your smile tells me I'm safe by EchoBleu

Fanwork Notes

I didn't already have enough WIPs, so my brain decided we needed a modern AU as well. It's a nice break from all the heavy canon-adjacent angst! (though it will also get angsty, it's not the same flavour of angst.)

I have a full background for everyone and everything, though I envision this as a series of one-shots, rather than a linear story. Russingon QPR will be the main focus, but other characters will make appearances and maybe steal the light. It's a bit lighter on the trauma in the sense that everyone (beside Finwë and Míriel) is alive, but they each have their own issues.

For practical reasons (aka I didn't want to have to deal with it in-universe), Fëanor is only Míriel's son and was adopted by Finwë at a young age, so Maedhros and Fingon are not biologically cousins, and don't really consider themselves as such, though they have known each other since they were kids.

Warning (very light): Maedhros's thoughts sometimes veer a little toward internalized arophobia/amatonormativity before he figures himself out.

Title is from The Amazing Devil's Drinking Song for the Socially Anxious (aside from being the most relatable song ever, it's also very much the vibes for this AU). The title of the series is from Secret Worlds by the same.

Fanwork Information

Summary: “I’m in love with you,” Fingon says one morning in September. Maedhros is perched on the couch’s armrest, bent down, struggling to tie his laces. He looks up at Fingon as the words sink in. His unbound hair makes a curtain in front of his eyes, and he can only see parts of him, the hand on his shoulder bag, the golden beads in his perfectly braided hair, his hesitant, expectant smile. His face falls the longer Maedhros takes to answer. They’re running late for the meeting, and there’s a lead weight in Maedhros’s gut that pulls painfully as words fail to form on his lips. I’m in love with you too, the words are right there, but it’s like someone has sucked all the sound out of him. Major Characters: Fingon, Maedhros Major Relationships: Fingon+Maedhros Genre: Fluff, Hurt/Comfort Challenges: Rating: General Warnings: This fanwork belongs to the series on that tree I'll carve your name
Chapters: 1	Word Count: 4, 245
Posted on 16 September 2023	Updated on 16 September 2023
This fanwork is complete.