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BAGGINSHIELD DOODLESSS!!! And little samfro :D

Because they're good braids, some of them quite complicated and no one can understand just how he knows how to do that.

The only conclusion they could come to is that the hobbit must have a paramour back in The Shire, some long-haired lass who he spoils with pretty love-braids.

Thorins temper had been truly foul after Balin had proposed the theory out loud.

After weeks of Thorin sulking, it was ever curious: Ori, who finally asked where Bilbo had learned such intrecate braid work.

—Hmm… who could stole the Arkstone? One of the dwarves i’ve known for decades including my heirs… OR the BUGLAR that we LITERALLY hired to STEAL the Arkstone?

—Nah, Bilbo is too cute and funny and gorgeous

and clever to be a traitor.

And five seconds before he was like:

—NOBODY will touch any of these!!! This treasure is MINE and only MiNE! Oh, Bilbo, take this magic shirt that is the second most valuable thing here. You’ll look sexy in it… Safe! I mean you’ll be SAFE with it in a fight!

Bilbo and Thorin taking refuge from a summery thunderstorm near Erebor.

@lesbian-aunt asked for slice-of-life prompts for ficlets, and I gave her "either one or both [Bilbo and Thorin] get caught out in heavy summer rain, (the kind that gets you so drenched in only a few minutes you can squeeze water out of every last layer), but it's so warm they don't mind, not in the way of autumn rain. Setting of your choosing".

But deep down, you know that's probably not the case. You start noticing little hints that make you suspect the author is eventually going to pair them together. Even so, you keep reading, hoping you're wrong. Then the moment finally comes when the relationship is confirmed, and the whole story is ruined for you. You can't stop thinking about that part, and it ends up overshadowing everything else that was great about the fic. In the end, you just drop it and delete it because the idea of Kíli and Fíli as a romantic couple makes you uncomfortable. To you, they're brothers, and you simply can't see them any other way.

The worst part is that this has happened to me far too many times. So many fanfics with incredible, genuinely interesting plots end up being ruined because the authors don't tag from the beginning that Kíli and Fíli will have a romantic relationship. If that information were included in the tags, I could simply avoid reading those fics in the first place and spare myself the disappointment of getting invested in a story I was genuinely enjoying. Has this ever happened to you? And could someone please recommend a story where this doesn't happen, where they're just brothers and the pairing is Bilbo/Thorin?

Some of those are Explicit!

A Knight in Pink Spandex by Lesbian_aunt

Thick Skull by Lesbian_aunt

A White Lie by Lesbian_aunt

Calluses and Fantasies by Lesbian_aunt

Meeting You for the First Time (Again) by therunawaypen

Not Quite First Sight by Ias

Frying Pans and Nosebleeds by whiskeybear

Cold Feet, Warm Hearts by Heyerette

Of Kin and Courtships by amethystviolist, xkingevelynx (ebony_dove)

A Hairy Misunderstanding by amethystviolist

Dead Until Proven Alive by chrystal896

Fight for your right by youhavemyswordandmybow

Risky or Risqué by DrakeShadeDShadowheart

Bilbo, growing increasingly worried, asks Fili and Kili if he did something to upset their uncle.

“He keeps staring at me with these dark, brooding expressions on his face. Do you think I did something to make him frustrated with me?”

Fili and Kili draw sly glances at their uncle and then quickly look at each other, absolute horror on their faces.

“What? Is something wrong?” Bilbo asks.

“Oh, it’s nothing…” Kili says.

The brothers start giggling almost madly.

“Are you going to answer my question?” Bilbo asks, his frustration growing as the two dwarves are giggling and whispering.

“Ah, don’t worry about him. He just…gets like that sometimes.” Fili lies.

“Hm. Okay.” Bilbo responds, seemingly pleased with this answer as he trods off.

“Oh Mahal,” Kili starts (as soon as Bilbo is out of earshot, of course), “He looks like he wants to put several braids in his hair, let alone one.”

“I know!” Fili shouts.

@anastheseus - author of this idea

I totally see the parallels between these two couples - it really could've been the Arkenstone instead of a rose

Thorin calling him “B I L B O” when he’s desperate, scared or extremely relieved to see him bc let’s be honest when it comes to Bilbo’s safety & well-being he can’t hold his shit

Inspired by Ch. 3 The Burden Of Choice by @fantasyinallforms ! Their works are Mwah! Mwah! 🤌

I’m going to gush a little about this fic and therefore some minor spoilers:

its cannon.