#halbrand x you

[sarcastic-halfling-princess]

Suspicious Minds - Halbrand (AU) x Reader x Aragorn - Chapter III

Pairing: Halbrand (AU) x Female Ranger!Reader x Aragorn

summary: In an alternative universe, Halbrand was never Sauron. He was the secondborn son of Arathorn II and Gilgraen. Unborn by the time of his father's death his mother, along with a two-year old Aragorn, flees to Rivendell. This fic means to explore both a love-triangle scenario between the two brothers, as well as their relationship and how this would affect Aragorn's character. Basically this is a very self-indulgent fanfic so bear with me.

Word count: 938

Warnings: none

A/N: so this chapter is from the pov of our leading lady. We delve a bit into her background (just a tad) and into her feelings about everything. After this chapter I'll probably make two more. We'll get a Halbrand ending and an Aragorn ending (and maybe third secret ending?? shhh) but I wanted to let ya'll know! Thanks again for all the support!

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Chapter III - Reader

Her heart raced.

She could still feel the phantom of Halbrand’s touch upon her, see the way he had stared at her. Frankly, It brought a flush to her cheeks and made her palms feel clammy. How had she found herself in such a situation?

The young Ranger had always felt certain of herself and her place in the world. She was one of the Dúnedain, her purpose to protect and serve in need of others. She cared deeply for those around her which included the last heirs of the House of Elendil.

Perhaps she cared for them too deeply.

She could still recall first laying eyes upon them. Aragorn had stood out to her the most then; tall, strong and very handsome even with grime upon his cheeks and grease in his hair. It had not mattered to her for she had been positively captivated by him.

Then came the first meeting with Halbrand, the second son of Arathorn.

By all accounts, she should have despised him.

Loathed him even.

For Halbrand was an arrogant and impetuous man. Reckless and mischievous. He had an eye for chaos; one she had mayhaps foolishly thought would spill over into reprehensible behavior.

Gods, she felt stupid now.

Barging into his study demanding whether or not he had joined Sauron. She knew better; she knew he loved his brother. She knew he would not abandon them; would not abandon her.

She shook these thoughts off of her and decided to prepare herself for supper that evening. Changing out of her silvery dress she dressed her body in a velvety green gown with golden embroidery. Her hair she braided out of her face and once she was done, dusk had begun to approach.

With it, came a knock at her door revealing a smiling Aragorn. She approached dear friend with the same smile; taking his extended arm all too gladly.

‘You look wonderful tonight, little one’, the taller Ranger almost seemed to coo causing pleasant chills to run up her back. Though, internally she prayed for him to cease his compliments. She had already been made a flustered mess by one brother, she did not need the other to chime in too.

‘Thank you, Aragorn’, she nodded in return as her mind recalled how they had bumped into one another earlier; ‘I hope you were not too rough on your brother-’

‘I did not dare after the lashing you gave him’, he gently stopped her as his amusement on the matter made the corners of his eyes crinkle.

At the jest, she felt herself grow a bit embarrassed; minding her footing as she stepped over a root in their path. ‘I did not mean to be so harsh-I judged him unfairly’, she tried but he patted the back of her hand.

‘He was in need to have an earful. Yet he meant no ill intent’, he assured her and she nodded in agreement.

‘I know’, she answered then met his azure gaze with a certain level of uncertainty; ‘I believe he fears to lose you’, as I fear to lose you, she added mentally.

At this, he gave her a burdened, pained glance. She did not know whether he could read the truth from her face but even if he did, he gave no comment on it. Instead he gave her hand a light squeeze.

‘Come. We must not act with such despair as the Fellowship has yet to depart’, he urged.

And though she feigned another smile, deep down she feared to never see him again. To never solve the uncertainty within her heart; to never know whether her heart ached truly for him or not.

These confusing feelings had plagued her so and Halbrand’s affectionate gesture had only worsened things. Truly, she did not wish for her heart to be so fickle as she felt she could lead both of them to believe she had feelings for them.

Yet her stupid, lovestruck heart…

She had drowned her sorrows with Elvish mead that night hoping to dull the ache in both her soul and her head. She had sung and danced to her hearts content, unaware of the two pairs of eyes which followed her delicate moves with affectionate and longing intend.

Halbrand, the bold man he was had even offered to dance with her at some point. And oh he was wicked; making her trip over her feel and fall into chest. And due to all the mead and ale, she had so stupidly giggled into him, chastised him for his deception which he then fiercely denied and blamed solely on her supposed bad footwork.

Gods, she could scold him.

Aragorn eventually asked to have his turn to dance with her. She willfully chose not to see the tension between the two men; all lovestruck smiles as the older Ranger twirled her about. And though her dancing partner had changed, so hadn’t the pounding in her chest; the fluttering of her stomach.

Once again, she felt enamored and spellbound. Wishing for the joining of mouths, lips upon bare skin and the sighs of pleasure fading into the night. Wishing for words of promise and love to be whispered to her and only her.

For a while she could delude herself into thinking all had been as is once was and that no war loomed beyond the horizon. For a while, she could imagine herself a carefree young maiden untethered by the burden of responsibilities; free to bare her heart to not one, but two men he very much harbored feelings for.

But who was she to choose?

Could she choose?

Taglist: @jack-napier-2008 @ofheroesandvillains @actualhawkesworld @woodyrubster @queen-ilmaree @northlilies @faithfire

#halbrand x reader #halbrand x y/n #halbrand x you #halbrand fanfiction #halbrand imagine #aragorn x reader #aragorn x y/n #aragorn imagine #lord of the rings #lord of the rings fanfiction #rings of power #rings of power fanfiction

[mvashnic]

More doodling. All the roadtrip fics are giving me life, lmao.

#rings of power #galadriel x sauron #galadriel x halbrand #haladriel #saurondriel #idk what we are even calling it #we're just walking into morder #keep up the good work everyone! #i appreciate you #when i just want to draw some horses

[ggiuliass]

this scene had me SCREAMING

I am so weak ffs

#if evil why hot #WHYYYYYYYYYY #sauron ill be your queen #will you be my dark lord? #sauron x galadriel #sauron #galadriel x halbrand #halbrand!sauron #halbrand #galadriel #trop #rop #rop spoilers #trop spoilers #the rings of power #rings of power #lotr #the lord of the rings #haladriel

[ladyfenring]

#i have been thinking about this nonstop #finrod said to find the light you must find the dark #and she found THE dark #rings of power #galadriel #halbrand #sauron #galadriel x halbrand #galadriel x sauron #YEAH I SAID IT #finrod #rings of power spoilers #my edits

[demonscantgothere]

I've been holding this in for a week now, but I want to say something.

I won a huge victory against AO3 harassment about a week ago after shutting off anonymous comments across the board. It only took one day after my announcement, just one day, for someone to risk using an alt account to harass me because my anonymous comments were off. AO3 has since taken measures to deal with this person for me.

There is a way to stop the harassment. There is a way to deal with it. I was headstrong for too long because I thought "oh, this is just a silly comment, so I can delete it and move on with my life," but some very heinous threats have been made. Now, I see if you're not willing to shut off anonymous comments, then nothing will ever be done about this.

The first person who directly harassed me through an account had their account scrubbed. This is the second person.

To finally see people face consequences for their horrific actions after a year of this going on is . . . blissful relief.

I am grateful this is now coming to an end.

#reblog if you feel more people in the community need to see this and this information will be valuable to them #haladriel #galadriel x halbrand #halbrand x galadriel #saurondriel #sauron x galadriel #galadriel x sauron

[keelifallen]

#Say what you will about rop #but their ship is hot #should it be canon? #probably not #do I like it anyway? absolutely #rop #after it was revealed that he was evil his hotness level jumped from a 4 to a 10 no lie #the rings of power #lotr #the lord of the rings #Galadriel #halbrand #Sauron #tolkein #halbrand x galadriel #tangled #galadriel x sauron #saurondriel #haladriel #lotr fanart #Morfydd Clark #Charlie Vickers #artists on tumblr #keelidraws #honestly rop feels like a fic where the author did a bunch of research but still got the characterization wrong #also #Like originally I was really hoping there would be no romance between them #Cuz people can be just friends right?! #But chemistry #who am I to deny science

[bluetiefling]

#ropedit #tropedit #lotredit #galadriel x halbrand #galadriel x sauron #galadriel #halbrand #sauron #the rings of power #lotr rings of power #mygifs #mmmmmm #a lot to say about Halbrand here but I'm also obsessed with what's going behind her eyes here #like unease mixed with intrigue and a hope that he isn't who she's starting to suspect #the more he starts to say all the things she wanted from Halbrand #the more suspicious it is!!! #she's like HOW DID WE GET HERE #OH TAKE ME BACK TO THE START #lol also even as her unease grows you know she was like *shiver* when he touched her

[marimosalad]

New BTS of Charlie & Morfydd ❤️

Source: @FellowshipFans on Twitter

#will you just look at these cuties #rings of power #trop bts #haladriel #charlie vickers #morfydd clark #Galadriel #halbrand #saurondriel #hot sauron #galadriel x halbrand #sauron #trop #the rings of power #bind yourself to me

[shia-the-buff]

don't let me down, guys

#rings of power #galadriel x halbrand #galadriel #halbrand #i will go down with this ship #haladriel #you will forever be iconic and sexy #ao3 is literally what's keeping me going right now

[pinkbeastie]

“if i could bind it to my very being..”

the way halbrand was scared to even say what he was feeling

and the gasp

when he realized galadriel felt the same

#my heart was melting #you could see they wanted to kiss- #otp: bind yourself to me #lotr #the rings of power #galadriel #rop #trop #halbrand #halbrand x galadriel #the lord of the rings #galadriel x halbrand #tolkien #rings of power

[restless-tides]

𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊 & 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 » playlist ( galadriel & halbrand/sauron )

what a wicked game to play to make me feel this way what a wicked thing to do to let me dream of you

1. Wicked Game - Ursine Vulpine feat. Annaca || 2. Will You Follow Me Into the Dark - Klergy & Mindy Jones || 3. Goodbye - Apparat feat. Soap&Skin || 4. The Sea - HAEVN || 5. The Other Side - Ruelle || 6. ANIMAL - Jim Yosef x RIELL || 7. What The Water Gave Me - Florence+The Machine || 8. The Fire - Bishop Briggs || 9. Dead Inside - Muse || 10. Breathe - Fleurie || 11. Underground - Lindsey Stirling || 12. Can't Help Falling in Love - DARK VERSION featuring brooke // Produced by Tommee Profitt || 13. Fountain Of Eternity - Eternal Eclipse || 14. The Willow Maid - Erutan || 15. Terrible Thing - AG&Brad Gordon || 15. My Immortal - Evanescence || 16. Circle - Evael || 17. Me And The Devil - Soap&Skin || 18. Trøllabundin - Eivør

#it took me so long to make omg #i tried to keep the balance between fantasy vibe and the modern vibe #then again it's just my interpretation #i hope you guys enjoy it <3 #haladriel #saurondriel #galadriel #halbrand #rings of power #playlist #rop playlist #restlesstides #ship:bind yourself to me #galadriel x halbrand #halbrand x galadriel #rings of power playlist #just a fan thing #myedit

[unsolvedghoulboyz]

oh no it's my monthly new enemies to lovers ship from a show I've never watched and that isn't canon whatsoever but their TENSION hits just right 😩

#enemies to lovers #haladriel #halbrand x galadriel #galadriel x halbrand #lotr #negan x maggie #neggie #sam x jo #supernatural #twd #ryan clarke x hope #legacies #tvd #any horror movie antagonist with the final girl #slasher x reader #slasher x you #slasher #slashers #slasher x final girl #slasher x y/n #reylo

[penelopeloveshere]

Where are you, Saurondriel fanfic writer from 2003??? Show yourself! I'm dying of curiosity

#halbrand #the rings of power #galadriel x halbrand #haladriel #sauron #halbrand x galadriel #galadriel #galadriel x sauron #saurondriel #did you see the future?!

[coraleethroughthelookingglass]

The Decurion’s Wife - Chapter 6 - The Truth

No matter how hard you try, you can’t hide the truth forever.

#haladriel #galadriel x halbrand #the rings of power #trop fanfiction #decurion’s wife #roman au #if you want to be added to my tag list for fic please let me know!

[youwearfinethingswellwriter]

What if... they hadn't been interrupted in that forest?

My art submission for day 2 of Haladriel week: Missing scenes and what ifs! 🤗

#haladriel #haladriel week #galadriel x halbrand #i felt it too #fan art #otp: bind yourself to me #fluff #uwu #I'll let you decide if they kiss after this

[demonscantgothere]

I wanted to take a moment to genuinely thank the wave of support I have seen both here on Tumblr and on AO3 after I had to shut off my anonymous comments. It has brought literal tears to my eyes to see so much love after the ostracization and targeting I've experienced in this fandom for the past year.

For every moment I've considered giving up and disappearing into another fandom, every single token of support shown and measure of kindness given and words of love shared have pulled me back from the brink more times than I can count.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you. ❤️

#i'm not sure how many of you follow me here or not so i'll tag this #haladriel #halbrand x galadriel #galadriel x halbrand #saurondriel #galadriel x sauron #sauron x galadriel #elrond girlies and silm fandom you too 💓 you babes are included with the best 💋