I just wanted to write a cute one for Bilbo and his Books. ^^

"Guy, I'm heading to the library!" Linda called as she grabbed her bag and jacket. "Don't break anything while I'm gone!" She opened the door to leave when Bilbo poked his head into the room.

"Did you say library?" He asked. Linda looked back at him and nodded.

"Yeah, you want me to pick something out for you?" She asked with a smile.

"Would you mind if I came with you?"

"Hm…" Linda frowned.

"I know you said hobbits don't exist in this world but maybe if I wore a big coat I could pretend to be a child." He suggested hopefully.

"It's not your height I'm worried about." Linda said. Bilbo tilted his head. "It's your feet." Bilbo looked down at his large hairy feet with a frown. "I guess you'll just have to borrow Toby's boots." Bilbo looked up with his eyebrows raised. "They might be a bit uncomfortable but it's the only way." Linda said. Bilbo nodded.

"Alright then, I think it'll be worth it to read a good book again." He said with a smile. Linda chuckled.

Linda went through some of Toby's old clothes and found something that would fit Bilbo. While he changed in the bathroom, she retrieved Toby's boots and old coat from where they were hidden away in the hall closet.

"You're going out somewhere?" Bofur asked with a curious expression as he saw Bilbo pulling on the coat in the kitchen.

"Miss Linda is taking me to a library." Bilbo said not even trying to contain his excitement. Bofur chuckled and nodded with a smile as he smoked his pipe.

"Well I hope you enjoy yourself."

"I'm sure I will." Bilbo said as he pulled on Toby's boots. When Linda walked into the room the hobbit was practically jumping in anticipation. Linda chuckled and handed him a hat.

"To cover your ears." She said when he looked a bit confused. He nodded and put it on.

"Have fun." Bofur said. Linda sighed.

"Bofur what have I told you about smoking in the house? You're gunna set off the fire alarms again."

"Whoops, apologies." Bofur said with a sheepish smile as he put out his pipe.

"The last thing I need is the fire department showing up while I'm not here and finding thirteen dwarves in my house." Bofur laughed as the two left.

Linda decided that it would be a safer idea for them to just walk to the library. It wasn't that far away from the house and she didn't want to traumatize Bilbo by making him ride in a car if she didn't have to. They enjoyed the walk, it was peaceful, and it wasn't even that cold outside.

When they got to the library Bilbo stared in amazement. Shelves lined every wall from the floor to the ceiling with sliding ladders. There were more book cases off the walls than Bilbo could count. He couldn't even begin to imagine how many books there were.

"This place is huge." He whispered. A thought occurred to Linda and she quickly crouched down beside him.

"I wouldn't talk much, you're supposed to be a child, can't have you sounding like an adult and blowing your cover." Bilbo's eyes widened and he nodded animatedly. "I'm just gunna pick up a few books, you can take your time to look at everything and pick out a few for yourself." Bilbo nodded with a big grin before he ran off. Linda stood up and chuckled fondly as she watched him go.

It didn't take long for Bilbo to find a few books that he would like to read. Of course it didn't look like 'a few' to Linda since she couldn't even see the hobbit past the tower of books he was struggling to carry.

"Did you find enough?" Linda asked with wide eyes as she took the leaning tower from him before it could fall. Bilbo smiled sheepishly as Linda put the books on a table nearby.

"I'm a fast reader." He said. "Plus they all look so interesting. I had to put a lot of them back from what I originally had."

"You picked out more than this?" Linda asked with an amused smile, her eyebrows up. Bilbo nodded.

"I wrote down the titles so when I'm finished with these I'll know which ones to get next." He said holding up a filled out post-it note. Linda couldn't help but laugh and put a hand on the hobbit's head fondly.

"How about this, we bring home five of these to last you for the week," Bilbo frowned. "And add the rest to this list and each time you finish two of the books I'll go swap them for two from the list." The grin returned to Bilbo's face and he nodded.

"Alright, sounds fair."

"So pick out five and I'll help you put the rest back."

"Oh dear." Bilbo frowned as he looked at the tower. "Hm…" He climbed up onto the chair of the table and began to look through the books. Linda sighed with a smile. "Give me a minute." Bilbo said glancing at her.

"Alright, well I'm going to check out my books while you do this." Linda said. Bilbo nodding as he sorted the books into two piles with a thoughtful expression.