Fic Rec Fridays 2018 - part 6

as sunshine falls on the wretched (18489 words) by KivrinEngle
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: The Hobbit (2012), The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Kíli, Fíli, Thorin Oakenshield, Thorin's Companions, Various Hobbits
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Friendship, Family, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, violence to canonical timelines

Summary:

Bilbo Baggins, the newly appointed Master of Bag End, has just reached his majority. He lives alone in his fine house, managing his estate, and ignoring the people of Hobbiton as much as they avoid him. When a storm lands him with an unexpected (and unwelcome) little visitor, all Bilbo wants to do is find the baby Dwarf's missing family so he can get back to his own life.

That's not what happens.

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This is one of my favourite AUs ever, period.

A powerful, moving story about loneliness, chance and families of choice. (With canon timelines gleefully violated, only the result is brilliant ♥) It might break your heart a little (a lot), but it will patch it right back up again, I promise!