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Bilbo was content that his time in Rivendell was well-spent. He was able to send out missives and begin arrangements for his impending return and marriage. He also worked on his elvish, wrote verse, got to know some of the elves, and enjoyed his time in this valley of legend with Fili, Bofur, and especially Kili. Weariness fell from him soon in that house, and he had many a merry jest and dance, early and late, with all his friends old and new. Yet even that place could not long delay him now, and he thought always of his own home. By early July, Bilbo was thinking he was ready to head toward the Shire. He had hoped to reach home by August with at least a month to spare ahead of the wedding, preferably at least two weeks before their out of town guests began to arrive.

Bofur, Fili, and Kili were not idle in Rivendell, either. Bofur found like minds with whom to pool knowledge and crafted some toys for the children who would no doubt be attending Bilbo's wedding. Bilbo was shy about the request at first, but Bofur was thrilled to have an opportunity to endear himself to those among whom he would soon be living. For his part, Fili paid special mind to learning the customs and etiquette expected of elves. The more he learned, the more ashamed he was of their prior behavior the year before. As Crown Prince and one day King, Fili promised himself to make amends for the past by making the most of any future dealings he had, not only with elves, but with men, hobbits, and dwarrows alike. Kili was all over the valley, both with Bilbo as well as his friends. He was earning a reputation as an archer that rivaled even their best. He did not have elvish speed, but his accuracy was a marvel. He finally realized his dream of owning an elvish bow...as a personal gift from the Captain of the Bow Guard! It had been specifically built to the specifics of his form and height. He was incredibly proud.

They all spent some time learning better Sindarin, Kili taking some lessons to plan a special surprise for Bilbo.

With Elrond's leave, Estel took many meals and spent a fair amount of his leisure hours with the visitors. Although he was well-liked by them all, Bilbo and Bofur had a particular affinity for the boy. He had a keen interest in language, songs, and history, giving them quite a bit to discuss. He was also endlessly fascinated with the story of the trip to the mountain--particularly the parts with Smaug. He requested Bofur and Bilbo recount the tale over a half dozen times. Bofur and Bilbo would take turns voicing Smaug, to Estel's delight. They always pushed him to select a favorite, but the boy was smart enough to never tell. So great was his fascination with Smaug that Bofur made him a dragon with moving wings. It was originally built to glide when thrown but Bofur had given it too many metal details. Every few tries, they could manage it to fly but not very far. Estel did not mind in the least.

Bilbo, Kili, Fili, and Bofur splashed about in the swimming area one particularly hot day. Kili and Bofur were determined to teach Bilbo how to swim.

Bofur and Kili were holding Bilbo flat on his back in water shallow enough to stand. Bilbo was glad they had kept their unders on, or it could have been more embarrassing than it already was. Having all those hands on his body was only just short of giving him an erection. For once, he was thankful for his nervousness of water.

"Just relax your body and you'll float," Bofur said.

They released him and he sank straight down. He stood, spluttering. It seemed no matter how they held him, the moment he was released, down he went. They flipped him over and tried to teach him to paddle, which had very limited success. Even with the motion, the moment he paused any but the most vigorous thrashing, he went down--back end first.

"Must be the feet," Bofur concluded jovially.

Fili finally plucked up his courage to approach Elrond about a matter that had been weighing on his mind.

He bowed deeply and said, "Lord Elrond, you are well-liked among all the peoples of Middle Earth. As I've seen with my own eyes, your reputation of being a generous and just leader is greatly deserved. I know you have matters of your own to oversee and concerns greater than the needs of dwarrows, but I would be grateful for any advice or lessons of diplomacy you could share."
Elrond smiled fondly. "A dwarf would ask an elf about such things?"
Fili shifted nervously. "I know our first meeting was ungracious at best and that is precisely why I would welcome your counsel. If I am to be a king worthy of the crown, or even should I remain prince and ambassador, it is my wish to reach out to all people for the greater good. I am proud to be a dwarf and prouder still that we've been able to seize Erebor back from the shadows of legend, but if there is no change in our future, we may be doomed to repeat mistakes of the past."
Elrond did not answer immediately, and in his nervousness Fili began to ramble, "Not that the matters of Erebor are your particular concern, of course."
"Not my concern? Middle Earth will have grown large indeed if I could afford to spare allies! I welcome open communication between our people and our realms. Although Thorin may not appreciate you making such overtures in Erebor's name, I see in you a different manner of leader, the type of leader that the East may sorely need in time yet to come. I would be pleased to share some guidelines with you that have served me well, but that you see the need and benefit of the peoples of this world working together...well, you are already well on your way to be coming a fine diplomat and leader."
Fili smiled and tried not to blush from the praise.

The morning they were to leave, Elrond requested to speak to Gandalf in private.
"We need to talk about Bilbo. I have had a disturbing vision," Elrond said.
"Does it have to do with his ring?"
Elrond shook his head solemnly.
"No," he said.

Bilbo and his small company at last said farewell to Elrond, Estel, and all their new friends, giving them such small gifts as they would accept. Elrond did not expect to attend the wedding but sent along a gift of as many bottles of Rivendell-made wine as could fit in the wagon without ousting a passenger. Bilbo was especially given a carved box with delicate red handkerchiefs folded within. Elrond had laughed the loudest when the story was told of how Bilbo was going to turn Thorin's entire caravan around because he had forgotten one. As a gesture of goodwill, Elrond also gifted Fili with a small, ornate dagger that had been with him since the First Age.

"We shall cut away the bitterness of the past and move forward as allies," Elrond said.
Fili bowed deeply. "This means the world to me, my lord, and it will mean much to my people. I will take the stories of your kindnesses wherever I go and all shall know that elves and dwarrows need not be at odds."
Bofur also bowed. "I will write the songs for him and teach them to both the young and the old."
Elrond inclined his head in thanks. "That is more than I would ask. I thank you both."

Nîfon had a gift for Kili: a bottle of Lover's Wine (carefully wrapped for the road) to be stashed away until they were wed.

Estel presented them with gifts of his own. He had composed a few verses about their time in Rivendell and carefully lettered them out on paper. He handed one to Bilbo and one to Bofur.

"One for each of your libraries," Estel said.
Bofur replied teasingly, "But perhaps we four shall live together?"
"Not always, not when you and Fili get married," Estel reasoned.
Bofur glanced at Fili, almost blushing. Fili winked back at him.
"You are right. When Bofur and I get married, we'll be happy to have one of our own," Fili said.
Estel grinned proudly. Bofur did blush, now.

Elrond crouched to Bilbo's height. For the first time that Bilbo had seen, Elrond seemed to genuinely struggle with what he was going to say.
He said at last, "Never forget that the burden of your destiny affects more than yourself, Bilbo. When times seem bleak, hold on to hope. You are loved by many."

Bilbo embraced Elrond tightly in response, to the elf's surprise. He returned the hug with an awkward smile. Kili couldn't help smiling, too, for he was sure such an honored and storied elf leader did not receive many surprise, boisterous hugs.

More hugs, tears, and promises to write were shared all around before the three dwarrows and Bilbo finally rode away with Gandalf. Even as they left the valley the sky darkened in the West before them, and wind and rain came up to meet them.

"At least it is warm summer rain," said Bilbo, as the rain beat into his face. "But our back is to legends and we are coming home."
"There is a long road yet," Gandalf cautioned.
"But it is the last road," said Bilbo.

With no need of shortcuts and special paths, some of the sights began to seem familiar to Bilbo. At each point on the road Bilbo recalled the happenings and the words of a year ago and then some, amazed at how much had changed for them all.

Thain Isumbras Took received a curious bundle of letters and packages, allegedly from one Bilbo Baggins. Rumor had it that he disappeared a year ago April, last seen running at breakneck speed across Hobbiton and hollering about adventure. It had been assumed that he had met an unfortunate end after months had passed without a word. Isumbras felt a chill run up his back. It was as though a spirit had sent him mail.

Reading the missives, he was shocked by what they contained. Bilbo was now a royal ambassador of Erebor--Erebor!--and would be returning home with three dwarves, two of them princes, and one of whom he was to marry in the Shire in the fall. A male dwarf. Although such unions were not unheard of--many hobbits explored both sexes in their tweens--marriage was not as common. Most hobbits wished to gain children from their marital unions. And Bilbo was to marry outside their race! Well, Bilbo Baggins was also part Took, after all. Leave it to him to do things his own way. Perhaps to some of the other hobbits, his Tookish blood made him peculiar from the get-go. For Isumbras, he smiled to himself and thought of how much Bilbo reminded him of Belladonna.

"My, my, my...he certainly found his adventure, didn't he?" he said to himself.

In addition to informing him that dwarves from Ered Luin would be making the journey back toward their lost homeland in the East, the other letters were full of queries, orders, and demands. Bilbo would not be back in enough time to make arrangements for his upcoming nuptials and had requested various orders be made on his behalf. One of the heavier bundles revealed a pouch of gold to cover initial expenses. Bilbo went on to request that since no one was at Bag End to take deliveries from far and near, perhaps Isumbras would be so kind as to receive them on his behalf.

No one at Bag End.

"Oh merciful Eru!" he cried in horror. Grubb, Grubb, and Burrowes were due to hold an auction at Bag End in less than a week to auction off the effects of the late Bilbo Baggins Esquire, for he was indeed presumed quite dead. Bilbo, the princes, and maybe even the King Of Erebor would have the hair off his feet if Bilbo returned expecting a wedding, only to find he had no home at all!

He ran out the door and down the path with a quickness that would impress a rabbit.

Fili and Bofur approached Bilbo one day after a lunch break on the road. It was a rare moment they were able to find him without Kili close by, and they wanted a question answered by the hobbit alone.

"So, Kili tells us you are going to commission a new bed when we get to Bag End," Fili said.
"Yes," Bilbo replied. "Beorn's and Rivendell have certainly spoiled me, I think."
"I do not know much about hobbit customs and all that, but Bo and I were talking and we were wondering if it would be appropriate for us to craft one for you as a wedding gift?"
"What? Really?" Bilbo cried.
Bofur mistook Bilbo's excitement for shock and explained, "Fili and I are no stranger to woodworking and I'm particularly good with details. I promise you it would be a very nice bed."
"It is going to be the most amazing piece of furniture in the whole of the Shire!" Bilbo said, hugging Bofur and Fili both to him. "Oh, and Kee will be so happy! All my belongings are so hobbitish. What a lovely, lovely way to begin our life as marrieds! The two of you are so thoughtful."
Fili and Bofur nearly blushed with the way Bilbo went on.

A week out from Rivendell, it was time for Gandalf to go his own direction. Fili and Kili seemed pretty confident in where they were and where still to go, so Bilbo was not as terrified to see Gandalf go as he had been in times past. Still, he would miss the wizard's company. Gandalf took a last breakfast with them and Bilbo helped load up his horse with some provisions for his road.

Gandalf said, "I will see you in mid-September, in plenty of time for the wedding and a few feasts leading up to the day. Your road from here to the Shire should be fairly safe, but caution is always best exercised. Take care of each other."
"We will," Fili promised.

Gandalf lowered himself to look into Bilbo's eyes. He was wearing an expression that the hobbit did not know how to read. He reached out a hand and gently cradled the back of Bilbo's head.

He said, "I once told someone very special that although I was afraid, you, Bilbo, gave me courage. Go forward now, my brave hobbit, and have the courage to live the life you want for yourself."
With a shy smile at the praise, Bilbo said, "Thank you, Gandalf."

The wizard bid them farewell, climbing on his horse and riding south.

By now, word of Bilbo's imminent return had spread throughout Hobbiton--indeed, most of the Shire--along with it rumors of all kinds. There was dour speculation about what sort of hobbit travels East and returns home to willingly enter a childless marriage. Others, not at all keen to miss what was going to be the best party in generations, were much more charitable in their talk and hoped their kind words would make it back to Bilbo's ears. Messengers and wagons would visit the Thain every week and there was an even greater curiosity about these things. It was rumored that Old Gandalf was reportedly seen once or twice, though no one could agree upon exactly where or when. It was common rumor that Gandalf was the one who started all this adventure nonsense, for he had been seen traipsing down the path to Bag End with a group of dwarves the night before Bilbo's disappearance...and back out of Hobbiton (with even more dwarves) the morning after.

Isumbras successfully intercepted the sale of Bilbo's property. Feeling some guilt for presuming Bilbo dead and nearly selling off everything dear to him, Isumbras also had the weeds pulled, bushes pruned, and a half-dozen other things done to Bag End to ready it for Bilbo's homecoming. If it happened to make him look good for the princes, so much the better.

The fire was blazing, the night was clear, they were closer to the Shire than Rivendell, and Fili, Kili, Bofur, and Bilbo felt safe and happy. The beauty of Rivendell was behind them, but the end of hard journeying seemed just around the bend.

"Night like tonight, I'd love a nice mug of beer or three," Bofur said.
Fili hummed in agreement.
"Do you have good beer in the Shire, Bee?"
Bilbo raised his eyebrows smugly. "Only the best West of Bree! Or better! Not as bitter or as watery as that nonsense we had in Lake Town."
"And good pipe weed to go with, right?" Kili added, knowing of Bilbo's particular pride in that area.
"Absolutely! So good that with all the expanse between here and Erebor, Gandalf would still talk about how he yearned for it...and you know Gandalf can get hold of just about anything!" Bilbo said.
"Well, I'll be looking forward to a drink and a smoke, then," Bofur said with a sigh.
"We'll stop in Bree and get a little of both, Bo," Bilbo promised. "I know for a fact that quite a lot of Shire food, weed, and drink go on wagon out to Bree on a regular basis."
"We can have a drink now, if that's what you're on about," Kili said to Bo. "Elrond gave us all those bottles of wine for the wedding."
Bilbo wagged his finger back and forth. "Oh, no you don't. That's for later."
"Just a little, Bee? Please? It would be so nice," Kili begged.
Bilbo looked at him from under his eyebrows. He tried to be resolute, but he rarely could deny Kili much of anything.
"Two bottles and two bottles only," Bilbo relented, but sternly. "I want us to have some for our party."
"Just two?" Kili asked, forlorn.

Fili was amused at how little it took to for Kili to break Bilbo's resolve. He knew that look of his brother's well, having many times fallen victim to it. It was hard to resist Kili's puppy eyes when he decided to turn on the sweetness. Bilbo needed someone on his side in this matter.

"Two bottles ought to be plenty," Fili soothed his brother. "We cannot be fully incapacitated out here in the woods, no matter how safe we might feel for the moment."
"Aye, and elvish wine has a way of knocking me on my bum with surprisingly small amounts, comparatively speaking," Bofur added.

The first bottle was opened and went quickly.

"Speaking of being knocked on one's bum, you two should hear about this wine Nerithel gifted us," Kili said.
Bilbo laughed. "Oh, applecores! Don't tell them that story!"
"Absolutely tell us that story!" Bofur countered.
"Wait, what sort of wine did she give you?" Fili asked.
Bofur asked pointedly, "And why didn't we have any?"
"Because it was for us," Kili said. "Plus, it was only one bottle and by the time we had it figured out, we were too incapacitated to share the other half."
"To say the least," Bilbo said.
Fili's eyebrows shot up. "Incapacitated by only a half bottle between the two of you? Was it that strong?"

Tonight's wine buzzing under his skin and feeling a bit tingly remembering the boundless sex they had, Bilbo grinned impishly.
"It was sex-drugged," he said.
Bofur smirked. "Sex-drugged? What does that mean?"
"Imagine every touch to your skin feeling like it does when you touch your cock," Bilbo replied.
Bofur's jaw dropped. "Cor! You're having us on!"
"He's serious, Bo. It confused us like mad at first. We were in the bath and couldn't even dry ourselves off without nearly coming," Kili said.
"We didn't even get as far as actually having sex at first," Bilbo remembered fondly. "We both finished ridiculously fast. After that, it just happened over and over again."
"Over and over again?" Fili asked, shocked. "How many times?"
Kili shrugged. "Lost count. Whatever was in the wine kept us erect, though."
Bilbo nodded. "Erect and coming until the wine itself wore off."
"Pretty fantastic night, though," Kili said, casually taking another drink.

"You two," Bofur shook his head, smiling fondly. "I'm tight in my pants thanks to you."
"Me too," Fili said.
"So am I," Bilbo said.
Kili just laughed and poured the last of the wine for them all.
"To tight pants!" Kili raised his cup.
"To tight pants!" The others said.
"Up!" Kili said, drinking down his share.

"We've got some catching up to do, Fee. These two seem to be way ahead of us in the 'wild night' area," Bofur said.
"Yes, what else don't we know about?" Fili asked, grinning wolfishly.
"What do you mean?" Bilbo asked. "I think between us we've told you an awful lot over the past few months!"
"What's one of the wilder things you've done?" Fili asked.
Kili replied, "One night, Bilbo and I sucked each other off in Elrond's council chambers, overlooking the entire valley."
Bofur almost choked. "You what?"
"It felt great. Sort of like flying did when we were on the eagles, only with more semen," Kili laughed.
Fili laughed, too, and threw a stick at Kili. "You liar!"
"No, that is completely true," Bilbo said.
FIli glanced at Bofur. "Catching up, indeed."

Bilbo licked his lips and shifted himself to sit more comfortably with his erection.

With a voice like silk, he said, "So, as long as we're stiff and talking about bedroom matters, what do you wish you could do? What's your fantasy? Fee? Bo?"

Bofur looked around nervously. "You mean something I actually might do or something unattainable like, say, having sex with dragons?" or kissing you, Bofur added silently.
"Either, if you prefer. I was thinking of something more attainable, though."
"Honestly, Fee and I are already experiencing things I did not think were actually possible, so I don't really know," Bofur hedged.
"I like to watch," Fee said quietly.

Three heads whipped over to look at Fili in surprise.

"Did you just say you like to watch?" Kili asked.
Fili glanced at the ground. "I know it sounds strange because you're my brother, but there's something about watching other people that is arousing."

Bofur was shocked Fili admitted it.

"You like to watch...us?" Bilbo asked.
Fili nodded.
Bilbo's cock twitched. He only knew of the one time. "When have you watched?"
"You've done it outside your bedroom a few times, or have sneaked off for some mouth-play on the road. I'm sorry. I should have said something, or not watched at all. I'm ashamed."
"Wow," Kili said.
Bofur wasn't letting Fili go down by himself. "I watched, too. Seeing you two together, so loving but so sexual...I couldn't help myself. If you're going to be mad at Fee, be mad at me, too."
"Whoa, nobody said anything about being mad," Kili said.

There was an embarrassed silence for a few moments.

"No one asked me what my fantasy was," Bilbo said.
Bofur looked Bilbo in the eyes. This was bound to be good and Bofur wasn't missing the opportunity.
"What is your fantasy?" he asked.
"I want to be watched. Kili and I both do," answered Bilbo.
Fili looked surprised. "Are you serious?"
"Yes," Kili said. "We knew you were watching once or twice. I also thought Thorin might be listening once in Erebor and I was relentless trying to make Bilbo scream for him."
"You knew we saw you?" FIli asked, mortified.
Kili replied, "We didn't want to embarrass you by saying anything, but yes."
"So you don't mind?" Bofur asked.
"Nope," Bilbo said. He reached over and ran a hand suggestively up Kili's thigh. "When you are imagining it, who is getting fucked? Is it Kee or is it me?"
Bofur sucked in a breath. "You. Both are appealing, but-"
He got too embarrassed to continue.
"You've already said this much, Bo. May as well finish your thought," Bilbo said.
Bofur closed his eyes, "You both make more noise when Bilbo is, ah, receiving."
"Fee?" Kili asked.
"No preference," Fili said.

Bilbo kissed Kili deeply and pulled his tunic over his head. Kili gazed into his eyes. Bilbo raised his eyebrows and Kili grinned and nodded.

Kili was undressing Bilbo when Fili asked, "What are you two doing?"
"What does it look like?" Kili asked.
"Durin's fucking beard," Bofur swore under his breath.
"You're just going to...to..." Fili trailed off.
"Oh, yes," Bilbo said seductively.
"Let me unpack some oil before we get too far," Kili said.
Bilbo glanced down. "Well, since you are the one still in trousers, maybe you'll do the crawling around in the wagon?"

Kili scampered off to find something slick. Bilbo looked at Bofur and Fili, both wearing expressions that were a mixture of shock and anticipation. Bilbo crossed his arms and pretended he wasn't standing there naked and hard.

"Well? Aren't you two going to take off your clothes?" he asked casually.
"What? Us?" Fili said.
"Yes, you! I imagine it is going to get cramped in those trousers...and I'd rather like a look. Besides, perhaps you will be aroused enough to please each other. I'll confess, I'd like a look at that, too."

Bofur shrugged at Fili and undressed. Fili hesitated for a moment but followed suit. They both had erections when they pulled down their pants.

Bilbo looked them over with interest. Why not? he thought. They'll certainly be looking their fill at me. Bilbo found the tattoos down Bofur's legs very appealing by firelight. Fili had lovely metal rings that glinted through his nipple and navel, similar to his brother.

Kili returned with his treasure, dragging the bedroll closer to where Fili and Bofur were standing. He paused with one curious glance that Fili and Bofur were naked, then hummed as though it were no big deal and took off his own trousers. He grinned at Bilbo just before seizing him and kissing him soundly. Kili backed him around the fire to the bed roll. Kili dropped to his knees and took Bilbo into his mouth. Bilbo moaned. Bofur sat, Fili lowering to the ground to cuddle in behind him.

Fili felt a little odd seeing Kili like this, but watching Bilbo from such close range stirred his blood. He knew Bofur's mind had to be racing.

Bofur wondered if it was possible to be so aroused that one went numb. Watching Bilbo thread his fingers through Kili's hair and guide him while he sucked, hearing his sounds, watching Kili's mouth that looked remarkably like his brother's...well, Bofur would have easier believed Smaug gave children rides at the Spring fair before he would have believed he would have lived to see this up close.

Bilbo lowered himself to his knees and Kili tried to chase his cock with his mouth. Bilbo nudged him up and sucked Kili's bottom lip into his mouth while reaching down to stroke Kili's length. Bilbo continued to touch him while they kissed, breaking away to kiss Kili's neck. Kili sat back on his heels and Bilbo kissed lower. He paused to lick a circle around Kili's navel ring before moving it down to swirl around Kili's head. Getting more comfortable with the reality that Bofur and Fili were watching them--scant paces away, truly watching them with permission--Bilbo put on a show. He wanted to Fili and Bofur to envy them. He knew Kili would love that and, if he was being honest, his ego rather liked it as well. After several moments, Kili pushed Bilbo back to the ground and grinded up against him.

Bofur had been rubbing Fili's thigh as Bilbo made Kili groan with his skillful mouth. Fili rubbed his erection against Bofur's back and had sneaked a hand around to touch him. Bofur was still self-conscious and biting back moans, but he breathed harder as the moments passed.

Kili nuzzled BIlbo's ear. "Are you ready?" he whispered.
Bilbo nodded.
"How dirty does this get, my jewel?"
Bilbo smiled and turned toward Kili's ear. "A full show, don't you think?"
Kili looked into Bilbo's eyes and dropped a kiss to his lips. "Oh, I do think."

Fili and Bofur saw Bilbo and Kili talking but couldn't hear what they said. Fili was worried it had gotten too real for them. He worried needlessly.

Kili drew back on his knees and helped Bilbo up to his. They scooted to within arm's reach of the other couple.
"Would you like to really hear him make some noise?" Kili asked.

Bofur could only nod.

Kili glanced between Fili and Bofur. He feared Fili might be feeling a little left out and chose to involve him on the next part before Bofur.

Kili pointed his finger close to Fili's mouth. "Suck."
Fili looked at him oddly. "You want me to--um, that's weird?"
Kili rolled his eyes. "This isn't for me. I want you to wet it so I can slide it in his bottom."
Fili heard a deep rumble from Bofur's throat. Focusing on Bilbo's face, he did as he was told.

Bilbo was surprised that Kili was involving Fili like this, though he was not a bit sorry to be the recipient of that suggestive gaze as Fili sucked Kili's finger. It was obvious that Fili found something on which to focus besides the fact that it was Kili's. A wet finger pressed against his hole and the filthy reality hit him: he was getting fingered in front of Fili and Bofur with Fili's saliva wetting his hole. He moaned and threw his head back. Kili's free hand pressed against his jaw, encouraging his head back so they could kiss.

Fili was turning himself over to the experience now. Locking eyes with Bilbo and seeing the desire there--the desire to please, desire to be pleased--melted away any last bit of resistence he felt. Bilbo was fully exposed to them and the sight gave Fili new fantasies, fantasies he had not entertained before. He felt Bofur trembling in front of him.

Bofur was stunned when Kili offered his fingers to Fili and even more stunned when he figured out why. He watched Kili and Bilbo kiss, Bilbo's lovely throat elongated and exposed while his body was stretched taut. Bofur had a close look at Bilbo's navel ring as well as his erection, showing the first signs of wetness at the tip. He had seen Bilbo like this before from clandestine peeks, but being free to look his fill made him ache with want. Kili seemed to be taking on the role of being the master of this encounter and it suited him well. Bofur could not deny Kili was a sensual beauty, but Bilbo was the one in the pair who shot the most tingles up his spine.

Kili broke the kiss to glance over. "I think he needs another one."
Kili pointed his middle finger at Bofur. "Would you like a go?"

Bofur shot a quick look back at Fili and received a nod in return. He leaned forward and locked his eyes to Bilbo's as he sucked Kili's finger suggestively. He could smell Bilbo's sex on Kili's hand.

"You should feel how amazing his tongue is, Bee," Kili murmured loud enough for the other couple to hear.

Taking it as an invitation, Bilbo reached up to touch Bofur's mouth just as Kili withdrew his hand. Eyes never wavering, Bofur captured Bilbo's digit in his mouth and ran his tongue under it. BIlbo's breath caught twice: first at the sensation of Bofur's mouth, second as Kili used Bofur's wetness to stretch him wider. Kili tipped Bilbo's head back again and Bilbo withdrew his finger from Bofur's lips.

"How does it feel to have Fee and Bo's spit in your hole?" Kili asked lasciviously.
"Deliciously dirty," Bilbo replied.

Kili thumbed open Bilbo's mouth and snaked inside with his tongue, stretching his arse with the other hand.

Just as Bofur was fearing perhaps he had pushed Fili's kind patience too far by entertaining Bilbo's curiosity, Fili's lips touched his ear.

Whispering so only Bofur could hear, Fili said, "Look at Bilbo, displayed like that. Can you imagine the things you and I could do to him if Kee would let us? You could nibble his navel ring while I licked his stones. Mahal, what must his prick taste like? We could find out together. We could find out lots of things togther, running our lips and hands all over that sweet skin to find out what makes him moan. What would it take for us to get his cries to carry through walls?"

Bofur turned to look at Fili in surprise. Fili's eyes were darkened with lust. Bofur was only able to gaze at them for a moment before FIli crashed into him with a bruising kiss. A small "pop" disturbed them and they turned to find Kili pouring oil into his hand.

Kili braced an arm across Bilbo's chest as he reached in with three fingers. Bilbo panted and keened as he was readied. Kili looked up at Fili and winked before pressing into the spot that made Bilbo wail.

"So, what view do you want? Do you want to watch him stretch around my prick as I fuck his tight little hole or do you want to see his face when he comes?" Kili asked.
Fili shook his head. "Gods, Kee, when did your mouth get so filthy?"
"When Bilbo taught me how fantastic it felt to fuck," Kili retorted.

Bofur shrugged at Fili as though that were a pretty fair reason.

"Maybe both ways, first one and then the other?" Bilbo suggested.

Fili and Bofur did not seem to have an answer, so Bilbo pushed Kili onto his back, slicked the dwarf's prick, and impaled himself. Fili and Bofur would be able to watch his bum as he rode Kili.

Bofur was still reeling from Fili's dirty suggestions about Bilbo when Bilbo sank down to to Kili's stones right in front of his eyes. Fili nudged him to lay back. Bofur turned his head so he could still watch Bilbo and felt a wet heat engulf his cock.

"Fuck, Fee," he moaned.

Bilbo turned his body so he could crane his head to see what was happening behind them.
"What's going on?" Kili said between breaths.
"Bo is getitng sucked. It looks so good."

Fili heard and grinned around Bofur's cock. He drew back and began to pull long licks up the shaft, giving Bilbo a similar show to the one he gave them. Just as Bofur was whimpering, Fili would take his full length back in and make him shout.

Bilbo turned back around and bent forward to kiss Kili.
"You're missing out," Bilbo told him.
Kili bucked into him hard. "I wouldn't say that, myself."
Bilbo stroked his forehead. "The other half the show, I mean. Not fair if I'm the only one who can see it." He leaned in closer to whisper, "Unless it is bothering you that it is Fee?"
Kili whispered back, "No. I'm having fun. It is driving me mad to show you off like this, to make you moan and get you wet. Thought I was going to burst when Bo sucked your finger. Thought he would, too."
"Then let's move," Bilbo suggested.

Bofur was licking his way down Fili's torso when Kili and Bilbo shifted their position. Kili bent Bilbo over and slipped in behind him. If Kili pulled Bilbo upright, they would be about as close to the other couple as they were before. With Bilbo tipped forward on all fours, his face was half a pace away from Fili's hip.

Bilbo's eyes fluttered open and realized how close he was to Bofur's face and Fili's prick. "Um, hello," he said.
Bofur slipped off Fili's prick and grinned. "Hello, yourself."

Kili began his stroking rhythm and Bilbo's attention was diverted.

Fili glanced over when Bofur stopped to say hello, seeing Bilbo being taken from behind. Bofur's mouth went back to work on him, driving him into a frenzy. Kili and Bilbo were breathing out sharp sounds with every thrust and Bofur's tongue was keeping pace with them. Fili couldn't stand it.

"Bo, I need to fuck you," Fili said urgently.
Bofur climbed up his body. He noticed Fili had gotten a bit bolder once penetration was included in their bedroom activities, but he was still fairly private. "Are you sure?"
"I want to bend you over and fuck you the way Kee is fucking Bee."
Bofur paused just a moment to search Fili's face when Bilbo's voice croaked, "Please."
Bofur and Fili both looked at him. Bilbo spoke again.
"I want to watch him take you," he said.

Bofur hadn't been about to turn Fili down in the first place, but there was no way he would deny Bilbo's request on top of it.

"You had better fuck me well," Bofur teased. "We have an audience."

Bofur shifted to being upright on his knees with Fili behind him. Bilbo was reared back on his knees with Kili holding him around his middle, pumping him slowly while they watched.

Fili took a deep breath. He wasn't sure how to go about beginning this, but he suspected once things started going, they would sort themselves out easily. Fili thought Kili's idea of using the other couple to get Bilbo ready was erotic, so he decided to start there.

"Should we get a little help opening you up?" Fili purred in Bofur's ear.
Bofur moaned.
"Seems like a yes. Bee?"

Bilbo pitched forward dangerously close to Bofur's cock. He grabbed Fili's outstretched hand and gazed up into his eyes as he pulled a digit into his mouth. He pulled back and ran his tongue under the soft pad and sank down to the root again. Joining Fili's middle finger with the first, Bilbo shifted his gaze to Bofur. He made a show of obscenely fellating the digits for Bofur's benefit.

Voice now husky, Fili said, "Looks like he took care of yours, too, Kee."
Kili was still rolling in and out of Bilbo, slow and steady. "He does so like to overachieve. Works out okay...I'm a little busy at the moment."

As Fili's finger pressed inside him, Bofur's mouth dropped open and he made noises from deep in his throat. He could not take his eyes from Bilbo, though. The hobbit was rocking with Kili's thrusts and still looking at him like that with his lips parted. Bofur reached down and ran a finger over Bilbo's lips, his eyes fixated on his mouth. A wet, pink tongue slipped out to meet it before it was sucked inside. Bofur was wickedly jealous of his own hand. This obscene display was weakening his knees, but even more than he wanted this, he wanted those lips on his.

Bilbo loved teasing Fili and Bofur, showing them what he did to Kili's cock when they put fingers in his mouth. He was trying to drive Bofur wild when the look in the dwarf's eyes changed from lust to something softer and more perilous, something Bilbo thought might be reflected in his own. Bilbo released Bofur and tried to straighten up to his knees. Kili caught him and held him, still breathing out moans and moving within him.

Fili crawled forward to nab the discarded bottle of oil.

"We've come a long way from you getting embarrassed by Bilbo and me fooling around under the covers in that tent, eh Fee?" Kili said.
"I blame Bilbo," Fili said, grinning at Bilbo with a wink.
"Me too," Kili said.
"Hey!" Bilbo protested.
"Wait, what's this story?" Bofur asked.
"I'll tell you later," Fili promised, pushing Bofur forward. "We've got other things to do right now."

It was Bofur's turn to look up at Bilbo and Kili while Fili stretched him more.
"You two are so bloody beautiful like this," Bofur sighed.
"Thank you. You aren't so bad yourself," Kili teased.

Fili rocked in and out of Bofur, drawing grunts and groans from him until he was pressed in with hipbones resting on his buttocks. Bilbo could not look away as they moved together. Almost immediately, Bofur grabbed his own prick and began massaging it loosely. Bilbo realized he had been so focused on the way Kili felt and everything else going on that he hadn't even touched himself. Fili gripped Bofur's hips and stroked into him harder, making both of them keen loudly. Bilbo reached down to finally touch his own cock.

Kili gently looped his arms through Bilbo's, holding the hobbit up with his arms behind his back. He whispered to Bilbo alone, "Shall I restrain you so that you cannot touch? Do you wish to fulfill the other fantasy, the one we haven't told them? Tell me, my jewel: should we see if Bo would suck you off?"

Bilbo shook his head vigorously even though the suggestion made his insides flutter like mad.

"Would you rather Fee?"
Kili released his arms when Bilbo shook his head again. Reaching back with a hand to pull Kili's head foward, closer to his mouth, Bilbo whispered, "Only you. I want you to make me come screaming. I want you to make them so jealous they aren't you."

Kili growled and pushed Bilbo forward so he could use both hands to grip his hips and he pumped him. Bilbo narrowly missed colliding with Bofur.

"Durin's Bloody Axe! Fuck him, Kee! Fuck him harder," Fili said.

Bilbo did not have time to ponder how odd that was because Kili wrapped a hand around his stomach and hoisted him backward. Kili rested back toward his heels and Bilbo's legs were spread too wide to truly rest anywhere. Kili had one arm across his chest, gripping his throat, and the other one braced him at his stomach. Bilbo was helpless. Kili only had him like this once before and the memory was still one of Bilbo's favorite fantasies.

Bofur had risen up to his knees when Kili hoisted Bilbo off the ground. Fili was moving rapidly, using Bofur's hip as leverage with one hand and holding him up with an arm nearly pinned behind him. The sensation of Fili pegging into his hot spot was making him exhale in groans with every thrust, but he could not stop staring at Bilbo and Kili.

Fili felt pleasure skitter through his body like distant lightning might streak across the sky. He never imagined it would be so hot to watch while being watched. He and Bofur picked up their pace, Fili unable to hold out much longer. Kili went from making love to Bilbo to fucking him hard to...well, Fili didn't know what that was.

Kili was talking dirty in BIlbo's ear through gritted teeth, slamming the hobbit's body down on his cock again and again. Bilbo was crying out with each thrust.

"Do you think you can come before I do?" Kili whispered menacingly. "Because I'm close. I'm so close, fucking you for them. I'm going to mark you right in front of them, too. I'll let it go so deep inside you that you might be able to taste it. I want it to roll down your leg when I pull out. I want them to see it dripping from you. Do you want to come for us?"
"Yes," Bilbo whimpered.
Kili hissed, "You'd best get to it, then, because I don't have a free hand. Come for them, BIlbo. Come for him. If you don't beat me to it, I won't let you come at all. You'll have to watch them finish, as fucking sexy as it will be, and you'll be the only one going to bed tonight unsatisfied. Fucking do it. They want to see. I bet it will make them come if you do."

Kili continued whispering his litany of dirty talk and threats while Bilbo stroked his cock frantically, racing Kili to their finish.

Bofur would've given his share of the treasure to know what Kili was saying to Bilbo that had the hobbit so crazed. He was struck by how brutal Kili was fucking him. Bilbo's face was red as a beet and contorted in either extreme pleasure or pain. He was frantically tugging at his cock and tearlessly sobbing. Bofur would think Bilbo was in peril were it not for the fact that the hobbit was far from calling for help. Bofur had never wanted to be someone else so badly as he wanted to be either Kili or Bilbo in that moment. His own finish was rapidly approaching.

Fili had been in battles with his brother and not seen him as ruthless as he was right now with the hobbit in his arms. He wondered how Bofur would react to being taken like that, or if he would be willing to take Fili in such a matter. He found himself thrusting into Bofur harder and harder as Kili and Bilbo went at each other. He could not decide who he envied more, but he knew that he was not going to last through Bilbo's orgasm...not if what he heard at Beorn's house was any indication.

Bilbo was teetering right on the edge. Kili's breaths were coming quicker and he knew he was about to get an arseful. He glanced at Fili, fucking Bofur and groaning loudly. His eyes fell on Bofur. Although the dwarf was being pumped and rapidly pulling at his own prick, his eyes were locked to Bilbo's. Bofur mouthed the word, "Come," as though it were for them alone. Bilbo's orgasm hammered him, forcing him back against Kili, screaming and arching his back. Caling Bilbo's name, Kili came, too. He rocked them both back to rest on his heels while he jerked up in periodic jolts. Kili pulled Bilbo's face sideways to tongue kiss him deeply.

Bofur was rather close when he asked Bilbo to come and he was spilling in his hand with a deep, throaty groan as Kili shouted Bilbo's name. Fili finished some strokes after, moaning and keening, tipped forward with his forehead on Bofur's shoulder blade. As Bofur came back to himself, he realized the little puffs of air Fili was breathing out onto his back were actually Fili whispering, "Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck." He chuckled to himself and twisted around to kiss him. Bilbo was incredibly special to Bofur, indeed, but Fili was his mate. With some luck, Bofur mused, he might one day be his husband.

Breaking their kiss, Kili eased out of Bilbo and stood. Bofur and Fili were similarly separating. Kili smeared a finger through the seed on Bilbo's abdomen and sucked it. He glanced up to see both Bofur and Fili staring at him.

Fili tipped toward Bofur's ear. He teased, "Now, what do you suppose that tastes like?" not realizing Kili could hear him.

Smirking, Kili ran all four fingers through the semen. He took two steps over to Bofur and wiped them across his lips and chin.

"If you're good, you'll share," Kili taunted.
"Kili!" Bilbo shouted, aghast.

Bofur slipped his tongue over his lips for a taste. Fili dove for his head and kissed him deeply, pausing to lap the extra off Bofur's beard. They kissed as dwarrows desperately in love, even with Bilbo on their tongues. Bofur carefully memorized this moment to be replayed later. Likely thousands of times, he thought.

Bilbo watched the two of them share what Kili gave them in equal parts desire and shock. Neither of them protested Kili's lewd action, either. Quite the opposite, truly. Bilbo watched them practically swallowing each other. It was painfully erotic, but dangerous. Perhaps a little too dangerous for Bilbo's peace of mind.

Fili and Bofur volunteered for first watch, both figuring on their own that Bilbo and Kili needed some rest after that stunning display. There was no argument. Bilbo and Kili settled in and were snoring within an hour.

Fili asked Bofur, "Did you get jealous when Bilbo sucked my fingers? Or when I said I wanted both of us to make him moan?"
"Funny enough, no," Bofur said with a chuckle. "Yourself?"
Fili gave him an odd little smile. "No, not with those two. Anyone else might get a taste of a blade but I feel like anything that passes between the four of us is, I don't know, safe. Kili and Bilbo are bonded and beyond mad for each other. I know neither of them would do anything to hurt either of us. You and I have a similar relationship, and we would not do anything to hurt them. Kee and I are closer than twins and you and Bilbo have had your own special connection since before Kee or myself became romantically entangled with either one of you. I can't exactly explain why, it just does not bother me. I don't even feel shy with them any longer, not now that our proclivities for watching and listening are no longer secret."
"I can't put my finger on why it is, but I agree the four of us are, as you said, safe. Tasting Bilbo on your lips didn't upset me, it inflamed me."
"Gods, me too! Kee is like a completely different person when he and Bilbo are naked. I can't believe he did that!"
"Neither could Bilbo--he was more surprised than I was, I think. I felt a little guilty, like I was tasting him against his will," Bofur said.
"He was surprised, but I peeked at him while we were, um, sharing. It did not seem against his will."
Bofur exhaled contentedly. "Tonight was a night to commit to memory, that is for sure."
"I am still amazed that they did not judge us for such fantasies. Indulged us, even," Fili remarked.
"Like you said, Fee. Safe."

Bilbo and Kili roused and relieved Fili and Bofur of their watch duties. Kili was glad of the private time so he and Bilbo could discuss the night's...activities.

"Why didn't you want Bo to touch you?" Kili asked.
"The playing we do is erotic, and I enjoyed what we did with them, but it should go no further than that. It will ruin things for the four of us."
"Ruin it how?"
"I worry that my getting too intimate with Fili would make it weird for you. Weird for me, too, because I don't know if I would be all that proud that I've had sexual contact with the closest members of your family. Getting intimate with Bofur and excluding Fili feels completely wrong. Being pleased by them when you aren't also feels wrong, and I do not want anyone touching you but me."
"If Fee and Bo want to please you, and you want pleasure, I don't need either of them touching me. I'll get off watching you get off."
"It would be too much, Kee. It is a dangerous area in which to be mucking about."
"Because of how you feel about Bo," Kili said gently.
Bilbo paused a moment. "I care for both of them."
"I know you do, but it is different. You find Fee attractive but you are crazy about Bo."
"Kili-"
"It is okay. Fee and I both know. Bo's crazy about you, too. Fee and Bo are meant for each other the way you and I are. No one thinks you and Bo are about to run off together. You more than had your chance plenty of times long before Fee and I, if that was what your hearts wanted. I'll admit, if it were anyone other than Bo, I'd probably be jealous, but he has always been deeply invested in our relationship. He own relationship is exceptionally dear to him, too. He would not do a thing to you without Fee's say-so. And it seems you won't do much even with my say-so."
"Kili, sex is messy and wild and you and I both have proven we can lose our heads with the right combination of stimulation. You are overly generous with my body and my heart, but you do not know what it might cost down the road. I love the four of us just the way we are, with a little bit of teasing here and there, a deep set of battle bonds, and friendships that will not be broken. Bo licking my prick would not ruin us, but what if it went beyond that? Or what if they decided Bo should lick yours, too? Kili, it may make me a terrible person to be open to Bo or Fee's touches and not want to share you at all with them but the fact remains that I don't. I love so much that I'm the only person to have made you come. I wish I could have been that for you, too, but I wasn't. Thorin wasn't even the first to make me come. I suppose that makes me a bit of a whore."
Kili was taken aback. "I did not know you felt that way. You've never minded showing me off naked. Have the things we've been doing made you uncomfortable? I've taken you at your word when you said you wanted things."
"And I have wanted those things. I'm proud of you, but showing you off naked is not someone else stroking you. Showing others how I please you is not someone else helping themselves to the same," Bilbo said. "I love the way we play. I love everything we've done, but I don't want anyone touching you who is not me. Not sexually."
"I don't need Bo's touches or kisses. Goodness knows, I don't need Fee's. But I find I rather like showing off that you are mine. I like to tease them with hints and tastes of you because I know it gets you off. What gets me off is that I'm the only one who does what I do to you, that you are desperately in love with me, that you left a king to take me home and marry me, and that I'm the one who brings you happiness."
Bilbo furrowed his brow. "For someone who was so terribly jealous of Thorin, it is remarkable to me that you do not have more issues with Bo and Fee."
Kili shrugged. "Bo and Fee wouldn't hurt us the way Thorin has," he said simply.

Breakfast the next day saw a couple awkward glances and uncomfortable smiles, but all was normal between the couples by lunch. Better than normal, by Bilbo's estimation. He could not point out specific examples, but the four of them seemed closer than before.

With Gandalf gone, the final privacy barrier broken between them also improved relations within each individual couple. Although there were no more overt shows, the pairs no longer bothered finding excuses to sneak off into the woods to satisfy their sexual needs. The rest of the journey to the Shire was far less sexually frustrating than the journey that preceded it. Fili and Bofur were particularly delighted by this change, but they tried to not be terribly obvious.

An August day came at last when they were in sight of the country where Bilbo had been born and bred, where the shapes of the land and of the trees were as well known to him as his hands and toes. Coming to a rise he could see his own hill in the distance.

He began to sing,

"Roads go ever ever on,
Over rock and under tree,
By caves where never sun has shone,
By streams that never find the sea;
Over snow by winter sown,
And through the merry flowers of June,
Over grass and over stone,
And under mountains in the moon.

Roads go ever ever on
Under cloud and under star,
Yet feet that wandering have gone
Turn at last to home afar.
Eyes that fire and sword have seen
And horror in the halls of stone
Look at last on meadows green
And trees and hills they long have known."

It struck Kili then--all of them, really--how staggeringly innocent in the ways of the wild Bilbo must have been the day he ran out his door to follow the dwarves into the unknown. He had never known hunger, cold, discomfort, or danger in the way he had seen it in even their first few weeks on the road, never mind battle. There was a sweetness to Bilbo's voice as he sang the last line that tugged at Kili's heart. No one deserved this homecoming more than their hobbit.

They crossed the bridge and passed the mill by the river, drawing more and more attention as they went. They developed a bit of a crowd behind them. Isumbras met them on the side of the road and Bilbo requested Fili stop the wagon.

"Bilbo Baggins, my boy! So nice to see you home and safe at last!" he said.

Other hobbits that had not been trailing along behind them poked out of their doorways to look their fill of Bilbo. They whispered amongst themselves. His hair! It was so long! His clothing! Tsk tsk tsk...not at all like a hobbit. The dwarves! Well, who would have thought dwarves to be so handsome? Or smile so much?

Bilbo hopped out. "Thank you. I would like you to meet my betrothed, Prince Kili of Erebor. This is Crown Prince Fili of Erebor and his suitor, Bofur."
Isumbras bowed deeply, "Your Highnesses! Welcome! I am most proud to receive you."
Fili, Kili, and Bofur climbed out of the wagon, all returning the Thain's bow.
Bilbo waved away the pomp with his hand. "Yes, these are the dwarves I mentioned. I trust you received my letters as well as the official missive from Erebor?"
"That I did. Everything is coming along nicely, just as you asked. Your property has been kept up for you, too, and you'll not have much to do to step back into your routine other than visit the market. The four of us have much to discuss and I have several deliveries for you, too. I'm happy you have a wagon," Isumbras said, speaking a little quickly in his eagerness.
"I appreciate that very much, and believe me we will take that meeting sooner than later, but we are weary, hungry, and I honestly just cannot wait to sleep in my own bed."

There was a quiet murmur of agreement from the crowd. Even odd, Tookish, adventuresome hobbits would surely crave their own pillow upon arrival home.

"Of course! I understand completely," Isumbras replied.
Bilbo motioned for the dwarves to get back into the wagon, which they did.
To Isumbras, Bilbo said, "I appreciate it, I really do. Could you send someone 'round to the market for us?" Bilbo pressed some coins into the Thain's hand. "Some meat, veg, eggs...whatever is just fine, really. I've got enough energy left to shop for dinner or enough to cook it, but not enough for both."

Bilbo scrambled back up into the wagon and Isumbras was momentarily stunned. He was Thain, not some squire! Still, he did not want to seem discourteous to the princes, and Bilbo did not actually ask him to do the running. He decided he could let it go this time.

"I will send someone on your behalf and I'll request he does not tarry," he promised.
"Thank you. Oh, one more thing?" Bilbo tipped his head back, indicating the crowd behind them and said (just above his breath), "Could you do something about this, please? Thank you."

Fili set the horses moving again. They could hear Isumbras behind them: "Shoo, go on, all of you! It is rude to gawp, you know. Would you rather those dwarves tell their king that hobbits have no more manners than mules? Keep it up and you won't be getting an invitation to the wedding, I can tell you that!"

The quartet managed the rest of the short distance to Bag End without a single follower. They were climbing out of the wagon as close as they could get it to Bilbo's door when they were not-so-shyly approached by a hobbit Bilbo recognized as Holman Greenhand.

"Welcome home, Mister Bilbo. We missed you!" Holman said.
"You-you did?" Bilbo said in surprise.
"Of course! They were saying you were dead and I just wouldn't believe it, I wouldn't. I said 'Mister Bilbo would not go off dying without telling anyone!'"
"No, no I suppose that would have been rude," Bilbo agreed solemnly.
"We've been taking care of your garden the past couple weeks for you so you wouldn't come home to weeds and mush."
"We?" Bilbo asked.
"I have a new apprentice. He's young but he's a keen lad, has a fine interest in things that grow," Holman replied.
"You know, I'm going to be far too busy these next couple months to tend a late summer and fall garden." Bilbo managed a few more coins from somewhere Kili did not see. "Perhaps we could procure your services? We would be happy to let your apprentice practice at Bag End. Under your expert tutelage, of course."
Holman took the coins and grinned wide. "It is a deal, Mister Bilbo! He will be so thrilled to have his own yard! In a manner of speaking, of course."
"Why don't you go and tell, um..." Bilbo trailed off, not knowing the younger's name.
"Hamfast Gamgee," Holman supplied.
Bilbo nodded. "Tell Hamfast the news. We're going to do our best to get settled and have some dinner."
"Yes, of course!" Holman said, backing down the path and bidding them farewell rather enthusiastically. "Have a good night! It was nice meeting you all, even though I did not really meet you yet. We'll see you soon!"

Bofur looked over the outside of Bag End while Bilbo was turning over rocks looking for his spare key. "This place doesn't seem too worse off for being left for a year."
"Prettier than I remembered it in the daylight, too," Fili agreed.
"Ah! Found it!" Bilbo said triumphantly, holding the key in the air.
Kili took Bilbo's free hand. "It was strangely hateful for me to leave this place behind, particularly when you were still in it. I did not understand at the time why it pulled at me so strongly."

Bilbo smiled and kissed him softly. He unlocked the door and gestured for Kili to go in first. Fili and Bofur demurred when Bilbo paused to let them enter ahead of him as well. Fili caught Bilbo's eye and flicked his gaze toward Kili, standing just inside. He hoped Bilbo would understand that taking these first precious moments with Kili in their home for just the two of them was far from rude. Bilbo inclined his head with a sweet smile, understanding perfectly.

Bilbo stepped in behind Kili, circling his arms around his lover's waist.

"Welcome home, dear heart."

Kili looked around.

"Yes," Kili said with a smile. "Home."