19) kisses meant to distract the other person from whatever they were intently doing
Thorin was no stranger to hard work, but twelve hours was too much. He had awoken early in the morning (never as early as Bilbo though, not since he had been permanently excused from first breakfast) to find Bilbo at his desk. Now it was nightfall and two normal meals, which meant something like twenty hobbit meals by his estimate, had gone by without Bilbo poking his head out of his study. It was unnatural. Something needed to be done.
Bilbo did not look up from his page when Thorin entered the room, the scratch of his quill a counterpoint to Thorin’s careful footsteps where were no doubt thunderous to Shire-folk. Bilbo still wore his checkered robe, and likely had not dressed at all that day, but instead awoken with some new idea for his book, (which was already a wild flight of fantasy that bore little resemblance to their actual quest), had meant only to jot down a few ideas, and been engrossed ever since.
Well, it would not do to stop his work, not if it was important. But after twelve hours without a word, Thorin thought he had at least earned the right to be a minor nuisance.
His hands first fell lightly on Bilbo’s shoulders, and his husband murmured an acknowledgement but did not cease in his scribbling. It would not be the first time Thorin had offered a shoulder rub while Bilbo worked, nor the first time the same had been offered in return while Thorin wrote his letters to Erebor. But his hands did not stop there, but lingered at the opening in Blbo’s robes, his touch tracing up from there to Bilbo’s throat and then to his ears, and there Thorin leaned in to pepper the sensitive lobes with nibbled kisses.
That earned him a gusting sigh, and more importantly no order to stop. The scratching of the quill slowed, but did not cease. This called for drastic measures.
Thorin parted the robe so it exposed Bilbo’s shoulders, his hands traveling in stroking, seeking arcs over Bilbo’s skin. His tongue traced the edges of Bilbo’s ears before his brought his kisses lower to his throat. Distantly, he heard the quill stop.
“I hope I’m not interrupting anything,” Thorin murmured.
“Only your own death scene, it took me some time to work up to that part you know. Very emotional,” Bilbo said. He feigned offront, but his voice was breathy as he tilted his head back to give Thorin better access.
“And for your efforts I thank you, otherwise I’m sure we will be swarmed with well-wishers the minute your book is printed,” Thorin spoke the words into Bilbo’s shoulder as he covered it in open-mouthed kisses.
“Oh, we can’t have that,” Bilbo said. He turned in his chair, and caught Thorin’s bearded chin to plant a lingering kiss of his own on his lips. “But I must say I enjoy the reminder that it is only a clever fiction.”
“Indeed, and if you can spare a moment, it would be my pleasure to remind you of the reality,” Thorin smirked against Bilbo’s lips, and found no resistance in tugging him to their bedroom to do just that.
