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1. Where the Lilies Grow by Nuvolett

   Fandoms: TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms  

   • Explicit
   • Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   10 Jun 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Bard the Bowman/Thranduil (Tolkien)
   • Bard the Bowman & Thranduil (Tolkien)
   • Elrond Peredhel/Haldir of Lothlórien
   • Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield
   • Kíli/Tauriel
   • Bard the Bowman (Tolkien)
   • Thranduil (Tolkien)
   • Legolas Greenleaf
   • Gandalf (Tolkien)
   • Alfrid Lickspittle
   • Bilbo Baggins
   • Thorin Oakenshield
   • Tauriel (Hobbit Movies)
   • Kíli (Tolkien)
   • Fíli (Tolkien)
   • Aragorn (Tolkien)
   • Galadriel (Tolkien)
   • Elrond Peredhel
   • Dís (Tolkien)
   • Belladonna Took
   • Haldir of Lothlórien (Tolkien)
   • Galion (Tolkien)
   • Priests
   • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
   • Romance
   • Work In Progress
   • Slow Burn
   • Barduil - Freeform
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Healing
   • Mutual Pining
   • Loneliness
   • Catholic Guilt
   • Limerence
   • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Recovery
   • Happy Ending
   • Disability
   • Dark Past
   • Idiots in Love
   • Angst and Fluff and Smut
   • The Thorn Birds (1983) references
   • Calvary (2014) references
   • Elrond's dick makes decisions
   • gifting as love language
   • Ratings: R

   Summary

   After a failed career in Parliament and a string of personal losses, Bard Bowman seeks redemption through the priesthood. Eight years in the seminary leave him quietly resolute, but nothing prepares him for his assignment in an affluent Hampshire parish, or for the man waiting there.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   20,529

   Chapters:

   12/?

   Comments:

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