emsiecat:

Alone This Yuletide

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Merry Christmas, everyone! 🎁🎄

And here it is. The very last chapter to my very first multi-chapter
fanfic, and just in time for Christmas too! I am quite proud right now
:3

I just want to say a huge, huge thank you to every single
person who read, left kudos, and commented on my fic. You are all so
lovely, and it was amazing to see all the likes and reblogs this got on
tumblr too!

To @rutobuka2 I just want to say thank you SO much for taking my commissions for artwork for this fic, it really made all the difference.

As always, @avelera this fic is for you :3 and a MASSIVE thank you to @mcmanatea for being my beta reader
❤

you’re awesome!

I hope you all enjoy the epilogue and that it ties up any loose ends
for you. May The Hobbit (and Bagginshield) fandom live on for years to
come, and I hope to write for you all again, really soon
❤

P.S.
I MIGHT tweak this here and there (mostly grammatically in the first chapters) and maybe add
more artwork at some point, I’ll keep you posted on tumblr if so.

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‘Alone this Yuletide? Irritated with prying and nosey family members?

I
am an out of work blacksmith currently trying to make my way by any
means necessary that does not involve my resorting to thievery (prisons
are most uncomfortable, I’ve unfortunate first hand experience).
However, if you would like me to be your strictly platonic companion for
any social function, but have me pretend that we are in a serious
courtship, so as to torment your family and ward off unwanted suitors
then I am more than obliging…’

After becoming increasingly
irritated by overtures of romance from various Shire residents following
the death of his mother four years ago, Bilbo is more than ready to
resort to desperate measures. That is, up to and including pretending to
be in a serious relationship with a certain surly blacksmith currently
inhabiting the Bindbale Woods.

It’s a good idea after all; all
they have to do is pretend to be in love over the Yuletide period and
Bilbo’s family and suitors will surely leave him alone after that. It’s
perfect! And nothing can possibly go wrong, right? Certainly nothing as preposterous as falling for one another for real…

Epilogue is now up (x)

Or read from the beginning here (x)