Lord of the Rings fic: "To Spill His Flowers on the Ground"

Okay, here you go: the ent smut.

Title: To Spill His Flowers on the Ground
Fandom: Lord of the Rings - Tolkien
Rating: R
Length: 740 words
AO3 tags: Ent Smut, Botanically Accurate, Protandry, Grief/Mourning, Social Gender, Slow Extinction, Hermaphrodites, Sex Pollen
Summary: He could not help wishing for another of his kind to share this with him, to brush and twine their branches with his, to know his pollen was bringing them pleasure. But it was not worth it, not like this.
Notes: I got far too invested in understanding ent reproductive biology, this is the result. Thanks to vulgarweed for the beta, and check out her far happier ent smut.

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