The lower archives of Erebor are filled with ancient, dusty scrolls that haven't been touched in hundreds of years. Whenever Bilbo goes down there to research family lineages or history, the heavy dust makes him sneeze constantly. Thorin, who can hear Bilbo's high-pitched hobbit-sneezes from all the way down the corridor, always interrupts his important meetings to storm into the archives. He doesn't say anything romantic; he just grumps about "reckless hobbits ruining their health," lifts Bilbo up by the waist like a sack of flour, and carries him out into the fresh air of the balconies. Bilbo swats at his shoulders and calls him a stubborn brute, but he always smiles when Thorin places a warm woolen scarf around his neck



















