I am deep down the rabbit hole in this fandom.

But.

Thats some legit romance and good reading.

Somehow.

It shouldn't be

but it's so great.

Nu rapey

Actual romance and feelings and talking about feelings and just.... This was not a pairing I expected but by god it works

Basically the premise is that instead of or at least at the same time the one ring tries to corrupt Bilbo. Bilbo accidentally corrupts the ring by being a bewildering Hobbit that makes no sense.

First making the Ring think too damn hard then have emotions and then turning it into an actual person Because Hobbits make no fucking sense.

And it leads from there and it's fantastic.