Fic Rec Fridays 2018 - part 20

To Kiss A Stranger: Bella (4404 words) by Bead
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield
Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield, Fíli, Bofur, Bifur, Kíli, Ori (Tolkien)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Always a Different Sex, Romance, First Kiss, rule63, Female Bilbo, fem!Bilbo, Female Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield
Series: Part 1 of To Kiss A Stranger

Summary:

Ori Rison asks a group of strangers (strangers to each other) to share a first kiss. He asks his distant cousin Thorin Oakenshield into it, egged on by Thorin's nephews. To Thorin's great surprise, he agrees.

Meanwhile, Ori's lighting designer Bofur ropes his friend Bella Baggins into it.

Inspired by "First Kiss," a gorgeous video of twenty strangers kissing, which can be found here.

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This is a story I've tagged in my bookmarks with 'in case of sads'. It has an excellent concept, one of the best-written kisses I've ever read, and the sweetest, funniest, schmoopiest dialogue you could ever wish for.

And Ori is brilliant. And the bagginshield chemistry is awesome. And did I mention the kissing? It's a special kind of wonderful, and that's all I'm willing to say without completely spoiling the thing for you. Just read the thing.