Bilbo is astonished to discover that Fili and Sigrid are to marry after only meeting once. He learns just how vastly different Dwarven courting customs are to Hobbits'.

"Eternity was a lot longer than anyone realized, and time played itself out, again and again, the repetition of history for Jacob as certain as death for everyone else. But everything did not repeat- people certainly didn't. The makeup of a person came only rarely. Sometimes, it only came once." Piece of introspection for Jacob, on Lara & eternity. Not a ship fic.

Amarië, a halfelf, seeks to enter Lothlórien on a twofold quest and meets Haldir, March Warden. Sparks fly, and the two soon find that their destinies are intertwined. Updated with corrections, 121906v AU!