#celrondgalad

Coda (E) - Gil-Galad/Elrond/Celebrían

Elrond gets tied up, edged, and fucked within an inch of his life -- all in that order. 🫡

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Summary: The High King has long remained unmarried, for many reasons, the chief of which is that he has been carrying on a secret relationship with his herald. In an attempt to silence the ceaseless petitions for him to marry, he agrees to court Celebrían, with the understanding that nothing need change. Loving Elrond herself, she respects their relationship. And maybe she's feeling a little impishly spiteful having found herself unwittingly enmeshed in her mother's political aims.

Rating: Mature

Ships: Gil-galad/Elrond; Elrond/Celebrían; Gil-galad/Elrond/Celebrían

Gil-galad was supposed to survive, thought Celebrían numbly. We were supposed to all get married when we came home.

Instead of speaking, she cleaned the Mordor-soot from her face and from Elrond's. Their sore, dry throats were an excuse, if nothing else, to remain silent in grief.

She couldn't get Elrond's face quite clean, but some tears cleared a track down his cheek.

for @jaz-the-bard​, @undercat-overdog​, and moiety! also an extremely belated Kinktober entry for Day 31: Begging Kink :)

[ao3] - rated E; 779 words; Elrond/Celebrían/Gil-galad

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“What do you think, Gil?” Celebrían purred. “Has our little lord been good enough?”

I’m actually a big shipper of Elrondir esp post-Celebrians sail. He can’t cry every night if he’s wrapped up in Elrond’s arms 🥰

I actually ship the three of them together!

Like i have two AUs in my head: one where the three of them got married to each other before she sailed, and one where Elrond and Lindir became an item after Cel sailed and then the three of them became an item in Valinor upon Elrond's sailing. Cel and Lindir are mostly QP with a small romantic bent. But mostly it's the "this is my husband Elrond and this is my husband's husband Lindir". They enjoy sex in separate combos and together. Cel and Lindir just tend not to have sex so much on their own. Usually when they do it's either because Elrond's not available or Lindir's craving something very specific with Cel. Like he's absolutely whipped for both of them and he IS bi, but he's much more into sex with men. Elrond tends to fall in love with mostly men but likes sex with both men and women equally. Lindir and Cel are mostly just really affectionate with each other and cuddle :) And Cel likes watching Elrond wreck Lindir. It's very hot.

Sometimes I like to combine this into an OT4 with Gil-Galad, though I headcannon that Gil is very aro, so he's just very QP for Elrond, besties with Cel, and besties with Lindir (who is very embarrassed by this THAT'S THE FORMER HIGH KING OF THE NOLDOR)

I really adore the first AU for the cute shippy nonsense, and the second AU for the angst factor. I love the concept of Lindir just assuming that Elrond will ditch him once he sails to be with his wife, and even when Elrond assures him that he would never do that and that Cel will absolutely welcome him into the marriage with open arms he's still very unsure and insecure about it until they actually get to Valinor. The angst potential is too good :)

But yeah

Lindir 🤝 Cel 🤝 Gil-Galad > being utterly head over heels for Elrond

for auld lang syne (sequel to In Good Company)

Celebrían x Elrond x Gil-galad; E, 13k

Almost as if he had summoned her with the memory of loaded teasing during office hours last year, a knock sounded on his door, Celebrían poking her head in before he could answer. She held up a bag from Brimby’s, so he couldn’t be too mad at her for the interruption. Not like he could ever really be mad at her. She could smile that cute little smile of hers and get away with anything, and she knew it. She frequently used her cuteness to her advantage.  “I brought dinner.” She pushed the door open more fully. “And Elrond. But dinner will get cold, and Elrond has a sweater, so maybe start with dinner.” He laughed, setting his pen down amidst a stack of notecards and books, laying his glasses down a moment later. “I see that.” He ran his eyes over Elrond, a maroon sweater hugging his arms, a little bit preppy. “He looks very good.” A hint of color rose to Elrond’s cheeks. “So does that,” he said when Celebrían snatched a sweet potato fry from the bag before setting it down on his desk. 

Chapter Summary: The High King courts Celebrían, Elrond romances the High King, and Celebrían acts the part of besotted lady while continuing her schemes.

Many might think him adept at romancing because his nose was always buried in a book, lines of poetry etched forever in his mind. But Gil-galad knew better. It was because he was always observing, always learning. He saw the small things one thought were only important to their innermost self and he treasured them. He felt like the masterwork of Celebrimbor’s hand when Elrond looked upon him, and though he was often draped in the trappings of royalty, enough gold upon his person to rival a dragon’s hoard, he had never felt worth much of anything. But when Elrond looked at him…

Work Summary: The High King has long remained unmarried, for many reasons, the chief of which is that he has been carrying on a secret relationship with his herald. In an attempt to silence the ceaseless petitions for him to marry, he agrees to court Celebrían, with the understanding that nothing need change. Loving Elrond herself, she respects their relationship. And maybe she's feeling a little impishly spiteful having found herself unwittingly enmeshed in her mother's political aims.

Rating: Mature

Ships: Gil-galad/Elrond; Elrond/Celebrían; Gil-galad/Elrond/Celebrían

Both of them get the same rating bc I love them

Like there are so many tasty directions you can take gondolin ot3 (as Jaz has well proven) and they make perfect sense to ship (just LOOK at The Fall of Gondolin) and I just adore Idril and Tuor being so in love and Maeglin being horny and confused and mad about it.