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Ties that bind by Blackbird Song (PG13)
Fandom: LORD OF THE RINGS
Pairing: Hamfast/Bilbo, future Frodo/Sam implied
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blackbird_song
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Why this must be read:
Because a story doesn't always begin with the first page of the book and hobbits lived, loved and lost long before Bilbo ever found the ring.
This is the story of a treacherous and snowy night where Bilbo retrieves the Gamgee family to the safety of Bag End. But it's also a moment of acknowledgement, of loving someone, of being let go and of the life made rather than planned.
The paralleling of Hamfast and Bilbo with Frodo and Sam just works. As does the shouting match between two stubborn old Hobbits - separated by so near and far a distance who may have found each other again.
“I’ve come here to bring my favourite gardener and his family to Bag End, and I brought young Frodo here to help me do it,” said Bilbo, cheerfully.
The Gaffer scowled at him, openly. “I gave you me answer yesterday,” he said evenly.
“Hamfast, I’m taking you and your brood to Bag End if I have to tie these coats around you and drag you there! I’ve warned Frodo about this, and he’s quite prepared to help me do it, aren’t you, lad?”
Frodo was having trouble moving his arms, much less imagining himself helping to subdue an unwilling Gaffer and drag him through the blizzard to Bag End, but he pulled himself together and gave a stout, “Yes, I am” in response.
Hamfast looked Frodo in the eye for a long moment as Frodo felt him sizing up his will to do as he claimed. Eventually, he nodded, slowly. “Aye, it ain’t right for the little’uns to catch their death, nohow,” he said, with a glare at Bilbo.
Ties that bind
Pairing: Hamfast/Bilbo, future Frodo/Sam implied
Author on LJ:
blackbird_songAuthor's website:
Why this must be read:
Because a story doesn't always begin with the first page of the book and hobbits lived, loved and lost long before Bilbo ever found the ring.
This is the story of a treacherous and snowy night where Bilbo retrieves the Gamgee family to the safety of Bag End. But it's also a moment of acknowledgement, of loving someone, of being let go and of the life made rather than planned.
The paralleling of Hamfast and Bilbo with Frodo and Sam just works. As does the shouting match between two stubborn old Hobbits - separated by so near and far a distance who may have found each other again.
“I’ve come here to bring my favourite gardener and his family to Bag End, and I brought young Frodo here to help me do it,” said Bilbo, cheerfully.
The Gaffer scowled at him, openly. “I gave you me answer yesterday,” he said evenly.
“Hamfast, I’m taking you and your brood to Bag End if I have to tie these coats around you and drag you there! I’ve warned Frodo about this, and he’s quite prepared to help me do it, aren’t you, lad?”
Frodo was having trouble moving his arms, much less imagining himself helping to subdue an unwilling Gaffer and drag him through the blizzard to Bag End, but he pulled himself together and gave a stout, “Yes, I am” in response.
Hamfast looked Frodo in the eye for a long moment as Frodo felt him sizing up his will to do as he claimed. Eventually, he nodded, slowly. “Aye, it ain’t right for the little’uns to catch their death, nohow,” he said, with a glare at Bilbo.
Ties that bind