#burglar!bilbo

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Meditations -- BB

“Stay.” Bilbo stopped him with a hand on Thorin’s chest. " You should be resting. Tramping around won’t help your ribs or shoulders. We don’t have to be together all the time.”

“But I want to,” Thorin pouted. 

Bilbo huffed, but he smiled fondly. “I won’t be far. I’m just going to meditate.” He grabbed Thorin’s collar and pulled him close as he leaned in, nuzzling their noses. “You’ll be okay. I’ll be back soon.” He pressed a soft kiss to Thorin’s lips. “Behave. Listen to Balin and Oin.”

Thorin was too busy grinning like a fool to argue when Bilbo straightened and grabbed a staff.

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Peace Offerings -- BB

"Up here.” Bilbo peeked over the top of a giant table. “I’m fine.” He waved limply. “Mostly. Except this brute has trapped me on this bloody death trap of a pedestal and won’t stop calling me Little Bunny!” He smacked the table with his staff.

As one, the company turned on the bear-man. Could they take him?

He didn’t look concerned and walked over to a large chair set at the head of the table. “It’s a table,” he said in amusement.

"It’s too bloody far off the ground!” Bilbo snapped. “How am I supposed to get down from here?”

"I was offering you food.” The bear-man set a loaded plate in front of the hobbit.

"I will not be bribed by . . . Is that honey I smell?” Bilbo plopped down out of sight. “Fine! I accept your offering, but it’s the least you owe me after that, that, bear-handling! You ripped my bloody pack! That is hand-stitched elven leather, you know! I demand restitution!”

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Staves and Names -- BB

Thorin studied his One. Bilbo’s lips were curled down in a disapproving frown. Self-judgment? Thorin couldn’t have that. “How about Devotion?”

His brows furrowing, Bilbo asked, “How do you figure that’s a good name?”

"You say you’re violent, but there are different kinds of violence. What brought her out?”

Bilbo pondered a moment, his hands never stopping as they carefully cleaned the deadly weapon. “Fear. Rage. Bloodlust.”

"Yes. But what fueled them.”

"Lo—“ Bilbo’s jaw clicked shut, cutting off anything more before it could come out.

"What?” Thorin’s heart skipped a beat.

"L-loss.” Bilbo stuttered and cleared his throat. “The threat of loss.”

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Hobbits and Death -- BB

“Why would I mind?” A small smile lifted Thorin’s lips.

“Well, I don’t know anything about dwarrow religion. You’re even more secretive of that than everything else. I just . . . didn’t want to offend you.”

“He is our Father, but he is benevolent to all. I can’t imagine he would ignore your request. Besides, you are the child of his wife. We're more connected than you realize.”

“Huh.” Bilbo’s head tilted. “I guess you’re right.”

Thorin watch Bilbo’s hand continue to explore his own. He was just glad Bilbo seemed to be coming to terms with his experience.

“Do you think he made it?”

It was an empty question. There was no way they could know. But Bilbo needed the reassurance that his actions, his own suffering, were not in vain. “Yes.”

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Dizzy and Done -- BB

They ambled along at the back of the line. Thistle ran along beside them as they walked. More dependent on his staff than usual, Bilbo wasn’t moving very fast. Gradually, the hobbit fell more behind until Thorin heard a loud rustle as if something was jumping out of a bush.

Thorin spun around, ready to defend his One. But Bilbo wasn’t there. “Bilbo?” Thorin called. There’s no way something could have snatched the hobbit away so quickly and easily. Sure, Bilbo wasn’t at his best, but he’d still put up a fight. “Bilbo!”

“Stop yelling.” Bilbo’s annoyed voice was very close. Grunting, Thistle jumped out of the bush beside Thorin.

Thorin looked closer. “Bilbo?”

The bush began to rustle and shake. All he could see was a pair of hairy feet sticking out of the bottom. A stick came swinging out and nearly smacked him in the face.

“A hand?”

Getting a glimpse of his One buried amidst the leafy branches, Thorin parted the foliage. Bilbo was all caught up on the woody stems.

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Blood and Fury -- BB

Thanks to Bilbo’s encouragement, they quickly caught up with the rest of the company. Just in time to see their fellows climbing up into the trees.

“Climb, you fools!” Gandalf yelled down at them before they could ask what was going on.

With no time to argue, Thorin pushed his nephews to a tree before starting up on of his own.

“Bilbo! Grab my hand!” Thorin reached down, ready to pull his One up to safety.

“Yeah. . . I don’t think so. I’ll take my chances with the wargs and orcs.” Bilbo walked away.

“What?!”

“Bilbo Baggins!” Gandalf thundered, but the hobbit was unaffected.

Preparing his hand bow, Bilbo loaded a bolt and waited. He took a defensive stance. “If we’re going to die here, I might as well take as many out with me as possible.”

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Shaken and Reserved -- BB

Glowering, Thorin crossed his arms to keep from assaulting the dwarf again. “What did you say?” He pushed out through clenched teeth. Most of the company was watching or listening now. At least Bilbo seemed to have wandered off somewhere.

"Well, uh . . .” Gloin fidgeted nervously. “We were talkin’, wasn’t much else to do down there, and we, uh, well, ye know, we talked a bit about gold sickness.” He hurried to add, “But he was fine!”

Thorin felt like he’d just been punched in the gut.

"Ye told him about gold sickness?!” Balin stepped in.

"It just came up.” Gloin defended with a shrug.

"Came up?!” Balin took a deep breath to regain his composure. “But surely ye didn’t mention Thror.”

"Uh . . .”

Now Balin looked like he wanted to strangle him.

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Creatures and Rings -- BB

Making a scoffing noise, Gloin said, "Kill it! If it'll eat a dwarf, there's no telling how many lost travelers have wondered into its lair and met a dastardly end!"

"It may come to that. But I want to know more." Bilbo relaxed his stance only enough to appear less threatening. He was still on high alert. "Do you have a name?" he asked the creature.

"Name! Name? No ones talks to us, precious! Name? We don't remember our name, precious? Gollum! Gollum!" The creature's voice shifted so rapidly it was starting to give Bilbo audio whiplash.

"Okay. Then I'm going to call you Gollum."

"What kind of name is that?" Gloin critiqued from behind.

Bilbo rolled his eyes. "Considering I have no idea what it looks like and only have its voice and character to go on, I'd say it's as good of one as any."

"Fair enough," Gloin grunted.

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