Title: Wall and Crown
Fandom: The Hobbit
Author:
chef_geekierPairing: Nori/Dwalin/Bilbo, Bilbo/Dwalin, Nori/Dwalin
Rating: Will get to Explicit, chapter so far are Gen.
Warnings/Kinks: Arranged marriage, threesome, secret relationship, mild homophobia.
Summary:
When a treaty is struck between the Shire and Erebor, Thorin suggests an alliance marriage to cement the deal. He's a little surprised to find out that the hobbits don't approve of being royalty - they think it's a waste of time. The Thain doesn't want one of his relatives being burdened with becoming a Queen or Consort.
Balin suggests that Dwalin be the dwarf instead, which seems to settle things. Unbeknownst to everyone else though, Dwalin's already in a secret relationship with Nori, Erebor's spymaster. With Nori out on assignment, Dwalin has no excuse for not going through with the marriage. Even though it kills him inside to give up Nori, he will do as his king commands, and will honour his spouse.
When Nori gets back and meets the hobbit who married his lover, things don't exactly go as planned for anyone.
Note: Yeah yeah, another multi-chapter non-Supernatural WIP. Deal with it.
Posting it over on AO3 since I'm not really part of the Hobbit fandom here on LJ, chapters one and two are up. Currently trying to decide whether to make Bilbo male or female, need to decide before I start writing the next chapter.
AN from AO3:
Yes, another of those 'arranged marriages' AUs, because I never get sick of the trope but haven't written one yet. I'm still deciding whether to have female Bilbo or male with Mpreg - I'll need to decide by the third chapter when Bilbo's introduced, so if anyone has a strong opinion please let me know!
Title is the name of a pretty three-strand knot that makes a ball shape on the end of a rope. I can just imagine Nori using a sturdy one as an improvised weapon.
CONCERNING THE 'MILD HOMOPHOBIA' TAG:
In this particular 'verse, it recently legal for homosexual characters to be together, and the common folk are generally pleased with this. The nobles/council members are generally not pleased. (So it's similar to the current/recent situation in many countries) This has been one of the factors in Dwalin and Nori's relationship being secret. Dwalin and Nori are both bisexual.
There will most likely be no confrontations regarding this, but I figured I should warn for the situation just in case. If anything specific happens in later chapters I will warn for it.