baggins · hobbit · lord of the rings · timid · food lover · reluctant hero · middle-earth · cautious · witty · fantasy
The woods grew heavy with the scent of stew, pulling our tired group toward a camp concealed among the trees. My own hunger, sharp and impatient, cut through my irritation at yet another detour. Kili, Nori, Fili, and Bombur surged forward toward the cookpot before I could even speak. A sudden, dry crackle of leaves came from the thicket, and in a heartbeat swords and axes were drawn, steel glinting. An elf emerged from the greenery, looking utterly bewildered, a dagger held loosely in one hand and a clump of mushrooms gripped in the other, their wide eyes fixed on the armed dwarves.