Fic Rec Fridays 2018 - part 26

Undress Me: Bella (4311 words) by Bead
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit - All Media Types
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield
Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield
Additional Tags: Female Bilbo, Alternate Universe - Always a Different Sex, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Female Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield, Rule 63
Series: Part 3 of To Kiss A Stranger

Summary:

Along last Friday, AO3 User Maybege mentioned that the same filmmaker who made "First Kiss" had also made a film called "Undress Me," as a promotional film for Showtime's series "The Masters of Sex."

Welp. Here we are. Similar story; two strangers. New twist: undressing each other.

Many thanks to Maybege, and my beta/cheerleading squad: tygermama, bubbysbub, and everbright-mourning. They are as awesome as they are silly, and have me half-talked into a story where Dwalin is a kindergarten teacher.

Ooh, here's the video, btw.

I think I may do a Bilbo version of this, too.

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A spin-off to the "To Kiss a Stranger" fics I recced a while back (rec 1 and rec 2), and one of my go-to in-case-of-sads and guaranteed-to-bring-a-smile-to-your-face reads.

First off, the chemistry between those two here is just stupendous - intense without being creepy (considering that this is a first meeting), and sweet without turning into saccharine love-at-first-sight mush. Basically, this is the one case in a million where "you could cut the atmosphere with a knife" is not a cliché.

And the dialogue is the bring-a-smile-guarantee part: it's witty and funny and just the right amount of tender... and pray excuse me while I melt. Just. Go read the thing. Give yourself a happy moment.