WARNING: Character Death
LIE
Bilbo pressed his hand to Thorin's chest, trying force the blood back into his heart. "You promised you would stay... Was it a lie, Thorin?"
"...It was no lie... I would stay, if only I could..."
"Have you ever lied to me?"
Thorin smiled softly. "...Never once..."
"Not even before you knew me well?"
"...Not even then... and it was not a lie when I said I would die for you..."
"I do not want that."
"...What, then..? What do you want..?"
"Tell me you will live."
"...I cannot tell you that true, Bilbo..."
"Then lie to me, just once..."