#msv_2022

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

The big day is finally here and we have an archive with many, many great stories for you to read. This has been My Slashy Valentine's biggest year yet and we could not have done it without every one of you! Congratulations to all our new writers who completed their first swap: Bird, Celsius, elennalore, Ellis, hanneswrites, Heather/Headwig1010, Heather/ohboromir, HeavenOnFire, HewerOfCaves, Hísimirë, iri, Ismene, JazTheBard, kotaka_kun, likethenight, Lithgaeril, Mai, Melesta, Mirien Silowende/Eryn Götz, Pixie, Rats, Rowan Henry, Roselightfairy, Sam, Sebastian, Shadow, Thehufflepuffhobbit, UnknownLifeform, and Verecunda.

Our pinch hitters ensured everyone had a Valentine today, so special shout out to Zhie, Tehhumi and Narya who handled last minute pinch hits with aplomb. You guys are amazing! This has been our biggest group of newcomers yet, please check out their stories and make them feel welcome. Huge thanks as well to all our wonderful veterans who continue to participate and make this swap a vibrant part of the Tolkien community.

And now, for your reading enjoyment… My Slashy Valentine 2022: The Master List! AdmirableMonster wrote King and Lark for Ismene Aglarien wrote In a Heartbeat for Senalishia Aipilosse wrote Don't Carry It All for unknownlifeform Alexcat wrote Mithril and Gold for Jade Argie Jandrew wrote Love's healing flamefor Alex Arvalier wrote From the Beginning for Sylanna Bird wrote Midsummer Thaw for Heather/Headwig1010 Celsius wrote Calm seas for just_one_iota ChrissyStriped wrote Second Lives, Second Chances for Nuedhel crownlessliestheking wrote creation's favored companions for Sebastian elennalore wrote Your Gravity Is Pulling Me Closer for HeavenOnFire elfscribe wrote The White Tree for SkyEventide Ellis wrote into forever, farwell and farewell for red_lasbelin Elvie wrote out of dreams into the sun for raiyana Fey wrote My World for Beth Grace wrote Would That I for hennethgalad Grundy wrote The Beginning of A Beautiful Friendship for lynndyre hanneswrites wrote poppies for likethenight Heather/Headwig1010 wrote Splinters for Ellis Heather/ohboromir wrote Flowers After Spring for Libby HeavenOnFire wrote To Ashes for astorey_91 hennethgalad wrote "If we shadows have offended" for Pixie HewerOfCaves wrote Ages of Secrets for Lithgaeril Hísimirë wrote The Worth of Values for Mai ignoblebard wrote Echoes in Eternity for UnnamedElement iri wrote Lean into the wind for Bird Ismene wrote And Now I Hear a Symphony for elennalore Jade wrote Dinner and Dessert for Phyncke JazTheBard wrote Party of Two for Rats just_one_iota wrote from the high heavens for Rowan Henry Katrina wrote Promise for keiliss keiliss wrote A Glint of Gold for red_lasbelin kotaka_kun wrote fellowship of the night for Roselightfairy LadyLaran wrote Unexpected Laughter for Arvalier Libby wrote and you look at me like i was someone else for Hísimirë likethenight wrote Until You No Longer Need Me for Verecunda Lithgaeril wrote A Meeting of Minds (and Hearts) for LadyLaran lynndyre wrote Tyrn Gorthad for Mirien Silowende / Eryn Götz Mai wrote Stone Heart for Grace mangacrack wrote The Work of my Hands for Nuinzilien Mawgy wrote Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder for Tabru Melesta wrote Monster for iri Mirien Silowende / Eryn Götz wrote Fanning the flames for HewerOfCaves ♥ Narya wrote Seeing Stars for SatiricalDraperies Nuinzilien wrote Crafting a Future for JazTheBard Nuredhel wrote From these hands... for mangacrack Oshun wrote The Pastry Shop for Samtyr phyncke wrote Aftermath for Melesta Pixie wrote Across the Sea for Mawgy RaisingCaiin wrote we always knew we would be lost at sea for Ignoblebard raiyana wrote I spoke no words (I called your name) for ChrissyStriped Rats wrote Anniversary in Springtime for Shadow red_lasbelin wrote look for you in daylight for Aglarien Rowan Henry wrote Hold Your Fire for AdmirableMonster Roselightfairy wrote broken bodies, steadfast hearts for kotaka_kun Sam wrote Our Love will Never Drought for Fey Samtyr wrote Heir Conditioning for Tinure SatiricalDraperies wrote Flux (Always) for Elvie Sebastian wrote Aftermaths for crownlessliestheking Senalishia wrote A Bed of Thorns for Aipilosse Shadow wrote Golden Bride & Silver Queen for Grundy starlightwalking wrote Treasures Most Precious for Sam Sylanna wrote Ideas of Light for starlightwalking Tabru wrote i-rad ely for elfscribe ♥ Tehhumi wrote when you left in the dead of the night for Heather/ohboromir Thehufflepuffhobbit wrote If You're With Me, Then Everything's Alright for hanneswritess Tinure wrote Alone until we weren't for Celsius UnknownLifeform wrote Look at me for Katrina Ysilme wrote Water Under The Bridge for Argleena Verecunda wrote To Paths That Lead Home for thehufflepuffhobbit ♥ Zhie wrote Zwischenzug for RaisingCaiin ♥ Zhie wrote Indulgences for Oshun ♥ Zhie wrote Elrond Peredhel's Second Best Tea Blend East of the Sea for Ysilme

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