Comments | mithen: FIC: The Scent of Sun-Warmed Stone (Hobbit, Thorin/Bilbo)

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FIC: The Scent of Sun-Warmed Stone (Hobbit, Thorin/Bilbo)

Feb 07, 2013 00:08

Title: The Scent of Sun-Warmed Stone
Relationship: Thorin/Bilbo
Characters: Thorin, Bilbo, Gandalf, Kili, Fili, Bofur
Fandom: The Hobbit
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: PG
Word Count 2800
Summary: In which baths are taken, hair is braided, and Bilbo and Thorin take turns being embarrassed.

( At the base of the rock was a broad, shallow river, clear and cold, with a ford of large flat rocks. At the sight of clean water, Thorin suddenly became aware that he was filthy, covered with blood, sweat, dirt, and warg-drool. He heard a yearning sigh from Balin and caught Fili and Kili sharing hopeful glances, and decided that the search for shelter could wait. )

ch: bilbo baggins, ch: thorin oakenshield, fandom: hobbit, ch: balin, ch: dwalin, ch: kili, ch: fili, p: thorin/bilbo, ch: bofur, ch: gandalf

Comments 33

queen0fcups February 6 2013, 16:32:06 UTC

Awwww! I'm not very articulate with my stuffy head today, but I should note I love everything about this, especially the tender intimacy of the braiding and the THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO YOU FILI and the return of 'confusticate' which is the best curse ever. This whole thing is one big ball of adorable and I love it.

mithen February 7 2013, 02:34:56 UTC

Haaaahaha, I love "confusticate" so much and it made me so happy when Bilbo decided to use it without prompting. :)

I hope you're starting to feel better, I hate knowing you're ill!

jestana February 6 2013, 18:11:20 UTC

You are determined to kill with me feels before the next movie comes out, aren't you? *wails* They're so cute together, but I know it's doomed and waaaaah!

Ahem.

I loved Bilbo just matter-of-factly braiding Thorin's hair, and then Thorin matter-of-factly picking him up and carrying him across the ford.

*cuddles them both*

mithen February 7 2013, 02:36:44 UTC

You are determined to kill with me feels before the next movie comes out, aren't you? *wails* They're so cute together, but I know it's doomed and waaaaah!

They're just so darn sweet, and--and I see them as almost getting to the point where they can realize how they feel about each other, and then--then--

*sobs*

But I will enjoy gleaning every possible domestic moment I can from canon before my heart gets broken! I'm so glad you enjoyed this, from here on in things start to get sadder, although they do still manage to grab some sweet moments...

starsandsea February 6 2013, 19:16:04 UTC

Oh, how could you make me giggle so much but include such sadness at the same time?!?!

"Quarreling over a bar of soap," Thorin huffed. "Is unseemly." He crossed his arms and looked regal--a bit of a trick when naked in barely-waist-deep water. "I am your Prince and the leader of this expedition, and thus I claim this bar of soap as rightfully mine." He beckoned imperiously at Gloin, current holder of the soap. "Hand it over."

Majestic!naked!Thorin, oh my...

"It does my heart good to see you both safe," he said in a low voice to his nephews. They looked at each other and beamed in a way that made his heart hurt, and Kili handed him the soap with a shy smile.

*sniffles* Oh, that just hurt.

A curly head appeared around the side of the boulder. "I am not odd!" Bilbo protested. "But I am a hobbit, and I have--oh my," he finished weakly, and ducked back around the corner, his face red.

*giggles* Poor Bilbo!

"You've got it uneven," Bilbo said, and Thorin glared at him. "You're not--that's never going to work. You've got all sorts ( ... )

mithen February 7 2013, 02:41:45 UTC

Oh, how could you make me giggle so much but include such sadness at the same time?!?!

It's not me, it's the darn canon! Every time I start writing something sweet I get derailed with BUT THEY'RE GONNA DIE feels...

Majestic!naked!Thorin, oh my...

Muahaha, Thorin is unheeding of his nakedness, but we are not!

Well, I can't say that Kili and Fili didn't deserve that! :P

Do not tease Uncle Thorin about his burglar!

Ahhhh, thinking about his words to Gandalf at the beginning and realizing how very true and how totally wrong they are at the same time just...makes my heart hurt.

Thorin would make a majestic pony! :P

I cannot help but think the annoyed sound he made as he tossed his head sounded rather like a whinney. :)

And oh, I loved the idea of Thorin carrying Bilbo while making grouchy noises for show. *sniffles* It was so much fun to write and I'm so glad you liked the results!

yavieriel February 7 2013, 02:42:07 UTC

Ahhhh, you! You are steadily wearing down my resistance to shipping this (okay you and pretty much the rest of the internet, but it's harder to resist when it's you). They're just so sweet and - and yeah. So much for my "I don't slash Tolkien" policy. (One exception! Surely it's not totally hypocritical to have one movie-verse exception.)

mithen February 7 2013, 03:00:08 UTC

I am TOTALLY WITH YOU about not shipping Tolkien! Tolkien's male-male relationships are so intense that I always feel adding actual physical relationships is kind of gilding the lily. I mean, I don't mind if other people do it at all, but I can't quite get over it for myself. Thus, all of my in-canon stories I find it impossible to get past this level of "heightened-relationship-but-not-quite-romance" intensity--but for me, I find that's really the sweet spot for slashy stories anyway!

(OK, I might be trying to find an AU where I can finagle something a little more, but I've got a sizeable list of canon-compliant stories that are staying pretty much right in this zone until then).

One exception! J.R.R. will forgive us...it's all Jackson and Armitage and Freeman's fault, anyway...

*runs off, rationalizing*

jlvsclrk February 7 2013, 04:35:06 UTC

♥

Love!

mithen February 7 2013, 14:04:59 UTC

Thank you so much! I love these characters...