Fic: Paresthesia

Jan 30, 2013 19:44

UGH I HATE MYSELF. I SPELLED THE PROMPT WORD/TITLE WRONG ON THE KINKMEME. LET ME WALLOW IN MY SHAME.

Paresthesia
The Hobbit (Movieverse). Bilbo, Bofur (hints of Fili/Kili and pining? pre-pre-slash? Bilbo/Bofur). PG. ~290 words. A sensation of tickling or prickling on the skin.

For a single word prompt on hobbit_kink

Bilbo hasn't the faintest idea why he starts doing it, but as soon as he starts he can't find it in him to stop. The little moments in between stopping for the day, setting up camp, preparing dinner, and bedding down seem so perfect for it. He'll be fiddling with it in the pocket of his waistcoat already- just a nervous habit he's picked up, making sure it's still there- and then in a decisive moment slip on the Ring and disappear.

Never so long that anyone notices he's gone, but long enough to watch his companions. The quiet moments when they think no one is paying them any mind; Gloin will run a tentative, trembling finger along the edge of a closed locket, or Nori will nick something straight from Dori's pockets only to pretend to have found it lying on the ground. There are touches traded between Fili and Kili, casual and yet so intimate that Bilbo finds himself blushing and turning away. It's the only time, really, that he feels like a voyeur.

But more often than not Bilbo finds himself edging closer to Bofur, wanting so desperately to know more about him. He's been whittling something the past few nights, but Bilbo can't make heads or tails of it. Bofur holds up what was once a spare piece of kindling from Beorn's house, and is now covered in intricate, maze-like carvings. He seems to be judging it, turning it over in his fingers. Bofur smiles wryly before tossing the beautiful thing into the fire. Bilbo reaches out before he can stop himself, his hand hovering above Bofur's clasped ones.

He draws back suddenly when Bofur shivers and mumbles something about gooseflesh, and decides he's been too long in watching his friend.

comm: hobbit_kink, char: bofur, char: bilbo, fandom: the hobbit

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