Romance recs

Treasure Island:

A Man of Substance (4103 words) by the_alchemist
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island & Related Fandoms
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Long John Silver/Mrs Silver
Characters: Long John Silver, Mrs Silver
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Trust, Falling In Love, Developing Relationship
Summary:

"Silver is a man of substance; I know of my own knowledge that he has a banker's account, which has never been overdrawn. He leaves his wife to manage the inn; and ... she is a woman of colour ..."

From the few glimpses we get of her, Mrs Silver sounds awesome, and so does their marriage: it seems as though that's the one sphere of life where John is reliable and trustworthy. This is my version of how such a marriage might have come about.

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I've read (published) prequels and sequels to Treasure Island, and one or two do something with Silver's marriage, but none brings his wife alive as a character in her own right, with her own story, the way this fanfiction does. (In my head, she looks like Naomie Harris, hence icon.) If you've never read Treasure Island or seen an adaption thereof, you can still read this story as a charming, spiky 18th century romance. Highly recommended.

And since I'm in a romantic vein:

The Hobbit (movieverse:

To Turn the Tide of Heaven (9794 words) by LittleBigSpoon
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit (Jackson movies)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kíli/Tauriel
Characters: Aulë, Tauriel, Kíli
Additional Tags: Greek Mythology - Freeform, Orpheus and Eurydice Myth
Summary:

Kili dies in the Battle of the Five Armies. Tauriel refuses to let it end there.

(Based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice)

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Very clever use of both Tolkien's mythology (adapted to movieverse purposes) and the Greek one. Until we see what Jackson does with Kili and Tauriel in the third movie, this is my future headcanon.