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1. Stone and Straw by EerieFaeAuthor

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

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   01 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Éomer Éadig/Original Female Character(s)
   • Éomer Éadig
   • Éowyn (Tolkien)
   • Gríma Wormtongue
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Théodred (Tolkien)
   • Gandalf (Tolkien)
   • Aragorn (Tolkien)
   • Merry Brandybuck
   • Pippin Took
   • Faramir (Tolkien)
   • Boromir (Tolkien)
   • Legolas Greenleaf
   • Gimli (Tolkien)
   • Théoden Ednew
   • Arranged Marriage
   • Marriage of Convenience
   • Strangers to Lovers
   • Opposites Attract
   • Culture Shock
   • Gondor Vs. Rohan
   • Pre-War of the Ring
   • Gríma Wormtongue is a Creep
   • Protective Éomer Éadig
   • Touch Starved Éomer
   • Sexual Tension
   • Awkward First Time
   • Banter
   • Mild Smut
   • Explicit Sexual Content
   • Smut
   • Domestic Fluff
   • Sharing a Bed
   • She's from the City He's from the Country
   • Fíriel has standards
   • Éomer smells like a horse and she hates it
   • Gríma Wormtongue is the world's worst matchmaker
   • Denethor is A+ Parenting as usual

   Summary

   Fíriel of Gondor made a fatal error: she refused the hand of Boromir, the Captain-General.

   As punishment, the Steward Denethor has sold her to the North. She is to be the price of a new alliance with the Horse Lords. A bride for the Prince of Rohan to secure cavalry for the coming war.

   But when Fíriel arrives at the wind-scoured hill of Edoras, she finds the Golden Hall rotting from within. The King is withered, the prince is absent, and the snake Gríma Wormtongue has altered the deal. Fíriel is not to be a Princess. She is to be pawned off on the King’s disgraced nephew: Éomer, the Third Marshal.

   She is a lady of silk and high walls who prizes order. He is a warrior of wool and leather who smells of the stables.

   Bound by a marriage neither wanted but united by a common enemy in the counselor who wishes them dead, Fíriel and Éomer must find a way to bridge the gap between Stone and Straw.

   But first, she has to teach him how to take a bath.

   [Arranged Marriage. Opposites Attract. Court Intrigue & Spice.]

   Language:

   English

   Words:

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   Chapters:

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