After her terrible loss in The Battle of the Five Armies, Tauriel struggles to cope with her seemingly pointless existence. She finds herself in a downward spiral, losing control of everything, when she finds help in the most unlikely of places. Her King. [Tauriel/Thranduil] M for later chapters.

Post-TBOTFA, Thranduil drinks too much. Thranduil/Tauriel slowburn.