"Kíli likes to rub his face on my whiskers."
I have the world's largest soft spot for weee bb!s Fili and Kili. The phrase 'Durin Family Feels' sets my heart a-flutter. Got some extra-protective big brother Fili? Might as well sop me up with a biscuit, 'cause I just melted from the sweetness.
So you can understand why etharei's story, Little Steps, gave me a coronary of cute. The story is 4K of glorious brotherhood, inspired by this picture - and the whole thing is so adorable, I actually made cooing noises at my laptop screen. I just.... words fail me.
You should listen to the podfic, and experience the loveliness for yourself. It's available for download as an mp3 right over here (thanks, paraka, for hosting me!) OR you can stream the story by clicking below:
The Intro/Outro music for this podfic is Mountain Sound, as performed by Of Mountains and Men. I'm starting to think that Of Mountains and Men are the best soundtrack for all precanon Hobbitfic - this is the third song of theirs that I've used in a Sons of Durin-centric podfic. Everybody say, "Awwwwwwwww!"
In other news, this podfic was recorded for sly_hostetter, who left me amazing podfic feedback for The Secret Language of Brothers. I was sitting on said feedback for over a week, paralyzed with feelings of SHE LIKES ME SHE REALLY LIKES ME, until I realized that the best way to pay back such awesomeness was with more awesomeness. And so: podfic. Happy listening!
P.S - etharei has Blanket Permission to Podfic! Also, a whole catalogue of excellent stories. In case anyone was wondering.
So you can understand why etharei's story, Little Steps, gave me a coronary of cute. The story is 4K of glorious brotherhood, inspired by this picture - and the whole thing is so adorable, I actually made cooing noises at my laptop screen. I just.... words fail me.
You should listen to the podfic, and experience the loveliness for yourself. It's available for download as an mp3 right over here (thanks, paraka, for hosting me!) OR you can stream the story by clicking below:
The Intro/Outro music for this podfic is Mountain Sound, as performed by Of Mountains and Men. I'm starting to think that Of Mountains and Men are the best soundtrack for all precanon Hobbitfic - this is the third song of theirs that I've used in a Sons of Durin-centric podfic. Everybody say, "Awwwwwwwww!"
In other news, this podfic was recorded for sly_hostetter, who left me amazing podfic feedback for The Secret Language of Brothers. I was sitting on said feedback for over a week, paralyzed with feelings of SHE LIKES ME SHE REALLY LIKES ME, until I realized that the best way to pay back such awesomeness was with more awesomeness. And so: podfic. Happy listening!
P.S - etharei has Blanket Permission to Podfic! Also, a whole catalogue of excellent stories. In case anyone was wondering.