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1. Dry Clean Only by WaterBordeauxed

   Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   28 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Aragorn | Estel/Original Female Character(s)
   • Legolas Greenleaf & Original Female Character(s)
   • Haldir of Lothlórien & Original Female Character(s)
   • Aragorn | Estel
   • Aragon (Tolkien)
   • Legolas Greenleaf
   • Thranduil (Tolkien)
   • Gandalf (Tolkien)
   • Elrond Peredhel
   • Boromir (Tolkien)
   • Haldir of Lothlórien (Tolkien)
   • Sam Gamgee
   • Pippin Took
   • Merry Brandybuck
   • Gimli (Tolkien)
   • Bilbo Baggins
   • Glorfindel (Tolkien)
   • Éowyn (Tolkien)
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Elf Character(s)
   • Modern Character in Middle Earth
   • Modern girl suffering in fantasy world
   • Girl is not having a good time
   • Graphic Description
   • Eventual Romance
   • Its like a coming of age but OC is 26 and privileged
   • Big personal growth because you will find her insufferable at first
   • OC is the Ring bearer
   • Mutual Pining
   • Personal Growth
   • Very much not a BAMF but a traumatised posh girl
   • Like my other story this character is into embroidery
   • why is this becoming a running theme idk
   • no beta we die like Boromir
   • Or do we?
   • Modern Girl in Middle Earth
   • Medieval World Building
   • An insane amount of historical research with notes
   • Eventual Smut
   • Realistic experience in pre-industrial living

   Summary

   "His head was on her arse. Gandalf was dead. Satan was real. Aragorn was confessing his feelings and she could feel wind on her bum cheeks. Nothing about this was okay. Could he have not given her at least three business days to prepare for this sort of thing? She wanted a nap and a bath and a big bloody glass of wine. Maybe even a wee lobotomy to scrape out the horrors she’d witnessed today."

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   Beautiful, clever, rich — Maeve Dashwood is perfectly content with her privileged life in London and sees no need for an ambitious career or marriage.
   Grubby, useless, terrified — Maeve Dashwood can dig her heels in all she likes, but when destiny comes calling, the Valar will drag her kicking and screaming. Facing a new world of horrors while suffering the graphic withdrawals of modern comforts and medicine, this reluctant and extremely unqualified heroine might be Middle Earth’s only hope. Eru take pity on them all.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Please Read The Care Label

   Language:

   English

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