#platonicule

Queerplatonic yearning for Finrod Felagund inside, please interact. A human girl and an elven girl get together to talk love, marriage, human and elven weddings, and yearning of different kinds. Female OCs, G, 2,585 words, First Age Fix it AU, Everybody Lives

When Borhin came back, the tambour in her hands, she saw Trevadriel leaning into the chest and staring into the mirror; she had picked up the headpiece and was trying it on. Intently, she was looking at her reflection. A moment, and Trevadriel felt Borhin's gaze upon herself, and swiftly put the headpiece down. “Ai! Forgive me! I am sorry. I did not tear it or anything. I should not have taken it without asking.” Borhin shook her head, amused. “No, it is all right! It suits you well! You would make such a beautiful bride! Do you not… Oh. Oh.”

Read on Ao3 I wanted to meditate on how allo people have plenty of rites and customs to frame their relationships, while ace spectrum people often have to invent those from scratch should they want to have anything similar. It must be true in Middle-earth too, with its rich cultures and the whole LaCE in the picture.