#samfro concept

Sam Gamgee is supposed to be content with his life. He's fulfilled his childhood dream of owning a bakery at his seaside hometown, and his love story with his childhood friend, artist Frodo Baggins, is pure bliss. And yet Sam cannot shake off the feeling that something is wrong. As if somehow, he doesn't belong to this life, or to this town, or to Frodo even.

(This doesn't make sense in Tolkien's lore, I know. 10 minutes ago, the phrase "a secret garden" popped up in my mind and I was like, "damn, I have to make a SamFro moodboard out of it." So here you go. Besides, none of the images above are mine and, to be honest, I have no idea where they were taken. Hopefully they don't evoke any unwanted messages.)

In which Frodo inherits from his uncle not one, but two Rings of Power! And instead of being mentally tormented by the One Ring, Sam and Frodo can now use their two precious rings to travel back and forth throughout the history of Middle-Earth! Everytime they touch the yellow ring, they cannot be sure of which era they'd end up in, but still, time travel is pretty cool, right? Right?

... are there any modern AUs with this concept out there? Someone must have thought about it before I did, right?

"If it would make people happy, I wouldn’t mind if my whole body burned to ashes."

What's your idea(s) for a SamFro AU?

For a dance round the memory tree.

I remember you're the reason I have to stay.