2MeM 2013: Day Twenty-One

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Below are three prompts, one from each of the three major eras of Arda’s history. To participate, choose one that sounds interesting, locate the quote in the books (that’s the scavenger hunt bit!), read the surrounding passage or chapter, and create your piece based on that.

Your piece does not need to be based on the scene from the quote. While this is certainly one approach, you could also write about a character, location, or theme found in the scene. Remember, there’s no prompt police, and we encourage creative use of the prompts!

	"The ancient tongue, common to all Elves, in the form that it took in Valinor; brought to Middle-earth by the Noldorin exiles, but abandoned by them as a daily speech, especially after the edict of King Thingol against its use."
	"She was the only child of Tar-Aldarion, and the first Ruling Queen of Nъmenor. She was born in the year 873, and she reigned for 205 years, longer than any ruler after Elros; she surrendered the sceptre in 1280, and died in 1285."
	"Now not day only shall be beloved, but night too shall be beautiful and blessed and all fear pass away!"

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