Title: Partings
Author: Kortirion
Character: Tauriel and Young Bilbo
Rating: G
Source: Pre-Ring War
Disclaimer: Tolkien owns these characters… although one is PJ’s - Kortirion’s just riffing on the moment.
Barely after sunrise, the Elves woke him, pressed way-bread into his hands… before busily dismantling their camp. Half asleep, he watched them stow their gear and mount… startled when suddenly lifted aloft and set astride a very tall horse.
“Whaaaaa…” was all he managed before Tauriel leapt up behind him.
“Calmly Master Bilbo, we’ll find a road that leads you home.
And there he was - on a path he recognised, some crumbs on his waistcoat… and They were gone.
What’s this… snagged about his button, ...two long hairs? He wound them around his finger... mmm... looks like a red-gold ring....