Thorin x F!Reader: Always...
-(Second Fic for the Thorin and/or Elendil saving Reader: Anonymous Ask.)- Set after BOTFA
-
The day you feel in love with Thorin was not just the day you first met but also the day he saved your life.
You were outside the gates of the Blue Mountains walking along the forest following the nearby roads to join the other maidens at the creeks below where some were gathering herbs and some simply gathering water for their homes. Even some mothers had brought their children who you saw playing in the water. You smirked to yourself as you playfully splashed the children who laughed with glee as you too were splashed.
“Ah Y/n thats not fair!”
“Then you better try harder.”
You suddenly were attacked by the small children landing in the water much to your joy as you laughed as they pretended to be mighty fighters. You laughed alongside them as you stood up from the water seeing their mother sigh with exhaustion as the kids ran off to play.
You smirked to yourself as you stepped into the water looking for any gems that could have broken off in the mines deep below. A few times you were lucky to find rubies and even emeralds though in truth you were hoping to find something different.
You saw a few maidens gather beside you smiling at the feel of the warm morning sun and cool breeze as a few others were returned home for the day. The sound of horse hoofs walking nearby caused almost everyone to halt in their task. You all looked up to see it was a small patrol of dwarf warriors walking past returning home from a long venture. Each and everyone clearly tired from such a long trip and the fighting as well. A few dwarf maidens walked up the small hill offering food and drink to those they knew and even complete strangers.
You saw a few smile to you and offer a nod of respect. You smiled waving back until your attention was brought to one of the warriors who had actually dismounted from his horse walked just a little bit up ahead knelt down at the water washing away dirt and blood from his hands. He was quite handsome, his hair was as black as obsidian with a few strands of silver, as he washed his face you saw his sharp features were quite elegant and with a neatly trimmed beard to match. You had to admit you were awestruck by him as he looked around and saw on of his fellow warriors that was a much younger than himself with blonde hair walked by him offering a rag. You saw as the man took it that his eyes had glanced at you for a moment, making yourself a bit flushed. He wiped away the water from his face before adjusting his hair making you blush at the action. You saw him chuckle to himself for a moment as the dwarf next to him spoke, though his eyes did look at you once again, you decided to focus on your search.
As you walked down the water reaching to the further end you had noticed a small sapphire gem in the water that had been smoothed out by the water. You pulled it out of the water and smiled to yourself, that was until you noticed you were right in front of the handsome dwarf. You didn’t know what to say, here you were standing in front of this dwarf who seemingly took your breath away from his mere looks and you were standing almost soaked looking a bit messy.
“I...uh...I apologize. I did not mean to interrupt your rest.”
“Don’t worry lass.” By Mahal even his voice was beautiful to match. He saw him holding out a hand. You looked at the stone and offered it to him. He seemed quite intrigued by it as he looked up at you as he pulled out a small pipe before giving it back. You noticed two younger dwarves, one brunette and one blonde, sit next to him both more clearly exhausted as one of them laid down breathing heavily.
“Thank Mahal we’re back. Another day on the road and I would start losing my mind.” the brunette one said as the blonde threw a small pack toward him making him grunt from the impact.
“You already have brother.” The blonde turned to you and bowed his head respectfully
“Fili at your service. I see you’ve met my uncle.”
“You uncle?”
“Aye, he’s our mothers brother.” The brunette said jumping up onto his feet smiling at you.
“Kili, at your service.”
You smiled at both of them about to introduce yourself before their uncle spoke.
“Quite rare for a gem hunter to be so far from the mines. Even more rare to meet a female one.”
“The mines are too loud for my senses to handle...not to mention the ogling from the young lads who would wish to court me. I’d rather be comfortable doing what I love than miserable.”
He chuckled once more as he lit the pipe-weed and pat the ground next to him offering you to join him. You were slightly taken back from him asking you to sit beside him, you saw many of the other dwarf maidens watching with intrigue and wonder. Not to mention Kili and Fili looked even more shocked but quickly stopped when their uncle gave them as look. You looked back at him and smiled as you sat beside him.
“May I know you name lass?’ He asked offering you a canteen with what smelt like mead.
“Y/n L/n of Dunland. What of you?” You took a sip of the drink, the taste of honey lingering on your lips.
“Thorin Oakenshield of Erebor.”
You coughed for a few moments almost spitting out the mead you had just drunk causing Kili and Fili to chuckle slightly, you realized the dwarves you were sitting beside were no ordinary ones. They were all dwarf princes, you had heard the tales of how Thorin faced the armies in Moria and the sacking from the horrid worm Smaug. Yet here he was sitting beside you talking to you as an equal. You must have been silent for a tad too long as you saw him look up at you with a questioning look.
“I didn’t realize...”
You then stopped yourself before continuing. He looked at you once more but this time with a small smirk.
“I shouldn’t say such things...not when you need all your rest.”
He was not a prince or a warrior at this moment. He was simply a tired man wanting a little bit of peace, probably best not to announce royalty out in the open. He smiled as he watched you move closer to the water looking once more for the small gems. Kili and Fili smiled at each other as they watched. Thorin sighed to himself enjoying the sounds of the water and birds. You turned around to see he was clearly tired and decided to let him rest as you continued down the creek. He opened his eyes for a moment watching as you returned to the creek, he couldn’t help but smile at the sight. For it was one he would never wish to forget.
Your hair was slightly a mess the hems of your work clothes were almost entirely soaked as your bare feet kicked up the water every so often. The sun hitting your figure made him enthralled by your beauty even as you tripped over yourself falling back in the creek causing your hair to get soaked. You looked at him and started laughing as you flipped your hair over enjoying the cool water. Kili walked over to help you only to have his brother trip him into the water.
You gasped surprised for a moment before laughing as Kili grabbed Fili into the water as well. You then heard Thorin laugh with you as he stood up putting out the pipeweed and walked over to you offering you a hand. You smiled at him as you took it letting him help you to stand. You couldn’t help but laugh a little at the whole thing. You could feel how sturdy he was against you. Just the feeling of him being so close made your heart race a tad bit faster.
You looked up to see his eyes were fixed on you as you felt his arm still holding onto you making sure you were alright. There was a gentleness to him that you in truth didn’t think you would find in someone like him. Looking up at him you couldn’t help but become lost in the beauty of his face. He was truly very handsome, it was as if Mahal himself sculpted him. But it was his eyes that ensnared you completely, they were the brightest blue that you had ever seen, it was like looking into the ocean itself. You noticed he was a bit closer to you now as he was about to speak. That is until the sound of the gates horn could be heard over the hill back to their home.
“The evening bell...” you saw the others around you preparing themselves to return for the night. It was for many of the people's own safety but warriors and fighters were the only ones permitted at night to wonder, though never alone. Kili and Fili were putting their bows and arrows to be prepared for the night. You saw Thorin looking at you and for a moment could feel his hand clinging a tad tighter as if he was committed to holding you close as not to lose you.
“Kili, Fili...Will you be alright for the night?”
You looked at Kili and noticed that he was a bit perplexed until you saw Fili pushing his brother ahead of him to go untie Thorin's horse and their own as well.
“Of course. What about you uncle?”
All he did was nod to them before returning his attention to you once more. Kili was about to speak before once more being brought away by his brother who simply smiled taking the horses away. Silence.
Looking up at him you had realized he let go of your hand at some point. He seemed to look upon you like a miner when they find a gem for the first time.
“Forgive me. My nephews and I were tasked to watch for the night. If you would not mind I can accompany you back to the gate.”
“You could...”
“But?”
“Well, you would be by yourself for the night. I can’t allow that...after all. I can help you.” You showed on your belt a hidden blade under your robes showing that you could fight back. He simply sighed as he thought to himself for a moment. He couldn’t help but like the idea of you joining him but he knew that at night it was far more dangerous. He was about to protest against the idea until he noticed you were smiling at him.
“What?”
“No matter what... you're stuck with me now,” you said smiling to yourself walking a few steps ahead before turning around to look at him. He merely sighed as he started grabbing his stuff off the ground. You smiled knowing he secretly liked the idea of your company. You looked down the path waiting for him to gather everything he needed. Suddenly you felt warm as you felt fur around your neck, you noticed it was Thorin's cloak. You looked up at him and smiled at him.
“Thank you...”
“You're welcome. Stay close to me alright."
You nodded as he led the way down the dirt pass leading to a small watch tower where you could see a few other dwarves. You knew that was the range of the safety of the blue mountain. From then you both would be on your own until you reached the next tower.
The night grew colder as you clung to the furred cloak thankful to have it but you couldn't help but wonder how Thorin was able to handle sure chilling nights. Then again he was probably just used to it, traveling as often as he did it would be of no surprise. You brought your hands to your mouth trying to warm them up when you saw Thorin turn around and walked up to you offering both his own hands. The moment your fingers touched you could sense how warm he was. You couldn't help but grip them a bit tighter from the feel of them. They were the hands of a warrior, rough with a few old scars but warm and gentle.
"You are very warm. I guess I should be twice as thankful now."
"It's alright. My sister gets easily chilled as well. Many times I and my brother would help her warm up. Even once just wrapping her in multiple blankets for the day...though we probably shouldn't have on her birthday."
He chuckled to himself which made you smile and laugh with him.
*snap*
Suddenly from the dense woods was a snap of a few branches. Both of your attentions were brought away from the other. He drew his blade in hand standing in front of you. You drew your blade before looking everywhere you thought something might appear. You whispered.
"I see nothing, perhaps it was a deer."
"No...it's bigger than a deer. Can you smell that"
The smell hit your nose and you immediately felt sick. The smell of blood was in the wind. The crunch of what you could only think to be bone was heard. The lowest of growls could be heard as two large yellow eyes bore at both of you. It was a warg and a massive one at that. It could easily kill any prey it wished.
You saw its mouth covered in blood as its teeth bared at both of you. Before you could have time to react the beast came running at both of you causing you both to quickly dodge out of the way of the ferocious beast. It managed to collect its bearings bringing its attention to you as it caused you to back away, you felt your legs and hands shaking as the beast drew closer, you held your blade up and as the beast tried to claw at you, you managed to cut into the beast's paw causing it to howl in pain as Thorin managed to sneak up behind it and cut at its hind legs. The beast let out an angered roar as it kicked its hindlegs up smacking Thorin in the chest causing him to be thrown into a nearby tree.
The beast almost seemed to smile as it brought its head around to him as it walked closer and closer with each minute. You quickly rushed to the side of the beast impaling it in the side with your own blade making the beast pull back causing the sword to leave your hand. You stood between it and Thorin as you saw it trying to pull the sword out with its mouth tossing it aside back toward you, you gasped when you saw the blade coming back toward you and jumped out of the way. You tumbled on the ground suddenly feeling a sharp pain in you leg. The sword had managed to cut you, not mortally wounded but the pain was almost too much to handle. You were in pain clutching your leg as you tried your best to stand back up to reach Thorin who was struggling to stand himself.
The sudden pressure from the creature's large paw pushing onto your leg made you struggle against it trying to push it away as its mouth drew closer to your head trying to bite off anything it could. You thought this was the end until the beast's head fell to the side of yours its eyes rolling back. It was dead.
You saw Thorin standing over you and the now-dead creature with his sword in its head. You were shocked for a moment but the weight of the creature off of you made you breathe a sigh of relief.
“Thank you...that was...” You stopped when you felt him hugging you tight. You were about to speak but his attention was immediately brought to your leg as he looked over it.
“I’m alright, it stings but I’ll live.”
“Can you walk?”
“I’m not sure but what about you. It hit you pretty hard in the chest.”
“I can handle it...Come on, we’re not that far from the watchtower ahead.”
You saw him pull his blade out of the warg's body as you did so as well with your own blade wiping away your own blood from the blade. You winced in pain when you tried to walk with him.
“Don’t push yourself, lass. I got you.”
He said as he carefully picked you up in his arms. You couldn’t help but blush from the gesture as you clung to his tunic smiling at the warmth from his hands and how gentle he was with handling you. You noticed he was walking carefully with every step looking down at you every so often making sure you were alright.
After some time you both managed to see the tower and luckily didn’t run into any other wargs. Thorin managed to kick the door open seeing that the others had already left. He looked around to see a firepit in the center with some chairs around and nearby a few sleeping cots, he gently placed you on one of the cots looking once more at your leg, the wound luckily wasn’t too deep.
“You rest. I’ll grab some wrappings and get you something to eat.” He said placing a somewhat soft pillow under your head and leg.
“Thorin, I’m alright. You don't need to worry about me.”
“Hush now....” He merely said moving some of the hair away from your face before turning around to the door and closing it and locking it. Quickly he brought his attention to the firepit where he put a few more logs on the fire. He looked over and grabbed a few wrappings for your leg. You looked down to see that the wound was not too terribly deep but clearly sore and painful. He gently raised your leg up cleaning off the blood with warm water.
“Your lucky, not many survive such an attack from a warg.”
“Lucky still that I have you to care for me.”
Thorins hands stopped for a moment as he registered what you had said with a chuckle to respond with. He couldn’t help but smile to you as he gently cleaned the wound, it was a bit painful but nothing you couldn’t handle.
“Well...even so you should be more careful.”
You winced a little from the wrappings making contact with the wound.
“Guess my own sword had it out for me...’ you said looking down seeing he had tied the ends of the wrapping together.
The sudden flash of lightning followed by the clash of thunder made you jump a tad as the outside grew darker with each second. Thorin walked over to the door and opened it to see a storm on the rise and most likely would last all night.
“We’ll stay here...We can’t move in the pitch dark and im not moving you while your injured.” He said closing the door before walking back to your side before kneeling down one more to check you leg. The look on his face made you smile, it was one of concern but also caring, you had only just met him and here he was acting not like a prince or a king, but a kind and nurturing man, no more no less. You brought a hand to his causing him to look up at you.
“Thank you Thorin. Truly.”
He eyes grew slightly wider as he hand clutched onto yours for a few moments. As he sat up next to you being careful not to hurt you, the sight of a scar along the upper part of his chest was slightly visible. The scar was one you knew all too well from the stories of those who fought in the Battle of the Five Armies. He had been on the receiving end of the dreaded orc Azog. You gently moved the tunic collar out of the way seeing him watch you carefully and allowing you to see the wound. It had managed to heal as best it could, but the flared skin made you look at him with pain.
“This is not the only scar you gained that day is it?”
He chuckled to himself when he moved the hair from his face to the side showing a faded scar across his forehead into his hairline, along with a few much smaller scars along his face, almost barely visible. It truly was a miracle he survived that battle, for many were not so lucky.
“So many...”
“That is the life of warrior, Y/n...one that is hard but worth it. One that I would not change for anything.”
He said nodding to you as you brought a hand to your head feeling the exhaustion from the warg encounter and the pain from your leg making you feel tired. He stood up quickly wrapping a gentle hand behind your head and back laying you down carefully against the furs.
“Rest Y/n...rest now. When you wake I’ll be right here.”
You merely nodded as your eyes grew heavy, but not before you clung to his hand with yours.
“Thorin...”
The feeling of his hand holding your was the last sense you felt before sleep slowly over took you. He smiled to himself as he looked down at your hand and brought it to his lips with a gentle kiss. The only thing he knew was at that moment, for the rest of his days on middle earth. He would be grateful to any valar that allowed him to let him stay beside you, to always protect you.
