A fanfic that I accidentally wrote in the tags of posts about the mouse, and elaborated into a full story for those still mourning the loss of Celebrimbor and the fall of Eregion.
I left season one feral about Haladriel; I was really not anticipating the most immediately fic-worthy relationship of season two to be Brimby and his mouse buddy. But here we are.
Small Acts (2962 words) by notarealwriter
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: celebrimbor & forge mouse, Annatar & Celebrimbor (Tolkien)
Characters: Celebrimbor (Tolkien), Sauron (Tolkien), forge mouse (rings of power), Annatar (Tolkien)
Additional Tags: shameless anthropomorphizing, zoologically inaccurate rodent behavior, Fall of Eregion, Loss and Trauma, maybe a bit of comfort in spite of it all
Summary:
The fall of Eregion and the aftermath, from the POV of Celebrimbor's forge mouse.