#nindis

Indis x Nerdanel

ohhh i would like. cannot resist the absolute scandal of nindis in a modern au.

(I feel I am cheating by making neither of them particularly college-aged, but it is also juicier this way).

Indis Centore, the niece of Old Money gentleman Ingwë Centore, is absolutely a trust-fund kid. With no real worries about making money, she spends her 20s getting a degree in equine studies, which she uses mostly with her 4 beloved horses.

When she's like 28, she meets Finwë, an older widower (he's 55ish) with a 19-year old son, at a nature retreat for the very wealthy. The age difference between them is fairly notable, especially with Finwë being the CEO of a fortune 500 company, but the power dynamic isn't quite as extreme, with Indis knowing she has her own money and her own family support. They bond over riding horses and an interest in ancient historical texts.

They're married two years later, and a few months after that Indis is pregnant with their firstborn daughter, Findis. You can imagine how (now 21 year old) Feanor feels about this turn of events.

Life goes on. Indis mostly devotes herself to her child and her horses, Feanor pursues a PhD in electrical engineering, Finwe keeps trying to keep the family conflict free (he is delusional).

Feanor avoids Indis and his half-siblings like the plague, and is cruel when he cannot help but interact his step-mother. Tension also begins to rise between Indis and Finwe, mostly because she is frustrated with his tendency to always prioritize Feanor over their other children.

When, at 24, Feanor meets Nerdanel (25), a mechanic, and begins to date her, he keeps her far from his family. Nerdanel is quite an outsider in the circles he runs in, coming from a working-class family. She went to trade school despite a passion for sculpture.

After Nerdanel and Feanor wed, she goes to university to pursue a degree in Fine Arts. She's probably pregnant with their first or second at this point.

At the same time, Indis begins to feel frustrated/limited by the role of "mother" only, and after having her fourth child decides she's going to return to school to pursue something artsy -- maybe poetry eventually? This is quite easily facilitated by having all the money in the world for nannies and tuition and writing retreats.

The two women grow closer as they find out they have, by coincidence, been put into some of the same core/background classes. Nerdanel begins to open up about some of her frustrations with Feanor's emotional issues and single-minded intensity, while Indis confides in her about feeling neglected.

[ship bingo]

Elwing/Maglor

Yes. They're both hot (to me), she hates him, he would do anything (anything) to redeem himself in her eyes. He won't but she'll still fuck him. Dynamic is Maglor guilt-fucking, Elwing like, "Yeah, I deserve this. Please me, kinslayer -- also don't talk." They are both surprised to find they have amazing chemistry and it gets pretty kinky. Earendil backs it, sometimes watches, rarely partakes. Elrond and Elros think it's funny as hell.

I need them to kill each other = I need her to kill him. With hotness.

That's my take, but for another great (and darker) one, may I recommend: Elwing/f!Maglor by simaetha.

Feanor/Fingolfin

@ettelene is gonna be mad at me for not saying Soulmates but I'm still in my toxic sibcest era lol. UST more than hatefuck though. I do think kissing could fix them though, and I like a Feanor Lives AU where they fuck-to-fix-it.

Some Fave Feanolos:

The Revolutionary and the Usurper by Encairion (imo a masterpiece of Feanor characterisation, complicated relationships, and super hot smut scenes)

All of them by Ettelene but A Clash of swords is so much fun and showcases her talent for group dynamics as well as smut.

hell is empty and we are here by @crownlessliestheking. More pre-slash but their dynamic here is so perfectly spiky.

Indis/Nerdanel