Imagine: Being too focused
Thorin, Fíli, Kíli, Bilbo's reactions when they understand you're just very focused on your job.
You joined Thorin's company in Bree when they stayed at The Prancing Pony. Gandalf recommended you as a guide throughout Middle earth because he knew he won't always be with them. After a long, complicated discussion between him and Thorin, he finally accepted you, but not as a company member, rather as an optional person like Gandalf. So no contract, no part of treasure, and no responsibility for him.
As you just owed a big favour to Gandalf, you were okay with that. As a Ranger of the North, you know Middle earth by heart, so leading them to Erebor will be easy, right?
Thorin
From the start, you ride on a horse, always before everyone, alone staring at the horizon to be sure of the way.
As you're alone, you never talk to anyone. Gandalf is the only one to talk to you sometimes during the day.
Focused on your task to guide them, you don't realise the dwarves are suspicious about you, and you don't try to talk to you either.
You used to eat with Gandalf and Bilbo.
Thorin is the only dwarf who talks to you when he needs it. Only to be sure you took the right way, to tell the truth.
It's hard to believe it but Thorin finds your quiet, cold attitude a little intimidating. Just a little bit.
The first time he sees you laugh is in Rivendell, with Lord Elrond and his two sons after the dinner. Something inside him makes him angry, but he prefers focusing on the map of his father rather than thinking of you.
The second time he sees your serious face broken is when he hugs the hobbit, on the Carrock. But a second later, he is looking at Erebor. He has no time to waste on a woman. He has to stay focused on the quest.
In Laketown, you should be on your guard when the Master of the town offers you to stay freely in an inn for the last night before going to Erebor, but Bilbo makes you taste a glass of wine, then another, then another…
How much wine did you drink? 🤷 What did you do after? Dancing with Bofur? Laughing with Fíli and Kíli? An arm-wrestling match with Dwalin? 🤷 The only thing you know was that you need to cool your head, so you take your coat and get out.
“We’re starting to think you left,” Thorin says as he walks toward you after closing the inn’s door. “Well, now you all are here, you don’t need me anymore. But, no. I just needed to cool my head.”
Thorin stops next to you, so close that you feel his warmth. His coat looks much warmer than yours, but you should stop fixing it. The both of you chat for a while until you realise it’s the first time you really chat with him, and it’s quite pleasant. Plus, he seems as relaxed as you, maybe because of the wine.
Even if you friendly chat with him, you don’t realise you keep your serious face while he smiles at you. He is the future King under the mountain, you can’t laugh with him like any friend, right? At some point, the winter wind makes you shiver, but you’re not cold for long. With the thick coat of Thorin on your shoulders, you are very warm. “Oh, hm, thanks, but you should keep it,” you say, very embarrassed but truly glad to be warm. Even if you smile, you try to hide your embarrassment by tucking a strand of your hair behind your ear.
This gesture and your embarrassing face changes something in Thorin’s heart. He never saw you embarrassed and he can’t help but find you very cute and attractive. If you were closer, he would try to do more things to see your shyness tonight. Maybe later, in Erebor, once he will have his mountain back.
Fíli
He and his brothers try to make you laugh more than once with jokes or tricks, but they never succeed.
Yet, Fíli is often quiet and more observant than you think. He sees you smile sometimes, but mostly at the moments he doesn’t expect it.
The first time he sees you beam is just after the trolls. You find a good, light elvish sword and try it alone. A very good sword!
You don’t realise it either, but you smile every day when you eat, sitting before a pretty landscape. Some old ruins coloured by the sunset, for example.
But the moment he sees your most radiant smile is in a small town, in the middle of nowhere. Thorin had decided to stay in a town, leaving everyone else to disperse for their own purchase. A man joins you and hugs you for a long time. Too long to his liking, to tell the truth. You’re also smiling too much for a man who isn’t him.
The night you stay in the town, in the same inn as everyone. In a town, they don’t need you to guide them, so you can rest. You eat your dinner at the inn with the man you met in the afternoon, a friend you haven't seen for a long time.
After finishing your dinner together, your friend leaves on an overnight mission to the region. No sooner has he left than Fíli joins you at your table as you drink your wine.
“Are you bored with us, or do you dislike us?” he asks as he sits on a chair next to you. “I mean, is it boring to join a company of dwarfs?”
You frown. It’s not the first time you talk to him, but it’s the first time you’re alone with him, and you’re surprised by his question. “No, absolutely not. Why do you think that?”
“You never smile or join us in the evening over the fire,” he says as he looks you in the eye, waiting for your answer.
“Oh, I’m sorry. During the day I’m focused on the road and in the evening, I plan the way for the next day according to the stars, and it takes time. I would feel bad if I took the wrong way and delayed your journey,” you reply with a smile before sipping your wine.
Surprised by your smile, he accidentally spills his ale on your trousers and his. He immediately stands up, apologising endlessly.
You burst out laughing, telling him it’s alright, you have another one clean in your bag. His clumsiness is so out of character that you laugh for a while.
After this night, he knows the sound of you laughing is the most melodious sound he has ever heard, and he knows he wants to hear it every day for the rest of his life.
Kíli
From the start, you ride on a horse always before everyone, alone staring at the horizon to be sure of the way.
As you're alone, you never talk to anyone, except maybe Gandalf. He is the only one to talk to you sometimes during the day, or Bilbo because he is never far from Gandalf.
The two young brothers are always trying to make you laugh or get your attention, but it doesn’t work. You don't even do it on purpose. You’re too focused on your job to notice them.
One afternoon, you open your map to be sure to go through the right place but a small rock goes through your map and makes a hole in it. First, you’re surprised, then when you’re about to look around you, you hear, “Kíli! What have you done again? Can’t you behave for one day?” Thorin shouts to his nephew as you look back to your map. Luckily, the rock made a hole in the sea and the rest of the paper wasn't damaged.
“I’m sorry! I didn’t want to pierce the map! Is it damaged? I’m sorry!” he says, riding closer in the front, with you and Thorin. “It was just a joke!” You sigh and turn back to do your job without a word while Thorin continues to reprimand him like a child.
After some ups and downs, you arrive in Rivendell. If the first time he sees you smile isn’t with two elves, Kíli would be happy to see it, but when Elladan and Elrohir find you, they welcome you so warmly that you forget almost everything you've been through. Arwen joins you too and you spend more time with them than the dwarves. He sees you smiling during the whole stay in Rivendell, and from the moment you all flee in the Misty mountains, you put on your serious face again, focused on the road.
One very cold night, Thorin decided to stop in a cave, with a small fire just to make dinner. It’s really because you owe a debt to Gandalf that you’re still with them. He is not even coming with you in the Misty Mountains’ snow! You’re within a hair's breadth of return to Rivendell, but when you see the Hobbit is still here, you can make an effort. Are you a ranger or not?
Focused on blowing on your hands to keep your warm, you startle when Kíli kneels before you and hands you a bowl of soup. “Here, it’ll warm you a little,” he says with a light smile. You’re surprised it’s not Bilbo who gives your meal as usual, even more when Kíli sits next to you with his own bowl, but you don't pay attention. A warm soup is just what you need to think about right now.
When Kíli sees you smile as you eat your bowl, he loses his words. It’s the first time you smile for him. Well, technically not for him, but thanks to him, right? Then, he realises the soup is not the only thing that warms him up.
Once you finish your soup, your hands are quickly cold and you restart blowing on it. When Kíli sees that, he removes his coat and slips it on your back. It’s too big for you and so warm. For some seconds, you beam and close the coat on you, until you notice Kíli is now in a tunic. “Are you crazy? You will catch a cold like that! Take it back!” you exclaim, losing your smile. “It takes more than that for a dwarf to get sick,” he laughs as he takes his blanket from his bed. “And I have a blanket!”
His smile and attention make you blush, so you close his coat even more on you to hide your face. But it doesn’t escape Kíli's notice. If giving you soup makes you smile and giving you a coat makes you blush, he already starts to think about all the things he could give you to see all your expressions.
Bilbo
Bilbo is a curious hobbit, so when Gandalf talks to you, he often joins him. On the road, at dinners, at breaks, …
Always riding at the front of the company, you intrigue him from the beginning. You’re very quiet compared to the dwarves. You never complain and speak only to indicate the way.
When Fíli and Kíli come to the front to talk to you, you answer vaguely, even when they make jokes.
One evening you all rest in an inn in a small town, you join Gandalf and Bilbo for dinner. A waitress finds you and serves you the meal you ordered. Bilbo notices your smile at the view of the warm dinner while they are also waiting for theirs. Something in his heart warms him up, but he doesn’t know if it’s because of the view of the meal or your smile. He tries to forget it when his meal comes.
During that very dinner, you couldn’t decide on the meal to order, so you ask Bilbo if you can taste his meal. He looks surprised by your request but lets you do it. Oh, his meat pie is as good as your roast pork!
As Bilbo prefers staying with you in each town the company passes or rests, you often share a meal with him, and your love for good food makes you want to try as many dishes as possible. One day, you meet a friend in a new town. A childhood ranger friend. Everyone is surprised when you call him. He runs to you and hugs you with all the strength he has. Your laugh echoes for so long that the dwarves go back to their business.
But not Bilbo. He stays with you and you introduce him to your friend. The three of you end up dinner together in the town’s inn. After they bring your meals, you taste yours, then the one of Bilbo like you used to. Your friend ordered the same as you.
“Y/n?” he asks you, wincing. “It’s me,” you reply, your head still leaning on your plate. “Tell me you know what it means to share a meal like this with a hobbit.”
You shrug, continuing to eat. You don’t see Bilbo blushing and finishing his meal quickly. The silence makes you raise your head. Your friend is smiling, and Bilbo seems trying to say something but he stammers, “I. Well. You. Well.”
“Wait, it means something?” you finally ask, putting your fork and knife on the table. Your friend sighs. You’ve never been interested in Hobbits before, but you know your friend used to watch their lands for years. “It’s a courting thing, or for married ones,” he eventually laughs.
“What? But nobody told me! Either Gandalf, or even Bilbo! Hey Bilbo, why didn't you ever tell me?” you ask as he stammers some words about some things he has to do, and leaves you.
Oh. So, your friend is right.
Bilbo avoids you since then, and you’re too focused to do your job to speak with him. Well, in truth, you try to stay focused but when you notice you made a mistake, turning at the wrong path, you’re so embarrassed that you spend your day apologising to Thorin. “Don’t worry, lass, mistakes happen,” Balin tells you the night of the incident with a comforting smile.
You feel so stupid that you isolate yourself behind a rock to avoid Thorin’s look. At some point, you hear steps toward you and eventually see Bilbo. He stops in front of you with a bowl of Bombur’s stew.
“Can I sit next to you?” he asks. It’s the first time he has spoken to you since he ran away. You nod and take the bowl. You finally talk both of you like you used to until you search in your bag and get out a cookie.
“Will you share it with me?” you ask as you cut the cookie in half. “Y-you’re sure?” he asks as he is about to take half of the cookie you hand him. “I’m sure,” you say with the first smile of your day. Then Bilbo realises he missed your smile more than he thought. But when you eat your piece of cookie, he understands how much more he missed your smile when you were eating. Luckily for him, he has some food in his bag waiting to share with you.
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i forced my roommate to watch both LOTR and The Hobbit with me. Here are some highlights
LOTR:
Roomie: I like this gandalf dude
Me: Oh yeah me too. he's a bit questionable sometimes but we love him
30 seconds later, gandalf fighting saruman:
Roomie: NO MY SKRUNKLY
Roomie: awe sam is a precious boy
Me, internally: oh you dont even know the half of it
merry and pippin stealing crops:
Roomie: ARE THEY THE BASTARD LITTLE BROTHERS??
me: I mean i gues-
Roomie: FOUND FAMILY LETS FUCKING GO
Elrond being disappointed and having strong eyebrows:
Roomie: i feel like i've let down my dad and i dont even have a dad
Roomie: i don't really like boromir that much-
me, pausing the movie to explain why boromir is extremely valid: I WILL HAVE NO BOROMIR SLANDER
Roomie: is this bc he's a himbo
Roomie: this thorin guy sounds pretty gay if he's given bilbo this thing thats worth more than the shire
me, internally: YOU HAVE NO IDEA MOTHERFUCKER
gandalf dying:
roomie: NO MY BOY
roomie: please tell me gimli and legolas are gay, because everyone else seems extremely straight
me: they arguably one of the gayest duos, yes.
roomie: oh good. i thought they straight-washed sam for no reason
me: i mean. there are a lot of frodo and sam moments that have no heterosexual explanation
viggo breaking his toes:
me, practically bursting at the seams:
roomie: oh god what is it
me: DID YOU KNOW-
gandalf is alive:
roomie: FUCK YEAH MY BOY
me, explaining the uruk-hai:
roomie: fucked up of a yas character to do that tbh (referring to saruman's manicure)
theoden being stubborn at helm's deep:
roomie: okay i like him BUT COME ONNN MAN
eowyn picking up merry before they ride to gondor:
roomie: I KNOW I WANTED TO KISS HER FOr A REASON MWAH MWAH EOWYN
me:...she gets a bf
roomie: NOT ANYMORE
aragorn: for frodo
roomie, bursting into tears:
me: whoa whoa u good
roomie: ITS HIS DAD. ITS FRODO'S DAD.
sam literally carrying frodo up a mountain:
roomie:...thats a bit gay
mount doom blowing up:
roomie: thats unecessary and homophobic
frodo sailing to the undying lands:
roomie: TAKE YOUR BOYFRIEND WITH YOU YOU COWARD
The Hobbit:
the scene with baby bilbo:
roomie: NAUR I LOVE HIM
bilbo and gandalf interacting as adults:
roomie: this feels like it could go very wrong
thorin finally showing up:
roomie: listen im gay but i'd consider it
me: he's probably also gay
roomie: mlm and wlw solidarity okay we're bffs now
bilbo running out of the door:
roomie: again. this feels like this could go very wrong.
me, internally: oh fuck how do they KNOW already
thorin throwing down his weapon bc bilbo got caught by trolls:
roomie:....thats....sus.
me:...if this is sus...oh boy...
thorin's obvious dislike of elves @ rivendell:
roomie: okay so. explain to me why thorin doesn't like elves again-
me: did you not watch the entire introduction to thorin?
roomie: NO WAIT I REMEMBER THE BLOND BITCH
saruman showing up:
roomie: ew.
galadriel showing up:
roomie: HELLO SAILOR AWOOGA AWOOGA
bilbo and thorin nearly falling off at the mountain pass:
thorin: he's been lost ever since he stepped out his front door
roomie: WDYM YOU'RE ALL FUCKED UP- thorin stop being mean to your husband
the entirety of the goblin tunnels and gollum:
roomie: this does not bode well. at all.
the ring showing up:
roomie: I WAS RIGHT
azog versus thorin scene:
roomie: dumb bitch...OH NO DOES HE DIE-
bilbo to the rescue: oh no its chill, just gay
the iconic carrock scene:
roomie:....this is incredibly gay bestie
me: i'm aware.
the entirety of the beorn's house arc:
roomie: ...i like beorn. he's feral and skrunkly. so is radaghast.
legolas showing up:
roomie: *surprised pikachu face*
tauriel and kili's interactions:
roomie: damn i was hoping she would be gay
me: i mean with the right headcanons she can totally be a lesbian
roomie: UR SO RIGHT OMG
kili getting shot with arrow:
roomie: NO THE GAYS-
the laketown master existing:
roomie: EAT THE RICH.
bilbo and thorin on the boat together:
roomie: oh they definitely fucked in laketown-
tauriel healing kili and them holding hands:
roomie: oh no don't make me feel sad for straight ppl
me: again. they don't have to be straight.
roomie: I KNOW BUT ITS THE PRINCIPLE OF IT
bilbo waking up smaug:
roomie: oh bilbo...oh you sweet summer child...you stupid bitch.
thorin threatening bilbo initially:
roomie: oh fuck. it got worse.
me, internally: oh honey. oh no.
thorin's gold sickness and then nearly killing bilbo at the ramparts:
roomie: NO THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE GAY AND HAPPY HOW COULD YOU
*doesn't say anything almost the entire battle until the kili and fili die*
roomie: noooo the skrunklies NOOOOOOO
thorin, fucking dies in bilbo's arms:
roomie: *turns to look at me with the most murderous look on her face*
me: *nervous laughter* so about it getting worse-
roomie: IM GOING TO KILL YOU.
end for now, if we end up watching trop together ill let yall know <3
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