(This is REALLY late and I'm sorry. Enjoy.)
likarian: I'll see about adding more to the Thorin Massage one ;)
"Linda, these came in the mail for you!" Toby called as he entered the house with a box and the rest of the mail.
"What's that?" Bilbo asked as he watched Toby put the box on the kitchen table. Fili and Kili, who sat beside the hobbit, looked over.
"Probably Valentine's day gifts from Linda's college friends. They always send each other stuff."
"What's Valentine's day?" Bofur, who sat at the kitchen table with Dwalin, asked as he looked at the box.
"Some lovely dovey couples crap holiday." Toby said with a shrug.
"Holiday?" Fili asked.
"Couples?" Kili asked.
"Yeah guys give girls flowers and chocolates, gifts." Toby said.
"So they try to win a woman's favor." Dwalin said from beside Bofur.
"Uh, I guess?" Toby said with an eyebrow raised. "But this is probably just stuff from Linda's friends." He said as Linda walked in the room.
"Oh sweet." She said as she grabbed a pair of scissors to open the box. "Frank said he didn't think it would get here for another week."
"Frank?" Kili asked. "Is this the man trying to win your favor?" he asked as he stood.
"Win my what now?" Linda raised an eyebrow. "These are from my college buddies." She opened the box and pulled out a box of chocolates. "These are from Paul. Toby you can have some if you'd like."
"Sweet." Toby said taking the box to open it.
"Another man trying to win your favor?" Fili asked as he stood beside his brother.
"What are you guys talking about?" Linda asked as she turned to them. "My friends and I send each other stuff all the time for holidays." She looked back in the box. Bilbo rolled his eyes as he got up and walked over.
"They're worried these men are trying to get your attention romantically." Bilbo explained. The brothers picked him up and put him behind them.
"Not helping." Fili said.
"Shh." Kili shushed before the two turned back to Linda who had a hand on her hip as she gave them a look. They smiled sheepishly.
"Okay one, don't manhandle Bilbo." She said.
"Thank you, Linda." Bilbo said as he returned to his seat.
"And two, of my guy friends Frank and Paul are gay and George has a girlfriend." Linda said.
"So, no one's trying to win your favor?" Kili asked.
"Nope."
"Oh." The brothers looked at each other. Linda rolled her eyes and turned back to the box.
"Oh! My favorite cupcake mix." Linda said pulling out two boxes. "Bombur!" she called. The dwarf came in with his eyebrows raised.
"Hm?"
"Do you wanna help me make cupcakes?" Linda asked. His eyes lit up and he nodded with a big smile. "Great."
"Cupcakes?" Kili asked.
"Yes, you guys get to have some." Linda said.
"Linda?" Kili asked as he and Fili walked into the kitchen. She and Bombur were frosting the cupcakes.
"Yes, sweetie?" Linda asked. She turned her head to see them each holding out a flower to her.
"Toby explained a few things about this Valentine's day to us." Fili said. Linda smiled and took the flowers.
"Thanks you two." She said before kissing each of their cheeks. They grinned.
"Linda?" Bilbo walked into the kitchen and held out a piece of paper to her. "I drew this for you." Linda took the paper and saw a beautifully drawn rose.
"Bilbo, this is beautiful, thank you." Linda said before kneeling down to kiss his cheek.
"I wanted to make you something special for always being so nice." He said.
"You're so sweet." Linda said. "All of you." She added when she saw Kili and Fili frowning. They perked up slightly. Linda put the flowers and drawing on the kitchen table. "Oh I almost forgot, I got everyone chocolates for today, I left them out in my car cause it's so cold, be right back." Linda said before heading out the door. A few moments later she came back in with a bag with four boxes of chocolates.
"That's a lot of chocolate." Fili said.
"Well I got Bombur his own box." Linda said. Bombur grinned as Linda handed him the box. "Boys would you bring these to the others?" she asked Fili and Kili.
"Of course." The two said in unison as Fili took the bag. Kili took it from him. Bofur came into the room.
"Linda?" he asked.
"Yes?"
"I wrote you a little something." He said with a smile.
"Toby explain it to everyone." Bilbo said.
"He said that some people write poems." Bofur said.
"You did have to write me a poem." Linda said.
"I wanted to." Bofur said. "It's from me and Bifur, he helped a bit." Kili and Fili frowned.
Linda and Bombur cooked dinner, Linda making sure none of the dwarves were able to get any of the cupcakes before dinner. Bombur was allowed to have one early since he'd helped make them. Once the two had set the table, Linda called everyone down to eat.
"Where're Toby and Thorin?" Linda asked when she noticed the dwarf and her brother were missing from the table. The other dwarves shrugged as they looked around. They heard the front door open and Linda walked into the kitchen to see the two come inside. "Where've you two been?"
"The store." Toby said.
"You're kidding." Linda said.
"Nope. He wanted me to take him to the store."
"I simply requested he show me where this store was, he decided to come along." Thorin said.
"Well you need money too." Toby said.
"What did you two go to the store for?" Linda asked. Thorin held out a bouquet of flowers and a teddy bear. Linda's eyebrows went up.
"For your hospitality, taking all of us in and… putting up with the more rowdy ones." Thorin said with a smile. Linda smiled as she accepted the flowers and bear.
"Thank you."
"No, thank you." Thorin said. Linda kissed his cheek before going to get a vase for the flowers.
"Everyone's in the dining room." Linda said as she filled a vase with water.
"Yay food!" Toby shouted before running into the dining room. Linda brought the flowers into the dining room and put them by the small table by the window.
"Where did you get those?" Kili asked as Linda sat down beside Bilbo and Toby.
"Thorin got them for her." Toby said before smirking at the brother's reactions.
"Uncle?" Fili asked as Thorin sat down.
"Relax, they were a thank you gift." Linda said. "He's not 'trying to win my favor' as you put it."
"Of course not." Thorin said. "That's not to say that you're not a beautiful woman." He said with a smile. Linda smiled back and held back a laugh when she noticed Kili and Fili frowning deeply.
I probably could've written more but I wanted to get this out before February was over.
