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Bilbo's door gets jammed one day. Luckily, a company of dwarves just so happened to have set up shop in front of the old smithy.
Bilbo Baggins didn't expect to accompany 13 Dwarves as their official burglar on a perilous journey to reclaim a kingdom. He doubly didn't expect to be playing matchmaker among these Dwarves as well. Nor did he expect to find love of his own.
“I made a promise to your mother, before she passed.” "And?” Bilbo prompted. “I promised your mother I would find you a husband.” “W-what?” Bilbo spluttered, pushing his tea aside as he leapt from his armchair. “I - how could you - who would I even -” “Why, Thorin Oakenshield, of course,” Gandalf answered with a far too smug smile.
Thorin temporarily settles in the Shire to work as a blacksmith. There he meets Bilbo, a middle-aged bachelor who insists on over-paying (“tipping,” according to the insufferable halfling) for his work.
Throughout the quest to reclaim Erebor, Bilbo learned to deal with the many vexing behaviours of the Dwarves. One thing he could never adapt to, however, was their belief in superstition.
Being the only hobbit under the Lonely Mountain was fine until Bilbo realized it's been months since he felt grass under his feet. When he goes looking for sunshine, Thorin assumes the worst, and the Company is tired of putting up with their King and Burglar being oblivious idiots. Miscommunication and stargazing ensue!
Thorin really really really likes Christmas. He's absolutely nuts about it. Bilbo would rather throw his horribly christmassy neighbor away, but Frodo is just so attached to him, that Bilbo doesn't have the heart. Also, he's unbearably attractive, so really it'd be a waste. Thorin is a Christmas dork and Bilbo is the neighbor secretly crushing on him.
“So that’s your gardener’s name? Bilbo?”
“Bilbo Baggins, and he’s our gardener. Don’t give me that look, Thorin Durin! He’s been recommended to me by Gandalf –”
“Now that changes everything …”
“… and not only has he made great progress in the short time he’s here, but he’s also a very nice man and considerate enough to put some flowers in your room at your return although I warned him how … stubborn you can be.”
Thorin noticed the little pause very well. “You called me an idiot, didn’t you?”
An accident in the workshops is a serious setback in the rebuilding of Erebor. But it comes even worse for Thorin: It seems that Bilbo has been near the scene of the accident, but has now slipped away ... And what had he been doing in the workshops anyway, being all secretive? Thorin doesn't know that it has something to do with the mithril shirt.
Bilbo has always been suspicious about blind dates. This, however, seems to really promising: a nice evening in his favourite restaurant with a charming man. But when things start to get wrong, Bilbo wonders is this blind date was a good idea … And it’s not helpful at all that the waiter is that handsome!
At the same time, Thorin keeps telling himself that it isn't his way to pine after someone. But soon, he finds himself trying to explain to Bilbo why he messed up his date on purpose...