Read to Me (Fullsize)
FiKi Week 2017 - Inspired by Stories
MY OTHER FANART
“I was thinking about how much I missed it,” Kili murmurs, passing him an unfamiliar-looking book and adjusting the flame of the little lamp he brought with him to provide more light. “The sound of your voice reading to me in that steady way of yours. I think we should start doing it again.”
“This book is in Swedish,” Fili arches an eyebrow at the dark mop of hair under his chin, flipping the first few pages curiously.
“Yes, well, mister Baggins said we should practice, didn’t he? You read, and I’ll look up the words we don’t understand.” He can feel Kili’s grin against his skin as he pats their trusty Encyclopedia Haerbae.
“It will take forever,” he warns, finding the first chapter all the same, “You don’t have the kind of patience required to read like this.”
“That’s why you’re doing the reading. I’m here for the sound of your heartbeat and your fingers stroking through my hair. Read to me, Fili, like you used to.”
Something inside him softens when he huffs in mock-annoyance and peers from the bundle in his arms to the crisp letters on the page, wondering if this is what it feels like to heal.
The words trip over themselves and he struggles constantly, but they only manage to translate about half the page between them before he drifts away into dreamless sleep.
---- Between the Boards
