Best Frodo Baggins Pining Fanfics
The best pining fanfiction featuring Frodo Baggins (LOTR) on AO3, curated by popularity. The exquisite torture of loving someone from afar, especially when it's mutual but unspoken.
Top Frodo Baggins Pining Fic Recs
2 pining fics featuring Frodo Baggins, followed by other top-rated stories.
Took a Little Journey to the Unknown
Piningby stillusesapencil · Frodo/Sam
(and I've come back changed, I can feel it in my bones.) “The thing is,” Frodo says, looking quite pale, “the treatment might not even work, and September seems an awfully long time from now and. Well, I don’t want to—that is, I want to see things. I want to go out into the world and—” he tosses a h
Hometown Glory
Piningby elusiverose · Frodo/Sam
Despite his wound, Frodo stays in The Shire. Sam hearing he almost leaves for Valinor ends in a confession.
Warmed Stones Do Not Grow
by Jesuismoi5oo · Frodo/Sam
After the Battle of Five Armies, Bilbo is imprisoned for his betrayal of dwarves. Convinced his dwarves have not forgiven him, Bilbo escaped back to the Shire and accepts that his adventure came to an end. The company, unaware of his arrest, eventually must accept that their burglar must have perish
hiatt baker hoes
by stripyscarves · Frodo/Sam
merrychristmas: maybe he can tell me what all my fossils on animal crossing are i’m fucking sick of blathers making me feel guilty every time i tell him i don’t want to know about idk pterodactyl tails arwening: OMG ADD ME ON ANIMAL CROSSING I’LL GIVE YOU PEARS merrychristmas: i have peaches i’m
Because I Could Not Stop for Death
by Foxlover11 · Frodo/Sam
Aragorn and Legolas's relationship through the years. This is an Aralas fic but it's pretty slowburn.
Standing Still
by Lesbian_aunt · Frodo/Sam
Bilbo Baggins has been running away ever since… well, let’s just say that certain events from his past have left him heartbroken and fleeing to live abroad. That is, until he gets a phone call from an old friend that changes everything. Facing not only the challenge of taking care of his teenage nep
I'm On Waves, Out Being Tossed
by Wellitsmadeforme · Frodo/Sam
Frodo Baggins was born a hobbit lass, the only thing that changes is the world around her. A Lord of the Rings retelling where all the Hobbits are women fighting to save a world that doesn't really want them there, even though it desperately needs them.
diss na żydkiewkę
by vermivascovylarr · Frodo/Sam
lapaczuchranszkocjasterowiecmaszynadogemblingu is born and immediately goes clinically insane while obsessing over absolutely everything lol cieciererecie cieciererecie cieciererecie cieciererecie ciecieciecie gustawo lima
The Night Is Overcome
by tadashinfj · Frodo/Sam
Many ages ago, before the memory of all we speak of, perhaps before the Years of the Sun, there was a Ring unlike any other. It was said that Melkor Lord of Fire fell from grace and was thrust from Arda, but what was not said is that he forged a Ring like that of his servant Sauron, and that this Ri
I Loved You In The Morning (Our Kisses Deep And Warming)
by ComeHady · Frodo/Sam
"Not a chance, sir. You can't go on like this, beggin' you pardon. It has to be done tonight, an' I know it's not a pretty stuff to go through." Sam's words fell into muffled silence. He jolted his hand from Frodo's shoulder, and took in a quick breath. "Want me to help?" Frodo thought himself to be
Moments
by YouCareSoMuch · Frodo/Sam
Various samfro plot bunnies because I needed a place to store them! Fluff and very minimal angst.
Bait
by Rune_Ruinous · Frodo/Sam
Captured in Cirith Ungol, Frodo struggles against Snaga's manipulation, drawing strength from thoughts of Sam as he fights to preserve his sense of dignity. But when Sam finally reaches him, their bond becomes a weapon in the hands of their enemies.
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Frodo Baggins in Pining Fanfiction
Frodo Baggins — The Ring-bearer who carries the weight of the world on hobbit-sized shoulders. His sacrifice and resilience save Middle-earth.
Pining — Unrequited or unspoken longing for someone, often with lots of internal anguish.
The exquisite torture of loving someone from afar, especially when it's mutual but unspoken. Frodo Baggins's role in LOTR makes them a natural fit for pining storylines, which is why this combination is one of the most popular in LOTR fanfiction.
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