Fic Rec Fridays 2019 - part 37

trouvaille (18242 words) by northerntrash
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Hobbit - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield
Characters: Gandalf | Mithrandir, Fíli (Tolkien), Kíli (Tolkien), Nori, Dori (Tolkien), Bofur (Tolkien), Bifur (Tolkien), Bombur (Tolkien)
Additional Tags: Growing Old Together, Retirement, Renovating houses, copious swearing, Domestic Fluff, for the Bagginshield Summer of Fluff!

Summary:

The house in the country needs renovating.

Everything goes downhill from there.

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Aka the story including, in no particular order:

the owl up the chimney and the associated shenanigans

Gandalf's questionable (or fabulous, depending how you look at it) fashion sense

the bees

two very relatably middle-aged and over-worked people being adorable dorks about renovating, countryside and all the side benefits thereof

the cat who just might have a dash of dragon in it

the sobering and bittersweet realization that any truly meaningful change involves both loss and gain

and the equally exhilarating truth that you’re never too old for some adventure.

Filed in my bookmarks under “in case of sads”, and as such, makes for a nice cosy afternoon’s read now that the autumn is almost upon us.