The Light that Wakes Ch 1 by MirielOfGisborne, literature
Literature
The Light that Wakes Ch 1
HEART OF THE MOUNTAIN
When Bilbo woke, it was to the same white light that had greeted him the previous morning. But today there was more: Thorin’s shoulder, warm against his forehead, and his soft breathing. Bilbo opened his eyes and raised his head to look at him. Thorin was still sound asleep, looking peaceful beyond anything that the hobbit had seen in him before. Bilbo couldn’t help smiling, to himself, for the time being at the snowy highlights in Thorin’s beard that shone in the new sunlight like threads of silver.
Bilbo was glad that Thorin was not awake. He could simply lie there and look at him and think about ho